The Street has called for
Apple (
AAPL) to launch a low-end
iPhone that will help it attack emerging markets, but it also continues to panic over
what might happen to the company’s margins once the new phone launches. Barclays Capital is the latest firm to revive the Apple margin conversation and it lowered its price target on Apple shares to $530 from $575 in the process. In a recent note picked up
by ValueWalk on Thursday, Barclays analysts argue that Apple must somehow prove to investors that margins will not dip below 35%.
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