The difference is that the iPod mini was actually a superior form factor to the iPod Classic for most users... The "C models" may edge the flagships eventually, but this isn't an iPod situation
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iPhone 5s Outsells iPhone 5c by ~3.5x in Launch Weekend According to Analytics Data
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The difference is that the iPod mini was actually a superior form factor to the iPod Classic for most users... The "C models" may edge the flagships eventually, but this isn't an iPod situation
Retailers learned long ago that they should stock 3 types of product next to each other on the store shelves. The expensive product made the cheaper ones look like a better deal and sell better. The cheap product made the more expensive ones look more desirable and sell better. Thus, they all sold better just because they were next to the others. Dumb and easily manipulable consumers predominate.
What makes the 5c not a "premium" phone? Because it's made out of colorful plastic? I think Jony Ive ("Mr. Unapologetically Plastic") would take issue with you on that.
I have an iPhone 5 and I, for one, am glad they discontinued it. I love my phone; but they needed to make sure all the LTE-capable iPhones going forward were capable of communicating on pretty much all the LTE bands used worldwide. The iPhone 5 was a mess when it came to which model of the phone worked on which LTE bands around the globe.
Since a certain percentage of consumers want colorful phones, it obviously made good business sense for Apple to fix the LTE band mess that was the iPhone 5 and put it in a colorful plastic shell instead of putting it in a shell that looks just like the iPhone 5. Kill two birds with one stone.
Right... they should price it to lose money and make it up on volume.
Seriously, its simply an indication that people buy 'Apple' because they want top of line quality. If they want cheap crap, they'll buy Android.
Plastic doesn't always equal junk. It just depends on the quality of the build and materials. Apple is usually good about making a quality made product these days.
this should continue until at least christmas as supplies of the 5S are pretty poor and so will take some time to catch up especially in colours other than black. As for the 5C I don't see them increasing in popularity as they aren't enough cheaper to justify getting one unless you really want the colour. I am sure the margins on the 5C are amazing though so it should be a wonderful quarter for Apple
This is only a surprise to those MR readers who actually thought the melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand candy shell was going to be "selling like hot cakes" and a huge consumer product.
With old internals and plastic shell at a piddly discount, it is NO SURPRISE people were willing to wait(!) and pay more for the 5S.
With old internals and plastic shell at a piddly discount, it is NO SURPRISE people were willing to wait(!) and pay more for the 5S.
In case this has not be said already, but keep in mind... the 5c is probably not going to do as well in the US market (which this info is all about) as it might in other markets. But it does make sense that the 5s is the BIG seller for the early adopters.
Is every plastic phone not premium? Like all the Galaxys and the original iPhone and the 3G and the 3G s?
You know glass and aluminium are abundant and dirt cheap as well
They should try selling the phone at a loss. They can always make up the difference by the volume of phones that they will sell.
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Sorry 5s too rich for me. 5c also too rich for me. If it were at least $100 cheaper I'd buy one. Instead I'm looking to a used 5.
I wonder how many customers there are like me out there that won't buy the 5c or 5s but would have bought the 5c if it were cheaper. I also wonder how many 5s sales would be cannibalized by the 5c if it were cheaper. Shake it all out in the end and does Apple come out ahead or behind with a cheaper 5c?
I wonder how many customers there are like me out there that won't buy the 5c or 5s but would have bought the 5c if it were cheaper. I also wonder how many 5s sales would be cannibalized by the 5c if it were cheaper. Shake it all out in the end and does Apple come out ahead or behind with a cheaper 5c?
There are plenty of other ways to look at it.
More evidence that consumers are not naive enough to buy a plastic phone with fewer features, when a phone for slightly more money is much more advanced.
More evidence that the color scheme apple chose is hideous.
More evidence that folks wanted a cheaper alternative. Since there isn't one, they are going for the newer tech.
etc...
More evidence that their "cheap" phone is a very poor value.
They used to lower last year's model by $100. Now they make it worse, but keep the price the same.
5C is not cheap phone and they never wanted to make cheap phone.
Who pays $100 per month on a line for their kids? I can add an iPhone on to my AT&T family plan for around $40 a month. That's a little over a dollar per day and adds up to $960 for two years.
The 5c is what kids will get for Christmas when their parents renew the family plan. At that point, Apple will probably allow some stores deals to make that $99 proce free under special circumstances. Then the 4s sales will fall off after New Years/ next quarter (mostly as out of warranty replacements)
Want to know how upset Apple will be that you'll be entering their ecosystem with a preowned model instead of a fresh, new one?
Not very.
They'll catch you next time.
I m neither one of those . I liked the 5c so i got it. I might just as well buy 5s this week. I pay full price for my phones Being stuck in contract is pointless in my opinion.
link? The ONLY thing we know, based on what apple said, was the they could not make the fabrication/assembly process of the 5 cheap enough to sell at a lower price.