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What is the point of the iphone 5c?
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Can somebody please enlighten me?
What is the point of this iphone that is supposedly the "inexpensive" version of the iphone 5s? and its what, 100-150E cheaper? really? And plastic?! are they crazy!
What is the point of this iphone that is supposedly the "inexpensive" version of the iphone 5s? and its what, 100-150E cheaper? really? And plastic?! are they crazy!
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If these people had any ounce of sense, they would do their research and discover an alternatibe at a fraction on the cost .
In Apple's case they keep old production lines buzzing producing not only last years models but ones from two years ago. How profitable must that be?
The strength of the branding and their ability to control distribution and pricing has made selling old phones at premium prices possible so far but times are changing and this strategy might not sustain them in the longer term.
The bottom line is that for as long as people keep buying the products, Apple will continue as they do. If it isn't broke why fix it?
So we now have the iPhone 5 S (same)
and the iPhone 5 C (cheap), not as good specs as the competition, still missing NFC and software features, last gen camera
Wasn't the original iPhone made of plastic? Or have you forgot that?
Don't shoot the messenger, it's the iPhone crowd that have spent years and years telling us how nasty plastic is and how great their metal iPhones are.
Surely that applies to someone buying any latest phone doesn't it?
Most people like to brag when they get a new toy.
Shhhhhh. Don't think logically
There was one report back in June that said the 5C would not be particularly cheap. While most of the pack went with the idea it would be cheap.
Tung disagreed with rumors that called Apple's lower-end offering "cheap," saying the "price is still high," reports the China Times (via Mac Otakara).
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/20/pegatron-ceo-apples-low-cost-iphone-will-not-be-cheap
There again they may have done plenty of research and come to the conclusion that your assessment is wrong. I myself own an alternative brand to an iPhone. However, after owning many alternative computer brands over the years I decided to try Apple and realised what I had been missing for many years and now there's no going back.
If I tried an iPhone who knows, I may just find the same. I find a lot of these threads are more about Apple envy.
I find that it's more the reverse of that.
1. Supposedly inexpensive according to who?
2. There are other high end smartphones made of plastic.
The iPhone 5S is the same as what?
Does that apply exclusively to Apple, or would it apply to any high end smartphone?
Samsung have a variety of phones to suit different budgets and markets.
Since when have we used the Euro in this country op?
on Three's website (same 500 min & UL data)
iphone 5 16gb £31pm + £29 upfront
iphone 5c 16gb £37pm + £49 upfront
that's £164 more expensive over the contract.
Yes, I know.
But I'm asking about the S4. How the heal do Samsung expect to sell the S4 as a cheap phone in these markets?
Networks always charge a premium for newly released devices. The only problem with this is that it is not a new device although I wonder how many will fail to recognise that.
No doubt the bright colours and the branding will attract a substantial number to upgrade from previous iPhones and there will be many who will buy it for fashion reasons alone. It is probably being targeted at the female market with males being catered for with upgraded specs on the 5S
I expect the 5S will sell but maybe not in the numbers Apple are hoping for in developed markets.
They don't. That's why they have a variety of different models from Premium to Budget. Is that so difficult to understand