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Originally Posted by jyl
The issue is, higher end smartphones like iPhone, Galaxy, etc are almost fully saturated in the US. In a few years it will be just a replacement market. I.e. no growth. Europe and Japan are similar. The smartphone growth is in emerging markets. Those carriers have resisted subsidizing devices and lower-cost Chinese smartphones are taking most of the share. Apple needs a lower cost iPhone to address that market, hence the "C".
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Exactly.
We have been buying iphones for my wifes family in India for years. They're a huge status symbol.