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US$100 is a lot of money for a lot of people in other markets.

lucian1900 13y ago
The difference is still minuscule. £549 vs £469 is insignificant, especially when you can get a Nexus 4 for twice that difference (£159).
- bosie 13y ago
  where can you snag a nexus 4 for 159 pounds?
  - OrsenPike 13y ago
    Google cut the price a couple of weeks back. The 8GB N4 is £159. You can grab it from here https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8_GB?id=nexus_4_8gb https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8_GB?i...
  - NickPollard 13y ago
    On Google Play last week (the 8gb version), it has now sold out. The 16gb version is available for £199, which I bought two weeks ago and am thrilled with.
    - JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
      What you get for the price, best deal there is! Months ago, this phone was being offered for free on a 2 year contract. I paid $50 for mine 6 months ago. Only thing I'm disappointed in is the camera, but that's why I have my Canon.
VLM 13y ago
On the other hand doesn't the stereotypical iphone owner in the USA currently write a check well over $100 per month? I'm not talking about "extreme measures" but the more typical grannie walks in off the street and walks out with a phone? This seems to be a problem. Hmm buy the inferior product, or spend a mere 3 weeks service to buy the top of the line. Duh I'll buy the top of the line. If I wanted to save money I'd just get an android phone from Republic Wireless for $19 like VLM did on Hacker News (I'm a happy customer). Therefore since I'm already contemplating the 2nd most expensive option out there, and possibly the 2nd best option out there, may as well pay a tiny bit more for the best one. If I want to blow $30 on an expensive bottle of wine, there's no way in hell I'm paying $31 for an inferior bottle sitting next to a superior $32 bottle. If I wanted to save money I wouldn't participate in that market anyway. And that is the marketing plan I think they're using. I don't think they'll sell any of the cheaper ones.
- fossuser 13y ago
  I think kids on family plans are the target market for this. It's a $99 contract iPhone that comes in colors - I think it's more of a replacement to the iPod touch. When buying multiple devices for children the savings make more of a difference.
  - throwaway1979 13y ago
    I concur. My niece who just started high school (and many of her friends) are very excited about the 5C. The funny thing was an erroneous statement I heard from my niece: "iPhone 5C is the cheap phone .. only $100. The iPhone 5S is the expensive one ... over $700". I had to explain contracts and why the 5S is only $200 with a contract, which is the comparable number to $100 for the 5C price. I wonder what clever kid came up with the erroneous statement to get his parents to buy her/him a 5C!
  - superuser2 13y ago
    More of a difference, but still not much. I add $40/mo ($10 for the line, $30 for the data) to my parents' Verizon family plan. iPhone 5S: $1,160 over two years iPhone 5C: $1,060 over two years
    - fossuser 13y ago
      True, but have 2 or 3 kids and it's more expensive up front. I also don't think people really extrapolate out the price when buying phones (although I wish they did, might help with the telco monopoly)
- Retric 13y ago
  I pay 62$ a month for my iPhone through AT&T and I am still on the original unlimited data plan so I think that can be dropped below 50$ a month.
  - VLM 13y ago
    How does that work? This is exactly what I was writing about WRT no extreme measures and "grandma walks into store and walks out with phone". No grandfathered plans, no work discounts, just joe6pack price. I go to ATT.com, click on wireless and the cheapest contract voice is $40/month and the cheapest data is $20/month and I'm continually informed I'm the only living human being who doesn't text, so thats another $20/month plus taxes. So thats $80/month for the absolute minimum. 300 megs of data a month? Really? I don't think you could keep up with app updates alone much less actually "do" anything with only 300 megs/month. So you're more realistically $90 for 3 gigs or $110 for 5 gigs, before taxes of course.

lucian1900 13y ago

The difference is still minuscule. £549 vs £469 is insignificant, especially when you can get a Nexus 4 for twice that difference (£159).

bosie 13y ago
where can you snag a nexus 4 for 159 pounds?
- OrsenPike 13y ago
  Google cut the price a couple of weeks back. The 8GB N4 is £159. You can grab it from here https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8_GB?id=nexus_4_8gb https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_8_GB?i...
- NickPollard 13y ago
  On Google Play last week (the 8gb version), it has now sold out. The 16gb version is available for £199, which I bought two weeks ago and am thrilled with.
  - JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
    What you get for the price, best deal there is! Months ago, this phone was being offered for free on a 2 year contract. I paid $50 for mine 6 months ago. Only thing I'm disappointed in is the camera, but that's why I have my Canon.

VLM 13y ago

On the other hand doesn't the stereotypical iphone owner in the USA currently write a check well over $100 per month? I'm not talking about "extreme measures" but the more typical grannie walks in off the street and walks out with a phone? This seems to be a problem. Hmm buy the inferior product, or spend a mere 3 weeks service to buy the top of the line. Duh I'll buy the top of the line. If I wanted to save money I'd just get an android phone from Republic Wireless for $19 like VLM did on Hacker News (I'm a happy customer). Therefore since I'm already contemplating the 2nd most expensive option out there, and possibly the 2nd best option out there, may as well pay a tiny bit more for the best one. If I want to blow $30 on an expensive bottle of wine, there's no way in hell I'm paying $31 for an inferior bottle sitting next to a superior $32 bottle. If I wanted to save money I wouldn't participate in that market anyway. And that is the marketing plan I think they're using. I don't think they'll sell any of the cheaper ones.

fossuser 13y ago
I think kids on family plans are the target market for this. It's a $99 contract iPhone that comes in colors - I think it's more of a replacement to the iPod touch. When buying multiple devices for children the savings make more of a difference.
- throwaway1979 13y ago
  I concur. My niece who just started high school (and many of her friends) are very excited about the 5C. The funny thing was an erroneous statement I heard from my niece: "iPhone 5C is the cheap phone .. only $100. The iPhone 5S is the expensive one ... over $700". I had to explain contracts and why the 5S is only $200 with a contract, which is the comparable number to $100 for the 5C price. I wonder what clever kid came up with the erroneous statement to get his parents to buy her/him a 5C!
- superuser2 13y ago
  More of a difference, but still not much. I add $40/mo ($10 for the line, $30 for the data) to my parents' Verizon family plan. iPhone 5S: $1,160 over two years iPhone 5C: $1,060 over two years
  - fossuser 13y ago
    True, but have 2 or 3 kids and it's more expensive up front. I also don't think people really extrapolate out the price when buying phones (although I wish they did, might help with the telco monopoly)
Retric 13y ago
I pay 62$ a month for my iPhone through AT&T and I am still on the original unlimited data plan so I think that can be dropped below 50$ a month.
- VLM 13y ago
  How does that work? This is exactly what I was writing about WRT no extreme measures and "grandma walks into store and walks out with phone". No grandfathered plans, no work discounts, just joe6pack price. I go to ATT.com, click on wireless and the cheapest contract voice is $40/month and the cheapest data is $20/month and I'm continually informed I'm the only living human being who doesn't text, so thats another $20/month plus taxes. So thats $80/month for the absolute minimum. 300 megs of data a month? Really? I don't think you could keep up with app updates alone much less actually "do" anything with only 300 megs/month. So you're more realistically $90 for 3 gigs or $110 for 5 gigs, before taxes of course.