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8 GB iPhone 5c Intended to Boost Mid-Tier Markets Where LTE Is Growing

MH01 said:
8.5% price drop for a 50% drop in storage is kinda stupid.

Apple is just trying to flog off all the unsold 5C they have, the price drop is not enough though, but while they still sell the 4S at 349...... they have themselves in a spot of bother around pricing points. They should just man up and remove the 4S and replace it with the 5C 8GB, lots of happy new apple customers.
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Total logic fail. The total 8 GB iPhone 5c models produced prior to preparation for this release is exactly zero. They had no unsold 8 GB iPhone 5c stock prior to this because THEY WEREN'T EVEN MAKING ANY. You don't flog off unsold stock by making a new product.

PS: Apple will replace the 4s when people stop buying it. Blame consumers.
 
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Jsameds said:
If anyone posts that "Can't innovate anymore my a$$" comment one more time I'll punch you so hard that Chuck Norris would be impressed.
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Wasn't Chuck Norris more renowned for his kicks? ;)

I completely agree with you though.
 
Imagine if they started selling this in the US as a $50 discount from the 16GB 5c (since that seems to be about that much of a drop in the UK). Someone walks into Best Buy:

So I can get this iPhone with 8GB of space and nearly 2 1/2 year old technology for Free, this 8GB Skittles iPhone for $50, or this 16GB verison of that same phone for $100?

Then the off contract pricing wouldn't be much different:
4s: $450
5c 8GB: $500
5c 16GB: $550

WTF Apple? Am I the only one who remembers when Apple's product line was simple?
 
numlock said:
why do we change facts to suit one agenda?

appletv as little attention it has gotten from apple is rather competitively priced although chromecast 3rd party development and forthcoming amazon release may change that a bit. but since its release you would be hard pressed to find a better device cheaper especially if you wanted to use it for xbmc.

mba and imac and the new mac pro from what ive read are more competitively priced compared to what else is available.

the new softwares and suites from apple are rather fair priced.

its really the iphone and the ipad where the difference to competitors is so immense.
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I was speaking more towards generalities. If you want a cheaper media streamer, you can get a Chromecast for $35 or a Roku 2 for $80. If you want a desktop or laptop you can get a cheap HP or Dell for under $500. If you want a cheap tablet you can get one of the cheapo Android tablets for under $100. Same goes for phones. If you don't care about specs you can get a Moto G unsubsidized for $180.

But if you do care about quality, the price difference isn't there on any product....including phones and tablets. Go look at the 10" Galaxy Note. Go look at the unsubsidized prices of the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One. Sure you can get quality products like the stuff in the Nexus line for much cheaper than what Apple retails their products for, but the same could be said for the Nexus line compared to offerings from Samsung. The difference there is the business models of each. Google can afford to sell devices at a loss because they know they will be able to monetize the data collected once you have the device in hand. Apple and Samsung make their money on the front end when they sell you the device....so it has to be more expensive.
 
So an 8GB phone is more like 6.5GB after the operating system, maybe less - good luck installing an OTA update - iOS7.1 required 1.6GB of space on my iPhone...!
Whoever buys it will not be frequenting the App Store or iTunes Store very often. I guess Apple is hoping that it will be a teaser phone and people will save for a higher capacity in the future...?
 
jarred125 said:
Cuz you know .. memory is so expensive! :rolleyes::apple:
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I love Apple's products, but this is the one thing that I wish they would loosen the purse strings on. I just forked out $200 extra for a mid-range MacBook Retina 13" to double my SSD memory from 128 (base model) to 256 GB with double the RAM (a tepid 8GB). I also purchased a 1.5 TB Seagate external drive for $80 yesterday.

Yes, Apple, we know you're ripping us off there so that you can preserve your profit margin. But, if we keep buying, I guess we're the ones to blame? :rolleyes:

Seriously, I really can't find an excuse for an 8GB phone when literally half a dozen dollars would make it so much more capacious. Yes, there are people who don't need the memory, but this really doesn't make for a pleasant experience when some of the technophobes actually try to learn to use their devices and discover their pricey toys can't walk and chew gum at the same time.
 
I just setup my in-laws with our hand-me-down 4S phones......their first smartphones. In addition to the basic apple apps, I loaded a few common apps: CNN, ESPN, Wikipanion, and Facebook. That's it, so nowhere near 8GB. They are very happy because all they want to do is:

Text
Check email
Make phone calls
FaceTime
Browse web
Get news and weather
Check grand kids on Facebook
Get directions and use gps
Take a few pictures

If Apple replaces the entry level 8gb 4s model with a 8gb 5c, it might be a pretty good choice for my in-laws down the road.
 
paradox00 said:
More accurately: the 8 GB 5c is intended for markets where the 8 GB 4s isn't selling well. If people stop buying the 4s in the US, they will get this model too.
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No. As the Apple rep (and the actual article headline) stated, this is for markets where price is more sensitive and where LTE use is increasing. The iPhone 4s does not support LTE. Only the 5 series does. So, the 5c is the new "affordable" model which has the latest connectivity options.
 
to me even iphone 5 look better than 5c

5c is a joke plastic - boring design

people wont buy that price ,
at least 99 dollar is ok , and free 2 yrs contract
full price without contract 99 dollar everybody will get it -
 
Come on Apple, everyone knows flash memory is getting dirt cheap now. You could get a 128GB SSD for less than $100. $300 price premium for a 128Gb iPad is atrocious. You could get a 500GB SSD for less than $300.

Apple really needs to move to 32->64->128. They are really milking the memory wagon now.
 
petsounds said:
No. As the Apple rep (and the actual article headline) stated, this is for markets where price is more sensitive and where LTE use is increasing. The iPhone 4s does not support LTE. Only the 5 series does. So, the 5c is the new "affordable" model which has the latest connectivity options.
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Guess what? Those are precisely the markets where the 4s wouldn't sell well. Hence my post.
 
Mainsail said:
I just setup my in-laws with our hand-me-down 4S phones......their first smartphones. In addition to the basic apple apps, I loaded a few common apps: CNN, ESPN, Wikipanion, and Facebook. That's it, so nowhere near 8GB. They are very happy because all they want to do is:

Text
Check email
Make phone calls
FaceTime
Browse web
Get news and weather
Check grand kids on Facebook
Get directions and use gps
Take a few pictures

If Apple replaces the entry level 8gb 4s model with a 8gb 5c, it might be a pretty good choice for my in-laws down the road.
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But you gave your in-laws hand-me-down phones worth perhaps $150 to $200 each. Would you buy them a new 8GB iPhone 5C for $500 each? Would you buy yourself an 8GB 5C that would later become a hand-me-down?
 
everything-i said:
Not quite, we always pay way more £s than a straight currency conversion for Apple products. Import tax, VAT and mandatory 2 year warranty sees to that.
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Yeah, people forget that 429 UK Pounds is $719... but that includes taxes.... so if it's $649 in the US, it's about $707 in California (where I live) after tax... so it's really not much different...
 
slu said:
This is getting very crazy. What happened to simple? And still too expensive. Until Apple hits a $350 unsubsidized price point, I won't be back. Even at 8 GBs, I would have stayed with iPhone instead of switching to Android a year ago.

And how much is a Nexus 5 in the UK? That has LTE...
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If you're just looking for a cheap phone above all else, then Apple isn't for you.

There are plenty of cheap android phones on the market. They might not work all that great, but hey, at least they're cheap, and that's what is most important.
 
I understand releasing a 8GB 5C to basically kill of the 4S. Faster, larger screen, no 30 Pin Connector. Aimed at people that just want a phone with alittle extra. Not much, just alittle. But this is WAY to expensive for that. £429?! £329 would have been the better price point. The 5C isn't selling well as it is, this is not going to help it at all.
 
paradox00 said:
Total logic fail. The total 8 GB iPhone 5c models produced prior to preparation for this release is exactly zero. They had no unsold 8 GB iPhone 5c stock prior to this because THEY WEREN'T EVEN MAKING ANY. You don't flog off unsold stock by making a new product.

PS: Apple will replace the 4s when people stop buying it. Blame consumers.
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Grasshopper relax, was part of the logic. I was referring to all those unsold and not shipped 16gb 5Cs that you would instead sell off as 8gb models . Resuse the parts you already have.
 
MH01 said:
Grasshopper relax, was part of the logic. I was referring to all those unsold and not shipped 16gb 5Cs that you would instead sell off as 8gb models . Resuse the parts you already have.
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Yeah.... that's not happening. 16 GB 5c's are being sold as 16 GB 5c's, not going back to the factory to have 50% of their soldered in flash storage disabled.

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puffy1980 said:
I understand releasing a 8GB 5C to basically kill of the 4S. Faster, larger screen, no 30 Pin Connector. Aimed at people that just want a phone with alittle extra. Not much, just alittle. But this is WAY to expensive for that. £429?! £329 would have been the better price point. The 5C isn't selling well as it is, this is not going to help it at all.
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It certainly won't generate negative sales.
 
Just to artificially drop $60 off and vindictively give the buyer a substandard user experience for the $700+ paid, Apple is simply destroying its brand.
No low-end new iPhone should start at 8GB. They should have instead dropped the 5c price by $50 across the board.
Cook is the new Sculley.
 
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If Apple replaces the entry level 8gb 4s model with a 8gb 5c, it might be a pretty good choice for my in-laws down the road.[/QUOTE]

Everything should be fine until they take a few 8MP pictures and HD video clips. ;)
 
8 GB iPhone 5c Intended to Boost Mid-Tier Markets Where LTE Is Growing

8GB is lame. It might be OK at first for someone used to a feature phone, but once that person starts loading apps, taking pictures, and using the phone as a music player, 8GB is going to be stifling.

16GB should be the minimum. 32GB should be standard on higher end phones.

The only way I see 8GB possibly working out is with a large or unlimited data plan that allows most files to be accessed from the cloud. People paying a lot for this kind of access aren't going to be buying the least expensive iPhone though.
 
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