Nope, I see the T-Mobile one sold out, too. Only 16GB Yellow is sold out in T-Mobile form. That one was also the first sim-free one to sell out, back on Friday. So it seems that yellow is the most popular color so far.
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Launch-Day Availability of Unlocked iPhone 5c Models Continues to Slip
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Can we please consider, that not only plastic, color, specs and price trigger or hinder a purchase decision?
The new modern/metro UI of Windows 8 made me leave the Windows platform after 20 years of usage; beginning with Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Now modern UI is also coming to iOS 7 and I don't know what to do?
My instinct tells me to switch, but there is no alternative anymore. I'm missing the computer for the rest of us.
By the way, I have a degree in computer science, so I don't need that bookshelf to understand how it works.
Just to love it again.
The new modern/metro UI of Windows 8 made me leave the Windows platform after 20 years of usage; beginning with Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Now modern UI is also coming to iOS 7 and I don't know what to do?
My instinct tells me to switch, but there is no alternative anymore. I'm missing the computer for the rest of us.
By the way, I have a degree in computer science, so I don't need that bookshelf to understand how it works.
Just to love it again.
it's a way of belittling and marginalizing those that would (perhaps inadvertently) help to make the iPhone less elitist. heathens, basically.
i think people will buy the 5c for the same reason people bought those colorful nokia phones. guys like my dad are willing to pay a premium for apple because it's straightforward to use and performs well without annoying you. i doubt many people know about android custom roms. consumers are incredibly irrational.
Totally agree with your point, and that of Malnar, whom you quoted. Colour is extremely personal, and for me, if the 5c was available in 'tear your retinas out' orange, then I would be sorely tempted.
But the rub is - I would also like the 5s in the 5c case. I trust Apple to make the 5c sturdy and seem like premium product, so don't mind the cheaper material. With yearly refresh schedules though, the less than 20% premium for the newer processor, camera and fingerprint sensor on the 5s is a no-brainer for me. So I guess I'll get the 5s and keep wishing for a top-end iPhone with a real colour choice.
David
Makes sense to me. Also, it's too early to draw conclusions about the success, or lack thereof, of the 5C. It's not even released yet, just pre-orders.
People shouldn't be worried about the government getting their fingerprints. As you say, it's trivial for them to get if they really want it, anyway. Heck, they can just arrest you on a made-up charge, fingerprint you at the station, and then drop the charges when they realize their "mistake". That's assuming they don't already have them from some missing kids school program or a gun registration or any other number of things.
What people should be worried about is fingerprints and other biometrics being used everywhere by other companies. Because then you have to worry about criminals, about fraud. You can change your credit card numbers, but you can't change your fingerprints. Identity theft is bad enough when it's just bank accounts and credit scores, it'll be a heck of a lot worse when somebody also has your biometrics.
Been trying to reserve a 5S in Hong Kong (the reservations just opened) and predictably the servers were overwhelmed. It is only now, an hour later, I can get a page to load and it is blank! Before, it just said that the server wasn't responding.
However, the Apple website states that in Hong Kong, only phones will be sold with a carrier contract in store. If bought online, they will sell them with no contract.
It benefits me as I don't want to extend my contract any further (moving to the UK in a few months and breaking a service contract early is stupidly expensive here) and I would much rather avoid all of the queues and crowds on launch day as well as the throngs of people who are trying to buy the phone from you.
Granted, that last one may not happen since they are being sold in Mainland China from day 1 also, but sometimes old habits die hard for people trying to resell things.
However, the Apple website states that in Hong Kong, only phones will be sold with a carrier contract in store. If bought online, they will sell them with no contract.
It benefits me as I don't want to extend my contract any further (moving to the UK in a few months and breaking a service contract early is stupidly expensive here) and I would much rather avoid all of the queues and crowds on launch day as well as the throngs of people who are trying to buy the phone from you.
Granted, that last one may not happen since they are being sold in Mainland China from day 1 also, but sometimes old habits die hard for people trying to resell things.
Slightly bigger battery, better front camera. The biggie is the packaging with different colors and it has a new communication chip that support China Mobile TD-LTE (and about 25% of the world will roll to TD-LTE). China mobile has about 173M 3g user now and they are going to launch their TD-LTE network later this year in 100 cities. So far only 4 other handset (plus 5C and 5S) get approval for Td-LTE in China now. Right now smartphone is like fashion, there are a lot of people who would upgrade to get a different color phone. So the sales number will be better than 4S last year which some speculate constitute 25% of all Iphone sales every Q. Does it sound like reason enough?
Being a bit pedantic?
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Now, now don't go bringing all that common sense and facts into play here and don't even think of bringing those Moto X customers and its mid range internals (at the 5s price no less) into the discussion...
Remember to chant the mid range 5c isn't sold out - epic fail, its the next Cube and Apple is doomed!
And how do you work that one out?
1 min of google time tells you that the Moto x 16GB unlocked = $579, 16GB iphone 5s = $649.
Im not great at maths, but i think one of those numbers is lower than the other. And its not the iphone.
And my daughter bought it because she is upgrading from a basic phone to a smartphone and the $100 is a meaningful difference for us. Plus the iPhone 5 that she was planning on getting will be no longer offerred.
She is in high school, and is happy to be getting the blue 5C. She ordered from Radio Shack (we had a gift card), where they were only offerring the blue, pink, and white.
