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元器件交易网讯 4月8日消息，三星苹果诉讼案中的一份证据显示，乔布斯曾在2010年10月24日发送的秘密邮件中提到考虑发售低成本iPhone。
依据乔布斯的邮件显示，苹果当时考虑过生产“基于iPod Touch设计的低成本iPhone以取代3GS”，该邮件被发送给苹果内部100名成员。2010年6月iPhone 4发布，售价较3GS便宜100美元。2013年苹果发布iPhone 5C,价格也并不便宜且与iPod Touch没有任何相似之处。对于苹果来说3年前廉价版本iPhone是重要决定，但至今未生产任何相关产品。（元器件交易网毛毛 编译）
邮件内容以下为原文：
A piece of evidence submitted by Samsung inthe second lawsuit it"s facing Apple in the U.S. reveals Apple"s plans for2011, according to an email Steve Jobs sent on October 24, 2010. The plans werelaid out in preparation for the highly secret top 100 Apple internal meetingwhere the former CEO and the most trusted 100 execs and Apple employees woulddefinite the strategy for the upcoming year. In it, a bullet point shows thatApple was considering introducing a low-cost iPhone as far back as 2010, althoughthe company has never launched a device like the one described in the email.
According to Jobs"s email, Apple wasapparently considering at the time creating a “low-cost iPhone model based oniPod touch to replace [iPhone] 3GS” – when the email was sent, Apple"s flagshiphandset was the iPhone 4 launched in June 2010, with the iPhone 3GS being soldfor $100 less. Apparently, a low-cost iPhone model was very important for Applemore than three years ago, but the company is yet to produce the low-cost modelsome potential iPhone buyers have been waiting for. Apple"s 2013 iPhone 5c, alsoknown as the low-cost iPhone model is not actually that cheap, and it"s notsimilar to the iPod touch in any manner.
However, not everything discussed at theseTop 100 meetings ends up being implemented, at least immediately. Part ofApple"s iPhone strategy for 2011 was also to release a “plus” iPhone 4 model“with better antenna, processor, camera and software to stay ahead ofcompetitors until mid-2012” and “have LTE version in mid-2012.” The company didlaunch the iPhone 4s in 2011, although it only released the device in fallrather than summer with Siri on-board. The iPhone 4 then took the place of theiPhone 3GS, becoming the cheaper iPhone option. As for LTE support, this cameonly in fall 2012 on the iPhone 5.
Other mobile-related topics at the Top 100meeting the email refers to include the iPhone 5, various iOS versions Applewas working on at the time and software features, Siri, and upcoming iPad 2 andiPad 3 tablet models.
