I have held one, feels plasticky and droid like. Good option if you want to buy your kids a phone. I have no idea why for an extra hundred hundred dollars you just don't automatically get the 5s. Spec wise in two years or for that matter right low the 5c is out dated right out of the box.
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Let's confirm: no one is interested in 5C
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I have held one, feels plasticky and droid like. Good option if you want to buy your kids a phone. I have no idea why for an extra hundred hundred dollars you just don't automatically get the 5s. Spec wise in two years or for that matter right low the 5c is out dated right out of the box.
Perhaps you should have waited until the sales number came in first before making a blanket statement that above. Good grief. iPhone 5c numbers should be in next week at the latest if not by Friday of this coming week
Why dishonest? It's obvious to anyone, even to new buyers, that this is not the flagship product. Whoever decides the new features are worth another $100 just get the 5s. So who is beeing deceived?
The price tag is the same as iPhone 5 would be by now if there was no iPhone 5c. So where is your or Teste's point. Because of the new shell it should cost less? Do you have any numbers by how much it is cheaper to produce. Probably it is cheaper to build but it's not only about the production. How much did it cost to develop?
The costs of an iPhone is not the sum of the costs of the hardware parts built into it. What about engeneering, designing, software-testing/development, logistics? Is iOS supposed to be free? No, it's subsidized by hardware-revenues.
And most of all the new plastic-design is not cheap at all. So your (Teste's) point fades more and more.
Why do you care? Tons of people enjoy this phone. I am a pretty big Apple fan that has owned several iPhones, iPads and MacBook. I am typing this on a 5C. It is a well reviewed phone that will sell a ton. Get over it
That's your opinion.
I think both are great. I've owned a black iPhone 5 for several months, and used it completely naked. Only the edges of the chamfers get worn slightly (barely) over time, because of continuously setting it on hard surface. And it also has a tiny dent and scuff from dropping it a couple of times.
The point is that if you look after it, it will be okay. The space gray colour has brighter chamfers, which should mask the wear over time.
So one of the best camera, arguably the best cpu right now atleast when you look at it technically makes it a rip off?
People really need to stop whinning. Dont like it? Dont buy it. What's the point of whinning like a 2 year old baby?
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Because the OP asked. Stop being all pissy with buyers remorse
None here. Just find it funny that there are these passionate posts bashing an objectively strong Apple product
I think that for him, plastic is supposed to feel cheap. What's dishonest is like what samsung do: make fake surfaces or textures to make it look like something it isn't. The 5c has nothing of the sort.
Whatever. Just go to an apple store and look at the row of 5c's. Who is looking at them? Teenage girls. Great phone foe kids. I'm not knocking it but it is what it is, I high school kids iPhone. Wait until you see the resale come trade on time/)
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The people who'll buy a 5C don't care about the 5S features. I could see myself doing the same. Right now I have an iPhone 4S and the only thing I use is iMessage and a few social networking apps. If my 4S broke randomly, and I wanted a new iPhone, then I don't see myself having any problem using the C.
The deception lies strictly in the portrayal that it is an advancement of the 5, to which it is not.
If development costs exceeded the revenue lost by continuing production of the 5 for $100 less sale price, they would have just done that. The 5C was created as a means of achieving higher revenue for Apple than dropping the price of the 5. That's it. It was not created to be an advancement, which is how it is portrayed.
If they still sold the thinner, lighter, and full aluminum 5, at the same price as the 5C... it would be interesting to see which would sell more. It would also be interesting to see how selling the 5 for $100 less than the 5S would affect 5S sales.
I'm not saying the 5C is terrible and nobody should like it... but anybody who was waiting for a $100 less iPhone 5 is likely to be disappointed.
Lets face it. Apple move a step forward to bring for the second generation a choice than an identical previous high end model.
So in past the iPhone 5 was high end and after one year the same phone for better money, Apple keep the last part but extend the choice with colours since over 60% of peoples have a plastic cover for their phones.
So iphone 5c is for those who dont want to use any case anymore, for those who always pick the second generation and for those who step from a 3GS or iphone 4/4s. Lets face it if you want to take the full iOS7 experience, you need iPhone 5c or iphone 5s hardware
So in past the iPhone 5 was high end and after one year the same phone for better money, Apple keep the last part but extend the choice with colours since over 60% of peoples have a plastic cover for their phones.
So iphone 5c is for those who dont want to use any case anymore, for those who always pick the second generation and for those who step from a 3GS or iphone 4/4s. Lets face it if you want to take the full iOS7 experience, you need iPhone 5c or iphone 5s hardware
Held and used a 5c and 5s today at the local Apple store and was pleasently surprised by the 5c. It does not in any way feel "cheap" and it's far more substantial feeling than the S3/4 which does feel flimsy and "cheap".
It's also more comfortable than the 5s/5/4s to hold due to the rounded edges, but I doubt I'd take one on contract when my upgrade is due in March. End of the day it's 2012 tech in a shiny new body but that's not to say it's not a great iPhone.
If people are new to iPhone and only want to spend £29 to get one on O2 refresh at £37 per month with unlimited texts/calls to all networks and landlines and 1GB of data then they will get a very capable phone. Power users will undoubtedly go for the 5s simply due to future proofing and potential with the new features. 64-bit is nice but we won't see the benefit right away if even in the next 6 months.
However, if Touch ID doesn't interest you and you don't care about 64-bit and the graphics capabilities of the A7 then the 5c is a great buy and it's hardly a slouch as seen when running the likes of Infinity Blade III and Asphalt 8.
To each their own.
And I'll say one thing, I seen at least seven or eight people buying 5c's today in the brief time I was in the Apple store and none were for or by "kids".
It's also more comfortable than the 5s/5/4s to hold due to the rounded edges, but I doubt I'd take one on contract when my upgrade is due in March. End of the day it's 2012 tech in a shiny new body but that's not to say it's not a great iPhone.
If people are new to iPhone and only want to spend £29 to get one on O2 refresh at £37 per month with unlimited texts/calls to all networks and landlines and 1GB of data then they will get a very capable phone. Power users will undoubtedly go for the 5s simply due to future proofing and potential with the new features. 64-bit is nice but we won't see the benefit right away if even in the next 6 months.
However, if Touch ID doesn't interest you and you don't care about 64-bit and the graphics capabilities of the A7 then the 5c is a great buy and it's hardly a slouch as seen when running the likes of Infinity Blade III and Asphalt 8.
To each their own.
And I'll say one thing, I seen at least seven or eight people buying 5c's today in the brief time I was in the Apple store and none were for or by "kids".
Wouldn't exactly say no is interested in the 5C. I work at Best Buy and I sold quite a few 5C iPhones. Actually played with one and they're pretty cool. I actually like the way they look and feel. Not cheap at all IMO. Many parents got them for their kids (kids love the colors) and there were some older people who loved the iPhone b/c it's easy to use but didn't wanna drop a huge amount of cash on the 5S...so they got a 5C. Same great iPhone experience but just not as costly. Not everybody cares about top of the line specs and bleeding edge tech. For many people, it's all about cost. The 5C offers a great iPhone experience.