New cheaper iPhone 5C launched

[davethorp]

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

[PiedPiper]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

And the 5s

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

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

[jonsie]

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.