Pegatron is one of the partners Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), which assembles terminals iPhone and tablets iPad, and those from Reuters claim that at the moment the company is interested in hiring up to 40.000 workers to manufacture a Cheap iPhone. Pegatron would receive orders for several tens of millions of units of the cheap iPhone since it needs so many workers, this would be an important change for Apple, which traditionally uses Foxconn for the assembly of the majority of iPhones of the
Pegatron Corp, an assembler of Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad, said it would increase its number of workers in China by up to 40 percent in the second half of the year, fueling market speculation of a new cheaper iPhone. Pegatron currently employs 100,000 workers. Suppliers have told Reuters that Apple is developing a cheaper model of the phone, broadening its sales base to lower-income buyers in growth markets such as China and India.
Un Cheap iPhone would help Apple to substantially increase its sales, but also its market share, the device allowing the company to access markets where the current versions of iPhones are not very successful. If the device will have a maximum selling price of $350, then there is a possibility that Apple will catch up with Samsung in terms of smartphone sales, but everything depends on the strategy that those from Cupertino will adopt.
