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Photo of Plastic Packaging with 'iPhone 5C' Name Surfaces
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Calling it the 5C is actually very brilliant. Calling something "Lite" immediately makes the owner feel like they have an inferior product. The commonality between 5C and 5S will make purchasers of the 5C feel good about their product.
Photo of Plastic Packaging with 'iPhone 5C' Name Surfaces
Every other year? Cheap phone doesn't necessarily mean outdated.
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Every other year? Cheap phone doesn't necessarily mean outdated.
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iPhone 5C
Actually the "C" stands for "Cheap" as in cheaply made.
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Its very outdated. Apple is falling behind.
Actually the "C" stands for "Cheap" as in cheaply made.
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Its very outdated. Apple is falling behind.
Maybe English isn't your primary language. Let me help
Considering it isn't even released yet, this word doesn't apply.
I think the "C" could designate camera or cinema, if they are planning a major camera upgrade. Canon has a "C" line to designate cinema.
I doubt they will give the budget iPhone the same numbering system.
I doubt they will give the budget iPhone the same numbering system.
How about the iPhone Core? The core essentials of owning an iPhone. Also a play on words with Apple Core...... just something to think about.
C is for Core
C is for Core is my guess. Stands for the original iPhone 5 which now will come in plastic and in various colours. The iPhone 5 as we know it today will be replaced by the iPhone 5S (Special?).
Edit: ah, beaten to the punch... =P
C is for Core is my guess. Stands for the original iPhone 5 which now will come in plastic and in various colours. The iPhone 5 as we know it today will be replaced by the iPhone 5S (Special?).
Edit: ah, beaten to the punch... =P
Oops.
Seriously you are right I did roll over and looked at my gorgeous 17"MBP's screen gleaming at me, beckoning me to indulge in some forum after glow.
That was good s h r _ _ ms I ate, wow, totally was conversing with Siri the hexagonal goddess of wonderment India before before time. Thanks for noticing ^_^
You're good at this!
Seriously you are right I did roll over and looked at my gorgeous 17"MBP's screen gleaming at me, beckoning me to indulge in some forum after glow.
That was good s h r _ _ ms I ate, wow, totally was conversing with Siri the hexagonal goddess of wonderment India before before time. Thanks for noticing ^_^
You're good at this!
You haven't been at the board or executive meetings at those companies. Both you mentioned have museums in their name.
Just a matter of time before we see a Steve Jobs Museum in Cupertino. I bet they are prospecting sites for it already.
Learn from the mistakes of those that precede you or you'll repeat it.
I'm thinking from next year will be ....
iPhone C (2014)
iPhone S (2014)
then
iPhone C (2015)
iPhone S (2015)
then either can change as it wants to to hit a market target. The same way Mac's no longer have generational names outside of tech. material.
That and we are seeing a product fork very similar to the introduction of the Mac Mini as higher priced iMacs were also introduced.
This can lead to a two-tier of product owners with different demographics. Many who use a Mac Mini have it as a second machine alongside a PC and perhaps on a KVM switch or a second computer station in the office or home.
If they are smart, when the 5C starts without a SIM card, it will still function as a iPod Touch without the whole screen "insert SIM card" graphic showing. The phone app will just not work.
I can see this as a huge hit with pre-paid wireless providers. Buy minutes of calling time, the phone part turns on and you use your minutes as you go. Swap out SIM cards and use your friends minutes as needed. This happens a lot in Asia and Europe.
LoL.... again the only place you see "x would never have don't that" is on Apple forums. I know defend papa steve till you're dead but come on now.
You're of course taking it a step further with the museums and such and sure that will happen. A legacy isn't what I'm posting about. If I need to explain to you why I said what I did it's no use.
That naming convention (or lack of naming, better said) doesn't apply to an overselling and popular product like the iPhone. A phone is way different from computers.
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Then there is the lunatic fringe that is professing he is still alive like TuPac, Elvis and Jim Morrison. But let's not go there.
Borrowing from myself on what I wrote on this topic elsewhere:
I'm very interested to see the teardown on this phone when it (presumably) gets released.
I'm expecting guts that are a pretty close match to the iPhone 5, which will have become less expensive to source and assemble by means of manufacturing maturity. I feel pretty confident in an iPhone-5-matching screen. What's left then is the lower cost backside enclosure. The plastic solution presents very real possibilities for reduced raw material *and* manufacturing costs. The overall BOM could be quite favorable.
If you take that into account and willingly accept a slightly lower margin, the unsubsidized price of that phone can fall a *lot*. And it's still a pretty kick-ass phone, not a crappy product, which Apple is committed to avoiding.
And for the iPad. But those are consumer products that compete (or dominate) in markets that are different from the phone market. This are products that people can buy giving a damn about the name because they just want a nice, new and shiny product (look at the MP3 players, in general they don't have generation names and stuff, or at least they didn't when they existed).
On the other hand the iPhone competes with the Galaxy S3, S4... In a mass-focused market where everybody looks more concerned about getting the right letter and number to show off.
Honestly, I don't see just "iPhone" as a standalone name in the future. It may work for Apple fans, not for the general consumer.
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