Of course it will sell like hotcakes. It's not a product in the conventional sense. It's a promotional tool. It is merely an iPhone 5 re-dressed, and re-targeted at a different audience, which just happens to be people who have never bought an iPhone before. This includes children, women, the Chinese, Lumia owners and perhaps the odd fandroid.
The iPhone 5c is a triumph of style over substance, which is why absolutely nothing of substance is said in
Apple's video. It is not "more essential" and "more capable" than the iPhone 5. These are just words from Jony Ive's anus. I'm just going to say it. The man is a ****ing pseud.
So you don't think the people who were operating on 3GS, 4, 4S phones are possibly a target for the 5C? I beg to disagree. It's a perfectly fine upgrade option, coming from the specs on those phones (even if I'm hanging on to my 4S as a great WiFi device)..
The 5S and 5C are both worthy products. My choice was the 5C. By time my contract comes up again, I'll be interested in seeing what Apple has come up with in the interim, and happy to have a choice again if they're still doing two-tier offerings.
To me, the common suggestion to compare only the specs of the two models and go for the higher end smartphone because as some say "it's only a hundred bucks more" is a non starter. That very limited context does not take into account what model I'm upgrading from, never mind my preference in matters such as early adoption of new chip specs, choice of storage options, color and finish, or the feel of the device in hand, etc.
As for the 5C not being a "product in the conventional sense," or the 5C being "a promotional tool", heh. Half right anyway. Of course it's not conventional. When did Apple release something conventional anyway? Maybe back in the beige box days now and then. But the 5C is a full-fledged iPhone, and its associated promotional gigs are the usual ones: ads, word of mouth after personal experience, hands-on at retail, etc.
Of course it's true that once someone has a 5C in hand, then --just like the 5S or any other device-- its options for becoming a promotional tool in and of itself certainly do expand. I notice everyone around here that I bump into now definitely wants to see my green 5C, feel the case, laugh at the "non" / "hon" peeking out of the back, and then try it out! (A French-speaking buddy admired the back and said "Oui, baby.")
