The 4S is still a more premium design than the 5S. If you use it naked, you're the boss.
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The 4S is still a more premium design than the 5S. If you use it naked, you're the boss.
This is what it is like to go crazy...
The iPhone 4S is a better* design, that does not make the iPhone 4S a "premium phone" in 2013.
*That is my opinion and one shared by a lot of others but I am not claiming it as a fact.
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This is what it is like to go crazy...
The iPhone 4S is a better* design, that does not make the iPhone 4S a "premium phone" in 2013.
*That is my opinion and one shared by a lot of others but I am not claiming it as a fact.
It is a premium phone. There is no other like it.
Metal phone is more common.
You just used a lot more words to state the same unsupported opinions and assumptions. Nothing you said here is based on fact.
Should I mention that advertising the Apple cases make it look even worse, specially in those garish color combinations?
I agree. I'm personally not a fan of the colors (though white is fine) or the Apple cases. But then I might not be the target market. I see lots of people walking around with various clothes, shoes, accessories, phone cases, headphones, sunglasses, etc. that I personally consider garish and not at all to my taste. But someone is buying them.
Business owners make money by selling people what they (the people) want not what they (the business owners) want or want them to have.
Some people have little taste (in my opinion). Look at the folks buying the gold iPhone 5S for example.
It is not gold. It is champagne. Fake gold would be tasteless. And I'm not even a fan of real gold. Well, real pink gold, yes.
Champagne is OK, like classic premium hifi components.
Don't know why I missed this story? Anyway, not surprised one tiny bit, what did they expect if they recycled old parts at top premium prices? Because it is very expensive still.
Meh I'm on the way to my next phone now that the Sony Xperia Z1f is real, a spec like that in a phone not a lot bigger than the iPhone. Yes please I bet it's a lot cheaper then the 5C too, just one competitor to the 5C.
Plus the 5C TV advert campaign is truly terrible, not a patch on the old ones like the iPhone 4 advert.
Meh I'm on the way to my next phone now that the Sony Xperia Z1f is real, a spec like that in a phone not a lot bigger than the iPhone. Yes please
I bet it's a lot cheaper then the 5C too, just one competitor to the 5C.Plus the 5C TV advert campaign is truly terrible, not a patch on the old ones like the iPhone 4 advert.
Whatever.
(where is the eye rolling emoticons when I need it?)
I consider it ugly. I consider people who like it to have poor taste. These are my opinions, just like your opinions about people who might offend you by having the temerity to purchase a 5C because that's what they like/want/need/etc.
Gold plated is also tasteless.
I remember not liking champagne hifi components at the time.
What I don't understand about these sorts of comments is who cares, really?
Are you surrounded by friends that judge you by the type of phone you use?
Those are some really shallow friends, and you're best off finding better ones.
Well I would argue the iPhone 5C television ad campaign is selling the device as a fashion item, so yes is your answer.
The price isn't too high because its plastic, the price is too high because its not worth that much.
Yes, at their time. But the iPhone 5c is not the best phone at its time. The 5s is way better at only a little more and the 5 is one year old and still equally good. Because of that the 5c will never have its great days. It starts as an old phone on the day of its introduction. Thats a burden heavier than $100.
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 he called it the "biggest leap since original iPhone". You could still buy an 3GS and save $100 and miss out on Retina and the new form factor. That wasn't a good deal and people said: "This isn't a good deal." I remember Gizmodo warning that no one should buy the 3GS.
It was an old plastic phone, with cheap old technologies, but not cheap enough in price. History is repeating itself. The plastic iPhone 5c would have been the best phone of its time, if it would have been released a year ago.
I don't care what Apple calls it.
The price isn't too high because its plastic, the price is too high because its not worth that much.
To you perhaps. To others, maybe not.
I don't think anyone has claimed it is. Apple has positioned it as second tier below what they consider their "best." Obviously "best" carries subjective aspects with it and must be applied for varying values rankings. Best for you and best for me might be different things for different reasons. For example best for me might mean less out of pocket up front when outfitting a whole family. Best for me might mean having colors to chose from. Best for me might mean "hey the features on this one are good enough (for me) and costs me $100 less."
In your evaluation. See above for explanation why "best" is not necessarily a completely objective measurement.
Not sure what you are saying here. You seem to be saying the 5 is good even though it is 1 year old technology, but the 5C is old even though it is basically the same technology with some minor technological improvements.
Again, in your value ranking. For me, I'm not sure the features of the 5S are enough of a pull for me to part with another $100. At some point the phone is good enough and the additional bells and whistles don't excite that much.
I'm just going to laugh at this. LOL
Whatever.
Obviously you don't get what Apple is targeting with the 5C. Just admit that and move on.
The iPhone 5c is more than good enough for me. While I like the A7, I could live without it on a phone, not so much on a tablet. I don't need Touch-ID. I could quit on camera features. I love the design of the body. I think its the nicest iPhone design ever. I don't mind plastic. I hate all the colors, except white, which I love. (Yes I'm a racist). And I can't stand iOS7 icons.
The iPhone 5c is made for me. What stops me from buying it right now, is only the price. No way I am paying 6/7 of the money for 1/2 of the cpu power. And I'm not buying the 5s either, because its ugly designed and I don't need that speed. But it sets expectation on what things are worth. And devices with 32-bit chips need to be way cheaper now to get me interested.
I never claimed he was a god nor that he was perfect.but he was a extra ordinary human begin,an inventor.he built the company,he saved it from bankruptcy,he came with the idea of iMac,iPod,iPhone,iPad from scratch..and these products made Apple what Apple is today.Tim Cook just took over,it was all handled to him.he became the boss of a super successful and super wealthy company.
when Jobs -came- to Apple..well there was nothing..when he returned to Apple,Apple was a mess..it was his ideas that made Apple what it is today.the success of whatever product you see in these last few years are all continuation of Jobs work,made by an already proven and established company..Cook has not yet shown his own capability..wait another 5 years and then you can comment or relate Apple's situation to him.
Jobs made people queuing in front of Apple stores not Tim Cook.
again,I have nothing against the man,I'm sure he was the best available,Jobs approved him,but you are just denying facts and are to forgetful and unfair.
Please show me ANYONE saying the iPhone 5c is the best phone at any time.
And newsflash: The iPhone 5c is an iPhone 5!
You say the iPhone 5 is "one year old and still equally good" (compared to 5s?) and you say the iPhone 5c "starts as an old phone on the day of its introduction" which means you acknowledge that the iPhone 5c is an iPhone 5, you can the iPhone 5 equally as good as an iPhone 5s (which is not true) but then say the iPhone 5c is not?
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What about all those other people who also call it gold? You probably do not care what they call it either.
By the way. "Gold" in this case is the color, not the element. Apple NEVER claimed it was made of gold. It is still aluminum just like the "Silver" (also not the element, just the color silver) and "Space Grey" (which Apple does not claim comes from some element found in space)
You may not call it gold, but that is what it is. Just get over it.
Both Tim and Steve is good at their own expertise is what I'm saying. Steve is great person with extraordinary talent, he pro-motored a lot of successful products (along with some bad ones, remember?). He brought Apple from its knees back up and even better. He is a great salesman and presenter alright. Throw in some "magical" words and you are guaranteed to be struck. Yes he was a hero for this company. Nobody should ever forget that. All those talents for a little trade off because he's not as good as a human being. He is kind of egoistic and acting jerk at times.
Now Tim is totally different league. He was made to manage and improve the company. He is not as charming nor charismatic as his predecessor, but certainly a great operational manager. His presentation skill is not as good (although I see he's improving over time). He's not a great salesman but he practically replaced Steve 2 or 3 years before his death so his leadership at Apple actually is a bit longer than you thought. He handles a bigger Apple than Steve ever was, bigger iPhone/iPad sales, bigger responsibility. As a bonus, he is a better human being than Steve ever was.
So again, they're two different people for two different situation. That doesn't make one is less or greater than the other. It's so ridiculous every time I read "Steve would have never done that" kind of posts in a more serious manner because come to think of it "Steve made a lot of mistakes too". Tim is not Steve nor he's trying to be and he's proving it very well. It's unfair to always put him under his shadow.