Can't disagree there. It's always been my #1 source of frustration with Apple, the audacious margin hunger. But I'm still buying their stuff like a sucker, so...
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Apple Posts First iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Product Videos
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In a parallel universe where Apple doesn't go crazy, you finally get your new 32 GB entry iPhone for the old 16 GB price. That's the logic behind technology evolving and getting cheaper. Not at Apple headquarters though.
The segment that can't afford a product wr buy it in any country. The 5C is appealable to a larger group than the traditional iPhone was in the past. I think it'll do quite well in the Chinese market. And now with the path cleared fur China Mobile I think it will show through.
Incidentally the younger and middle aged Chinese market find many Americsn products desirable. There's so many knockoffs there. My wife and I have enjoyed taking advantage of that sentiment with a trustworthy pipeline of Americsn products.
Yes, embarrassing, because there was nothing new to sell.
Certainly nothing that required "magical" or we are excited, new blah blah blah
Listen to him talking about the polycarbonate shell. It's like he's talking about a diamond or something. Settle down bro, it's just one piece of plastic attached to a glass screen.
I got 30 seconds in and had to stop after hearing "The iPhone 5c is simply and unapologetically, beautifully and seamlessly one piece of plastic which seams are essentially non-existentally visibly shown."
Was that a joke, are those words? Ok that's not verbatim, but still... PUKE.
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Yea... no kidding.
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Undoubtedly that's the excuse most companies are using to justify charging people roughly the same money for increasingly cheaper storage. Personally I have iTunes Match on my iPhone but streaming all music over 3G/4G would deplete my 1 GB of monthly data in a matter of days. On top of that with the iPhone 5S expect much larger games to be released. Can we run those from the cloud as well?
I really dislike how the case for iPhone 5C looks.
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The holes, come on. How could it exposes 'hon' part of iPhone text?
Where's the symmetry? The small an sweet detailsreally excel on?
They should make a special hole to fit "iPhone" text neatly and hide all FCC license texts behind.
No way in hell would Steve Jobs have allowed this.
I don't understand all these claims of iPhone 5C being tagged as a "low-cost" device. All I saw were two expensive new iPhones being released. Nowhere on their website does Apple describe the 5C as low-cost, it's £469/$549. We all know you need a decent salary or very gracious parents to afford it.
But Apple could have really got their hands dirty if they had introduced it at $49/month for iPhone 5C and just discontinued the 4S altogether.
But Apple could have really got their hands dirty if they had introduced it at $49/month for iPhone 5C and just discontinued the 4S altogether.
Amen to all of this. These launches are getting more and more dreadful each time around. Next time, just update the store, send out a presser and be done with it if there is really nothing better to talk about.
I really dont understand the 16gig starting point
With the INSANE file size for videos these phones use I tend to use that up really quick. It never fails, every damn time I try and film something with my 4S I get a memory full error. Its my fault for getting a 16gig in the first place because I like to shoot lots of video. But I am sick of dumping my videos to a computer so often and dont want to pay $400 for that 64gig. I feel like 32gigs would have been a perfect place to start with this new phone. Its a good thing my 4S still looks brand new, because its going to have to stick around for another year.
Wow, lots of Ive hate in here. I remember a time not long ago when people here were clamoring for him to be the new CEO. As for the videos, they're no different than any other year, including the Steve years. Besides, Steve was no stranger to spouting ridiculous hype himself. Maybe he'd love this stuff.
