if Apple didn't cripple the storage on that phone and kept 16GB version at least, this would have been a great replacement phone for my daughter's iPhone 4S.
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Apple to Reportedly Stop Production of iPhone 5c in 2015
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Not really surprising at all. Going with a 5C over a 5S is just about the worst $100 you could save - you miss out on the much faster 64 bit CPU that more apps are optimizing for, and TouchID. You also get a much cheaper feeling plastic casing that's more prone to nicks. I suppose it might not be the worst option if you were buying it as a stopgap for a few months, but when talking about a 2 year contract it's a terrible deal.
Well, it's about time. I don't think they have to discontinue the product altogether, but replace it with an "iPhone C" and update the SoC from time to time.
To sell the 2012 A6 chip in 2014/2014 isn't nice. What they're doing with the iPod touch is just cruel.
To sell the 2012 A6 chip in 2014/2014 isn't nice. What they're doing with the iPod touch is just cruel.
I see these everywhere, along with 6/6+. I'd say one in 6 iPhones that I see is a 5C, one in 6 is a 6/6+, one in 6 is a 4s or earlier, and the other 50% are 5/5S.
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Maybe we'll get three sizes of devices next fall... 4" 6C (6S minus? lol), 4.7" 6S, 5.5" 6S Plus
Currently the 5S is one year old tech. As was the 5C , as was the 4S, as was the 4 when they were all $99. As the 6 will be next year. What's your point.
Apple tried to dress it up as something new last year that's all. It was a marketing attempt, simple.
I just hope that Apple keeps around a smaller 4" model of some sort. There are a lot of people who still want the smaller phone, including my wife and about half of her friendsand John Gruber. Even some geeky web guys I know at work want to stay with the smaller devices. I'm probably going to downsize to the 4.7" model for the 6S. Anybody else think they will downsize from the Plus next year? It's just a little too big.
In my opinion this would be the perfect iPhone lineup:
4" Retina HD 1704x960 - $199
5" Retina HD 2134x1200 - $249
6" Retina HD 2560x1440 - $299
In 32/64/128GB capacities with 2GB of RAM. Same camera in all with the larger models clocked slightly faster with better graphics chips to run the higher resolution displays. All Retina HD native @3X with no scaling, all rendering a consistent 489 PPI so that they can be manufactured and cut from the same display panels. Then you never have to change display resolution again and can lock developers in until iPhones are no longer being sold. That kind of resolution is well beyond what someone with the best vision can perceive and is capable of running on mobile devices.
I would buy the hell out of the 5" model in this scenario. Having three clear and simple sizes makes decisions easier for the consumer.
If Apple isn't willing to go with what I've outlined above, they should at least always keep around a 4" model with the previous generation's specs.
In my opinion this would be the perfect iPhone lineup:
4" Retina HD 1704x960 - $199
5" Retina HD 2134x1200 - $249
6" Retina HD 2560x1440 - $299
In 32/64/128GB capacities with 2GB of RAM. Same camera in all with the larger models clocked slightly faster with better graphics chips to run the higher resolution displays. All Retina HD native @3X with no scaling, all rendering a consistent 489 PPI so that they can be manufactured and cut from the same display panels. Then you never have to change display resolution again and can lock developers in until iPhones are no longer being sold. That kind of resolution is well beyond what someone with the best vision can perceive and is capable of running on mobile devices.
I would buy the hell out of the 5" model in this scenario. Having three clear and simple sizes makes decisions easier for the consumer.
If Apple isn't willing to go with what I've outlined above, they should at least always keep around a 4" model with the previous generation's specs.
It makes sense. You have the 5S, the 6, and the 6 Plus. That's a pretty good lineup for form factors and specs. They all have Touch ID too, so it provides a uniform security experience.
So anyone buying a 5s right now is stupid? What could Apple have put in the 5c (that didn't compete) that wouldn't have made it a flop in your eyes? Does every mid priced Android or Windows phone have The latest and greatest tech?
i simply don't get this argument (and it's a popular one, clearly)
A. define 'failure'. i'm pretty sure there's no apple products in their entire 'post-PC' history that really qualifies.
B. steve jobs was alive for the conception and creation of all their lines of now-industry-standard products (aside from the apple watch)... what was time cook supposed to do? whip up an iSpaceship in a couple years?
C. do people think there aren't a (large) handful of products apple is developing behind the scenes? should apple have an entirely new product line no one had thought of before - every year? not even the jobsian era brought radical new products - they were all experimented with before and tweaked for consumerism. he & apple didn't really 'invent' anything. and they had to deal with antennae problems, GPU cards, etc..
D. the vocal minority has a very real, very documented way of skewing public perception of apple's "quality" hardware each year. always a lot of articles, lots of complaints, and lo and behold when the dust settles, it represents about .001% of the apple consumers. nearly everyone is overjoyed with apple's consistent quality. geeks on MR, maybe not always, but that's almost moot.
What he hell are you smoking? Every one year old iPhone is $99, just like the 5S is right now. It's been this way for 5 years now. Has everyone been under a rock.
You like everyone else just fell for the marketing trick of them releasing it as a "new name" and think it was a crummy "new phone" with one year old technology. If they kept the iPhone 5 name you wouldn't be complaining then?
Have fun with your surface pro! MS tried the whole all in one laptop tablet 15 years ago and it failed. It's only selling because Apple catapulted tablets into relevancy. Doh!
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But next year there will be a replacement for the 6/6 Plus. Would Apple really keep the 5s, 6, 6Plus and then add a 6s and 6s Plus? Do they need that many phone models?
That is one of the more clever industrial design solutions that I have seen in a while. Did you design it?
Now you're just being ridiculous
I don't get these "one year old tech" complaints. Like you said Apple has always taken the previous years phone and reduced the price. That was no different with the 5c. And I don't hear anyone complaining about the 5s being "one year old tech". I'd love to know what tech these people think the 5c should have had? It wasn't going to have the same tech as the flagship 5s so what else behind the previous years flagship tech?
I say stick the 5S guts in a 5C case and call it the 5CS or something to keep at the low-end option.
I was merely trying to explain why the 5C is less of a success than the 6+.
Last year:
75% 5S @ $650
25% 5C @ $550
ARSP: $625
This year:
75% 6 @ $ 650
25% 6+ @ $750
ARSP: $675
Ofcourse this isn't a perfect measure either, because it disregards the total sales in absolute numbers.