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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Looks like Apple is going to make a cheaper iphone. Which isn't a bad idea considering they are losing marketshare all over the world. But like the ipad mini won't it cannibalize sales from the regular iphone rather than steal marketshare from Android? I'm sure a similary priced android will still outspec the cheaper iphone.
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This is a yearly rumor from the Wall Street Journal, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it just yet. (although the WSJ is also a suspected deliberate leak target for Apple PR, so who knows really)
On the other hand, the cannibalization aspect is a non-factor at Apple - they have repeatedly said that they are perfectly willing to cannibalize sales when it's one of their own products - the iPad Mini being a prime example of a product they had to know was going to take a good sized chunk out of the Retina iPad margins.