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Analyst Predicts No Siri on iPhone 5C, Fingerprint Scanner Solely for Device Unlocking on iPhone 5S
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You got a point there... But if this 'cheaper' iPhone has the same form factor as the iPhone 5, there's still a way to make a non-retina display with the same form factor compatible with applications that support retina displays; it's all in the display output math. Also, iOS 7 supports a more dynamic way to output objects to the display, as if they are foreseeing multiple display formats that would need to be supported in the near future.
On another topic, it's funny how people complain about this rumored 'cheaper' iPhone having a plastic enclosure, while a lot of people are currently buying plastic cases for their nice looking iPhones.
Just like people who use seatcovers to protect the leather seats in their cars. Whoever buys their car years later get to enjoy the look and feel these almost new leather seats have.
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That's a possibility too.
i predict that analysts are wrong this time
5c will have siri and fingerprint scanner will do much more than just unlocking the phone.
5c will have siri and fingerprint scanner will do much more than just unlocking the phone.
If there's no Siri on 5C Apple will just shoot itself in the foot. I wouldn't miss Siri if it was missing (due to lack of support for my native language), but I will continue to play with it occasionally if it's included.
$300 would be perfect price as I would buy $300 iPhone over $150 Android phone any day. However, since 5C is going to cannibalaze 5S sales a lot, it needs to have bigger or equal profit margin and that makes it a $400 phone.
$300 would be perfect price as I would buy $300 iPhone over $150 Android phone any day. However, since 5C is going to cannibalaze 5S sales a lot, it needs to have bigger or equal profit margin and that makes it a $400 phone.
The 5S fingerprint scanner will HAVE to do more than unlock the phone... Thats MAJOR money invested in something most people probably dont use. I dont need a password nor does anyone I know.
For the 5S to be faster and thats it isnt going to go over too well. Ill surely go for a cheaper IP5 than 5S, as will many people. The 5 is VERY fast compared to my 4S...
For the 5S to be faster and thats it isnt going to go over too well. Ill surely go for a cheaper IP5 than 5S, as will many people. The 5 is VERY fast compared to my 4S...
i predict that analysts are wrong this time
5c will have siri and fingerprint scanner will do much more than just unlocking the phone.
Nothing new, most analysts are usually wrong.
But you are right, SIRI is vital to iOS, and a fingerprint scanner is what the Wallet app needs to become more useful.
Honestly, your response makes you look like the thin-skinned one. All the poster said was your original comment was your opinion -- and it was! But some do find Siri useful (I'm not in that crowd). But when Siri was a 3rd party service it was great & look forward to Apple building it back up to that level & beyond.
I think it's fair to be of the opinion Siri is a gimmick as it is now. But just because someone else enjoys it & says so doesn't make them Apple lemming as you suggest.
My company (a Fortune 500) just adopted the iOS platform 6 weeks ago and the major hangup was security. The fingerprint sensor only to unlock the phone may be worth it alone to have other large companies jump on iOS for enterprise.
How exactly did you extrapolate that from the rumors? The rumor is that the home button will have fingerprint censor embedded into it - not that the home button will be replaced by the fingerprint censor.
Loads of different models? Apple has never had more than 3 phones available for sale at anyone time and only supports 4 models at this time. If you're counting the 4 and 4s as a distinct phone model. They are smartly dropping off the 3GS and will have a nice small set of iPhones available again.
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Hilarious. The 5C is still going to be a fantastic phone. What do you mean by catering to the bottom of the barrel? People or product?
They are pushing into a larger market with a economically made high-end iPhone. Sounds very smart to me.
I find it comical that most people on here are not "accepting" this run of the mill rumor of no siri, when in fact most of you are in denial that a 5c will even come to fruition or don't want anything to do with it in the first place.
So which one is it guys? :-D
So which one is it guys? :-D
And all of those devices involved compromising on features in order to meet a lower price point. This isn't new.
Again, what make you thing that the lower cost iPhone won't be the best in their respective segments?
Yeah. It was the top of the line iPod that was plastic.
And the original iPod shuffle.
That's just FUD. You made up your own facts and over-generalized your own preferences. I wasn't criticizing you for an honest opinion or for disagreeing with Apple. I was criticizing your post because it had little respect for reality.
Make that 4% after comments made by Carl Icahn. Says he talked to Tim Cook today and as a result of their conversation, has a "large position" in AAPL and that it is "extremely undervalued".
Must be some cool stuff in the pipeline...
That doesn't change the fact that iOS devices are more mainstream, more popular, and consequently have more customers. Hence the greater percentage of iOS related posts.
Anyhow, why are you commenting about this on an iDevice news post?
Um, not sure if serious
iPhone 3G?
3GS?
This is just for the people saying Apple is doomed or whatever, this could be out of topic as i have not read all the posts. But i did read some Apple is doomed things maybe here maybe on another thread but anyways check this out: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0506/Fortune-500-Top-10-companies-Who-s-the-new-No.-1/Apple
this is the fortune 500 for 2013 top 10 companies. If your saying Apple is doomed think again. Last year Apple was number 17 this year Apple jumped to number 6 the numbers speak for themselves
this is the fortune 500 for 2013 top 10 companies. If your saying Apple is doomed think again. Last year Apple was number 17 this year Apple jumped to number 6 the numbers speak for themselves
That may be true, but the vast majority of users don't need enterprise.
Something tells me the 5S could wind up the iPad3. (They needed to fill in the gap). Still a nice device, but nowhere what it was intended to be. (Hence iPad4 so soon)