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Discontinue "C" models? 5C not doing too well

d123 said:
I gather you've missed the gist of this thread? Perhaps go back to the OP and read through the thread again :rolleyes:.
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nope, I missed the reason on why you quote my post and basically say that it's failure, properly quote next time or write better :rolleyes:

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Rogifan said:
You speak of this "overproduction" as if its fact. Do you work at Apple or something?...
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No I don't, but that is the only reason you would lower productions in these dimensions... The supply atm is more than demand.
 
d123 said:
So they made "wayyy to many" but still need to produce 4.5 million units per month?

If they overproduced in the first place and it's a failure, why the need to continue production at millions of units per month?
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Supposedly they are stepping up 5s production by 75%. If some of that capacity could instead have been shifted to the 5s earlier, then Apple might have enjoyed better 5s sales last month.

My guess is that they won't drop the 5c since it is selling "decently," but that it won't significantly outsell "last year's iPhones" from the past (e.g. the 4S after last year's 5 launch).
 
kingalexthe1st said:
Yeah, another 'hate on the 5C thread'. Can someone please explain to me why they dislike the 5C? And it's not because it's plastic or anything like that, or you'd hate everything plastic. I think it's something to do with loyalty to your precious company thinking they absolutely need to be making the most sparkly product
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I suspect the same, but I'd like to hear from the 5C detractors themselves.

From the numerous threads I've read on the subject, it seems as if a vocal minority believes that the 5C somehow cheapens or tarnished the Apple brand, and they don't want to be associated with a cheapened brand. However, I think that most people who actually hold and use the 5C would realize that the 5C is really a high quality product.
 
Retired Cat said:
From the numerous threads I've read on the subject, it seems as if a vocal minority believes that the 5C somehow cheapens or tarnished the Apple brand, and they don't want to be associated with a cheapened brand. However, I think that most people who actually hold and use the 5C would realize that the 5C is really a high quality product.
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That's EXACTLY what I think too. Couldn't have put it better myself.

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Carlanga said:
No I don't, but that is the only reason you would lower productions in these dimensions... The supply atm is more than demand.
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Not at all. If a company reacts to current demand then it is already behind. Predicting how a product sells in the future; now that's where a company has its strength to cut/increase production.

But again, the point of this is that nobody knows. To say the only reason for cutting production is because of over-supply is ignorant.

Alex
 
Retired Cat said:
I suspect the same, but I'd like to hear from the 5C detractors themselves.

From the numerous threads I've read on the subject, it seems as if a vocal minority believes that the 5C somehow cheapens or tarnished the Apple brand, and they don't want to be associated with a cheapened brand. However, I think that most people who actually hold and use the 5C would realize that the 5C is really a high quality product.
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This...

I actually prefer the 5C - it represents what Apple is all about - fun and innovation. People criticized the iMac in different colors when they first came out.

NEWSFLASH: The 5s is just an improved 5 and looks the same.

Plus, all this "I have a 5s and I'm awesome" will be over when the iPhone 6 is out... :eek:

Plus, people where saying the same when Sony released the Super-Slim PS3 at $299. It was obvious that Sony had to introduce a platform where they can start dropping the price. Since then, they've dropped the price to $249 and introduced a hard drive-less $199 model.

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple discontinued the 4S in the Spring and dropped the price of the 5C to $399.
 
Carlanga said:
nope, I missed the reason on why you quote my post and basically say that it's failure, properly quote next time or write better :rolleyes:
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Not difficult to understand that I quoted you because I was answering your "wayyyy to many" comment.

It wouldn't be necessary to quote you if you didn't write nonsense :rolleyes::rolleyes:.
 
Relax... really misunderstood me? I was stating having a 5C is a good move... Reading really is fundamental
 
Just because sales for 5c aren't doing well in the U.S. doesn't mean it won't do well in other markets...

iPhone 5c will be released in India and China next month. Let's look at numbers,then..
 
d123 said:
Not difficult to understand that I quoted you because I was answering your "wayyyy to many" comment.

It wouldn't be necessary to quote you if you didn't write nonsense :rolleyes::rolleyes:.
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So because I think they made too many, you assume it means I think its a failure? I think you need to go back to class. ;)
 
I don't think apple should conform in what people say they should do. They're doing their own thing. Apple don't cater to cheap, they are high end phones.
 
No. The 5C is the phone that'll happily sit on the shelves, for people who just want to walk in and get a colourful iPhone. It won't be going away.
 
The 5c was a must do product for apple. If they had kept the 5 around at $100, that would have cannibalized 5s sales given that the only major headlining feature is touch ID (and the gold color). Most people don't care about the a7 or the slightly improved camera. The 4s had Siri over the 4 (which was way more marketable) and the 3GS didn't have too much competition from android or bb at the time.

I'm not knocking the 5c as a product - I've never held or played with one personally. But I have owned the 5s since launch, and I feel that it really is not a huge upgrade from my 5. As it stands now the 5s is cannibalizing sales of the 5c, which I'm sure apple is fine with.
 
Appl3FTW said:
I don't think apple should conform in what people say they should do. They're doing their own thing. Apple don't cater to cheap, they are high end phones.
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Exactly, Apple continues to position themselves as a premium product provider. They have no reasons currently to try to slog it out in the trenches of low end commodity products.
 
Maybe they'll discontinue it next year. I mean, what would they name it? Are they going to name it iPhone 6C? The Chinese people will just laugh at them because of the name...
 
No need to cater to cheap market lol... Now that would cannibilize their premium market
 
If the 5c is selling just as well as the 5 would have had it not been discontinued and 5c hadn't been introduced, then it's a success (which is likely)
 
The 5c isn't a "run and get one quickly on launch day" type of phone. Over the course of the year when people are eligible for an upgrade or open new phone lines these phones will sell. Tech junkies like most of us on here aren't the ones looking for a phone like the 5c. The colors and the Apple logo will sell it...don't you worry.
 
Most "analysts" speculated that the iPhone 5C would be intended to serve as a cheaper iPhone and appeal to developing markets. Those analysts were wrong.

Apple has kept the iPhone 4 alive in those developing markets where a truly "cheap" iPhone is needed, but has killed it in the US.

The real purpose of the iPhone 5C was product differentiation. Apple learned their lesson with the iPhone 4/4S transition. The two phones looked identical, and Jim and Jane consumer couldn't see a difference--and most salespeople at Wal-Mart or Target didn't know any better either--so they bought the cheaper one.

The 5C is simply the iPhone 5 kept alive for consumers who don't care about having the latest and greatest phone and want to save a few bucks. This is no different than keeping the iPhone 4S around at the $99 price point last year.

This time around though, they changed the appearance of the old model. This makes it easy for consumers and low-information sales people to determine which one is the "Better" and which one is the "Best" model.

Production capacity on the 5C would have been easy to boost prior to launch because it's so similar to the existing model. Apple would also need to ensure availability of all colors early on so they could determine which ones would be the most in demand. Claims of reduced orders are likely Apple simply reducing capacity on the less popular colors, and increasing production capacity for the already short supply 5S.

Reporters and analysts calling the iPhone 5C a failure don't need to go back to business school. They need to go back to 2nd grade English and crack open a dictionary.
 
veedubshafer said:
The 5c isn't a "run and get one quickly on launch day" type of phone. Over the course of the year when people are eligible for an upgrade or open new phone lines these phones will sell. Tech junkies like most of us on here aren't the ones looking for a phone like the 5c. The colors and the Apple logo will sell it...don't you worry.
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This is what these armchair ceo's on this forum needs to realize. Once they do maybe the 5c hatred will stop.

Yeah I bought a 5c only because I don't like the 5/5s outside design. It's a matter if personal opinion. Plus I had to have something with LTE to hold me over until the 6. Thanks to Apple disappointing my tastes with the iPhone 5 and there tick tock cycles.
 
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