The
Apple iPhone 6 and the Apple iPhone6 Plus are currently being sold in the US of
A at starting prices of US$649 and US$749 unlocked as noted in my blog article
entitled “Apple
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus - No Sapphire Screen but 128GB Storage and
NFC-powered Apple Pay in Apple's Biggest iPhone Launch”.
While
this happens, the Apple iPhone 5C is celebrating its one year anniversary by
going on sale with a UAS$0 contract for the 8GB version only as stated in the
article “Apple
Rolls Out A Free iPhone 5C As The 'Budget' iPhone Has Its First Birthday”, published
9/09/2014 @ 9:17PM by Ewan Spence, Forbes.
This
little mentioned fact by Apple CEO Tim Cook during the Apple iPhone 6 Launch on
Tuesday September 9th 2014 is going to be big deal come Christmas
2014 and benefit Apple in a huge way. That’s because the Apple iPhone 5C is a
Google Android Whisperer, a call no Android user can resist!
Apple iPhone 5C on US$0
contract – Google Android Whisperer will attract Jamaicans
As
a little brother to the Apple iPhone 5S, ac perception existed that its
polycarbonate (read “plastic) coating put it at a disadvantage to its metallic
gold brother. Among tech bloggers, it’s thought to be less than it’s brother,
the Apple iPhone 5C due to the fact that it’s internals are basically that of
the Apple iPhone 5 launched in 2012.
Stats
from analyst Localytics seemed to bear this out on Monday September 23rd
2013, suggesting that the Apple iPhone 5S is thrice as popular as the Apple iPhone
5C as stated in my blog article entitled
“Localytics
Stats suggest preference for Silver and Gold Apple iPhone 5S over polycarbonate
Apple iPhone 5C - Plastic vs Metallic battle of Telecom Customer Preferences”.
Good
to note that both units had sold a combined 9 million units combined over the
weekend of Saturday September 21st 2013 to Sunday September 22nd
2013 and going on to sell some 25 million globally, beating Google android
powered smartphones by outsold every smartphone sold by Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo,
Sony, LG, or HTC on its own as stated in “The
iPhone 5C Is Not A Failure, But This Myth Holds An Ominous Warning For The
iWatch”, published 6/16/2014 @ 6:45PM by Ewan Spence, Forbes.
Despite
its skin-deep handicap, it’s had a great run, as 25 million units both in the
US of A and globally is a large number by any standard. Its lower price point
on contract and unlocked still managed
to create enough buzz to cause a sizeable chunk of the android faithful to
switch based on the statistics of Kantar WorldpanelComTech
as argued in my blog article
entitled “Kantar
WorldpanelComTech Stats suggests that the Apple iPhone 5C is a Google Android
smartphone whisperer – US$100 cheaper is still a Deal for the 38 year old Crowd”.
Apple iPhone 5C unlocked Price – iOS 8 upgrade makes it as good as Apple
iPhone 6
Currently
the prices for the Apple iPhone 6 unlocked starts at US$649 at the lower end
for the 16GB model. In the case of the Apple iPhone 5C, the lowest unlocked
price is US$549 at the lower end for the 16GB model. Given that the 8GB model
is a new variant, it’s price unlocked might be even lower, say US$449.
Unlocking
of smartphones is now a thing in the US of A ever since President Barack Obama
signed the “Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act” (S.517) on
Friday August 1st 2014 as stated in my blog article
entitled “Unlocking
Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act makes Cellphone Unlocking Legal
again - President Barack Obama upholds DMCA”.
This
may not seem like a good deal, considering that 8GB isn’t much. But with the
recent price drops in Apple iCloud, which already offers you 5GB free as
explained in my blog
article entitled “US$19.99
1TB Cloud thanks to Apple iCloud Price Drop – Apple iCloud for Windows out to
counter Bad Press from Celebrity Hacking”, this is a super deal.
You
can now become an Apple iPhone user and best of all, the Apple iPhone 5C not
only comes in a variety of colours, but can also take the new iOS 8.0 upgrade
which came out on Wednesday September 17th 2014 as stated in “How to use iOS
8, the complete guide”, published September 17, 2014 9:59 AM PDT by Jason
Cipriani, CNET News and “Ready
To Upgrade To iOS 8? Keep An Eye On These Key Features”, published
9/17/2014 @ 10:28AM by Seth Porges, Forbes.
With
such a low price just to get into the Apple iPhone crowd with hardware that’s
just a year old on a US$0 2-year subsidized contract, I’m predicting that sales
of these remaining units of the 8G Apple iPhone 5C will strip away even more
Google Android smartphone users as many Americans slowly get fed up with issues
related to Android’s Fragmentation.
Albeit
that’s not much lower, if you care about Apple iPhone even a little bit, it’ll
be enough to get you into the Apple Fanboy crowd with hardware that’s still the latest and can take the latest
iOS upgrade. Still, I can’t wait to hear when the Apple iPhone 6, Apple iPhone6
Plus and possibly the Apple Watch will be coming to Jamaica on Telecom Provider
Network LIME.
So
I’ll be down by the LIME Store on Carlton Crescent as well as ATL, the official
repair partner for the Apple iPhone 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” asking Questions.
Stay
tuned to this blog for more details as well as my articles on Apple Pay, Apple
Watch and Apple iOS 8!
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