Apple doesn't compete on price.Look at computers and iPods.No sign of that changing.
And so far they are doing pretty well.
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Hands-On Impressions of the iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, and Touch ID
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Apple doesn't compete on price.Look at computers and iPods.No sign of that changing.
And so far they are doing pretty well.
You have NO IDEA how pissed Germans are about what happened! No idea at all! The media over here is full of it, every day. The bulletin boards over here are 95% full of hate towards the US. Something I do not like, but its true. This is going on for months now. This will cost America A LOT. Look at Brazil. Look at other countries! Even so the boots of the Americans are still feared and countries are very afraid, ppl and businesses the NSA is spying upon are so angry. The fact that the US media is not really reporting about it - for good reasons - does not matter it does not matter. Google, MS, Apple will loose money because of it. Read foreign sources and start to become angry what your government is doing to others and to Americans. And become angry about the Germans government that is using this for their own advantages.
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If you live in the US, you're right. Everything is adjusted accordingly, and the middle tier is a better deal than last year. You get a 5C for the same price as last year's 4S. All sweet. If you live in Australia or Europe, the price for the middle tier (and high end) has gone up, so not so great. In Australia, the 5S costs $70 more than last years ip5 price (without contract). My point was that the contract prices will also reflect this outside the US. In the US the 5C is a free upgrade for that tier, where I live, I'm paying extra for it.
that was fun
i don't know what the writer of that article has been smoking, but 64bit is definitely NOT needed for either fingerprint recognition nor for the camera features
i can dig up my almost 10 year old thinkpad-with-fingerprint-reader that runs on 32bit windows if you want! as for the 'camera features' mentioned; strangely, Nokia doesn't appear to be having any trouble running 'camera features' that far outclass the iphone's on their 32bit phones
great marketing fluff though
If you've done nothing wrong then there is nothing to worry about.
I read so many articles across the web about people forever seeking anonymity in their browsers, phones, search engines.
Every time I read them I just think...who gives a *****? I mean really. I'd be more than happy to publicly share my fingerprints, DNA info on the web.
It's arrogant to assume that someone out their wants to steal YOUR fingerprints. Their are billions of us on this planet.
Worst thing that happens to me is I get the odd piece of junk mail because I collect points on my fuel. Big whoop, I have a trash can.
Not true, in addition to the ability to use more ram, there are speed benefits. Not twice as fast as some people have said, but truthfully more than "nothing".
The real world advantage is speed. And there are plenty of apps that tax the processing power.
Last I checked Apple does business in the real world where everyone competes on price. Apple has no choice to do otherwise or lose business. And more accurately, so far they have been doing extremely well, but more recently they have lost considerable market share and their stock price has dropped a couple hundred points. Apple's options are price their products competitively or lose sales to their competitors, period.
But in this case I was talking specifically about the 16/32/64 gig versions and the difference in pricing between them. I don't think they'll be able to keep up $100 gap for 16 more gigs indefinitely, nor would I describe that situation as "competing on price".
Exactly, one more size times five colors times three different cell-phone standards. Another fifteen additional models with millions of units distributed worldwide to over one hundred carriers with ten thousands of outlets each. One computer isn't enough to handle all this logistics.
A third size option for the 5c just isn't feasible. I mean it.
don't care about your post but your signature is inaccurate
i get all os updates directly from google as soon as they're released --without having to buy a new phone
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Yeah! And you have no idea how pissed we all are over you dragging Apple in the NSA scandal. Songs have been made about your "Angst vor Spionage", German Psycho.
not for the ram amounts used in todays phones nor the applications for which they're used
or, let's see you blow through that facebook app on your new 64bit phone
I think its genius to take last years model and put a color case on it and sell it as the cheapo version. Apple proved they can innovate when it comes to marketing schemes.
So you get your commercials directly from the source.
Android is a big pile of poop. And you don't know it.
That doesn't quite make sense. If Apple tried it and failed that would be stupid. But if they try it and succeed then it's pretty smart. Yes? My money is on the 'succeed' option.
The thing is, even if Nokia sells a $99 smartphone at a $10 loss, Apple could easily add a flash and front facing camera to the same internals, upgrade the build quality, and still sell a quality phone for $150. That leaves them with $100 for profit and any other upgrades they want to ad to it. And it's still 1/2 of the price of the 5c.
And how many of these Samsung phones and tablets work together with its new Galaxy Gear smartwatch? Two!
You can make a lot of everything, if you have absolutely no aspirations to make it right.
From all these Galaxy products my carrier offers maybe two or three, but not in five different colors and three different sizes each. When Apple makes some a new color and size combination, its just there everywhere.