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Apple Launches 8 GB iPhone 5c, Relaunches 16 GB iPad 4
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RIP iPad 2 (still serving my mom well.)
Glad the 4 is back. Better value for the $ so when her 2 goes kaput, I know what the replacement will be. She prefers the bigger screen.
Everyone else pretty much summed up the 5c 8GB.
RIP iPad 2 (still serving my mom well.)
Glad the 4 is back. Better value for the $ so when her 2 goes kaput, I know what the replacement will be. She prefers the bigger screen.
Everyone else pretty much summed up the 5c 8GB.
I hear ya. But I'm referring to more than just this thread. I understand the hate on those fugly Croc Cases, but the phone itself is a beautiful design.
well apple i believe isnt breaking down 5s and 5c sales so thats the only info we have. and adding this new version i think it points to one conclusion but thats just my view.
their increased sales though are because the market has been increasing. % wise they are losing marketshare.
yes i know an 8 gig has been around for years. thats kinda my point. lets move on. as i said in post above i find offering future limiting capacity a bad way of offering an entry phone.
as you can see in that same post from me above ive been getting by on an 8 gig phone since 2007 though i believe it has pretty much limited my use to more of a glorified feature phone.
as for non techie users i can name two people. my mom (65) but she is game, news and music crazy. 8 gig would never be enough for her. hell she got upset when one of the weather apps decided to decrease their appsize and cut out the animations. then there is my sister who admittedly dosent use apps and games much but takes a lot of pics and videos and has to have every one of them on the iphone so obviously shes grown out of a 16 gig.
however im not saying they represent a larger pool of people but just two examples.
The 5C failed because for $100 more you could get the S.
Then AT&T and a few other carriers offered the 5S for $100 off before the holidays and now have the $100 promo again by adding a new line.
So why buy a 5C when you can get the 5S for the same price?
The 5C should've been free to begin with and with 32GB entry instead of 16GB.
Then AT&T and a few other carriers offered the 5S for $100 off before the holidays and now have the $100 promo again by adding a new line.
So why buy a 5C when you can get the 5S for the same price?
The 5C should've been free to begin with and with 32GB entry instead of 16GB.
Just remember that if her iPad 2 dies, you can buy an "out of warranty replacement" for probably half the price.
Greed
Haha, how is it "greed" to simply introduce an additional spec of an existing model? Can't you just choose not to buy it? You act like Apple is shipping these out automatically to everyone with an Apple ID and billing their credit card. I agree it would be silly to buy it, but that isn't the same thing. Actually I think it's silly to buy anything but the high end model if you're talking $100 extra initially but are signing a 2 year contract that adds up to ~$2000.
As an iPad 2 owner, I'm sort of glad Apple is finally giving me a real reason to upgrade to a newer model - retina display, faster processor, some OS features, etc were all super nice, but not show-stopping reasons.
And since it's likely the iPad 2 won't be on iOS 8's support list, being left behind is truly the reason I was waiting for to look at newer models.
And since it's likely the iPad 2 won't be on iOS 8's support list, being left behind is truly the reason I was waiting for to look at newer models.
I am really confused as to why ANYONE would consider the iPad 2 or even now the iPad 4 at the $399 price point. We have stores locally (and you can find deals all day online) for the Air for $459, sometimes even less.
To those who are looking at the 4, if you have a local Microcenter they are always selling it discounted at $459. You'd be crazy not to just drop another $60 and get a drastically upgraded model.
No I'd say this boils right down to greed. The parts in the phone are "old" by tech standards, offering 8GB for internal memory is a money grab and nothing else considering how much flash memory actually costs.
Oh well, I hope Apple shoots themselves in the foot over and over, eventually bring the zealots down a notch or two.
To those who are looking at the 4, if you have a local Microcenter they are always selling it discounted at $459. You'd be crazy not to just drop another $60 and get a drastically upgraded model.
No I'd say this boils right down to greed. The parts in the phone are "old" by tech standards, offering 8GB for internal memory is a money grab and nothing else considering how much flash memory actually costs.
Oh well, I hope Apple shoots themselves in the foot over and over, eventually bring the zealots down a notch or two.
Agreed with the chips so cheap the min size should be 32, why does Apple even re-mfg these 16gb phones with 8gb, you can not do anything with 8gb.
I could see if they made the unit like 12.5gb so after OS and junk you had 8GB free but seriously Apple make the 32 the base with the new iPhones, stop being cheesy with us.
Apple should have released an 8GB iPhone 5c on Day One
I've read many of the derogatory comments in this thread around Apple releasing an 8 GB iPhone. These are misguided, IMHO. Purchasers, more often than not, fall into one of two buckets: "Got to have it all" or "low price". The 16 GB 5c didn't fall into either of these and I think that's why sales were well below Apple's initial expectations. Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken Apple this long to recognize this and adjust. Releasing a lower cost 5c will increase the price disparity with the 5s and make it more viable alternative to the flagship for a segment of potential users.
For reference -- I have an 8 GB 4s for work (waiting on that bigger screen!) and still have over 2 GB free.
I've read many of the derogatory comments in this thread around Apple releasing an 8 GB iPhone. These are misguided, IMHO. Purchasers, more often than not, fall into one of two buckets: "Got to have it all" or "low price". The 16 GB 5c didn't fall into either of these and I think that's why sales were well below Apple's initial expectations. Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken Apple this long to recognize this and adjust. Releasing a lower cost 5c will increase the price disparity with the 5s and make it more viable alternative to the flagship for a segment of potential users.
For reference -- I have an 8 GB 4s for work (waiting on that bigger screen!) and still have over 2 GB free.
and it still falls into neither of those buckets.
one has to wonder though if the c model/brand does continue will they release it with 8 gig in fall of 2014?
Please let us know, in detail, how this article describes Apple innovating.
Given that they probably will annex iPad 4 again half year later and replace it with iPad Air first generation, I think people with iPad 2 should just wait for other half year then upgrade to iPad Air for same price.
Though I am usi iPad 3, but I already have iPad mini 2. I could not find any justification for our purchasing iPad 4 this time around... Maybe I would upgrade to iPad Air half years later
Though I am usi iPad 3, but I already have iPad mini 2. I could not find any justification for our purchasing iPad 4 this time around... Maybe I would upgrade to iPad Air half years later
They need to lower the price of the existing 5c models, not just provide a lower price stripped down model.
Good move for the iPad 4, but they should have done that in the first place. Must have had lots of iPad 2 inventory to move first and didn't want it competing at same price point.
Good move for the iPad 4, but they should have done that in the first place. Must have had lots of iPad 2 inventory to move first and didn't want it competing at same price point.
I disagree that the 5C has been a failure. At least around here, I'm seeing them pop up all over, and a lot of my long time android-only friends are switching to the 5C. It also helps that US Cellular has been offering them for a penny, of course. I haven't seen sales numbers for the 5C, and they're probably modest, but they've been a real hit around here and are accomplishing exactly what Apple wanted.
That being said, releasing an 8gb model is kind of silly. Like I said, the 5C is already being sold for a penny w/contracts at US Cellular, and some other retailers/providers. Ipad 4 replacing the iPad 2 is kind of a no brainer and should have been done last year. This gets them closer to a retina-only product lineup - iPad mini 1st gen being the last, I think?
Apple is innovation way to Nikki more money from people as hard as they can. Seriously... iPhone 5C 8G price is beyond stupid.
Look at 8GB phone from competitors: Nokia Lumia 612 for around $100 in Canada, Moto G for $150 to $200 in Canada. Pricing at 429 is beyond rip off...
It's a 'cheap' model. My guess is that they are further pushing to drop the 30 pin by dropping/getting ready to drop the last items the still use it.
whats funny is the brand new 16 gig samsung s5 only has 8.4 gig of available space without an additional sd card, which now thanks to kit kat cant be used by apps
Why can't it. Not everyone gets an iPhone to take tons of photos and keep them on the phone. Not everyone is a teenage girl and has to retain 10000 texts.
And an 8gb 5C has a better processor than an 8gb 4s so it runs the newer iOS better, making a better experience for customers