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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JacadinhoPosted:

I Hate the 5c to be honest

CentPosted:

I have a 5c, no issues at all, sucks that it's getting cut off but to be honest it has the exact same features as the regular 5, just has color added to it and different material in the back and on the sides.

AvengedCHPosted:

I have never really had an interest in buying an iPhone. I bought a Galaxy S4 after comparing it to iPhone. I have tested out iPhone and hated it because I felt restricted without expandable memory. I am also not one to fall into fads.

1989Posted:

Alot of my mates got the 5c and I think its just bad.

TomPosted:

well thats a bummer, lucky I got a Samsung!

SamBoy991Posted:

thank god i have the iphone 5s

RedPosted:

Well, that would suck as I just got my iPhone 5C this month, now I'm worried...

MaggardoPosted:

I think Apple products are trash, you pay so much money, for a phone that is already outdated, and costs SO MUCH MONEY! I was hoping when iPhone 5C was released, that it wouldn't cost much, but I should've known, the 5C costs just as much as any other iPhone. I just feel as if, Apple products aren't worth it. This is just my personal opinion, you can take it, however, you want.

BeetPosted:

AppleFTW
Oasis Not a surprise. I literally know no one that bought a 5c.


Pretty much every single one of my friends bought the iPhone 5c, am I the only one who thinks it was a good idea?


It was a downgrade from the 5

StonerzardPosted:

I still don't get a lot of people's reasoning for buying an iPhone. They just think that it's the best when in reality they haven't researched any other phone or looked into the iPhone's problems. I know it's personal opinion at the end of the day but I don't think there's one thing you can do on an iPhone that you can't do equally or better on an Android?


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