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[Enco]

Was it £599 before?

Yes.

No pre order + stupid prices = me rethinking going Apple

 

[flyover]

AAPL going down, think it will be harder to please stock holders compared to what apple has done in the past.

The stock often plummets during and just after events, and then climbs back up after release.

 

[Zeth]

Let the "Apple is dead", "Where is the innovation" editorials commence!

 

[-COOLIO-]

Siri did not exist when the iPhone 3GS came out, the S is for Speed.

that s was for speed, siri was the s for the 4s, so the 5s is speed again?

 

[Dance Inferno]

I guess I'll hold onto my iPhone 5 for a while longer. From what I can tell the only improvements in the 5S are increased battery life and fingerprint scanner, both of which I can live without.

 

[Brinbe]

man... looking at those contract prices makes me love my nexus 4 even more

 

[kudoboi]

is that official? if so then no offence but that looks like poor photoshop skills

edit: nvm looks like its from a old ad. soz, didnt meant for it to be a insult

 

[Rafy]

no ipods today? shame...

 

[Kyon]

Whew?

 

[VoxPop]

No NFC STILL? It's 2013 no NFC on a high end phone... what?

Lol? Haven't used it once and I've had it on 2 of my previous phones.

 

[yogloo]

No NFC STILL? It's 2013 no NFC on a high end phone... what?

I've never used nfc even though I have it on my phone and tablet for ages. The everything and the kitchen sink mentality is useless. N95 is light years compared to iphone in term of features and yet we all know how the story ends.

 

[mohsinkhan]

Anyword on a ios7 release date?

 

[helloresolven]

Wow, the iPhone 5s has actually gone up in price in the UK! £629 for a 32gig model! Crazy.

Last year the GBP/USD exchange rate was 1.62. It is now 1.57 and been as low as 1.48...

 

[Jea Song]

18th Sept.

Wait. Ios7 gold master on the 18th? Then when will the consumer version be pushed to phones?

 

[SteveMeister]

5S: Not bad; but not compelling enough to upgrade from my 4S, which runs iOS7 just fine. I'll wait for the 6 and get off of my "S" cycle

 

[lupinko]

No 128GB model, so eh I don't think I'll go for it.

 

[Jazzy Network]

No NFC STILL? It's 2013 no NFC on a high end phone... what?

I never use NFC on my android phones. Until they start making it necessary like with Isis, I don't see any reason to have it.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Looks like im going with the Note 3.
Tiny screens are for suckas.

yeah ok.

 

[mooooose]

The white 5C looks really good, albeit boring.

 

[Estocolmo]

Wow still no NFC?

They cant show all their cards directly. NFC is probably reserved for iPhone 6.

 

[Jal]

unlocked iPhone 5c starts at £469. ouch

I paid £480 for my iphone 4 when it was new, that was when we had lower VAT though.

 

[Dany]

I guess the ipad event is in october.

 

[neemmss]

Speed. The S stands for Speed. The iPhone S models are always speed bumps.

Nah dude...iPhone 4Steve. :'(

 

[LCfiner]

holy fucking shit.

look at these Canadian 5C prices. unlocked

600 bucks? are you fucking kidding me, Apple?

 

[MThanded]

No NFC STILL? It's 2013 no NFC on a high end phone... what?

Nobody I know with NFC uses it. a lot of people aren't even aware they have it.

 

[Diablohead]

HAHAAA uk prices up the WAZOO

5C £469 RIPPPPPP

 

[BFIB]

No "One more thing?"

 

[nhlducks35]

that s was for speed, siri was the s for the 4s, so the 5s is speed again?

iPhone 3G Speed
iPhone 4 Siri
iPhone 5 Color
iPhone 5 Sensor

Is my guess

 

[The Faceless Master]

hahahahahahahah holy shit Apple, they're making an 8GB iPhone 4S

 

[Various Artists]

They cant show all their cards directly. NFC is probably reserved for iPhone 6.

So NFC and bigger screen in I6?

 

[thelatestmodel]

Sold, will upgrade from my 4.

And if I see any more mentions about fingerprints going to the NSA, I think I'll scream. Who fucking cares.

I care as much about liberty and privacy as anyone, but I don't get all suspicious of Lenovo just because I use the fingerprint reader on my laptop every day.

 

[Chuckl3s]

Apple needs to get a hold on the leaks. Everything that was leaked has been confirmed. This event wasn't that awe shocking. Just a more in-depth of what the leaks were.

 

[edgefusion]

Woah, Apple.com is LIT UP!

 

[Tucah]

No preorders on the 5S according to the store? wtf?

 

[Axion22]

So is there going to be an API to access the fingerprint scanner or is this only for unlocking and iTunes account access? It wasn't very clear if they were going to open it up for apps to use.

Clear.

"It's never available to other software." It's never uploaded to Apple's servers or backed up to iCloud.

 

[jokkir]

holy fucking shit.

look at these Canadian 5C prices. unlocked

600 bucks? are you fucking kidding me, Apple?

Oh god it's like the Moto X all over again!

 

[Hoo-doo]

Big snoozefest, frankly.

Waiting for the iPhone 6 to do something exciting.

 

[chickdigger802]

So Apple this year be like, "so usually we keep last years phone and sell it at $100 less".

"Not anymore... if you want to be cheap bastards, you get plastic phones for the same price as the 5 would cost if we kept our former policy".

Hahahahahahaha oh man such trolling!

Seriously that pricing is the most underwhelming thing this year.

i think they just got smart about it. The casing is gonna be same for 5 to 5S, why make twice as much of those when give the cheap phone a cheap plastic case?

Probably save them a ton more money.





biggest travesty is that official 5C case. Fucking $40 for a 1 cent case.

 

[killertofu]

Well that was boring.

Hmm, I could keep my iPhone 4s, get a 5s or an HTC One....

 

[numble]

you mean the subsidized markets? I think the fact that it’s new and not seen the “old phone” will mean it might sell better at $99 than a $99 4S. you get the LTE, bigger screen, faster speed, better camera.

for $99, the 5C is probably a better buy than a year old 4S at the same price. or a “year old” anything from a marketing POV. that’s why I think it can do just fin or better than keeping old phones around for $99.

But in places where you gotta cough up $400, $500, $600 up front for an iphone, I don’t think the 5C makes much sense at the price it’s at now. (assuming the carrier subsidy is, in fact, the same as before at ~$400 to 450) we’ll know later today, I guess.

The iPhone 5C is 4488 RMB in China, about $733 USD. Yeah there's like a 20% tax in there, but this is not looking like a play for prepaid.
http://store.apple.com/cn/iphone

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Wait. Ios7 gold master on the 18th? Then when will the consumer version be pushed to phones?

Sorry, public version is 18th. Don't know about GM.

 

[Epix]

Click while it's still up....

http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/

 

[Gannd]

$600 for a plastic iPhone 5? That's some BS. Should be $400 off contract.

 

[-COOLIO-]

iPhone 3G Speed
iPhone 4 Siri
iPhone 5 Color
iPhone 5 Sensor

Is my guess

fair guess. camera, m7, and fingerprint sensors. if that isnt it, it should be.

give this man a job!

 

[kudoboi]

No NFC STILL? It's 2013 no NFC on a high end phone... what?

NFC have a very slow adoption rate outside USA and Japan. the only thing you can use NFC for over here is the train and bus payments and maybe paying for 7-eleven

 

[mrklaw]

Has there been movement on the US:UK exchange rate over e last year? That's the only reason I can imagine apple bumps the UK price of the 32Gb 5S by £30

 

[jstripes]

Yet no one misses it.

I'm sure it has uses, but they're set aside by stuff like iOS7's "AirDrop" which quickly sets up ad-hoc WiFi connections between devices for file transfer, if I remember correctly.

 

[Lord Error]

They really screwed it with black model design. I guess it's time to go with white.

 

[Jazzy Network]

hahahahahahahah holy shit Apple, they're making an 8GB iPhone 4S

That's pretty standard.

 

[kharma45]

I paid £480 for my iphone 4 when it was new, that was when we had lower VAT though.

4 was the top of the range model at the time though.