This is a stupid comment. Especially if you think the Nexus 5 (or 4) is a cheap phone. But keep beating that fanboy drum. That is what is most important.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
8 GB iPhone 5c Intended to Boost Mid-Tier Markets Where LTE Is Growing
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
This is a stupid comment. Especially if you think the Nexus 5 (or 4) is a cheap phone. But keep beating that fanboy drum. That is what is most important.
That's not what I said. There are expensive and good Android phones.
What I said was that if "cheap" is your highest priority, then there are plenty of Android phones to fill that need. There are plenty of cheap, crappy Android phones, but there are no cheap, crappy iPhones.
For somebody who is looking for low cost as their primary criteria, they'd be best served looking at Android phones.
I posted "My ass can't innovate anymore" over on MDN. Do I need to duck?
MacDailyNews is one of my favorite comedy sites on the entire net. It's hard to believe there are people that fanatical in this world but MDN has a high percentage of them.
I also like when the posters refer to the "staff at MDN" or there are opinion pieces by "our own Steve Jack"
What version of iOS are running on the nexus 5 ? .... ah, ok ... it android ... Never mind
----------
Fortunately it isn't going to happen ....
Well sorry to inform you but you bought a year old phone with a new colour case, you could have bought a second hand ipHone 5 and put it in a colour case
it's simply ripping people off with year old tech , it's new because it has a plastic coloured case, big deal..jeez Apple deserve to have lost so much to Android..If they had launched a large screen iPhone option 2/3 years back they wouldn't have lost so much market share..simple as that..
I think it would be 50/50. I know I would be pissed off having just bought a 8GB iPhone 5c for 3/4 of $1000, to find it full (out of space) within a short period. It would make me look at other brands with maybe upgradeable memory sizes.
The only thing(s) that would keep me loyal to one ecosystem would be a unique application that I cannot do without, and the competition doesn't have it, or bad experience with reliability. I'm so use to micro transactions these days that purchasing another platforms Apps doesn't hurt the pocket as much due to most being only $Free to $3.00
There's not much difference now between a high end Android phone and an iPhone. They all borrow technologies from each other, and there is usually an App equivalent on each device. Even Microsoft/Nokia covers the majority of mainstream Apps now.
Excuse my big rant if you were being sarcastic though
Introducing the all new iPhone 5w
I have a great idea for you Apple
Introduce an all new iPhone 5w (w=web) and price it at $0 subsidized
Keep the memory at 2GB, but don't write about it anywhere (like you don't write about amount of RAM, processor speed or battery capacity).
People don't like technical terms, so there's no need to make them confused.
It'll be enough memory to keep iOS installed and nothing more, spawning a new wave of HTML apps to keep data usage high.
Make secret agreements with carriers and charge them $3 per GB the costumer uses. The carriers will forward this cost directly to the costumer.
The end goal. Low production costs. Increased revenue from data streaming music from new iCloud music service and HTML apps data usage.
/sarcasm may appear above
I have a great idea for you Apple
Introduce an all new iPhone 5w (w=web) and price it at $0 subsidized
Keep the memory at 2GB, but don't write about it anywhere (like you don't write about amount of RAM, processor speed or battery capacity).
People don't like technical terms, so there's no need to make them confused.
It'll be enough memory to keep iOS installed and nothing more, spawning a new wave of HTML apps to keep data usage high.
Make secret agreements with carriers and charge them $3 per GB the costumer uses. The carriers will forward this cost directly to the costumer.
The end goal. Low production costs. Increased revenue from data streaming music from new iCloud music service and HTML apps data usage.
/sarcasm may appear above
People are really missing the boat on this because Apple has done such a fantastic job of convincing consumers that they never have "sales".
The iPhone 5C was released in October last year and by Thanksgiving it was already being sold for $100 off.
The 8GB iPhone 5C will replace the 8GB iPhone 4S when the iPhone 6 is released.
As I have mentioned in other posts, my employer issued me an iPhone 4 with 8GB of memory and it is currently running iOS 7.1 without issue. It is fine for its intended purpose, but I would not want it as a personal smartphone.
The iPhone 5C was released in October last year and by Thanksgiving it was already being sold for $100 off.
The 8GB iPhone 5C will replace the 8GB iPhone 4S when the iPhone 6 is released.
As I have mentioned in other posts, my employer issued me an iPhone 4 with 8GB of memory and it is currently running iOS 7.1 without issue. It is fine for its intended purpose, but I would not want it as a personal smartphone.
Last edited:
Warp 0.1!!1
According to my research and projections
eek, this may actually turn out less expensive than the 16GB version by the time Apple announces the iPhone 6c/5cs.
Last edited:
The £380 price is €455 via Amazon Germany. I don't like the look of the ratings of the two vendors supplying at that sort of price, though.
Totally agree. Also I like upgrading my iPhone every 12 months, it feels like just about the right time and yes I enjoy every "S" model immensely!
I'm absolutely with you.
I've always bought my iPhones unsubsidized, full price. I don't like to be tied with a carrier for 24/30 months.
It's not easy to pay 750 every year, I know it, but the reselling value of my previous iPhone usually is good so I can afford that.
