Foxconn's Zhengzhou Factory to Reportedly Cease Production of iPhone 5c

[numlock]

My name is not your business ...
All this whining about iPhone 5c is just ridiculous: Apple is doing the same thing since 2009. This time they just changed the shell.
And iPhone 5c is a very well designed and assembled plastic phone. Another league compared with "flagships" like Samesung S4 ....

but you are getting way too defensive (samesung come on) and calling people apple bashers if they just have a different opinion then yours and one that apple may be on the wrong path.

it isnt 2009 anymore. there is much better competition and the 5c with its exorbitant price suffers from that

apple has donen some questionable things in the last few years that gives people the right to question their decisions

 

[aiom]

Ordered a gold 16gb 5s late Sunday, expedited. I got the tracking number this morning. They say I should have it by Friday, just 5 days later

ZhengZhou, China 11/20/2013 5:10 P.M. Departure Scan
11/20/2013 11:20 A.M. Origin Scan
China 11/19/2013 12:51 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

[Max(IT)]

but you are getting way too defensive (samesung come on) and calling people apple bashers if they just have a different opinion then yours and one that apple may be on the wrong path.

it isnt 2009 anymore. there is much better competition and the 5c with its exorbitant price suffers from that

apple has donen some questionable things in the last few years that gives people the right to question their decisions

I'm the first saying iPhone 5c is overpriced (499€ would be the right price in my opinion) but I'm not arguing that.
I'm arguing with people who define "cheap and cheap looking" the iPhone 5c while it is better made than most of competitor's flagships.

 

[HurryKayne]

I'm the first saying iPhone 5c is overpriced (499€ would be the right price in my opinion)

Which is the price you can find it on Amazon unlocked here in Italy.
The only concern i have is about the Warranty because some seem
to be from outside of Italy.
Do i have the Italian warranty or the one from the country its been sold from?
I mean,if broken,can i take it right to an italian Apple Store?
In the meanwhile here's a link of what i was talking above.

 

[Max(IT)]

Which is the price you can find it on Amazon unlocked here in Italy.
The only concern i have is about the Warranty because some seem
to be from outside of Italy.
Do i have the Italian warranty or the one from the country its been sold from?
I mean,if broken,can i take it right to an italian Apple Store?
In the meanwhile here's a link of what i was talking above.

If it isn't a stolen unit, the first year of warranty is done by Apple and it is international.
Second year is from the vendor, so it will be difficult to obtain .... (Amazon is not the seller).

 

[smirking]

They have certainly reduced their margins...They dropped prices. This year, they dropped prices again.

If they had offered up the 5c with similar specs as the 5s and only made the phone $50 cheaper, I don't think they would have had this problem. I'm actually drawn to the 5c because of it's more durable nature. Before I bought my first iPhone, I've never bought a case for anything. I'd like to return to that level of bliss where I can just buy the phone and be done, but I'm not going to buy into old tech for a $100 discount. I might not do it even for a $200 discount.

Didn't we see this with the desktop market some years ago? There were a few years where specs really really mattered and replacement cycles were much shorter. I gave my 6 year old Macbook Pro to my wife to use a few years ago when I upgraded. It runs just fine. In a few years the smartphone market will be similar and I probably won't care if I buy down to last year's A chip and the discount will be worth the tradeoff.

 

[HurryKayne]

If it isn't a stolen unit, the first year of warranty is done by Apple and it is international.
Second year is from the vendor, so it will be difficult to obtain .... (Amazon is not the seller).

That the same concerning me...i was thinking,
what if my Id results to be stolen?
By the way there are a lot on the Amazon page but
i'll prefer to go original,as we say here
"one scream and one cry" then you're done.

Maybe i'll investigate better on the italian vendors listed there
making a call directly

 

[sixrom]

Instead of reducing 5C production, how about use the facility to pump up 5S stocks?

The 5S may not be selling as well as Apple would have us believe. At work there's easily over one hundred of us that have been using Apple computers and other great Apple products for over a decade.

Everywhere you look we have Apple hardware. Yet this year it's been eerily quiet when it comes to the iPhone 5S. Nothing bad to say, just a very high presence and buzz around the exciting top of the line Androids.Things change when people grow bored of a product.

We have lots of new retina MBP's and MBA models that we use for work and enjoy immensely. So in reality the only thing that's changed is that we've paired them with Android powered Nexus 5, Galaxy S4, and Note 3 models. Androids and Macs are a terrific combination.

I certainly enjoy mine.

 

[jdclifford]

Wasn't TC the supply chain genius b4 he became CEO?