Apple iPhone 5 plans could intensify Android battle – MacDailyNews – Welcome Home

“Apple could release a midrange iPhone in addition to the iPhone 5, itself rumored to debut in coming weeks,” Nicholas Kolakowski reports for eWeek. “If that comes to pass, it’ll mark a new phase in Apple’s mobile strategy: the moment when it stopped battling Android in a more general way, and decided to ram Google’s operating system head-on.”

“that hardware will run iOS 5, a significant update to Apple’s mobile operating system,” Kolakowski reports. “It includes boosted interoperability with Twitter, a new feature called Newsstand that consolidates e-periodical subscriptions, and a Reminders app, among other features. Apple is also launching its iCloud service, which will sync user content and push it to various devices via the cloud.”

Kolakowski reports, “If it comes to pass, cheaper iPhones with more powerful hardware will counter the Android devices currently flooding the low- to mid-price smartphone market, even as the iPhone 5 goes toe-to-toe against premium Android devices.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]

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