I think this upgrade was really "one for Apple". They gave us stuff with the 5. This release is for them.
>From what I have read: much better margins. Pricepoints to make a new segment of young users marketable. and anticipated lower warranted support costs for glass issues. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I was surprised that the unlocked price of the 5c wasn't > > significantly lower. > > It's not significantly different from the "old" iPhone 5; essentially > the same internals. They changed the outer shell but my understanding > is that it's basically a 5. > > > The 5S also doesn't really incorporate any wow features. It is > > faster,but do we need faster at this point? My iphone 5 > > doesn't feel slow right now. > > Faster, 64-bit, separate processor for motion sensors to aide with > battery life, fingerprint reader for security... lots to like, but > it's an iterative update which is why it's still labeled with the "5" > branding. Nobody was expecting anything major this time around. The > major changes this year will be in the software, iOS 7, rather than > the hardware. > > > The fingerprint sensor? Not feeling to give the NSA even more > > information about myself ha ha ha! > > It's supposed to just be local to the device. They aren't pushing > your prints up into the cloud to a central database from what I've > read about it. > > > ... If you are with Apple, I think people will stay with > > Apple. But purchase a new handset? Not so sure. > > Indeed, I'm with Apple for the phone, but I'm still on the 4 from when > it came out on Verizon a couple of years ago. I won't be upgrading > myself for another year at least (probably with the iPhone 6 if they > keep with their release cycle) unless the 4 breaks or something. > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367011 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
