Apple Has a Plan B as iPhone Demand Peaks; Many Suppliers Don't
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In a world where iPhone demand is on the wane, Apple Inc. has a Plan B. As customers wait longer between upgrades and the smartphone market saturates, Apple can fall back on charging higher prices for each handset and raking in more money from services such as streaming music, digital videos and data storage.
But there’s no back-up for many of the companies that supply components for the iPhone.