Thanks to a raft of low-end low-margin smartphones, Android is established as the dominant consumer platform around the world.
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That being said, a low-end, low-cost iPad would certainly tempt a lot of consumers away from Android devices.
There were reports in credible sources that Amazon would jump into smartphones with its signature low-end, low-margin strategy.
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Powers and Thomas routinely check out menus from restaurants ranging from the high end to the low end, looking for the key words: wild striped bass.
China's ZTE, which has somehow silently risen through the ranks to become the world's number six phone manufacturer by volume, is said to be prepping a renewed global assault that will see it move beyond its typical role as a provider of low-end dumbphone fare to occupy the low-end smartphone niche, a market with traditionally limited choice.
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This area could be called the dangerous or murky middle: neither the high end, nor the low end.
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The current pricing of Android phones is not working against Apple in either the high-end or the low-end smartphone market.
One can see a future where experience-customised versions of Android running on devices like the Amazon Kindle Fire take the low end (or rather, the low initial outlay) market, but traction against the iPad at the high end remains elusive.
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Geinke believes there is a large gap between the Lululemon on the high end and brands like Champion on the low end.
"At the moment, there is only high-end imported furniture and very low-end things that are made there, " Ross said.
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Is Android taking share because it is more interesting (at the high end) or just less expensive (at the low end)?
The other strategy would be to continue to make the high end sets but also enter the market in that low end.
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Increasing competition from Apple and RIM in the high end market, and Samsung and LG in the low end market is causing Nokia to reduce its prices.
Manufacturers, in turn, are increasingly relying on their high-end sales to balance out their low-end products.
All the firms offer services from high-end businesses like IT consulting to low-end management of servers and business process outsourcing.
The analyst says the chances of a summer debut of a low-end iPhone would appear to be low, given that Apple is supply constrained on the iPhone 4, and the the fact that the company would not likely want to detract from the pending debut of the iPhone 5, which he expects to arrive in June.
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The HP Touchpad proved there is a low-end tablet market, albeit at unsustainably low prices.
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My estimate matches the median, is towards the high-end of the Street analysts and the low-end of the independents.
Back in 2008, the handset slump crushed the low-end and pre-paid phone markets as low-income households pulled back from spending.
Since games are being built to scale down from the top-end (which means PCs) down to the low-end (smartphones) consoles are stuck in the middle and not able to move the industry from a technical standpoint.
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Just as if you go to a low-achieving school, you tend to end up in a low-achieving job.
At the low-end, AMD announced Bobcat, a design for a low-power processor that can be used in consumer electronics devices.
And that while RIM will surely keep growing, it may cede the high-end of the smartphone market and become a mid- to low-end player.
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