I dunno. Why would someone wait in line to buy a phone that's essentially the same as the phone they could have bought at any time over the last year? Sure, they could save $100 but that's it.
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iPhone 5s Outsells iPhone 5c by ~3.5x in Launch Weekend According to Analytics Data
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I dunno. Why would someone wait in line to buy a phone that's essentially the same as the phone they could have bought at any time over the last year? Sure, they could save $100 but that's it.
Yep, exactly. It's not a cheap phone or one that's better than the 5, but to a lot of people who will be buying it, they don't really care. Because they don't care about specs and don't want to bother doing the math. They just want an Apple phone.
People will be able to figure it out. But overall iPhone sales will continue to grow, which is obviously the end goal here.
While I do agree, Apple would rather you buy the 5s, I hardly think their goal was not to sell the 5c.
and im sure about 80% of those 5s' were space grey.
The Gold iPhones seem to be the most in demand. Hard to say if the inventories were just lower but given that Apple used it as the main advertising colour I'd say most people bought the hype and the gold iPhones.
The way to judge 5c sales is to compare them to 4S sales once the 5 came out.
I don't know where to get those numbers for the 4S, but 2+ million 5c's sounds like a massive hit (in the early going). It's hard for me to imagine people buying the 4S in those numbers the first weekend the 5 was available.
One thought I had re 5c vs. 5s:
Apple's 5c margins are probably just as good as 5s margins. So Apple doesn't mind which phone you buy. When you don't go after the low-end of the market, you do sacrifice market share but you don't have to worry about cannibalization.
I don't know where to get those numbers for the 4S, but 2+ million 5c's sounds like a massive hit (in the early going). It's hard for me to imagine people buying the 4S in those numbers the first weekend the 5 was available.
One thought I had re 5c vs. 5s:
Apple's 5c margins are probably just as good as 5s margins. So Apple doesn't mind which phone you buy. When you don't go after the low-end of the market, you do sacrifice market share but you don't have to worry about cannibalization.
Apple is likely agnostic between the two. Margins are probably similar and both phones are selling well.
That's just the UK and do you have a source? Apple always sells on quality, not price. Would people like cheap apple products? Sure, but they aren't expecting it. If people are buying tons of devices at the usual Apple price, then there isn't a need to put out a cheap version.
I fully agree. 5C appears to the general consumer to be NEW and shiny.
When its really a thicker, fatter, heavier plastic 5.
The vast majority of consumers fail at math and financial planning. Why else would the credit card companies make gazilllions in interest on credit card balances?
Thus the 5c is seen as 50% cheaper to most consumer on subsidy plans, not the real 5% cheaper.
Growing sales isn't what's most important, market share is.
You can have growing sales while, at the same time, your market share is dropping, and that's not good.
A metallic or glass phone is premium compared to the mass of the market, unless it runs Windows Phone.
A plastic phone is just another plastic phone, Android is good.
I can buy a brand new automobile for $0 (plus registration fee). Does anyone doing that think they are getting it for free?
5C over 5S?
Why would anyone buy the 5C over the 5S? I don't know if there's a spec difference between the two prices but you don't save that much getting the 5C vs. the 5S for a "cheaper" phone it isn't cheap enough - even though I do like the colors on it.
Why would anyone buy the 5C over the 5S? I don't know if there's a spec difference between the two prices but you don't save that much getting the 5C vs. the 5S for a "cheaper" phone it isn't cheap enough - even though I do like the colors on it.
If the numbers are correct, then consumers in Japan are clearly better educated than people in the US. Considering that the 5s is outselling the 5c by 5x rather than the 3.7x in the US....
I doubt the margins are the same. The 5S is a premium phone so it will have higher margins. What I think they were able to do here was cut down costs of the 5C, sell it $100 cheaper and have a higher margin versus cutting the 1 yr-old premium model by $100.
Just shows there are a lot of snobs on MacRumors. And the Steve Jobs fanboys don't even follow his design moto (not how something looks but how it works) because the 5C from a features and performance standpoint is better all around than the 4S.
iPhone 5s Outsells iPhone 5c by ~3.5x in Launch Weekend According to Analytics Data
...meaning that 5c didn't sell so well vs iphone 5 last year
...meaning that 5c didn't sell so well vs iphone 5 last year
I did - strong build quality and more dense feel were my primary drivers. Plus, I plan on upgrading the iPhone 6 anyway, so I am not too concerned with any performance slowdown in months 13-24...