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.
The 16GB Nexus 4 is just 45% the cost of the 16GB iPhone 5C.
The new Nexus 5 will likely start at $300 as the Nexus 4or5 did when it first went on sale a year ago. I'm not sure what market the iPhone 5C is targeting. On contract, you might as well buy the 5S.
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...
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.
While I springboarded off of your comment, my comment is my own. And I absolutely think that Apple will "compromise" on this (where compromise apparently means "compete in the market"), and the whole "this is not cheap" line is absolute hubris that the Apple-sphere is inventing: This phone is designed to be cheaply manufactured, and you can be absolutely certain that Apple plans on doing what is necessary to maintain marketshare, and the price you see today has little to nothing to do with how it will be priced in China and elsewhere, or even in the US in a few months on no-contract plans.
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.
Travelling through the SE US recently, moving in and out of LTE, 3G, EDGE and no network areas with Maps as my guide, I really missed both LTE and 3G when I was stuck in EDGE territory. Where I live now, my apartment is not a fun place to spend time, I'm not always able to be on a wi-fi network, so having fast data service when I'm out and about is also fantastic.
Technically $249 since they're out of the $199 8gb and have said that they don't plan on restocking.
The 16GB Nexus 4 is just 45% the cost of the 16GB iPhone 5C. The new Nexus 5 will likely start at $300 as the Nexus 4or5 did when it first went on sale a year ago. I'm not sure what market the iPhone 5C is targeting. On contract, you might as well buy the 5S.
I'm not disagreeing with you; I also think the Nexus line is a great buy off contract but that the iPhone is better subsidized ($400 value for $200 on contract or $650 value for $200? The Nexus 4 on contract was stupid).
I'm excited about the Nexus 5, but if the rumors are true that it'll be based off the LG G2, I have a hard time seeing how it'll be offered for $300 when the G2 is the fastest phone on the market.
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.
The iPhone 4 had a glass back, bad example there.
I've dropped my iPhone 4 dozens of times and it never broke the back. I dropped the Nexus 4 once and it cracked all the way down the back of the device.
Nexus 4 is still a great device overall (especially for the price), but the iPhone build quality is seemingly worth the premium.
I'm very disappointed with the price. 599 euros. Holy F. That's a lot of money. Wasn't it supposed to be cheaper?
I guess it makes sense, profit margin-wise. But I was really hoping for a ~400 euro iPhone. That would have been something man... Instant panic at Samsung/Google/Microsoft. Too bad.