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New Photos of Alleged iPhone 5C Packaging and Manual

k995 said:
Hmm, all I see is the 5c, what if apple is only releasing a cheaper version and they deem the 5 still adequate ?
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I would assume iPhone 5 hardware in the 5C. So basically Apple is on a two year cycle now. (totally my guess this, I have zero idea what Apple will actually do).

Year One - iPhone X
Year Two - iPhone XS (new hardware) + iPhone XC (same hardware as the iPhone X)

In years it'd work like this

2012 - iPhone 5
2013 - iPhone 5S + iPhone 5C
2014 - iPhone 6
2015 - iPhone 6S + iPhone 6C
2016 - iPhone 7
2017 - iPhone 7S + iPhone 7C

This makes sense as:

1. It eliminates the need to have two older models like now.
2. Also a current spec of hardware would have a 3 year cycle before being replaced. One year in iPhone X then the next two years after that in iPhone 5C.
3. Your phone's hardware would be at most 3 years old if you bought a iPhone XC on the day before the new XC was released. And if you are in the market for an XC you for the most part would be ok with slightly older hardware because you're not buying the premium phone.
4. This would really make the iPhone XS models speed bumps at most, as all the good hardware like cameras, screens, etc etc would be more likely to be updated at the iPhone X model because that hardware has to last for 3 years and not one like the iPhone XS models.
5. People who want the iPhone XC will be good with their 2 year phone carrier plans. And each phone upgrade to them will be a large bump so they will really feel it.

The one flaw in this plan (it's a big one).

6. This does mean Apple has to keep the latest iOS compatible with the latest iPhone XC though. Basically on up to 3 year old hardware, possibly 4-5 years if Apple chooses to go down that route. And that is almost too much. A 5 year old phone iPhone 3G. But iOS6 only runs on the 3GS and up. This is something Apple would have to deal with.
 
xxBURT0Nxx said:
Wow holy ugly pink! My guess is these are fake shots I don't think they would use that solid color background. Super ugly design if they do
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I've tried iOS 7 with a solid background and I think it would actually make for a good default.

The new "flat" icon labels just don't work with many wallpapers - they're hardly ever legible, especially in the dock row. A solid black background looks too dark, and a number of new icons would bleed into a white background (iCal, Safari…).
 
Rogifan said:
...I can't see why Apple would load the colored iPhones with their own colored wallpaper knowing that most people use their own wallpapers as a background anyway. With the Nano's I don think you can set your own wallpaper can you?
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Doesn't the colour of the iPod Shuffle match the colour of its icon when plugged into iTunes? I seem to remember it being so.
The colour of my car (a BMW) matches the 'icon' of my car on its GPS.
Wallpaper matching the colour of the 5C would be cool — I love this kind of attention to detail — even if people decide to change their WP right away.
 
tekno said:
Photoshop.
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Go on then knock up something similar in Photoshop, even just one reasonable looking fake phone.

It's not possible and anyone looking at that photo with some intelligence will realise that.
 
Has anyone ever head a reason why they do not watch the front color with the back so it does not look so ridiculous and half baked?
 
attila said:
Smooth as in iOS7's ADDED animation that slow down workflow?

Example: devices used to wake up instantly, now you have to wait for the fade in of the screen to finish before you can continue!
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Say it ain't so!!!

The horror!
 
lilryan10788 said:
Does it stand for cheap or for crap?
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Both.

Don't get me wrong, I do like Apple and have a few of there products but I'm not going to spend more money on some tiny update to an outdated hardware design.

I swear that when Sept. 10th comes and if the screen to the 5S or what ever they may have, if there is any kind of secrecy still from Apple, has not gotten larger I will be buying me, even if it feels like plastic the Samsung Note 3 which will be announced in 2 days.
 
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mcdj said:
Do all you people crying fake have any clue as to what it would take to fake a photo like the one in OP?

This is not some blurry pic of a single device laying on a table without packaging, posted months before launch. It's a pile of identical phones in packages, posted days before the actual launch, when the phones are ready to ship.

Let's hear from you naysayers exactly how you think this photo came to be. One phone, cloned in perspective? A stack of iPod touches, each colorized, with an iPhone home screen pasted on in perfect perspective? A 3D render made from scratch? A painting?

And while you're telling us how it was made, please also give an estimated length of time for creation of this single random photo, and your estimate as to the reasoning behind it or benefit someone might receive from spending what would undoubtedly be at least several hours to create it.

Please, since you're so much wiser than those of us who think the photo has no reason to be anything but real, educate us on how it was made so we can spot fakes in the future.

I'm pretty sure if you actually think for about, oh, 4 seconds, before typing FAKE, you'll quickly come to see it's not.
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It might not be a fake photo but it could be a pile of fake phones. The chinese clones of the 5 are so good you can't tell the difference (I have one). There's always a chance the cloners are just taking guesses at what might come out, even if they're wrong they'll still sell on the chinese market.
 
Rogifan said:
Yeah I just don't know if that's the best example since the nano doesn't run iOS. I suppose this could be legit and once we see the real thing on Apple's website it will look better. But as I said it seems kind of pointless to load the colored phones with special wallpaper when most people swap out with their own wallpaper anyway.
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In the iOS 7 beta 6 the white iPhone boots white and the black one boots black. I wander if th colored ones will boot in their color?
 
ionjohn said:
Am I the only one who's like, damn, iOS 7 looks ugly on these shots!
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It's like they thought "Damn, people don't seem to be hating the new look enough. What background color can we use that's even more hideous than the dusky teal in our promo shots?"
 
Xiroteus said:
Has anyone ever head a reason why they do not watch the front color with the back so it does not look so ridiculous and half baked?
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Having a black bezel looks better because the LCD itself is black - you get the illusion of the display not having edges.

Aside from this, I'm sure that using a single, standard display part also means less design & inventory challenges for Apple, thus further reducing costs for the 5C.
 
Rogifan said:
When did Apple announce a price on a phone, that as of right now, doesn't exist? :confused:
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I never said it was going to be $500. I said that if the price is near the $500 mark then it would be a disappointment.

juanmanas said:
On contract or unlocked?
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Nexus 4 is $199 (US dollars) or $249 (Australian dollars) unlocked, SIM free delivered to your door from Google Play. Great deal if you ask me.

mbh said:
My 3GS came with a tool, but the 4S did not. There's no cutout or printing on the little 4S envelope like with the 3GS. Both on AT&T, ordered soon after release direct from Apple.
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TO ALL AMERICANS: The AT&T version has no SIM eject tool, everyone living overseas gets one.
 
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