Apple's 'low-end' phone price disappointing

2013-09-11 20:17

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Apple's 'low-end' phone price disappointing

Editor's note: New iPhone 5Cs are displayed at a media event in an Apple Inc office in Beijing, on Sept 11, 2013. Apple launched its new low-end iPhone 5C on Sept 10, but was met with widespread complaints in China about its still-too-high price.

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New iPhone 5Cs are displayed at a media event in an Apple Inc office in Beijing, on Sept 11, 2013. A reporter holds a new iPhone 5C at a media event in Beijing, on Sept 11, 2013. [Wei Xiaochen/Asianewsphoto]

Apple launched its new low-end iPhone 5C on Sept 10, but was met with widespread complaints in China about its still-too-high price.[Wei Xiaochen/Asianewsphoto]

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