Pictures of candy-colored entry-level iPhones with rounded corners.have started circulating. Many have branded them hideous atrocities that look crude and tacky. They need to be. Apple is facing a unique dilemma: Because of the stellar success of the iOS app universe, the entry-level iPhone has to have nearly the same specs as the flagship iPhone. The display has to be large. The processing power has to be substantial. Apple cannot afford to fragment the iPhone device base, particularly since it has spent years mocking Android vendors mercilessly for doing just that. Still, the budget iPhones have to be something that affluent and aspirational.consumers despise. There can’t be much differentiation on the hardware or software.aspects..So.there must be a very sharp line

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