Over the weekend, new internal documents coming out of Apple/Samsung patent trials, posted by Re/code show some candid insight into Apple's analysis of the future of the smartphone market.
The documents include an Apple slide deck from April, 2013 for 2014 planning. The documents show through the graphs how iPhone "growth rate are slowing" quarter after quarter. The main reason is due the consumers want "less expensive & larger screen smartphones."
In a clear confession Apple acknowledges that "consumers want what we don't have". The larget share of the smartphone growth comes through both >4" screen sizes and <$300 markets.
Frequent rumors claimed that Apple will introduce a large iPhone 6 this fall. The upcoming iPhone size thought to be 4.7-inch or 5.5-inch. Last report from Reuters last month stated that Apple would begin production With 4.7-inch That will be released this fall, while 5.5-inch will be delayed.
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