Do you think there will be a future for the "C" iPhones?

[macigo]

I see people flashing the 5c all the time. They love to flash it.

The 5c will be successful, it's brand new. Just watch.

 

[iPodJedi]

I love my 5c blue. I think they will have it on a 2 yr cycle, they will sell the 5c next year and every time the s version comes out they will make a c version of the previous. The c version is at the perfect price point for apple

-Cheap to make so less production costs

-at the perfect price point where people will by the 5s instead because they are only $100 apart

-the plastic drives costumers to buy the 5s because people want a more premium phone not plastic

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Do you think there will be a future for the "C" iPhones?

No, not really. Samsung wins the game. They have better, more environmentally friendly phones (you can exchange the battery in < 1 minute), and offer more than a single screen size and additional storage options, if you do not like the cloud storage.

In other words: The "C" is DOA.


Goodbye "C", no one will miss you.

 

[macigo]

If you look at most celebrities, most never bothered to get the 5c. It goes totally ignored in most Apple Stores.

It's not a bad phone, but with the iPhone 5s being touted as the best phone, by Apple themselves, people who might have been interested in getting the 5c would still go for the 5s anyway.

 

[jr866gooner]

I was actually the other way around, admittedly money was a big contributing factor but I thought I'd come away with either a 5S or a 5 as I liked the aluminium look.

I hadn't seen the 5C but instantly liked it. Big improvement on my iphone 4 and certainly striking in colour! I went for blue!

 

[C DM]

If you look at most celebrities, most never bothered to get the 5c. It goes totally ignored in most Apple Stores.

It's not a bad phone, but with the iPhone 5s being touted as the best phone, by Apple themselves, people who might have been interested in getting the 5c would still go for the 5s anyway.

Doesn't seem like they would be the target market for the phone anyway.

 

[gnasher729]

I personally love my iPhone 5c. It would have been nice to have the features of the 5s, but I was own over by the design of the 5c.

I noticed that many have preferred the 5s since the 5c had identical specs to the iPhone 5, and that the 5s only cost about $100 (baseline). Also, a lot of production of the 5cs were shortened.

Do you think this will be the last iPhone "c" or will there be more?

There will be more, absolutely. Some people think Apple looks just at the number sold, and the 5s sells a lot more. But Apple looks at the total number of sales, 5s + 5c. And from what I hear, the 5c takes sales away from Samsung, not from the 5s. So if Apple sells 100 x 5s and 30 x 5c today, dropping the 5c wouldn't change the sales to 130 x 5s, but maybe 110 x 5s. Stopping to sell the 5c would be a major loss.

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Apple is too smart to carry a product that isn't making good money. The C model dies when they re-tool for the 6. One year wonder......there will never be a 6C.

The 5c makes billions and billions of dollars that Apple would lose without the 5c. Apple would be stupid to give up these sales, just because they make more billions with the 5s.

 

[Tiger8]

Next year lineup

I think next year:
iPhone 6 introduced at $199 w/contract
iPhone 5sc (iPhone 5s in a plastic package) for $99 w/contract
iPhone 5c free with contract

 

[Rob H.]

Say next year, Apple announces the iphone6 with a brand new form factor. Do we assume the 5cs (or whatever it will be called) will still sport the 5c plastic form factor, with the specs of the iPhone 5s, with A7 processor, improved camera and fingerprint sensor?

I certainly hope so, if for no other reason than it will be massively entertaining to see the people currently going on and on about how extrasuperawesome the 5s is do a complete 180 and call the 5cs a piece of outdated junk in a flimsy plastic case. The hypocritical nerd rage will be a glorious thing to behold.

 

[macigo]

Well yeah, the 5s is the hottest thing right now but in a few more months it's going to be a hunk of junk.

 

[zetti]

I love the 5c design but the only thing that stopped me from getting (apart from having a relatively new iPhone 4S) is the price, if Apple do but I doubt it will happen reduce the price then maybe next year I will buy it instead of the iPhone 6. There is a future for C phones just depends on how cleverly Apple market it.

 

[old-wiz]

I still have a 4S, but I've played around in the Apple store with both the 5S and the 5C. The 5C gives me the impression I would be less likely to drop it if I was using it without a case. the 5S would need a case - it feels too slippery to me.

I have all my Apple products (except ATV) in cases because I feel they are too slippery for my hands.