Wow £499 only a few years ago then £529 how can they justify £549 for a phone similar to Iphone 5?:
Looks like Apple haven't increased the price of the 5S in the USA. Looks like the price rise is just for treasure island - why do Apple like to rip off the British?
Looks like Apple haven't increased the price of the 5S in the USA. Looks like the price rise is just for treasure island - why do Apple like to rip off the British?
I remember last time they reduced it due to the VAT and increased it again?
Maybe Carphone warehouse will sell it for £529 as they usually tend to be cheaper? All be it they lock the phones.
A pretty underwhelming launch of new iPhones today.
The 5C at £469 is a joke if it supposed to be a budget phone. At that kind of price point it is firmly in Galaxy S4 territory and that makes it look pretty poor value. It is in no way a device that will fuel demand for cost conscious customers to consider adopting an Apple product over a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini or HTC 1 Mini.
The 5S has a quality look to it and will no doubt appeal to Apple customers looking to upgrade from 4S's. The branding will attract some but the spec is a let down and innovation seems to be in short supply. Apple appear to being doing little more than playing to their own fan base and offering features that play catch up with recent Android devices.
I'm sure the iPhone 6 will be a phablet but it'll have to go some to beat the features that are now being offered on the Note 3 with it's Gear watch accessory.
I can see Apple losing market share in developed nations with their current strategy, maybe they will gain some in developing nations with a suitably priced 5C?
It looks like Apple will become a niche brand for smartphones just as they are for personal computers. High margin, low volume with just enough innovation and spec to keep them in the frame for those with a lot of disposable income who don't look too closely at the specs and put a lot of value in the brand.
All things considered I think we have seen the best of Apple now in terms of mobiles, their product innovation looks tired and will shortly look dated as mobile use continues to grow with a demand for ever more powerful devices that can be used as mobile Internet terminals.
On Radio 4 tonight they mentioned this new Iphone quoting a $99 price tag - I thought that impossible when I heard it and assume it's the charge US carriers will charge for the phone when on contract (it seems the norm for US carriers to charge something like $100 for a contract phone)
Have to say I largely agree in some ways a real shame to see apple go this way, bit like a mad relative that you feel too guilty to put in a home even though you know its for their own good.
Looks like it's all down to the android sector to drive forward innovation in the future.
Looks like Apple haven't increased the price of the 5S in the USA. Looks like the price rise is just for treasure island - why do Apple like to rip off the British?
Because they can I assume and people will still pay.
On Radio 4 tonight they mentioned this new Iphone quoting a $99 price tag - I thought that impossible when I heard it and assume it's the charge US carriers will charge for the phone when on contract (it seems the norm for US carriers to charge something like $100 for a contract phone)
Have to say I largely agree in some ways a real shame to see apple go this way, bit like a mad relative that you feel too guilty to put in a home even though you know its for their own good.
Looks like it's all down to the android sector to drive forward innovation in the future.
Yeah so good apple for the first time in history have scrapped an iPhone after a year for the tacky delight 5c, even apple realised what crap it was obviously.
Yeah so good apple for the first time in history have scrapped an iPhone after a year for the tacky delight 5c, even apple realised what crap it was obviously.
Hope you didn't buy this defunct crap
So when they don't change the design, it's boring.
And when they do, it's because they think the previous model was a pile of shit.
Got it. :rolleyes:
Three options here - you actually are six years old, you're drunk, or you're trolling.
So when they don't change the design, it's boring.
And when they do, it's because they think the previous model was a pile of shit.
Got it. :rolleyes:
Three options here - you actually are six years old, you're drunk, or you're trolling.
Did you consider that it is possible for both of those statements to be true?
It is possible for someone to believe that Apple are being boring by not changing up the design much whilst also being true that if they then do change up the design that the new design is in the opinion of that person, rubbish.
A new design has no guarantee of looking amazing to everybody.
I'm sure the iPhone 6 will be a phablet but it'll have to go some to beat the features that are now being offered on the Note 3 with it's Gear watch accessory.
I don't think Apple will do this.
If they do go for a 6" and 12" Ipad as rumoured I think it would be called Ipad maxi and Iphone Maxi.
The Maxi would have the same features as the 4" model making it like a Galaxy mini.
Also I don't think the phablet market is for everybody.
Did you consider that it is possible for both of those statements to be true?
It is possible for someone to believe that Apple are being boring by not changing up the design much whilst also being true that if they then do change up the design that the new design is in the opinion of that person, rubbish.
A new design has no guarantee of looking amazing to everybody.
Well, in this case the person was "Apple".
I'd be pretty sure Apple didn't actually think the iPhone 5 was a piece of shit.
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Usual constructive comments then.
Mobile tech generally has plateaued. All this nonsense about Apple not being innovative whilst everyone else apparently is, is nonsense.
I remember last time they reduced it due to the VAT and increased it again?
Maybe Carphone warehouse will sell it for £529 as they usually tend to be cheaper? All be it they lock the phones.
You obviously haven't seen my comments yet
don t care of the bits. just care of how good it is and the price. at the moment ios is so primitive , i would not touch it even if it was 128 bit.
ios is void!
There is no point in buying a sim free iPhone from car phone warehouse as it is basically pay as you go with apple.
:yawn: best get back there quick then
Yeh but the iPhone 5s comes in gold and has facetime.
Conversation over!
You mean the usual truth that you find hard to swallow
Even you must be trawling the apple propaganda websites for something positive to say.
By the way I haven't checked have they invented the HD screen this time round
The 5C at £469 is a joke if it supposed to be a budget phone. At that kind of price point it is firmly in Galaxy S4 territory and that makes it look pretty poor value. It is in no way a device that will fuel demand for cost conscious customers to consider adopting an Apple product over a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini or HTC 1 Mini.
The 5S has a quality look to it and will no doubt appeal to Apple customers looking to upgrade from 4S's. The branding will attract some but the spec is a let down and innovation seems to be in short supply. Apple appear to being doing little more than playing to their own fan base and offering features that play catch up with recent Android devices.
I'm sure the iPhone 6 will be a phablet but it'll have to go some to beat the features that are now being offered on the Note 3 with it's Gear watch accessory.
I can see Apple losing market share in developed nations with their current strategy, maybe they will gain some in developing nations with a suitably priced 5C?
It looks like Apple will become a niche brand for smartphones just as they are for personal computers. High margin, low volume with just enough innovation and spec to keep them in the frame for those with a lot of disposable income who don't look too closely at the specs and put a lot of value in the brand.
All things considered I think we have seen the best of Apple now in terms of mobiles, their product innovation looks tired and will shortly look dated as mobile use continues to grow with a demand for ever more powerful devices that can be used as mobile Internet terminals.
Have to say I largely agree in some ways a real shame to see apple go this way, bit like a mad relative that you feel too guilty to put in a home even though you know its for their own good.
Looks like it's all down to the android sector to drive forward innovation in the future.
Because they can I assume and people will still pay.
It is
#WindowsPhone8
Bless not now MS have bulldozed their way in to Nokia
So there was me thinking the iPhone 5 was a pretty good phone. But the truth turns out to be "its a pile of shit".
You're doing a pretty good impression of a six year old.
Yeah so good apple for the first time in history have scrapped an iPhone after a year for the tacky delight 5c, even apple realised what crap it was obviously.
Hope you didn't buy this defunct crap
So when they don't change the design, it's boring.
And when they do, it's because they think the previous model was a pile of shit.
Got it. :rolleyes:
Three options here - you actually are six years old, you're drunk, or you're trolling.
Well i'm doing the last one so he's either six years old or drunk.
Just two options you are deluded ... Or very upset you bought a binned iPhone
It is possible for someone to believe that Apple are being boring by not changing up the design much whilst also being true that if they then do change up the design that the new design is in the opinion of that person, rubbish.
A new design has no guarantee of looking amazing to everybody.
I don't think Apple will do this.
If they do go for a 6" and 12" Ipad as rumoured I think it would be called Ipad maxi and Iphone Maxi.
The Maxi would have the same features as the 4" model making it like a Galaxy mini.
Also I don't think the phablet market is for everybody.
Well, in this case the person was "Apple".
I'd be pretty sure Apple didn't actually think the iPhone 5 was a piece of shit.