I'm actually able to upgrade my phone every year. I have 3 lines on my plan, and AT&T is gracious enough to let me have an upgrade every year instead of every 2 years.
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iPhone 5c Pre-Orders to Begin at 12:01 AM Pacific Time on Friday, September 13
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I'm actually able to upgrade my phone every year. I have 3 lines on my plan, and AT&T is gracious enough to let me have an upgrade every year instead of every 2 years.
Isn't it? Isn't that what what all so-called phones are these days?
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There are so many things wrong with what you just said I'm not sure where to start.
It does not matter what you say, Steve would not have allowed it anyways and Apple will still be dead within 6 months.
people are freaking out because they feel it 'cheapens' the elitist image the iPhone has always had. they're concerned they won't be seen as so special with their iPhone now that there's a polycarbonate/color choice for the filthy, unwashed masses.
myself, i love the new C phones. they look great, playful and fun. sad they don't have orange, but i plan to pick up either the green or yellow one. they look terrific with the black screen (so glad apple didn't go white, ugh).
all the haters will be sadly put in their place when the C sells like hotcakes.
Where did I say Steve "would have allowed it"? And how exactly do you know what he would and wouldn't have allowed? Were you in his head? Even he didn't know what he would or would allow.. many of Apple's products Steve immediately rejected before being eventually convinced.
Don't try to speak for someone you never knew, and know nothing about.
Apple will be dead in six months? Really. A company with a $400B market cap and $150B in cash will be dead in six months.
*Sighs*
Fools have been tolling the bells of doom for Apple long before you owned its products, and I suppose will continue to do so long afterwards.
Don't be ridiculous.
By the way, it always matters what I say.
I think the 5C will sell like hot cakes. But even if it doesn't, I feel like it's a win-win for Apple. If the 5c sells well, they improve margins due to lower materials and manufacturing costs vs the 5. If people find the 5s to be a better value, Apple improves their top line and bottom line.
And with the addition of NTT DoCoMo and China Mobile, Apple will gain access to almost a billion subscribers so they'll continue their methodical growth.
And with the addition of NTT DoCoMo and China Mobile, Apple will gain access to almost a billion subscribers so they'll continue their methodical growth.
It's a fine replacement for the "last year's phone at cheap price" and it will probably sell about as well as the 4S phone is selling now. It's just not a "new model" that everyone was hoping for and expecting, and it's not going to grow Apple's market share.
OMG. It is obvious that this never would be allowed, I don't get how Cook can allow this, it's rediculous....
Money on the bank does not help when you slowly vanish off the market... The only outcome I can see is that in 6months Samsung will DOMINATE the phone sales....
And NO, It does not matter what you say when Steve wouldn't approve.
Except that Apple's market share in China is actually FALLING at an alarming rate!! I believe it was down something like 40% this year and honestly, that trend will continue. I live in Hong Kong and it used to be that everyone here was crazy for the iPhone but now, everyone has the Samsung Galaxy or Note. Samsung has always had a very strong brand reputation in Asia Pacific and now they are releasing high quality smartphones, people are switching to them in their droves. People here want big screens, innovation and value for money and Apple isn't delivering this. The low cost iPhone or a new iPhone with better tech and a bigger screen could have helped Apple reverse this trend but now, they are 2 years behind in the largest potential market in the world.
I also need to add that in Chinese culture, the concept of face and giving respect is critical to the success of any relationship and Apple's launch event in Beijing shows how little they understand this. People in China expected senior Apple reps to appear in person to present the products but instead all they got was a video of the event that took place in the US earlier, which they already knew about. The media comments here noted that with this move, "Apple has indeed done something remarkable - they have managed to piss off every media outlet in China," (source - South China Morning Post). Not a smart move.........
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Why would anyone want to buy an iPhone at a store? Everything about that process and experience is miserable at best.
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No it isn't. By what bizarre logic?
Its an iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 cost 650 yesterday, and by all logical trend was set to drop to 550. And it did.
Get a clue troll.
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Oh yeah you know what you're talking about. You don't a thing about "big screen" sales figures, which are miserable, nor do you know anything about Mainland China sales. Nor do you have any vision when it comes to the importance of China Mobile. Nor do you have the slightest clue about the profits Apple is raking in.
All is well, except in your deluded brain.
Yes but you must have not kept track of analyst's projections that the 5c/5s announcement and opening up of a huge market segment in China was supposed to make the stock skyrocket to previous record levels.
So the fact that this is 'on par' with other announcements was unexpected and yes, a disappointment on Wall Street.
As a new parent, I am curious - what is the proper parental reaction to a child almost crying in excitement over an inanimate shiny object?
Which is about wrong and about as -inserted no longer politically correct term- as anything else I've read.
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Joy, at what used to be a simple and worry-free life.
>>"Maybe you live nowhere near an Apple store, nor a company owned cellular store?"
>>"Maybe you have to work (yes, I know people that work 12 hour shifts routinely)?"
Or like me, maybe you're overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq or some other remote country?
>>"Maybe you have to work (yes, I know people that work 12 hour shifts routinely)?"
Or like me, maybe you're overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq or some other remote country?
Head your own words you pathetic paid shill.
Steve was as bad for Apple as he was good. He made some brilliant things happen, and prevented other equally brilliant things from happening.
I don't approve nor care to entertain any discussion whatsoever about what he would or would not do, as no one knows, and anyone who comments as if they know, has severe personal and psychological issues.