Personal Devices Inc. is a manufacturer of premium cell phones. Most of the company's handsets are equipped with high-end features such as large internal memory, sophisticated texting, camera and music functionalities, and data transfer capabilities. The company is planning to enter the Indian market. One of the senior managers argues that a stripped-down, low-priced model without any extras could be the starting point. The company can sell additional features added to the base model at higher price points. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the senior manager's argument?

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The argument made by the senior manager is based on the assumption that Personal Devices' brand image will not be affected by the production of a low-priced, stripped-down model. Option A directly weakens this assumption by suggesting that producing such a model could alter the perception of the brand among high-end domestic customers. Therefore, option A weakens the senior manager's argument. Options B, C, D, and E are all irrelevant to the senior manager's argument.