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Apple warns suppliers that iPhone demand is falling - report
Apple may be worried that its next iPhones won't be as popular as its last. The company told suppliers to to manufacture 20% fewer components for its upcoming iPhones, according to Nikkei. That could signal it expects waning enthusiasm for its flagship smartphone. Apple's (AAPL) stock price fell as much as nearly 2% in Friday's trading, pulling the Nasdaq lower by 0.6%.
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This does not surprise me, when you take into account the much lower price for a low-end Android phone.
I wouldn't use Apple no matter what though for other reasons than price (don't like the iTunes agreement; much prefer the Amazon one for MP3's), and iPhones don't plug-and-play into Linux PC's even though almost everything else does - a big failing on Apple's part, IMHO. Basically, iPhones don't fit my basic requirements even without bothering to take their (high) price tag into account.