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Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by ScottWhigham »

ranman wrote: post #35

Looking 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 wan…

I don't think that you are in the target market. Apple is more on a two-year cycle than a one-year cycle. Those who switch year-to-year are pretty rare, I think.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by microtonal »

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #15
microtonal wrote: post #6

Earlier 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

That's still expensive for a two year old phone. E.g. the Lumia 920 is being sold here for 289 Euro (32GB, great camera, 4.5" retina display).

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by arrrg »

corresation wrote: post #37
arrrg wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.…

Apple will not compromise on this. Will not happen.

I personally think it’s a completely appropriate price. All I wanted to make clear is that this is not a cheap phone. Doesn’t mean it’s an overpriced phone or somehow worse than the S4. I wanted to make its place in the market clear, that’s all.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by michaelwww »

w1ntermute wrote: post #39
eCa wrote: post #27

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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.

Win8 here. Chrome, FF, and IE work beautifully with the mousewheel. Chrome/FF no scroll bar, IE has vert scrollbar.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by astral303 »

hanifvirani wrote: post #45

Nokia tweeted this: https://twitter.com/nokia_uk/status/377483408043036672

Nokia is full of it here, it's not like Apple has never released multicolored versions of their products before:

http://cdn.cnet.com.au/story_media/339291893/apple_ipod_2008... http://images.apple.com/ipod-shuffle/images/hero1.jpg http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iPod_tou...

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by ScottWhigham »

mullingitover wrote: post #54
supercanuck wrote: post #33

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with no LTE and no MMS Text Messaging.

LTE is overrated and not worth it since I spent about 98% of my life on wifi, and I haven't missed MMS because of iMessages.

LTE is overrated

ha - I had 6mb dl on 4g w/ AT&T iPhone 4S and moving to the iPhone 5 w/ LTE made it 24mb dl. Overrated? Maybe for you but, whenever a company triples my service and doesn't charge me more money, I'm happy to take that deal.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by baddox »

mullingitover wrote: post #54
supercanuck wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

with no LTE and no MMS Text Messaging.

LTE is overrated and not worth it since I spent about 98% of my life on wifi, and I haven't missed MMS because of iMessages.

Or, it might depend on how you use it. I love LTE, and I instantly miss it when I travel to somewhere without it.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by kennywinker »

georgemcbay wrote: post #47
markbao wrote: post #12

At the unlocked price of $550 for the iPhone 5c and $650 for the considerably-better iPhone 5s, it doesn't seem like there's a huge price gap here. I have doubts whether it'll sell that well as the mid-level smartphone. The 4s is $450, which is closer to the price point I would have expected.

The price gap is in a way even worse subsidized because it is still just a $100 discount up front but the same price per month for the same contract length for a lesser phone. The 5C doesn't make much sense to me beyond people that really want more choice in the color of their phone.

You're forgetting how price sensitive people can be. I suspect it will do exceptionally well, even though the smart money is spent on the 5s.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by iwasakabukiman »

krschultz wrote: post #26
rodedwards wrote: post #2

That 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/

The normal selling price was $299 and that was for an 8 GB device. $349 for a 16GB device (which is what Apple is selling).

Google presumably only dropped the price to clear out the inventory before the new Nexus phone is announced.

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