Those shells are not for apple. Any plastic part were cosmetic appearance plays a role can not be tumbled together like that. They will scratch and apple would certainly not accept them.
This is a good move from Apple! Some people like my mother, sister and other relatives love the iPhone but cannot justify paying £500+ for a phone. (My mum doesn't like contracts, so she stays on PAYG). She has my old iPhone 4 and a new iPod Touch. I can definitely see my Mum and my sister buying one each.
If Steve Jobs was still here, there wouldn't be any leaks at all. Apple is no longer a secretive company. It's sad. No more surprises.
I doubt it will make a difference to your Mum. It will most likely still require a contract and data plan.
Even the packaging looks cheap...
An entirely plastic box with each iPhone? Is that cost effective? Or environmental?
IF this is genuine and the budget iPhone is called, "iPhone 5C" I don't think the supposed, "iPhone 5S" will be called "5S". Consumers could get confused when going to purchase such a device, especially with a price cut on the iPhone 5 while supplies last. It would be, "5, 5S, and 5C"? Does anyone else see this as being very, "un-Apple"? I can see it now, a teen asks his grandma for a new iPhone and she gets confused. I think the budget iPhone MAY be called, "5C" but the "5S" MAY actually be, "iPhone 6".
This looks like it's basically the same box design that they have used for iPods for a while now. This makes perfect sense because if the phone will come in multiple colors they want you to be able to see the color you're getting without having to produce different packaging for each color:
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This looks like it's basically the same box design that they have used for iPods for a while now. This makes perfect sense because if the phone will come in multiple colors they want you to be able to see the color you're getting without having to produce different packaging for each color:
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I might agree, if Apple planned to keep the iPhone 5 around like they have in the past. But the other rumors are saying the 5C will completely replace the 5 on the cheap end. If that's true, then 5C vs 5S is no more confusing than 5 vs 5S.
IPhone 5 consumer?
IPhone 5 custom color?
Whatever it is will be a great entry level device that will eat in to the lower level android market share. Apple isn't stupid, they know exactly who they're appealing to with this device class.
The Apple logo on one of the boxes is off (top right of the picture) and the box appears shallow.
Points of interest, if real:
1. Packaging designed for different markets (shorter box for N.America, bigger for rest of the work since the charger elsewhere is larger).
2. But why would the boxes be mixed in the same pile, if aimed at different markets.
3. Similar approach to iPod packaging.
4. If Apple is axing the iPhone 5, and introducing two flavors... There is a good chance they'll be dropping the number. Example: iPhone & iPhone Colour
That naming seems plausible but I prefer naming it:
iPhone Lite and iPhone Pro or simply iPhone and iPhone Pro.
Everything that defined Apple - design and (build) quality - has now gone down the drain with these cheap knock-off looking, plastic iPhones. I don't like the direction Apple is heading
If Steve Jobs was still here,