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'iPhone 5C' Case Shows Up On Amazon
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What an awkward pose in that picture. The girl looks like she really has to pee and she's trying to hold it in.
Don't scoff, remember that ALL of the Samdung phones have plastic cases. What are Otterboxes made of???? Plastic.
Wrap it up in a case and tada! It looks like an iPhone 5. Which also means, wrap your Aluminum clad iphone 5 in a plastic case and tada! It is a iPhone 5C.
As much as I don't want my phone to have scratches, I use a fabric sleeve instead of a case for that reason.
And iPhone 5C might just cannibalise iPhone 5S's sales.
As much as I don't want my phone to have scratches, I use a fabric sleeve instead of a case for that reason.
And iPhone 5C might just cannibalise iPhone 5S's sales.
I dunno - other than the screen being larger and the phone thinner* - the ergonomics of my Samsung Omnia II and the Galaxy S4 are the same.
*Omnia II + rolling pin + heat/pressure = S4
they won't make that mistake. I think it may have the same processor as the 5 and a worse camera though.
The whole point of manufacturing a plastic shell casing is so you won't have to buy a plastic cover. Of course, the profits companies make from producing plastic covers are so high that they try to convince any gullible person that they need one.
So the ad is supposed to mean that the iPhone 5C is so powerful it can blow women's clothes off?
That's the biggest potential breaking point for me. I want 128, but definitely can't go back to less than 64.
Was beginning to thing something was wrong with my brain for thinking exactly this. Woman in "gotta go" pose, above iPhone cases - was wondering what they had to do with each other.
Also, WTF is up with the leather and chain chair behind her?
Perhaps the less I ask, the better off I am...
Actually I could see it being non-LTE. Hadn't really thought of this before the other poster's specualtion, but most of the developing markets where Apple hopes to sell this don't have LTE yet. And even in the US, if Apple sees pushing this downmarket, they need to have a solid differentiation with the 5S. They likely want to push this to places that don't rely on subsidies like MVNOs and don't lots of them not allow LTE speeds anyway? I would think it will have T-mobile's 1700 AWS HSPA+ band though so that it can at least get 3G (or faux 4G) in non-refarmed areas. All depends on the differential cost of having LTE. If it makes a big difference to the margin, they could easily get away with leaving it out.
This looks pretty good. I don't think this case manufacturer is taking as much of a risk as past ones have. Remember the teardrop iPhone cases?
The whole point of manufacturing a plastic shell casing is so you won't have to buy a plastic cover. Of course, the profits companies make from producing plastic covers are so high that they try to convince any gullible person that they need one.
Really? it surely couldn't be because plastic is cheaper, or that it can be manufactured in different colors, or different shapes, right? Apple is so concerned for us that they decided to use plastic just to save us the $19.95 for a new case...
Talk about ->
Why?
Why would you need to wrap plastic with more plastic? Of course since gorilla glass and metal phones I haven't felt the need to put plastic around a phone in a good long time.
Next you are going to buy covers to cover covers for plastic phones.
Why would you need to wrap plastic with more plastic? Of course since gorilla glass and metal phones I haven't felt the need to put plastic around a phone in a good long time.
Next you are going to buy covers to cover covers for plastic phones.
I had the same thought about the chair. If you look closely, it looks like the seat is actually a tire (which would be open in the center). Mixed with the "gotta go" pose, maybe the chair is some Objet Trouvé toilet?
What all that has to do with iPhone cases, I have no clue.
Looking good !!
Many people consider a case a priority accessory in case they drop their phone. (If plastic case cracks, you replace it easily. If plastic phone cracks, you may be without a phone or at minimum scratch up your expensive purchase.) This case actually classes up the plastic case (though covering the color).
Transparent cases are not what they seem, as debris eventually gets between the phone and cover with unsightly results.
Many people consider a case a priority accessory in case they drop their phone. (If plastic case cracks, you replace it easily. If plastic phone cracks, you may be without a phone or at minimum scratch up your expensive purchase.) This case actually classes up the plastic case (though covering the color).
Transparent cases are not what they seem, as debris eventually gets between the phone and cover with unsightly results.
I could too but Carriers want customers to use data. LTE is becoming a standard—not having it will be like not having Bluetooth or GPS. Apple supports their phones for 2 years with the 3rd year being a crapshoot on support, so the question really is: what's still going to be somewhat relevant 2 years from now?
I think a lot of people here are forgetting the bigger picture: Apple is still going to continue to sell the (now) current iPhone 5 but at a lower price. So Apple's lineup is going to look like this:
iPhone 5S ($199)
iPhone 5 ($99)
iPhone C ($49? or free)
I would bet they're going to drop the 5 designation on the C model since it would be confusing with the (now) current model. What's to differentiate between the 5 and 5C then in a consumer's mind? I think this would also allow Apple to use whatever specs they want—not using a number frees Apple from whatever confines the previous models had.
iPhone C is going to be very similar to the 4S, same camera, different case but possibly having much of same innards as the iPhone 5. I think Apple would love to get away from supporting the 3.5" retina display and move all of them to 4" but I don't think it'll happen yet on this interation and the top 2 models will have the same screen with lower priced model keeping the smaller screen. The C model won't have Siri either.
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