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iPhone 5S to Be Available in Gold with 128 GB Option?

It seems to me the iPhone 5s is going all out in being THE high end model. I think the plastic one is going to be a dressed down 5, but every bit as capable as the current 5. So not low end all all other than the case.
 
128gb iPhone

Good a 128gb iPhone ill be lining up.but will the 128gb iPhone be also available in the black or white?if only available in gold nah.:eek:
 
Kuo is an rattling canon of predictions lately. If you make this many, one has to be right. Where are all the updates he said would come out this month?
 
Redbeard25 said:
So that probably means:

On contract
5C - 8GB $99
5C - 16GB $199
5C - 32GB $299

Then, if you want a fingerprint reader
5S - 32GB $399
5S - 64GB $499
5S - 128GB $599
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i predict

5c - 16 gb $0
5 - 16 gb $99
5s - 32 gb $199
5s - 64 gb $299
5s - 128 gb $399
 
If they don't do 128GB in black and only do it in gold then ill be disappointed. Makes you stand out as a douche to rob
 
rp2011 said:
I think the plastic one is going to be a dressed down 5, but every bit as capable as the current 5. So not low end all all other than the case.
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I think that's basically correct. Apple probably won't have a 64GB iPhone 5C, though. They might also consider leaving out LTE (on the 16GB iPhone 5C anyway), but that'd be more controversial. Another possibility is dropping to VGA resolution for the front camera (like the iPhone 4S), and I don't think anyone would mind except those who'll buy the iPhone 5S anyway.

I wonder if Apple will keep the iPhone 5 around. Maybe. If they do, it'd be available as 16GB only, and the price would be the same as the 32GB iPhone 5C. More likely Apple doesn't keep the iPhone 5 in the lineup.
 
WilliamG said:
Gold? Really? Don't see it. No chance.

(Quote me next month when the gold iPhone 5S is announced.)
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Ha ha... I personally think it would be ugly as hell, however, Gold is highly revered in many cultures, so I could see this being more popular amongst certain sets than others. Won't catch me with one... though... :cool:
 
Portal83 said:
For all the rappers who want a phone to match their grills.

If this is true (and I doubt it) Tim Cook should be tested for drugs. 16GB is most popular, 32GB a little ways behind, and 64GB is off the radar.

Making a God-awful colour with a capacity 99% of consumers don't want to pay for? Super great idea!
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I'm willing to bet the 16GB is the most popular because its the cheapest, not because of the capacity. If 32GB becomes the cheapest, it will be the most popular 5S model.
 
*Sigh*......honestly what is apple up to? If its champagne, plus the 5C colours its like apple dropped some acid and went crazy. Seems they've decided to go and cover both the bottom and top tier markets.
 
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lunaoso said:
Here's a quick mockup I made of what the color could look like. Its not a 5S obviously (no dual LED Flash, etc.) but a decent look at what it may look like.

EDIT: Editors feel free to add it to the article as an example or something...
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That looks mighty fine. I'd get that.
 
I'm just glad this is finally coming out. I've hated my black iPhone 5. After being on white iPhones and iPads for a bit, I switched only because I thought the black with the shiny edges was pretty sexy. Not the case. This thing scratches and dings so much it looked like I bought a used phone 4 months into it. I had to do a repair swap about 6 months in, and I begged the Apple Store guy to switch me to white, but he couldn't.
 
BBCWatcher said:
I think Apple will keep the line up very simple. Something like this:

1. The iPhone 4 will be killed right away.
2. The iPhone 4S (8GB) might be killed right away but maybe killed in January (to drain parts stocks).
3. The iPhone 5C will be available in 2 colors at 16GB and in all colors (about 5) at 32GB.
4. The iPhone 5S will be available in white and black at 32GB and 64GB and in champagne at 128GB.
5. Apple will introduce an iPod touch with 128GB (in champagne), and the iPod classic will be killed.
6. Apple may kill the iPod shuffle. There may be a new 4GB iPod nano in one color for $99 to replace it.
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So if i want 128 GB, but hate that colour i'm screwed? Don't see it as a logical option. There are ZERO obstacles to having different capacity internals put in different colour casings.

Unless of course Apple wants to create some artificial ifs and whys.
 
donutbagel said:
I might be wrong, but I thought I looked it up a while ago and found that they were about the same.
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Hmmm... From what I've read, the transfer rate of a Class 10 SD card averages around 35mb/s, whereas the internal flash memory in the iPhone 5 could average 10 times that. NAND memory has much better random access performance as well, while SD cards perform best at contiguous reads and writes like playback of a movie, and are not nearly as nimble, so to speak.

There's more to the story of course, and I wish I had a pertinent link to post, but the bottom line is that it's not a pure money-grab, it's just that available SD cards don't perform nearly as well as internal flash memory.

Even the Android cell phone OS doesn't allow you to run apps from an SD card without hacking the system. Beyond that, I know from my own experience that SD cards feel dog-slow on my MBA compared to just about any other storage medium I typically use, I certainly wouldn't want to run my OS from it. :)
 
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