I'm really not sure I understand the business model behind a "cheaper iPhone". I feel like the current model of discounting older models is a great model. A lower priced model will probably be equivalent to last years model anyway.
I agree with others as well -- I have cell phone model upgrade fatigue. There are so many announcements and phones being introduced it's actually getting quite old. I love all the technology, but the market is just flooded and nothing really wows anymore (perhaps because we see so much now).
1. make current iphone5 a mid range product 2. make non lightning ports obsolete thereby earning more money on everybody have to buy new accessories 3. go after low end market and maybe mvnos (like senior citizens that want an iphone but balk at paying more than $50 a month for postpaid or more than $199 for a phone via prepaid and have too much problems learning android)
i base #3 on what ive seen so far with most peoples parents
elwoodblues Elwood Blues Premium join:2006-08-30 HarperLand
reply to gigahurtz It does make some sense, folks want the latest and greatest but want it cheap. At the same time do you really want a phone that is already one generation old and will be 3 to 4 generations old, by the time your contract is up?
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