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You can pick up a sealed and boxed 5 for at least £50 less than the 5C will be, and that price will only fall I expect as people sell up to fund their new 5C/5S.
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Yeah, Samsung's market share is purely down to iOS being as it is, and has nothing to do with Samsung having a phone at every £1 increment above £99 and every screen size above 2"
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They paid $365 million for the tech last year (or the company that owns the patent), of course they will patent the hell out of it, they paid for it ! lol
The places I usually buy my second hand iphones they are currently going for 315-330 for a boxed/immaculate 5. Nothing against the new one but that's too cheap an upgrade for me from the 4S than to spend the extra for effectively fingerprint recognition.
Apple must get swamped with people wanting to do returns/replacements this time of year so people have immaculate second hand phones to sell. My usual place as always has loads of warranty boxed replacements for sale
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The places I usually buy my second hand iphones they are currently going for 315-330 for a boxed/immaculate 5. Nothing against the new one but that's too cheap an upgrade for me from the 4S than to spend the extra for effectively fingerprint recognition.
Apple must get swamped with people wanting to do returns/replacements this time of year so people have immaculate second hand phones to sell. My usual place as always has loads of warranty boxed replacements for sale
Sounds like an interesting place. Any hints as to where?
I think Apple is aiming way too high price-wise with the 5c. Especially when Google are poised to bring out their new Nexus 5 for nearly half the price! IMO they really need something closer to the £300 mark to tempt people away from the mid-range Android smartphones. £470 is silly money for last years iPhone in a garish plastic case!
I can only assume they're planning on flogging it at massive discount to the mobile phone co's so they can bundle with contracts it since it serves no purpose at it's current price point when it's only £80 less than the new 5S?
I can only assume they're planning on flogging it at massive discount to the mobile phone co's so they can bundle with contracts it since it serves no purpose at it's current price point when it's only £80 less than the new 5S?
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Agree with this 100%. It seems like Apple have lost a bit of creativity since Tim Cook replaced Jobs. I've got an iPhone 4S but I'm considering moving to a Samsung after this contract because Apple never seem to deliver anything new. The fingerprint tech seems like a nice idea, but will it just become a Siri? That seemed like something new at the time, but is now just a novelty.
Your highly regarded Nexus is rather behind the times vs my Find 5 that already has a 1080p screen and a daft DPI
At the end of the day the Nexus has rubbish battery life, iPhones tend to be a lot better in that regard.I just don't know what Apple were thinking with the pricing on the 5c. I was hoping to get one for my parents but not at that kind of price.
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I think the Verge sums it up perfectly about the 5C
5S is a good upgrade choice from a 4/4S though, no point in going from a 5 though as far as I can see but then that's usually the case with the 1yr revisions of the iPhone.
Also does seem pretty clear that the smart buying path through Apple is to upgrade every 2 years on the 'tock' cycle rather than buy the 1st revision of each new gen.
i.e. if you buy the 5C you're a mug
5S is a good upgrade choice from a 4/4S though, no point in going from a 5 though as far as I can see but then that's usually the case with the 1yr revisions of the iPhone.
Also does seem pretty clear that the smart buying path through Apple is to upgrade every 2 years on the 'tock' cycle rather than buy the 1st revision of each new gen.
Genuine question. What is alluring about Samsung's handsets currently, both over an iPhone and over other Android and WP8 phones?
Good question. This would be useful. Let's hope it's not restricted to 1 digit at a time.
I would get a second-hand/refurbished 5 personally, but yes I'd say a 4S is still a reasonable upgrade from a 3GS.
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I also agree.. I can't believe the price of the 5c are they serious? Not being funny but it's not like they need the money to be honest... Makes you wonder why they have to price it so high?
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Because they will make more money than selling it less which makes less money.
it stands for cha-ching!
I actually like the Gold iP5S. Only females could pull it off though.
Surely the smarter thing to do would be to sell the handsets cheaper, then get ways to lock in customers into the ecosystem through the App Store and iTunes. It might even push sales of Macs as they discover how seamless the integration between them is.
Thanks for the reply
You say that like they don't have a massive team to analyse all the business angles.
They know what they're doing and it's all intended.