Now with fingerprint sensor, so when the NSA politely asks Apple for it, they'll be able to send them your fingerprints, a log of all activity and voice print (siri). Such a cool technology (harder to steal phones), just wish it didn't come with this catch.
iPhone 5c
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Re: iPhone 5c
#32I really don't get the external case design. Seeing just a couple letters of "iPhone" through the holes in the case looks incredibly bad.
Wow yeah, that is very unlike Apple. Especially if you choose the same color case as your iPhone, the black letters really stand out. With case, it looks like ‘non’.
Re: iPhone 5c
#33It'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.
with no LTE and no MMS Text Messaging.
Re: iPhone 5c
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hope your are being ironic. 599 Euro in Europe is not a killer cheap phone. http://store.apple.com/de/buy-iphone/iphone5c
The iPhone 4S is a lot cheaper, it’s Euro 399. http://store.apple.com/de/buy-iphone/iphone4s
The Nexus 4 16GB (the 8GB model is sold out) is $250.
Re: iPhone 5c
#35Looking at both the 5s and the 5c they definitely have some cool features but I don't know if it's really enough to prompt me to change from a regular 5.
The fingerprint sensor seems like a very nice touch but I still don't see any NFC features (I guess apple isn't betting on this tech) which I love with the android phones. No wireless charging.
I just really don't see a killer feature in this phone that makes me want to upgrade. Am I missing something?
Re: iPhone 5c
#36That 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? http://www.google.com/nexus/4/
Technically $249 since they're out of the $199 8gb and have said that they don't plan on restocking.
Re: iPhone 5c
#37That 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.
Just speculating, but I would guess that the discounting will be hard and fast: Apple doesn't want to scare investors outright (there is a paranoia about any drop in the ASP, which has the longer-term effect of barring Apple from adapting to markets), but it is likely that Apple will do what is necessary to make this very price competitive.
It will be interesting to see what the imminent Nexus 4/5 is going to bring. I suspect that it will dramatically improve on the terrible camera in the original Nexus 4.
Re: iPhone 5c
#38A $549 phone for developing markets. Seems like Apple is giving up on those markets.
Re: iPhone 5c
#39Apple 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. Win7/FF23
Windows and Firefox - two things most "cutting-edge" web developers have long since stopped caring about.
Re: iPhone 5c
#40Apple 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?
Nope, it's fucked up in both cases.