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Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by TruthSHIFT »

astral303 wrote: post #65
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...

They could also be pointing out that the device color matches the OS color. I'm pretty sure Apple has never done that before.

Re: iPhone 5c

#82

Post by jmcintyre »

astral303 wrote: post #65
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...

It isn't just the colors, the shape and the plastic back look quite similar to the Lumia 620.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lumia+620&tbm=isch&tbo=u

Re: iPhone 5c

#83

Post by mullingitover »

untog wrote: post #60
mullingitover wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 and not worth it since I spent about 98% of my life on wifi Not worth it for you

Fair enough, I imagine there are some edge cases where paying half as much for cell service doesn't justify the marginally lower internet speeds during the occasions when wifi isn't around. It's definitely working out fantastically in my case.

Re: iPhone 5c

#84

Post by pavlov »

There's a feeling of déjà vu about this product approach. Take yesteryear's technology, repackage it in a safe design that follows trends established by others, sell for a price that is more than twice what the competitors charge because, hey, you're Apple and your customers will happily pay for your increasing margins.

At least this time around, the MBAs didn't get to name it "iPhone Performa 551c".

Re: iPhone 5c

#85

Post by themstheones »

Le_SDT wrote: post #7

Apple 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?

Not sure what browser you are using, but Apple apparently doesn't test their site on firefox. It's not the first time I've noticed something broken on their site. Seems pretty lazy when the browser has a 20-30% market share.

Re: iPhone 5c

#86

Post by iamshs »

kennywinker wrote: post #57
hanifvirani wrote: post #45

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

Huh, that image looks familiar.... Apple, 1999: http://i.imgur.com/McRhNgK.jpg

The point of that image is to get eyeballs, Nokia sharing some mindspace with Iphone. Besides Nokia did it with polycarbonate.

Re: iPhone 5c

#87

Post by freehunter »

general_failure wrote: post #59
DanitaBaires wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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".

There we go again with the Jobs reference.

This is the man who wouldn't put a speaker hole in the case of his computer because it ruined the looks. He also called Google to have them change the color of their logo because it didn't fit with the iPhone style.

With that in mind, would he have approved of holes in cases that only partially obscured the logo?

Re: iPhone 5c

#88

Post by Samuel_Michon »

AlexanderDhoore wrote: post #80

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.

Apple already sells a Euro 400 iPhone. Right now it’s the iPhone 4, later this month it will be the iPhone 4S.

I doubt Apple will want to compete in the bottom of the market as there are too many phone manufacturers that are willing to sell phones at a loss.

Re: iPhone 5c

#89

Post by salgernon »

TruthSHIFT wrote: post #81
astral303 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

They could also be pointing out that the device color matches the OS color. I'm pretty sure Apple has never done that before.

In Mac OS 8, the 'yum!' Gestalt selector returned a value corresponding to the case color. The OS tinted based on this value (at least on first install.)
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