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Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by barake »

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.

Most people don't consider the true cost of a phone contract. They're only truly considering the up front cost - and a mid-range phone "costs half".

It's really hard to get the average smartphone buyer to understand the price isn't $100 vs $200, but really $2500 vs $2600 over two years.

Re: iPhone 5c

#92

Post by lttlrck »

ekanes wrote: post #31

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.

Send all your fingerprints? How many fingers do you need to unlock your phone?

Re: iPhone 5c

#93

Post by tensor »

nvarsj wrote: post #28
douglasisshiny wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This kind of comment really brings down the level of discourse on this site. If the Nexus 4 is cheap and fragile, then the iPhone 4 is broken, cheap and fragile. They are built with the same materials, but the Nexus doesn't suffer from the embarrassingly bad antenna design of the iphone.

Re: iPhone 5c

#94

Post by mullingitover »

ScottWhigham wrote: post #66
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 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.

Sure, the speed is faster, but that just means you'll be hitting your cap all the quicker. I'm much happier not having to worry about running out of internets in the middle of my billing cycle.

Re: iPhone 5c

#95

Post by adventured »

gfodor wrote: post #58
blairbeckwith wrote: post #17

I really don't get the external case design. Seeing just a couple letters of "iPhone" through the holes in the case looks incredibly bad.

Since Jobs died there have been countless stupid things people have pointed to as evidence that Apple has changed since then. This is the first one I actually buy, this is the exact type of thing Jobs would have flipped the fuck out about.

I see people already joking that the C stands for Clown Phone.

Re: iPhone 5c

#96

Post by HelloMcFly »

themstheones wrote: post #85
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.

Works on Firefox for me.

Re: iPhone 5c

#97

Post by eCa »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Seriously?

Ok. It's quite jerky on my 4S.

Re: iPhone 5c

#98

Post by AlexanderDhoore »

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #88
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.

Ok. Right... So the iPhone 5C isn't their 'cheap' phone at all. That makes more sense.

Re: iPhone 5c

#99

Post by gfodor »

adventured wrote: post #95
gfodor wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since Jobs died there have been countless stupid things people have pointed to as evidence that Apple has changed since then. This is the first one I actually buy, this is the exact type of thing Jobs would have flipped the fuck out about.

I see people already joking that the C stands for Clown Phone.

First it was Cheap, then it was Crappy, now it is Clown? I mean, the idea that there will be a real, actual funny joke around what the "C" stands for seems only real in the sense that people are talking about how there is going to be people talking about what the "C" stands for.

Re: iPhone 5c

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Post by cliveowen »

antr wrote: post #5

Time 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.

I think this lineup may backfire. People with a 4S wanting to upgrade will probably opt for the coloured, cheaper version. People who previously wouldn't have bought the iPhone because too expensive (mostly in Europe where subsidized planes aren't always available) won't buy it now anyway because the 5c is in the same ballpark of the 5s.

They have basically introduced a cheaper alternative to old customers.

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