Apple has invited Chinese journalists to a Sept. 11 event in Beijing to announce… well, no one really knows, but it could be a big deal. One of the likelier reasons for the Beijing event — set to kick off mere hours after the company is expected to unveil its new iPhone in the U.S. — would seem to be the introduction of a new, lower-end iPhone, which would seem to be designed with Chinese consumers in mind. News broke last month that Apple had told assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry to begin shipping a lower-end iPhone.
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Posted by: David Vranicar September 5, 2013 10:44 AMApple has invited Chinese journalists to a Sept. 11 event in Beijing to announce… well, no one really knows, but it could be a big deal. One of the likelier reasons for the Beijing event — set to kick off mere hours after the company is expected to unveil its new iPhone in the U.S. — would seem to be the introduction of a new, lower-end iPhone, which would seem to be designed with Chinese consumers in mind. News broke last month that Apple had told assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry to begin shipping a lower-end iPhone.