Some see the launch of Apple’s newest phone, the iPhone 5c as a failure while others deem it a success.
Apple launched two new phones in recent months: the 5s and the 5c.
According to Apple, the 5s is “purposefully imagined and precision crafted.”
It’s an expensive phone that is considered to be better than the others of the 5-generation, including the 5c. “It’s not just a product of what’s technologically possible. But what’s technologically useful.”
The 5c, on the other hand, is an inexpensive iPhone that lacks the quality of the 5 series iPhones especially the 5s.
“There are no improvements, Apple basically made a plastic 4s,” said freshman Henry Ferrell.
The iPhone 5c was created in part to bridge the market especially overseas and to provide the iPhone technology to those who want to have a phone for less than $800.
Even though the 5c is less expensive, in the first week of its launch it was outsold by its counterpart in a 1:3 ratio.
“Now, one month post-launch, the iPhone 5c has been steadily gaining traction,” said John Koetsier
Recently, Apple has halved the production of the 5c from 300,000 units per day to 150,000 units per day, proving that the 5c is not selling as much as they hoped it would.
However, people are reporting that the 5c is meeting expectations, and that the low sales of the 5c are not necessarily bad.
The 5s is Apple’s most profitable product.
During a recent Apple event in which the highly anticipated iPad Air was revealed, Apple surprised many by trying to gain ground against their rival Microsoft in a world of spreadsheets and word-processing programs.
They made iWork, a set of applications such as Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie, and iPhoto, free to anyone who bought a new computer or mobile device. Each of these apps used to cost $10 each.
Apple even threw in the newest operating system, Mavericks.
In this new attempt to progress in the front of multi-tasking, which seems nearly impossible with an opponent such as Microsoft, English teacher Dr. Charles Donelan said, “It’s going to be hard for Apple to stay as dominant as they have been, unless they release a never-before-thought-of product in the next few years.”
Overall, the public was expecting a “cheap iPhone,” but they got an iPhone that was not very well made and targeted at an oversees market.