A number of people have commented on it. In fact I believe the first reply in the thread was on just that.
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The iPhone 5c isn't 'cool'
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A number of people have commented on it. In fact I believe the first reply in the thread was on just that.
yup lets not worry about the future customers of said multi billion corporation
why do you think the Happy Meal still exists at McDonalds????
You're lying. Why would your daughter get her report card in September, when school just got back in?
With charter schools, homeschooling, year round schools, block schedules, summer schools, flex scheduling, granular reporting, private schooling, and any number of other options you can't believe others have a different experience than you do...
Ignorance is bliss isn't it? I feel sorry for you.
I remember when my parents bought me some fresh shoes or I would get $40 bucks to hang out with my buddies and get some snacks.
Now parents buy iPhones for their young kids? oh my.
Now parents buy iPhones for their young kids? oh my.
Nope, you're just lying, your account was created 3 days ago, and I don't trust a word you type
I have 5 different younger cousins, 3 are girls, 2 boys, and all 5 have been begging their parents for the 5c
How your daughter or her friends feel is not indicative of most other people her age. It's an incredibly small sample size. My guess is that most teens will like the 5C.
Can you evaluate/identify his motive for lying? I cannot see it. How does his join date have any pertinence to his trustworthiness, it's not as if you have to get approved to post; it's not hard to make an account and let it sit, especially if you plan on telling seemingly motive-less lies.
I'm 15, and am spending my own money on a champagne 5S, I honestly think the 5C is tacky as all can be, and currently not willing to spend my money to upgrade my 4S to a slightly "improved" 5 (referring the the 5C).
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13 year olds shouldn't have an iPhone full stop.
I don't disagree, but I don't think a parent with a similar view should withhold a phone from their child they feel is mature/responsible enough for one, just to make a statement to all the parents who recklessly get their kids a phone as a ridiculous age.
If I had a daughter, and I was paying for her phone, she would get what I would buy her.
If she didn't want it because her friends do not think it's cool, I would tell her to start looking for a job or picking up every chore in the house to pay for a new phone.
If she didn't want it because her friends do not think it's cool, I would tell her to start looking for a job or picking up every chore in the house to pay for a new phone.
Yeah, right. Actually who's snapping the thing up are the over-70 crowd. I ordered mine this morning, two friends who are also not spring chickens have ordered theirs as well.
So let's see. That's three orders from old fogeys, and one 13-yo who supposedly says not gonna go there. Let Apple wonder!
LOL, too true. Not to worry, I think we three are not exactly typical of the market. A quiltmaker, a librarian and a book illustrator. But you know, it's amost impossible for a grandmother not to acquire some little bit of tech fashion sense from her grandchildren. At the very least we know what they liked LAST year, and some of us are happy to acquire their castoffs while springing for their upgrades.
Of course I too actually expect that the 5C market will be mostly younger customers, plus those of any age who are into fashion or design, plus those of us who just forgot to mimic the 1950s senior citizen role model, or whatever it is
that old fogey types are supposed to do. We're in uncharted territory since our own grandparents didn't have smartphones. Free to draw our own maps... 
Maybe she was just negotiating?
You started with a just a cell phone. Then upped the anti to an iPhone 5c with out any pushing. At that point she knew she could any phone she wanted out of the deal. Your first offer was always going to be uncool.
wait are you saying your daughter is homeschooled and the people bullying her about getting a plastic iphone are IN HER VERY HOUSE!
Perhaps those who don't have a young daughter, should avoid the thread instead of sounding like teens themselves.
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My own 11 year old today was asking today about the new iPhone models. (She knows she won't get one until she's older, but she still keeps up with the news.)
First, she asked what was new about the 5s. I told her about the fingerprint sensor and she said it was cool. (She hates that friends try to sneak peeks at each others' PINs.)
Then I told her about the 5c color models, so she looked up pictures of them. "The colors are too loud", she decided, and told me that in her opinion, the fingerprint unlock trumped the colors. I think it's because it would make the phone feel more personal, which is an interesting thought.
I have to say, just like the other fathers, her reaction was the opposite of what I expected.
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My own 11 year old today was asking today about the new iPhone models. (She knows she won't get one until she's older, but she still keeps up with the news.)
First, she asked what was new about the 5s. I told her about the fingerprint sensor and she said it was cool. (She hates that friends try to sneak peeks at each others' PINs.)
Then I told her about the 5c color models, so she looked up pictures of them. "The colors are too loud", she decided, and told me that in her opinion, the fingerprint unlock trumped the colors. I think it's because it would make the phone feel more personal, which is an interesting thought.
I have to say, just like the other fathers, her reaction was the opposite of what I expected.
Once these get in to some 'cool kids' hands they'll take off. Anyone remember those old phones with the banana peal style rubber case in the early 2000s. All the popular kids had them but they were freaking bricks. I have a feeling once a few kids get these and then start comparing colors and sharing those rubber cases they'll become the new big thing.
Just think, your not too cool anymore if your in the corner with the "spoiled kids" high end iPhone while the 5c is being compared by the cool kids. Maybe I'm way off here, my kids are younger.
Just think, your not too cool anymore if your in the corner with the "spoiled kids" high end iPhone while the 5c is being compared by the cool kids. Maybe I'm way off here, my kids are younger.
Doesn't she know that 13 year old girls hate the 5c? It's been proven in the OP.
BLING'S still in. These girls are going to want that gold 5S. Sorry, but being trendy is about form over function.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out. With the bling effect (has this faded?) of the Gold iPhone 5s I wonder if that will draw more kids. I originally thought it was for high end consumers in Asia that want to show they have 'arrived' with flashier stuff but...
Someone also made a good point earlier about kids wanting the fingerprint sensor to keep friends out, which I had not thought of for kids. I have no password on my phone so it never occurred to me. But now that someone has mentioned it I see kids trying to mess with each others phones all the time.
As for "spoiled kids" corner I've been fortunate enough in my life that I live in an area where I would consider most of the kids "spoiled". In fact, of the dozen or so friends my daughter hangs out with on a regular basis she is the last to get a phone. So I would guess the opposite will be true in my neighborhood. But who knows these days... There is a brand called Ghetto Kid that is popular these days. Maybe 'cheap' is in and I'm just showing my age ;-)
Gee she sounds like she's in with quite a spoiled group of teens who "wouldn't be seen" with a $600 phone that their parents are probably chalking up the cash for.
I don't know your daughter, of course, but you should give her a rock and tell her appreciate what's being handed to her. (Then you can give her a 5s or a 5c, based on her reaction to the experiment. I think it's brilliant.)
Also, I think the 5c looks cool! Especially the yellow one. But what do I know? I'm not cool...
I don't know your daughter, of course, but you should give her a rock and tell her appreciate what's being handed to her. (Then you can give her a 5s or a 5c, based on her reaction to the experiment. I think it's brilliant.)
Also, I think the 5c looks cool! Especially the yellow one. But what do I know? I'm not cool...
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She was 100% set on getting an iPhone 5. I, being a geek, convinced her to get an iPhone 5s instead but could not get her to budge on the 5c.
My wifes current phone, which she plays with regularly, is a Galaxy Nexus and it doesn't appear Android was even a consideration for my daughter. She has probably never seen a Windows phone.
More than anything I think she was influenced by the fact that she has a 5th gen iPod touch, which I'm making her sell to pay for the phone (I know, I'm mean). So she is used to Facetime chatting with her friends and buying songs from iTunes. I thought about getting her to look at the HTC One since we have a week before the 5s anyway. I wonder if it will change her mind.
It's hard to generalize a group of people -- even kids. Just because one group thinks something isn't cool doesn't mean all of their peers will follow. On my college campus, I see guys with white iPhones and girls with Droid RAZRs. To me that is opposite of what I would assume they would choose. Every day I see all of the current devices being used by someone. iOS, Android, Windows Phone. So, I don't see the iPhone 5C or 5S changing anything, really. I don't expect to see people switching platforms just to buy a 5C.
I'm going to be buying the blue 5C. I'm curious to see how many people on campus will be walking around with a 5C between now and when I graduate next year. After the 5 was released last year it was a couple months before I started seeing anyone with them.
I'm going to be buying the blue 5C. I'm curious to see how many people on campus will be walking around with a 5C between now and when I graduate next year. After the 5 was released last year it was a couple months before I started seeing anyone with them.