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iPhone 5c
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Re: iPhone 5c
#22I really don't get the external case design. Seeing just a couple letters of "iPhone" through the holes in the case looks incredibly bad.
I was thinking exactly that. I don't think Jobs with his extreme perfectionism would've let this come out to the market. It's so "un-Apple".
Re: iPhone 5c
#23Apple breaking the scroll bar themselve? Could the site instead gives a real scroll bar experience on desktop and give this "tablet-style" scrolling experience to tablets/phones only?
Turn off JavaScript and you can scroll with the arrows/page keys... but yeah, annoying.
Re: iPhone 5c
#24It's cheaper to buy the 5S off contract at $650 and take it to Straight Talk ($45 a month AYCE data/minutes) than to buy the 5C and pay $100 a month at AT&T for two years.
Re: iPhone 5c
#25Time will tell, but for the sake of argument: at c. $550 for the unsubsidised version this is a very high price point for the "iPhone for emerging markets" argument. I'm just very curious to see the market expansion with this "lower" tier model.
This is an example of how rumors can be bad when they don't come true. It was rumored that the 5C would be much cheaper for emerging markets, but clearly that's not Apple's strategy (at least not yet).
Re: iPhone 5c
#26That is a category killer cheap phone right there. EDIT: What makes it a category killer is the brand/price point combination.
Then what do you think about $199 for a smart phone that is in every way as capable?
Re: iPhone 5c
#27Apple breaking the scroll bar themselve? Could the site instead gives a real scroll bar experience on desktop and give this "tablet-style" scrolling experience to tablets/phones only?
I can only scroll down once, to design. Guess someone forgot to test things.
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Re: iPhone 5c
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is meant to be the mid-tier phone, not the cheap phone
After having purchased the Nexus 4, having to pay $550 for this phone seems insane.
Having owned a Nexus 4, it is really no comparison to the build quality of an iphone 4/5. It has amazing innards and the best mobile OS, but the case is cheap and fragile.
Re: iPhone 5c
#29That is a category killer cheap phone right there. EDIT: What makes it a category killer is the brand/price point combination.
Samsung’s flagship phone (S4) is €100 cheaper. This is not in any way, shape or form a cheap phone. It’s the iPhone 5 in a new case for €100/$100 less. That’s it.
The nexus 4 kills both in price currently, I think. It is quite important to is in markets where phone subsidies don't exist.
Not to mention the Nokia 620, which is cheap (1700 RMB) but lacks the high res screen.