The iPhone 5C Could be Killed Off Next Year

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Hey, remember that time when we all thought Apple could possibly be launching an affordable version of its iPhone, and then it went and launched the £469 iPhone 5C and totally missed a trick? Yeah, that was disappointing. It's now looking as though the 5C will have been a short-lived experiment too.

Taiwan's Industrial and Commercial Times is claiming that iPhone 5C suppliers Wistron and Foxconn have been asked to wind down production of the colourful line, as Apple plans to discontinue both it and the iPhone 4S. While the three-year old iPhone 4S production halt comes as no surprise, the 5C was expected to be Apple's "entry" model for a while longer yet. Apple is expected to have one last promotional push on the 5C in the middle of 2015, and then call time on the 5C.

The writing's been on the wall for a while now -- alleged to have failed to hit sales expectations, the iPhone 5C is currently only available in a paltry 8GB size for £319. Without a Touch ID sensor -- central to Apple's ongoing Apple Pay plans -- it's falling out of line with the functionality offered by the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and even 5S. Perhaps a fingerprint-scanning iPhone 6C is being lined up to plug the gap? Here's hoping it lands at a more reasonable price if it does.



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Source: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2014/11/the-iphone-5c-could-be-killed-off-next-year/

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NukaPosted:

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Nuka I know plenty of people with an iPhone 5C, don't know why they wouldn't keep it?


It's cheaper than the rest. Thats why...


I guess that's true, but that's what it was suppose to be.. A budget iPhone.

QuitePosted:

its cheap so why get rid of it, anyway the iphone 5s is better so ill stick with that.

-NeganPosted:

I hate the 5c anyways, haha.

CraigPosted:

Nuka I know plenty of people with an iPhone 5C, don't know why they wouldn't keep it?


It's cheaper than the rest. Thats why...

TricksPosted:

I understand them killing off the iPhone 4S, as it is old and doesn't work well anymore. But the 5C was the cheap alternative. Wonder how this will impact sales.

ECWPosted:

I know a lot of people I go to school with who own one but I wouldn't say it is a popular phone that is most likely why they are killing it off but it is a nice cheap alternative to the 5S and I will say it is a nice phone.

TaylorPosted:

I never got the 5c, but isn't it pretty similar to the regular iPhone 5, and plenty of people own a 5c, why cancel it?

NukaPosted:

I know plenty of people with an iPhone 5C, don't know why they wouldn't keep it?

RebPosted:

I was able to get the 5 before it went. I think they should just stop as soon as a new one comes out.. they're going to go either way

slapshot101Posted:

It's kinda surprising to me. Most of my friends have iPhone 5C's. It kinda surprised me that they didn't introduce a 6C yet but I guess they will do it during the "S" cycle of the phone. I personally would have never spent the money on a 5C but I really liked the color options. It made it really great for those of us who don't use a case on it.


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