Apple had their September 10 event, and boy all those leaks were real. There were not one, but two new iPhones announced at this event: the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. I have a separate post for the 5s, so this is all about the 5c. I didn't expect Apple to do this since I was used to the notion that Apple only does one iPhone a year but if they needed to move forward and maintain their dominance, this is one way of testing the waters.
The iPhone 5c is a first for Apple, a test whether they can market a new breed of iPhones. The 5c is basically an iPhone 5 in a new "beautifully, unapologetically plastic" shell. It has the same specs as the iPhone 5:
A6 processor, 8MP camera, 4-inch Retina Display, LTE. Its differences from the iPhone 5 are
better battery life, better FaceTime HD camera, and more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the world (except the iPhone 5s, which also has the same number of LTE bands as the 5c).
Another difference that matters is that this phone is $99 on-contract for 16GB of storage, and for the first time for a mid-tier device from Apple, $199 for 32GB. The thing is that this costs $549 off-contract. The reason why I'm stating this is because this was supposedly the phone that would be friendly for emerging markets. I'll be explaining more of this in my thoughts of the 5c.
My Thoughts
Honestly, it's a good thing that Apple went back to color. I don't know if this is the right time or it should have been last year. The iPhone 5c takes what's good with the iPhone 5 and made it new by putting it in a new shell and with better battery life. I honestly love the blue one! If I didn't have an iPhone 5, I would seriously consider this. I honestly believe that this is the phone that they will promote heavily. Check Apple's website and tell me which iPhone appears first. The first test of this phone is through the preorders. If they are able to deliver, then this will be another huge win for Apple.
seriously, your thoughts are good but you should have added some advantages and disadvantages of the 5c. it would make your post unbiased and knowledgable. :p personally, i believe this release is a downer since i really expect apple to release something more advanced than the iphone5. ;) why test the waters with this non-innovated thing? ~just sayin
ReplyDeleteApple is doing a "Tick-Tock" strategy with the iPhone in which the "Tick" is where the redesigns occur and the "Tock" is where the incremental updates are done. The reason why I said that they're testing the waters is because Apple hasn't done this with the iPhones before. People keep saying that every Apple release is a downer then suddenly they buy them. Smartphones aren't really innovative these days, anyway.
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