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iPhone 5 or earlier What does iPhone 5C's "C" mean? (merged)
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I bet it's for "CHOICE" or "CARRIER".
Since some new photos have emerged showing the 5C w/ sim ejection tool....
the iphone 5C is probably going to the PREPAID market. Apple has not included a sim ejection tool for the last couple/few handsets. Why would they include it on a low cost version? Because the owner would need access to the sim after purchase to install the CARRIER sim of CHOICE.
Just my $.02
Gottafly
Since some new photos have emerged showing the 5C w/ sim ejection tool....
the iphone 5C is probably going to the PREPAID market. Apple has not included a sim ejection tool for the last couple/few handsets. Why would they include it on a low cost version? Because the owner would need access to the sim after purchase to install the CARRIER sim of CHOICE.
Just my $.02
Gottafly
C is Cheaper or Colors
First iPhone 5C Hands On Video Leaked?!
http://www.aboutjailbreak.com/09/first-iphone-5c-hands-on-video/
First iPhone 5C Hands On Video Leaked?!
http://www.aboutjailbreak.com/09/first-iphone-5c-hands-on-video/
The-Real-Deal82
macrumors P6
Does the 'C' actually have to stand for anything in particular? Many products have codes or identities that mean very little to the consumer.
What does the 'S' stand for on present iPhones?
What does the 'S' stand for on present iPhones?
It's still prettier than the cheap and ugly looking 3rd party plastic case you put over your phone...
roadbloc
macrumors G3
Please tell, what makes you assume I even have a phone? Never mind a '3rd party plastic case'.
SactoGuy18
macrumors 603
I think iPhone 5C stands for two things:
1. It will be much less expensive "unlocked" than the iPhone 5S--possibly as much as US$200 less. The phone will essentially use the same circuit board as the current iPhone 5 to keep costs down. This is also why the phone is built around a less expensive polycarbonate case.
2. The phone is intended heavily towards the Chinese market. It will be the first iPhone model to incorporate TD-SCDMA and possibly TD-LTE support, which allows the phone to operate on China Mobile's digital cellular network.
1. It will be much less expensive "unlocked" than the iPhone 5S--possibly as much as US$200 less. The phone will essentially use the same circuit board as the current iPhone 5 to keep costs down. This is also why the phone is built around a less expensive polycarbonate case.
2. The phone is intended heavily towards the Chinese market. It will be the first iPhone model to incorporate TD-SCDMA and possibly TD-LTE support, which allows the phone to operate on China Mobile's digital cellular network.
MetalMatt24
macrumors regular
Not trying to name call...but you are a retard, sir.
I'm liberal, I voted Obama, I'm 24, and make 35K a year (not a lot, but not welfare status). By his "peeps" did you mean black people? Are you racist? Probably. Can you generalize any more?
And it's spelled WELFARE not wellfare, you idiot. Have you a degree? High School diploma? GED perhaps?
Oh and C stands for Color.
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Is there such a thing as an Obama phone? Were these phones not available under Bush, Clinton etc.
Actually it gets better soon he is going to raise cell phone taxes to pay for the free Obama Internet.
China, Color, Concept, Cloud, Core, Cletus?
Or maybe Communist?
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If one were to analyze Apple´s naming policies of the past, then yes, it does have to mean something.
The S stands for Speed. As for Sammy´s Phones I have no clue
Or maybe Communist?
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If one were to analyze Apple´s naming policies of the past, then yes, it does have to mean something.
The S stands for Speed. As for Sammy´s Phones I have no clue
Bawstun
Suspended
Definitely stands for color. Apple offering the iPhones now in black, white, champagne, silver (or whatever the heck they are calling it), blue, plastic white, red, green, yellow and whatever else is kind of huge. It'll be a big press draw, "Apple now offering rainbow of colors!" etc. etc.
d123
macrumors 68020
Seriously?
Do you think "there be monsters" if you sail off the coasts of CONUS?
Every iPhone I have EVER bought, right up to a pair of iPhone 5's, on contract and sim free has included a sim ejection tool.
MetalMatt24
macrumors regular
kdarling
Contributor
According to the ad agency who came up with "iMac", they presented the "i" to Jobs as being able to stand for: Internet, Imagination, or Individual.
Most people go with "internet", since that was the hot thing at the time. Heck, the "i" prefix had been in use all throughout the 1990s to mean "internet" or "interactive".
MetalMatt24
macrumors regular
charlituna
macrumors G3
charlituna
macrumors G3
Highly unlikely. First because Apple wouldn't risk someone leaking it if they handed out a phone.
Second because the movie could have been made as much much as two years ago. Certainly was several months ago. A working iphone 5C wouldn't have existed.
it was a 5 in a case or some kind of knockoff.
No, greenteeth, the monsters are under my bed.
Sorry, sim eject tool has not been in at least the last 2 versions here in the "CONUS". You and your brethren must be s-p-e-c-i-a-l.