After
months of speculation and rumours, some solid news has finally emerged on the
Apple iPhone 5S and the possibility of a cheaper variant, the Apple iPhone 5C.
I say this with confidence, as the increasing frequency of leaked photos on
various blogs confirms the existence of the cheaper variant.
This
Apple iPhone 5C (“C” for “China”) that aims to replace the Apple iPhone 5 and
the Apple iPhone 4S and give Apple a big boost in the Developing World
countries such as China as stated in the article “iPhone
5C could make Apple No.1 in China”, published August 20, 2013 by Brad Reed, Yahoo News and “iPhone
5C aims to replace iPhone 5, not iPhone 4S – analyst”, published August
19, 2013 6:52 AM PDT by Don Reisinger, CNET News.
It’s
also a perfect replacement for the Apple iPhone 5 and older model iPhones, as
Apple strategy is to have customer who have the older model smartphones
exchange them for newer models and pay the price difference. They then resell
the older models in Developing World countries as a secondary market for
smartphones as noted in my blog article
entitled “How
to unlock any phone and put it on any Network - Guaranteed to unlock any
Feature or Smartphone on the Chennai Express”.
But
the older models, specifically the Apple iPhone 4S aren’t able to use the new
Lightning Connector that Apple began rolling out with the newer model iPhone 5
as opined in the article “New,
high-quality shots of 'iPhone 5C' casing appear”, published August 7, 2013
12:17 PM PDT by Josh Lowensohn, CNET News.
Also
many customers upgrading from the Apple iPhone 5 in the Developed World Markets
would love to have the coloured options that the Apple iPhone 5C comes with
along with the contract-less price of US$199 (my price) by default, despite the
implications of the phone being made for the Chinese Market.
This
makes the Apple iPhone 5C an unlocked smartphone that’s a market stealer that
can recapture and woo in any Android users. This as it would also have the same
advanced features such as iOS 7 but in a cheaper plastic shell and sans a 2-year Contract, the only
requirement being that you have a Prepaid Voice and Data Plan purchase when you
decided which Telecom Provider you wish to connect.
Check
them out for yourself and be the judge of what’s real and what’s not real:
It’s purpose is clear: like Samsung’s Tizen OS,
Canonical’s Ubuntu OS and Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox OS is geared at Developing
World markets as stated in my blog article
entitled “Samsung's
Tizen OS, Mozilla Foundation's Firefox OS and Canonical's Ubuntu OS to launch
by Fourth Quarter of 2013 - David Guetta's Titanium Pacific RIM Robots to
Battle Google Android”.
But it’s the date that I know with absolute
certainty as it’s coming directly from the most reliable sourced on Apple Event
Dates, that being All Things Digital, who’ve in the past correctly predicted
the dates of Apple’s Product launches correctly.
This time around All Things Digital’s Ina Fried has
predicted the date for the Launch of the Apple iPhone 5S and possibly a US$199
Apple iPhone 5C as Tuesday September 10th 2013 as stated in the
article “Circle
September 10 on Your Calendar for Apple’s Big iPhone Event”,
published August 10, 2013 at 4:22 pm PT by Ina Fried, All Things Digital.
Apple’s seasonal pattern: reveal the software and
drop hints of future project at WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) which
was held on Monday July 8th 2013 to Friday July 12th 2013
and revealed a lot of future products as stated in my blog article
entitled “ATL
is now the Official Distributor of Apple Product in Jamaica as of July 2013 -
Jamaica can now share in the innovation with Apple’s Future Products Despicable
Me 2”.
If so the launch of the Apple iPhone 5S will disrupt
other tech events slated for that date, mainly Mobile industry analyst Chetan
Sharma’s Mobile
Future Forward event and Tech
Crunch Disrupt and Intel
Developer Forum, also slated for
Tuesday September 10th 2013
What we know is coming is as announced thus far,
that being:
1. Apple
iOS 7
2. Apple
iPhone 5S
3. Apple
iPhone Lite, which many are calling the Apple iPhone 5C
4. Apple
Mac Pro
Additional information from All Things Digital
suggests that the Apple iPhone 5S may also have another variant, this time
coloured in Gold or Champagne as stated in the article “Yes,
Apple Will Sell a Gold-Tone iPhone”,
published August 19, 2013 at 9:31 am PT by John Paczkowski, All Things Digital.
A mockup of the Champagne of Gold coloured Apple iPhone 5S can be seen in this
article “Will
Apple sip from a champagne-gold iPhone 5S? (images)”, published August 19, 2013 -- 20:33 GMT (13:33 PDT) By Andy Smith, ZDNET.
This story look legit, as according to KGI
Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the new colour for the Apple iPhone 5S is real
as stated in the article “Apple
iPhone 5S: 'new champagne gold colour coming'”, published 11:03AM BST 19 Aug 2013 By Sophie Curtis, The
UK Telegraph. This along with a bigger
sized Internal memory, to quote KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: “We also
forecast the new model will add a new look, a golden casing, and a new option
for larger 128GB storage, to offer greater differentiation from iPhone 5”.
This is most likely geared at the tastes of the
Chinese Market, who are particularly fond of Gold, a symbol of prosperity for
them. This new Colour may be part of Apple’s Strategy to break into the Chinese
Market and broker a deal with
China Mobile, the largest Telecom Provider in the World and in China in terms
of Subscribers.
The Gold Plated Edition would be much coveted in the
West, though, due to our materialistic preference for Bling. Throw in the
possibility that this Apple iPhone 5S may be sporting a Fingerprint sensor,
tech integrated into Apple’s products ever since the purchase of Authentec, a Biometric
authentication company as stated in “Apple
buys mobile security firm AuthenTec for $356 million”, published By Poornima Gupta and
Sinead Carew, Reuters, and we may have
yet another incremental update to get excited about.
I’m personally expecting the following though:
1. Comes
in Block, White and Gold
2. Sapphire
Screen
3. 128GB
Internal Memory Version
4. 5”
LCD Screen 1,080x1,920-pixel with a 443ppi
5. 12.1
Megapixel Camera as I had predicted in my blog
article entitled “Sharp
develops world's thinnest 12.1 Megapixel Camera - Apple iPhone 5 and Apple iPad
3 in Sharp's focus”.
6. Quad-Core
A7 Processor (just to up the Ante a bit!)
7. Better
Battery
8. Support
for Biometric fingerprint Sensor
9. Apple
iPhone 5C priced at about US$199 without contract
This time around at least on this is for certain.
The Apple iPhone normally appears on Telecom Provider LIME’s shelves by early
January, with inklings heard before in November as was the case with the Apple
iPhone 5 as recorded in my blog article
entitled “LIME
Drops Apple iPhone 4S price with Apple
iPhone 5 Launch slated for Black Friday - Apple iPad Mini and iPad 4 coming at LIME's House at the End of
the Street”.
With ATL (Appliance Traders Limited) now the
authorized dealer for all things Apple as stated in my blog article
entitled “ATL
is now the Official Distributor of Apple Product in Jamaica as of July 2013 -
Jamaica can now share in the innovation with Apple’s Future Products Despicable
Me 2”, expect to see the Apple
iPhone 5S and 5C along with the Apple Mac Pro on sale in Jamaica much earlier
than normal.
The Observer Fashion Night Out may end up being
special if this Custom-fitted Gold coloured Apple iPhone and the U$199 Apple
iPhone 5C Made for China were to make a splashdown in a Developing World
country such as Jamaica. ATL and LIME Jamaica may not get Goldfinger that's Made for China.
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