All protestations by Apple aside, Apple has to develop a lower-cost iPhone it is to compete with arch-rival Samsung in developing markets, the next big battleground for smart phone suppliers. Apple might continue to deny it is working on such a device.
But analysts at investment firm Detwiler Fenton say Apple is working on a new product for the low end of the market that uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The device might even deliberately feature less robust graphics and video support, or other features standard on today's iPhones, to maintain distinctiveness from the rest of the iPhone line.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Low-Cost Apple iPhone is Coming
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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