This reeks of Apple of the 90's. Just expanding their product line to the point where it was not financially viable anymore. And it took Jobs to say "you idiots, remove all that crap". And Jobs reduced the product lines to better smaller numbers of product lines.
I would be ok however to have no previous iPhone model on sale. Only the current high end ones and the iPhone C as the cheap end. No more having the last 2 generations for sale like now. This would not add to the number of models being sold as new would place old getting the boot.
At this point I don't think there's any denying it anymore. The iPhone Color is coming.
I still don't understand what's going on with pricing. The typical pricing is $199, $99, $0 and high-end, mid, low-end respectively. If they price the iPhone 5C at the low-end then what happens next year when they shift the iPhones down the tier and discontinue the low-end model? And if the reports of Apple only offering 2 iPhones and discontinuing manufacturing the iPhone 5 then wouldn't it make more sense to price the iPhone 5 at $0 instead of the iPhone Color?
I don't think the new iPhone will be the low-end one like everyone expects. I think it will be sort of like the iPod Nano - priced in the middle.
My guess is that the iPhone 5C will be the technological equivalent of the iPhone 5. And a low capacity (8GB) iPhone 5 will be the entry level/free phone. Anything with the old dock connector (the iPad 2, the iPod Classic, and the iPhone 4S) will be taken out behind the barn and unceremoniously shot.
iPhone 5 (8GB) - free with contract
iPhone 5C (16GB) - $99 with contract
iPhone 5S (16/32/64) - $199/$299/$399
The C stands for choice ... Choice with regards to colour, price, performance, features, materials etc.
Like when Steve jobs was still the CEO and the iPhone 4 was found in a bar?
An entirely plastic box with each iPhone? Is that cost effective? Or environmental?
Yeah cause he was dead when the iPhone 4 leaked.
There have been leaks for years with and without Steve. Only way there would not be leaks if if everything was made by Apple in a giant center with zero cell phone service or Internet and no one was allowed to leave. Like willy wonkas
An entirely plastic box with each iPhone? Is that cost effective? Or environmental?
A cheaper iPhone HAS to be done. I hope it happens
Every time I look at that photo I laugh. It reminds me of all the plastic haters with their extreme fear of the very material that I find ever so useful.
Lol let me guess. You guys don't believe this picture either? No plastic iPhone, no plastic box, no 5S, right?