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in the claim that this is apple's worst nightmare, they jump very quickly to the implication that this will be a high end device. "It is also shows that Apple’
by abruzzi 13y ago
in the claim that this is apple's worst nightmare, they jump very quickly to the implication that this will be a high end device.
"It is also shows that Apple’s worst nightmare may be coming true: prices could fall not just for cheap phones in developing markets but higher-end ones too."
But there is no discussion of wether this really is a high end phone. Looking at existing Kindle tablet, I'm going to guess that it will be mid-range or upper low end, depending on how you define those terms. Free low end could force prices down on the high end, but thats not really a slam dunk case.
- jusben1369 13y agoIf it's a modern Android OS on decent hardware it's going to look "high end" to 80% of the consumer market.
- gutnor 13y agoWell that would certainly be a nightmare for Apple if Amazon was coming with the equivalent of a Galaxy S4 for free. But I'm not quite sure that Apple would be the worse off compared to others. I does not really matter whether or not a brand has current plan for the low end: if people expectation are set to high-end phone == free, I'm not sure why they would want an low end phone unless what, you pay them ? What really matter is what brand has an alternative way of funding those phones. IMO that means killing "open" Android, anything open really. Apple can still rely on the App Store and its walled-garden. MS tiny markeshare will probably make them give up under the risk of bleeding to death. Samsung has enough marketshare to build its own walled garden. Google would have some thinking to do, I'm sure other brand will start to question how valuable their client really are for Goolge. As for the rest of the Android player, RIM, ... well good luck.