What are the specs of the Moto X? Or cheaper Lumia models? They're not the same as high end flagship devices. But do people feel they're being cheated? I don't think so. If Apple had called the phone iPhone color with no mention of the 5 at all most people probably wouldn't have thought "last years model".
I'm basing the "feeling cheated" on what Apple has been doing all along. Normally the iPhone 5 would have dropped to the same price as the iPhone 5c which has a better built quality (depending how you define better)
I agree that "most" people likely would not know this is basically a plastic iPhone 5 because not enough people look into anything.
Since they've just branded the year behind phone, given it a name, and created an official slot for it in the iPhone line, I'd expect we will see an iPhone 6 and a 6c. The name will go with the current generation, regardless of internal components. Like Mercedes, we will have C Class and S Class iPhones.
This would seriously be easier if they just dropped last years model like they always have. I imagine they would rather call it the 6c even thought it will be an iPhone 5s in plastic just to keep the names simple.
We'll also see a new look for the C Class iPhones for every major iPhone refresh. iPhone 6, iPhone 7, iPhone 8.
There's also the possibility that they'll go the iPad route and call the next iPhone "The New iPhone".
I hope not. Of course people are still calling iPad by number because it is just easier that way. Which is fine, for Apple it is just the iPad while we can base it on the generation. Wonder if there are too many iPhones to do that.
Personally I think that would be cleaner and more in line with other products. A MacBook Pro is just a MacBook Pro. An iMac is an iMac.
It sounds bad yet makes since at the same time. People will refer to generations like they already do with iPod and Macs based on year. So I maybe it would not be too bad.
So...iPhone. iPhone C. iPhone S maybe.
The only issue I can think of when it gets into the iPhone s generation what? However aside from the used market most people really do not deal with much before the last two years. Not like there is much talk about the 3GS or the 4 anymore so it may sound odd to drop the numbers yet in the end may not matter at all.
I wonder why no black iPhone 5C? - that's a sane colour I'd actually be interested in, especially since they all have the black front. I guess they want you to buy the 5S for that, a bit sneaky in my opinion. No good reason not to do black other than it taking sales from the 5S that I can think of.
Very odd. That would have been the only good looking one from the bunch, white or boring and the others are too half baked with after thought color backs without a matching color front. Even thought I doubt it maybe they can fix that for next year.
Why would anyone want last years hardware wrapped up in plastic for only $100 less? If you're really concerned about $100 then I highly doubt you'd have an iPhone.
Anything other then the newest phone hardly makes any since if going on contact. Save a hundred on the phone and then sign a $2,000 contract. And some would even go for a two year old phone because it is free (hardly) and by the time they can upgrade it would be four years old. I can't imagine using it for that long.
Total cost of the 5C with the cheapest AT&T contract would be 95% of the total cost of the 5S with the same contract.
The 5S is a better phone than the 5C.
There is nothing that the 5C is better at than the 5S, and the 5S will have a higher second hand value making the gap over time between the models a lot less than the 5%...
I fail to see who Apple thinks the target is for the 5C.
Except for those who always wanted an iPhone with a permanent plastic case in a hideous color...
It is suppose to be for those who would normally be getting the marked down iPhone 5 which now have to get these oddly colored phones or just spend a little more and grab the iPhone 5s.
