VGKing said:
They could offer their older iPhone models. Why don't they do that? Apple isn't exactly known to make cheap products so I don't think they'll make a cheaper phone anytime soon. |
They do, but even the iPhone 4 is sold for $400 unsubsidized. The sweet spot in emerging markets is more like $100. Making a phone that cheap and providing software support for it threatens to hold back software development for the latest $650 flagship phone, tarnish Apple's image as a premium brand, and offers crap-ass margins, which is why I'm not convinced it's worth Apple's effort to pursue.
Might as well leave that market to the white box manufacturers who are happy to load their devices with Android 2.2 and sell at a 5% markup.
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