He said to "use cation" in interpreting them, which is a very vague response. He was in a position to categorically deny them or deny the importance of them, but he did not.
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Apple Cutting iPhone 5c Production at Two Major Suppliers
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He said to "use cation" in interpreting them, which is a very vague response. He was in a position to categorically deny them or deny the importance of them, but he did not.
the customers apple are aiming for do not care about last years tech, which is still great. one word for poor sales, price. consumers were expecting an iphone with a dirt cheap price tag.
You assume that everyone has the same priorities. Readers of MR.com may know and care about what's inside their phones, but many, if not most, people don't. They buy whatever appeals to them the most when they are ready to get a new phone.
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I agree. It does seem like they could have been more aggressive with the pricing.
But how is this any different than if Apple had just kept the iPhone 5 and made it $99 on contract? I'd think that people who are buying on price don't care if it's last year's model. At least they haven't seemed to in the past. If 5c sales really are lower than expected could it be a consumer aversion to plastic?
I agree, and it SHOULDN'T have sold as well as expected.
It's essentially the iPhone 4 - not in terms of specs or looks. In terms of position.
Remember, all Apple have done here is replaced what would have been the older model (so iPhone 4s most likely) with a newer model.
Really they shouldn't have expected to sell that many more than the 'old model' does when the 'new model' is released every year.
"What people didn't want a phone that had last year's technology in it? Shocking."
No. This:
"the iPhone 5C is selling better now than the iPhone 4S was selling when the iPhone 5 came out"
No. This:
"the iPhone 5C is selling better now than the iPhone 4S was selling when the iPhone 5 came out"
This was a product that was all about greed. They would have been better off releasing the product with the same specs as the 5S, minus the fingerprint sensor, it might have had a chance then.
Or released it at a much much lower price point, possibly the same price point the 4S is currently retailing at.
Or released it at a much much lower price point, possibly the same price point the 4S is currently retailing at.
How do you know what they expected? For all we know, 5c sales could be completely in line with Apple's expectations.
I see a lot of people piling on with negative comments after reading this news. Perhaps people don't remember a few short months ago when similar reports came out - and then Apple sold many more phones than was expected. These supplier leaks have turned out to be complete bollocks in the past. I believe this is still true.
This past January the WSJ claimed in a front page story that Apple was reducing iPhone 5 components by half because of weak demand. How did that story turn out? This is the same thing that happens every quarter before earnings release. Though this quarter Wall Street seems to be giving a collective shrug. This morning Apple stock is up pre-market.
AFAIR it's rude to quote yourself on the internets, but other than competition being the Lumia 925 at 350€ off-contract today (and Nokia's
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Customers Win!
iPhone 5S is much much much better phone for $100 more than iPhone 5C.
End of story. Apple, now take your plastic and great gross margin!.
iPhone 5S is much much much better phone for $100 more than iPhone 5C.
End of story. Apple, now take your plastic and great gross margin!.
Don't sugarcoat this. This is a pricing strategy failure. Tons of people here said the 5c was grossly overpriced. So did scores of analysts. Price is both too high, and too close to the 5s.
These production cuts confirm the critics correctly perceived how the market would react to the 5c's pricing.
These production cuts confirm the critics correctly perceived how the market would react to the 5c's pricing.
True and true. Folks that rag and bash plastic were meant to be ignored. Maybe it's because I was an Apple fan in the white plastic days of the Clamshell and OG white iBook, but whatever.
I've never had issues with build material, never cracked a screen on my iPhones iPads, or Galaxies. Dropped the iPad from the top of fridge, not a scratch, dropped the Note 2 down the stairs . . . I mean it went flying, the case flew off, and the back cover almost came off . . . not a scratch.
I don't think the issue really rests in the materials or the innards, just the price.
Okay, maybe Apple couldn't lower the price of the phone by much, then charge the same price as the 5s and give us a 5s with a colorful plastic back.
Yes, this in deed, and a much deeper Product Red version.
I dont know. I'm making the same assumption as everyone in this thread, as well as all the so-called 'analysts'.
The assumption is based on the simple question - why would they reduce the number of devices needed from what they originally told the manufacturer to make - the logical answer is they don't need as many, which then draws you to the even more logical answer, that they don't need them because they didn't sell as many as projected.
Of course this all only applies if indeed the article is right, and the suppliers have been asked to reduce how many they make.
Sorry, sorry... relative to the 5s that is
Well yeah. Why should the 5C have the same innards as the 5S? It's not like its the same phone just different sizes. And if Apple had kept the 5 and dropped the price $100 would people be complaining that it didn't have the same innards as the 5S?