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The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes*

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Apple’s Potential Long-Term Challenge #3 –<br />

Do Incumbents Have Apple-Like Potential In Emerging Markets<br />

Our View: Perhaps Apple’s biggest risk given relatively high<br />

prices of iPhone + English language bias of iPhone apps +<br />

relatively slow deployment of 3G in emerging markets. All which<br />

may provide regional incumbent handset leaders more time to<br />

‘catch up’ to Apple and endeavor to emulate some of Apple’s<br />

winning attributes in their own products. In addition, certain<br />

markets (like China) already has a developed mobile <strong>Internet</strong><br />

ecosystem based on 2.xG Value-Added Services.<br />

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