Ondrej Holzman When announcing its financial results, Apple has never been very forthcoming about the details of its sales. It didn't change yesterday when Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer presented results for the last quarter, which is a shame considering the iPhone 5C. The head of Apple admitted that the plastic iPhone was not sold as much as the company expected...
Asked by investors, Cook said demand for the iPhone 5C "turned out to be different than we expected." In total, Apple sold 51 million iPhones in the latest quarter, setting a new record, but has traditionally declined to disclose detailed numbers for individual models.
Cook only admitted that the iPhone 5C represents a smaller percentage of total sales, which he explained by the fact that customers were won over by the iPhone 5S, especially its Touch ID. “It's a vital feature that people care about. But it's also about other things that are unique to the 5S, so it has more attention," said Cook, who refused to say what will happen next with the colorful iPhone 5C, but did not rule out its early end either.
Such a scenario would fit WSJ forecasts, according to which Apple will end production of the iPhone 5C this year. So far, the iPhone 5C has been the most successful among newcomers, i.e. those who bought their very first iPhone. However, it is not clear whether this will be enough.
At least the iPhone 5C was responsible for the fact that the iOS 7 operating system is already installed on 80 percent of all supported devices. It was 78 percent in December, CFO Peter Oppenheimer announced during a conference call. This continues to be the case about the most widespread version of the operating system in the world, rival Android can only partially compete with roughly 60 percent on 4.3 Jelly Bean, which isn't the latest Android, though.
That it would be the exorbitant price they set?
After all, Apple wanted to sell last year's model as a premium, and that's not very possible...
the problem was that the good price was only in the usa.. 5c is sold for 99 dollars and 5s for 199.. so it makes sense there.. subsidies do not work here and have never worked as they should and that is why the price is here almost the same.. anyway, they should have left 5 and 5s
That approach was simply misguided... If the 5C had cost a hundred bucks less, it could have been a blockbuster (a lot of people just like this tacky plastic anyway)... At the current price, only a fool would buy it... Buying tackiness à la Samsung in combination with the guts of an old iPhone and officially pay almost 15k for it, it takes a really drunken brain...
That's what the guys could ask me - I've been trumpeting it here all the time that plastic phones are kicking ass...
I don't mind the plastic as much as the exorbitant price.
I agree. Plastic wouldn't mind. I even like the green version a lot and I thought about it for a while, but the price was crazy, so I rather paid more and have an aluminum phone with a fingerprint reader.
I don't know the experience of iP5C users, but we have one at home, so the plastic is a bit stronger than other plastic ones I've had in my hand lately...
in the woman's purse among the boys and no scratch...
the price is exaggerated, but it would be enough if they just reduced it and I think it will sell well :)
and pink could actually be considered a red color :))
At least something everyone can agree on in the discussion ☺️
The price and the pink place red decided that 5S were sent from the house