When the iPad mini was launched, we got a hint that Apple finally began to attach importance to the low-end market, no matter how Apple put aside Low end iPhone The relationship between, can not stop the outside world to this mysterious mobile phone speculation, even the supply chain has hinted that there is such a mobile phone. According to Taiwan media Digitimes, Apple's upstream supply chain reported that Apple would use plastic to make the iPhone bottom frame Digitimes called "entry-level", instead of using reinforced glass or one-piece metal.

Interestingly, Digitimes pointed out that this Low end iPhone The bottom frame of is from suppliers in the United States. Apple has already made some iPhone parts in the United States, including glass made in Kentucky and processor chips made in Texas. The Digitimes website is dominated by rumors, but because their sources are all from Apple's supply chain, they have also had accurate exposure records. Hon Hai refused to respond to the news that low-end iPhones were made of plastic. There are other rumors that the low-end iPhone is mixed with plastic and metal, and the metal parts inside can be seen through the special appearance design (transparent shell?). The source also pointed out that relevant upstream parts suppliers have passed Apple's inspection, and low-end iPhone products may be launched in the second half of 2013.

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