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New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

davethorp — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:02:10 GMT

In a bid to boost the lacklustre sales of the iPhone 5C, Apple have now released a cheaper version with just 8GB of storage. Available for £429 direct sim free from Apple or for £49.99 on a £28 (+RPI whenever they feel like it) tariff on O2 (other networks are available)

Not sure what (if any) impact this will have on the sales. Price is one of the (many) things wrong with the iPhone 5c but for a lot of people 8GB of storage is going to be unworkable and the price increase up to more manageable storage options is negligible

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:09:50 GMT

Like you I've been watching this with avid interest.

However that price and storage capacity is still out of touch with the consumer market IMO

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Bambino — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:10:46 GMT

Sounds like desperation to move stock to me. I find it amusing that Apple thinks that £429 is cheap for a sim free trumped up iPhone 5 with a coloured plastic back cover and very little memory that can't be expanded.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

jonsie — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:24:31 GMT

Anyone purchasing a phone with this pricetag and such limited storage is going to be very disappointed in a very short period of time. I think Apple need to rethink their strategy on this as there isn't enough of a price difference to make this a viable option against the 16GB model.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:31:43 GMT

An interesting write up from idownloadblog

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/03/18/apple-introduces-iphone-5c-8gb/

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:23:14 GMT

I think Apples concept of cheap differs from those of us in real life.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

MI5 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:14:44 GMT

What a truly awful phone that will be !!

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

aldaweb — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:39:32 GMT

Can't see 8GB being enough for anyone.

Perhaps they had a lot of faulty chips and blocked the faulty pages off.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

PiedPiper — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:39:05 GMT

I seem to recall that Steve Jobs said that Apple had a 5 year lead over the competition when he launched the original iPhone. To me, this launch says it all - the 5 year lead has gone, the charismatic leader has gone and now it looks like a "race to the bottom" for Apple. The next iPhone is going to have to be something special otherwise - and I hate to say it - I will be looking at what else is on offer.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Bambino — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:43:05 GMT

@PiedPiper wrote:
I seem to recall that Steve Jobs said that Apple had a 5 year lead over the competition when he launched the original iPhone. To me, this launch says it all - the 5 year lead has gone, the charismatic leader has gone and now it looks like a "race to the bottom" for Apple. The next iPhone is going to have to be something special otherwise - and I hate to say it - I will be looking at what else is on offer.

A propos of your comments, here's an interesting article: http://blog.laptopmag.com/6-reasons-iphone-6-already-lost

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

PiedPiper — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:34:49 GMT

Thanks Bambino - some interesting stuff there. When my existing contract expires in about 6 months time it's going to be tricky !!

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:16:14 GMT

That article says it all really apple are way to far behind now they will never catch up

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:25:58 GMT

Mmmm Let's see. IPhone 5c v Samsung Galaxy S4 for about the same money? ??

Sorry Apple but it's a no brainer. I have never been a fan of Apple anyway but the S4 is vastly superior to the 5c

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:45:21 GMT

And the 5s

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:07:19 GMT

Awww....., it's so cute when you all get together ,and have an Android backslapping session.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:36:16 GMT

8 GB storage nowadays is just too little. Put a few apps on, a bit of music, photos and you soon start to see how little 8 GB is. Plus when performing software updates, there needs to be a certain amount of free space, or else it cannot be performed.

I've always found the price difference between the 5C and 5S was too small. The 5C was overpriced when it was launced in my opinion and still is in this 8GB model.

I think the 5C wants to be considerably cheaper, so that it is in the price range of the cheaper Android smartphones. The cheaper Android smartphones are a very popular choice and if Apple priced their 5C in this price range, then I can imagine that it would impact the sales of the cheaper Android smartphones.

I think Apple needs to rethink it's strategy on their cheaper iPhone's. Apple, yes, they are a premium brand, but by all means have a flagship model, but if you are going to make a cheaper model, make it considerably cheaper than the flagship model, or else it's pointless.

I think one of the reasons Apple didn't price the 5C a lot cheaper is because they thought that more people would go for this model, and then this would have affected the sales of the 5S model.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:34:01 GMT

Problem Is one does not get the full 8gb to use as some is taken up with the iOS.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:37:21 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Problem Is one does not get the full 8gb to use as some is taken up with the iOS.

Very true, probably end up with 6 and a bit gigabytes of usable storage.

Re: New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

jonsie — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:43:29 GMT

They need to rethink the whole strategy of a cheaper iphone. Unfortunately they cannot reduce the 5c price too much now, too late, as people who paid the over inflated initial price will be up in arms.