$450 off contract. And yes, the 4S will be FREE w/contract. And no, there won't be a 5 going forward.
Next year - two different 6's - 4.7 and 4.3 - and two different 6C's -4.7 and 4.3 (with the 5S's internals)
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iPhone 5C Predicted to Replace iPhone 5, iPhone 4S Sales to Continue
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$450 off contract. And yes, the 4S will be FREE w/contract. And no, there won't be a 5 going forward.
Next year - two different 6's - 4.7 and 4.3 - and two different 6C's -4.7 and 4.3 (with the 5S's internals)
I'm always right, so listen.
So should I not but an iPhone 5 when the new 5s is released? Was hoping they would keep supporting it for a maybe 2-3 years. Confused 
I'm not commenting on your proposed pricing structure, but some people just want the latest phone. Also, improving new models, doesn't equate to making older models worse. The lure could be:
-- Slightly better internals + latest processor
-- Improved camera
-- Fingerprint unlocking
-- Availability of alluring champagne color
-- The only phone with 128GB option
Any single one of the above five features, could be enough to sway some people towards that newer 5S.
But taken together, for millions of people, a worthwhile reason to upgrade imho.
this makes no sense to me at all. why continue to make the 4S? it doesn't have LTE or a lightning connector. and it has a smaller screen. if you stop making it, you could have all 4" screens and all have the same size again
Doesn't seem right at all. Why keep the 4s going when the coloured phone is going to be a plastic 5, and cheaper. Wouldn't that cheaper phone basically be the same price as the 4s?
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Im not saying your wrong, but i only see it being a worthy upgrade to certain people. People on here that want the latest iphone, and people that happen to have their contract ending at the same time as the release. To any other person on the street the 5s will look the same as a 5, and if they already have one i don't think they'd upgrade. Maybe not even from a 4s
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Im not saying your wrong, but i only see it being a worthy upgrade to certain people. People on here that want the latest iphone, and people that happen to have their contract ending at the same time as the release. To any other person on the street the 5s will look the same as a 5, and if they already have one i don't think they'd upgrade. Maybe not even from a 4s
The only difference in features between 4S and 5 is the longer screen, the LTE (decent 3G should be around 7 Mbps) and the lightning dock (who cares). All else is slightly improved specs but those 2 phones are virtually identical.
If they add 2 more sizes to design for I might flip out. I dont see why they wouldnt just add a 5inch and be done with it. Otherwise the rest sounds good to me.
Not sure if mention/posted
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/08/a-colourful-budget-iphone-could-look-awfully-pretty-on-shelves/
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/08/a-colourful-budget-iphone-could-look-awfully-pretty-on-shelves/
Both of which are the last two Apple devices I bought recently.
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Maybe the 4S will replace the 4.
One of the rumors I'm starting to hear is that Apple will make the iPhone 5C compatible with TD-SCDMA digital cellular networks (very necessary for China Mobile compatibility) and TD-LTE (since both China and India have begun TD-LTE rollout). This might be accomplished using an updated Qualcomm design radio chip.
What about all the iPhone 5? Those are in stock as well.
I think you fail to understand is that they will NO longer make iPhone 5's at all. Discontinued. But they will continue making iPhone 4S until Dec.
So current stock has nothing to do with discontinued or still in production.
I'm very sad the iPhones 5 are being rumored to be discontinued.
Makes the iPhone 5 feel like a 9 month old HTC. All HTC models get discontinued after 8 months of release.
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Not after one year.
After 2 years when the contract expires, perhaps. But just having bought a 700 USD phone for those upgrades (and spending an additional amount of cash difference) is just the game of keeping up with the joneses.
The iPhone 6 will have the above plus newer updates. For "millions of people," that would be greater incentive to upgrade from an iPhone 5.
If people are still using the iPhone 4 or 4S, then the 5S is perfect for an upgrade.
But for those who have a 5? Spending 700-800 USD a year on an updated phone is not that economically smart. It'd be fun and plenty of gawks, but hey, we're talking smart purchases here.
To some people the 30-pin connector (and equally importantly micro-sim) is a selling point... There are many more 30-pin accessories than Lightning ones out there. It's a major reason why I'm holding off upgrading my iphone 4.
I agree, but rumors has it that not having Siri will distinguish it from the iPhone 5S and will reduce cannibalization of the 5S. As innovative as adding a fingerprint reader, it's not that major of an innovation. Especially since there's been fingerprint readers on computers for over a decade. A lot of people will see the new iPhone as an incremental update, and some of the updates will not be that important for them to update to the 5S. However, if they have a 4S already, and they use Siri often, then not having Siri will be a way to prevent them to buy a 5S.
Looking ahead, it's a bit more complicated though: in a year's time, Apple would need to upgrade two models rather than one. So, are they planning to make the 5s obsolete, or continue two product lines (with all the associated inventory duplication). In the latter case, they would have four phones (5c, 5cs, 5s, 6) and a huge number of options... Someone in Apple must surely be wishing the iphone had an SD card slot
What if the "iPhone 5C" isn't an iPhone at all? Maybe it is finally a LTE version of the iPod Touch? The body layout is almost identical to the 5th Gen iPod Touch.
Why make an iPod Touch with cellular capabilities? Wouldn't that be an iPhone?
I got sick of waiting for Apple to come out with a real upgrade so I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 32GB. Not much to complain about - 1080p AMOLED screen, SD slot, 5+ Mbps on LTE when in a fringe area for the cell (2 bars in Norwell MA) for LTW, 27.86 Mbps at home (near Epping, NH - out in the boonies), 13 megapixel camera which allows me to set ISO and white balance manually (and as a bonus the HDR mode actually seems to work, without the over-done tone mapping!), it's FAST, and the screen is GORGEOUS. Also, battery life? So far so good - and I have a 7500mah battery on the way so I can be even less tethered.
I've got all the major apps I want installed except TomTom (which I'll have to buy again so for now I'm carrying two phones for now) and Plants vs. Zombies 2 (which isn't announced for Android yet) and have moved some of my ebooks and I still have 22GB free and I haven't even touched the SD card yet. I can read full-page PDF files with the single/full page view clearly legible thanks to the glorious 1080p/441ppi screen - and I get a better notification screen than the iPhone, and a button bar which blows even sbsettings away. Oh, and gadgets - I had a lot of fun customizing my pages. Oh yeah, and Adobe Flash, so I can go back and check out Strongbad again.
Get with the program apple! I wanted to stick with the iPhone, but you've really stagnated. The big attraction for the 5C is colors, when pretty much everyone is going to cover it up in an aftermarket case? Really? Puh-leeze. I wanted a bigger, higher resolution (and by that I mean both tighter dot pitch AND more total pixels) screen and an SD slot and you failed to deliver.
I've got all the major apps I want installed except TomTom (which I'll have to buy again so for now I'm carrying two phones for now) and Plants vs. Zombies 2 (which isn't announced for Android yet) and have moved some of my ebooks and I still have 22GB free and I haven't even touched the SD card yet. I can read full-page PDF files with the single/full page view clearly legible thanks to the glorious 1080p/441ppi screen - and I get a better notification screen than the iPhone, and a button bar which blows even sbsettings away. Oh, and gadgets - I had a lot of fun customizing my pages. Oh yeah, and Adobe Flash, so I can go back and check out Strongbad again.
Get with the program apple! I wanted to stick with the iPhone, but you've really stagnated. The big attraction for the 5C is colors, when pretty much everyone is going to cover it up in an aftermarket case? Really? Puh-leeze. I wanted a bigger, higher resolution (and by that I mean both tighter dot pitch AND more total pixels) screen and an SD slot and you failed to deliver.
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This lends credence to stories that the 4 and 4S have been outselling the 5 lately. For Apple to retire the 5 and keep the 4S in play is an admission of defeat on the 5. But then again, if what they're really doing is taking the guts of the 5 and placing them in a plastic case with only one speaker instead of two, then the 5 hasn't really gone away. It's just been resurrected in a colored plastic case and sold for less. Sell it in the USA. It will outsell the 5S, but who cares? Apple still makes the money.