Forbes: Apple's iPhone is the highlight of the low-cost strategy

Iphone 5 Aluminum Case introduced low-cost version of the iPhone is the purpose? Although many people think that this is the following in order to develop high-end market, but older models of the iPhone has long been able to accomplish this task very well. Recently, Forbes Anthony Wing Kosner from trying to answer this question, he believes the introduction of low-cost version of the iPhone is more in order to reduce fragmentation.

We know that the Apple iPhone 5 mobile phones began to enter from 16:9 era. Broke through before we can see that the next generation iPhone will still retain the screen size, the so-called big-screen iPhone in the feasibility is not high. Author writes: "If iPhone 5S not the most important, then the legendary 'low-cost version of the '5 C how to?"

In fact, many analysts believe that the media and cheap version of iPhone is not cheap, well-known blog Daring Fireball's John Gruber guess it will have the lowest price of $ 349. Forbes believes that the introduction of low-cost version of the iPhone will be more original intention was to buy or already hold old iPhone consumers shift to a 16:9 screen camp, thus gradually reduce fragmentation.

iOS users are considered with the device "communication" mobile consumer groups most congenial and more willing to spend money to buy applications, the new system installed capacity is the highest. This situation allows developers to develop applications for iOS 7 and upgrading great enthusiasm. From this point of view, the release of low-priced version of the iPhone is very important, it helps to improve the proportion of 16:9 to ensure consistent application, for developers and more easy.