The iPhone 5 and Supporting French Culture
France is one of the easiest smartphone markets to penetrate in the world but with the French government's proposal to put taxes on mobile computers, things may get tougher for smartphone manufacturers. According to the Local News, smartphone and tablet producers like Apple and Amazon might be subjected to tax rules that will help protect the country's cultural industry. This development might trigger smartphone companies to increase the prices of their products. If this happens, only major players will get the chance to stay in France for an extended time. One smartphone brand in France that seems unfazed by the government plan is the iPhone, particularly the iPhone 5. No, it is not because of Apple's plan to sell low-cost smartphones to cover the quickly growing smartphone market in this part of the world but because of the country's transition to the LTE network. While some smartphone brands are racing to improve their features, iPhone 5 got unexpected support f...