Apple’s IPhone Void Leaves a Nation Begging: Alexandre Marinis
This article is for subscribers only.
It would be hard to find a country where Apple Inc. products are more coveted and more difficult to buy than Brazil.
Brazil is the world’s eighth-largest economy and one of its fastest-growing; it has more mobile phones per inhabitant than the U.S.; its people spend more time on the Internet than they do watching TV; they are passionate about social networks; and they love hearing music on digital devices. Even so, Apple, heralded as one of the most astute and revolutionary technology companies on the planet, all but ignores Brazil.