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Apple Launches 8 GB iPhone 5c, Relaunches 16 GB iPad 4

Also found 5c 8G not available at least for Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Not sure which any other countries are not selling.
 
Iconoclysm said:
Hmm, the 16 GB iPhone 5C costs $549 in the US...not sure how this is even possible for you to pay $800 for half that.

About HD, who freaking cares? Get over it, you cannot tell the difference between 640 and 720 on a 4" screen...I remember just a couple of years ago when every Android fan on the planet was saying that "retina" was completely unnecessary. Now a fingernail's worth of pixels make or break a phone.
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if it was the contrary Apple would have flattered itself and denigrated the competition which has overtaken Apple's market shares...
That's why Apple is rumored to be preparing a 4.7" Phone and a 5.7" phablet :D
 
Lots of hate here for the bottom of the range updates. Why care if they replace the iPad 2 with the 4th gen model, why care if the base 5c only has 8GB. Do you think Apple would introduce this model if they didn't see decent sales from the 8GB 4S model.

I have a client who upgraded all of the company mobiles to iPhones, specifically the iPhone 4S 8GB model. These devices are locked down and only connect to the company server for mail contacts calendars and web use. They have 1 bespoke app and run a couple of others but the staff cannot run their own apps. In this case the 8GB is perfect, they bought 120 of them and saved a hell of a lot of cash over buying the 5. They are due for an upgrade this summer and I suspect that they will be getting 120 5C 8GB handsets in white rather than 16GB models.
 
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Meanwhile I just bought a 128gb micro SD card for my 32gb Galaxy S4 bringing it to 160gb. That card was only $120.
 
numlock said:
please keep my post in context of what i was replying to. the apologists reply is that it will a) get people that dont need more ie people that arent going to be spending much more or b) drives more towards 5s which this new addition makes no difference.

btw i object to your use of only when it comes to £200-300 and calling an 8 gig 5c the same as 16 5c just with less storage. the vast difference in capacity minus what the ios needs and ota updates makes this a completely different beast.
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This entire thread is about the iPhone 5C which now starts at £429

I don't know why you're bringing up a £200-300 budget in this discussion.

I've actually been talking about upselling in quite a few of my posts.

That means... starting at £429 and going up. Apple has always done that. They did it with iPods, Macs, almost every product. They get you in the store at a low price... and you usually end up buying an upgraded model.

And here we are again... an 8GB 5C starting at £429.

I will agree that 8GB can be limiting to some people... but they also sell the same 16GB 5C they've been selling for 6 months.

And that 16GB 5C can be had for £469 if you need the extra capacity.

But no... £200-300 is NOT reasonable for any 5C... especially when the 4S is still £349
 
Reason077 said:
Still much too expensive at £429. An entry-level device like this should have been £369, or less, if Apple were serious about competing with comparable Android devices.

I do believe that customers are willing to pay more for iOS devices, but not double. The iOS premium is too big now.
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Do you think that the market for these handsets is PAYG?? These are to give a lower buy in for the carriers.

For example, entry business Tariff with O2

500 mins, 500MB iPhone 5C 16GB - £19.17 per month, £174.99 handset cost
500 mins, 500MB iPhone 5C 8GB - £19.17 per month, £41.66 handset cost
 
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Janichsan said:
I still would like to see some concrete numbers for this, but I think it's telling that I haven't seen one single iPhone 5c in the wild. Not one. On the other hand, I encountered about quite a lot 5s, including a sizeable number in "pimp", sorry, I meant "champagne".
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Come to NYC you will see more 5c's than the HTC one or Samsung note.
 
Michael Scrip said:
This entire thread is about the iPhone 5C which now starts at £429

I don't know why you're bringing up a £200-300 budget in this discussion.

I've actually been talking about upselling in quite a few of my posts.

That means... starting at £429 and going up. Apple has always done that. They did it with iPods, Macs, almost every product. They get you in the store at a low price... and you usually end up buying an upgraded model.

And here we are again... an 8GB 5C starting at £429.

I will agree that 8GB can be limiting to some people... but they also sell the same 16GB 5C they've been selling for 6 months.

And that 16GB 5C can be had for £469 if you want it.

But no... £200-300 is NOT reasonable for any 5C... especially when the 4S is still £349
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i realize what this thread is about but perhaps you realize (or not) that this is a thread of discussion where ideas and points of views are expressed. if you understand that then you should understand where £200-300 comes from.

upsell all you want but what difference does the 2nd cheapest phone have to do with upseling you to a 5s? they have a hard enough time selling the 5c without trying to have one 5c upsell you the next 5c.

yes they still sell that 16 gig 5c (although according to reports seem to be mostly stocking and storing it)

no of course £200-300 is not reasonable while the models around it are kept at the same price. did you honestly think i was proposing that or did you expect me attach a complete revised price list for iphones to my post?

btw to you post above its an apple fail not an exchange rate fail.
 
Many heated opinions here.

Mine? Horses for courses. (That, and let the market decide.)

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BJonson said:
Meanwhile I just bought a 128gb micro SD card for my 32gb Galaxy S4 bringing it to 160gb. That card was only $120.
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You make a very good point. It's getting harder for Apple to justify their flash pricing.
 
irnchriz said:
I have a client who upgraded all of the company mobiles to iPhones, specifically the iPhone 4S 8GB model. These devices are locked down and only connect to the company server for mail contacts calendars and web use. They have 1 bespoke app and run a couple of others but the staff cannot run their own apps. In this case the 8GB is perfect, they bought 120 of them and saved a hell of a lot of cash over buying the 5. They are due for an upgrade this summer and I suspect that they will be getting 120 5C 8GB handsets in white.
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That's a good point I hadn't thought of. I also know some folks who work for a defense contractor, they were given iPhone 5S in their case, but completely crippled. No App Store or downloaded apps, no camera, they can't even use the fingerprint sensor (in other words, they took out all the good stuff). So yeah, actually 8 GB might make sense for these people. Still, it doesn't take long for 8 GB to get used up nowadays just from email and SMS (especially images/attachments), plus iOS itself, built-in apps, and space to upgrade, which is significant with iOS 7+. But in a tightly-controlled corporate environment, it might work.
 
HiRez said:
That's a good point I hadn't thought of. I also know some folks who work for a defense contractor, they were given iPhone 5S in their case, but completely crippled. No App Store or downloaded apps, no camera, they can't even use the fingerprint sensor (in other words, they took out all the good stuff). So yeah, actually 8 GB might make sense for these people. Still, it doesn't take long for 8 GB to get used up nowadays just from email and SMS (especially images/attachments), plus iOS itself, built-in apps, and space to upgrade, which is significant with iOS 7+. But in a tightly-controlled corporate environment, it might work.
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but both of these cases would qualify as enterprise sales which we as a general consumer dont even have to know whats on offer and for what price.

but i agree with you how crippling an 8 gig can be and especially with the extremely poor handling of the sms db which can go out of control.
 
Arran said:
Many heated opinions here.

Mine? Horses for courses. (That, and let the market decide.)

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You make a very good point. It's getting harder for Apple to justify their flash pricing.
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Not really you can get a mophie case, memory woes solved.
 
Holding prices for a year (like Apple used to do) is becoming untenable, so I wonder if this is the new pricing approach:

  1. Introduce premium priced models in time for Christmas shopping and mop up all the silly cash being thrown about.
  2. Three months later, when the return window is closed, re-introduce the cheaper models that folks would have happily bought at Christmas.
  3. Laugh all the way to the bank :)
 
osofast240sx said:
Not really you can get a mophie case, memory woes solved.
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isnt that only for 5 and 5s? those are in line with apple prices 16 gig is $150 although battery is in there as well. can you store games/apps and camera roll on there?
 
wasn't the ipad 2 $399? I would be pretty upset if I paid $399 and now the ipad 4, which from a hardware standpoint is much much better, is released outside my return window.
 
Ah good, I see it's been digging through it's old spare parts bins again then...... yay go iPad erm 4...... but plenty of mugs bought an iPad 2 last year.

And as expected, it's sold at a rip off price when compared to the cost of the Air.

And hang on.. £429 for an 8GB iPhone 5C yet it's £ 469 for a 16GB iPhone 5C? This stinks of pure idiots at Apple trying to make themselves stand out with all these useless, I mean wonderful useless ideas... you can tell they have been desperate to price it, they want the usual maximum mark up for massive profit but it has just ended up looking like a complete joke. Considering the 32GB iPhone 5C is £549!!!!

Yeah, definitely Apple have fooked up on this one. Stupid pricing.
 
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MacFather said:
8GB? Seriously?

Releasing anything, especially a Smartphone, with 8GB in 2014 should be considered a crime.
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you know, you can get a iPhone with 64GB. just because they offer one with 8GB doesn't mean you have to buy it.
 
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