Whenever a new iPhone comes out logic dictates that ti takes the place of the older flagship models, which pushes the price of every older phone down. For example, once the the iPhone 5 came out all of the previous models dropped in price. However, so far Apple has only made new phones that were better than the previous ones and iPhone 5C is the first "mini" version of their main flagship. How will this less expensive model influence the cost of older iPhones? Will they slowly be removed from stock?
Most analysts and bloggers are suggesting a very interesting solution to this issue and I tend to agree with their analysis. Basically, they are expecting to see both an iPhone 5S and an iPhone 5C by the end of the year and this will shift everything down accordingly.
Thus the line-up would be like this: iPhone 5S > iPhone 5 > iPhone 5C > iPhone 4S > older models. When you think about it this is certainly the best choice and price-wise it means that the current flagship will be discounted along with the older models. This looks very good in theory, but this is just a simple blog and we cannot really say if this is the most profitable solution for Apple.
Along with this, it should also be noted that only a handful of details regarding the two upcoming iterations of the iPhone 5. Yesterday we actually had a very interesting post regarding the iPhone 5C price which actually fits very nicely with today's topic however, the numbers do not add up.
The current iPhone 4S costs $549 if you want to get it unlocked from the Apple store. Thus, if the 5C were to replace it then it would be too expensive to justify its own purpose as a budget phone. Therefor the 5C may not be as affordable as we were lead to think?
These things are, obviously, quite difficult to predict and talk about, especially in a blog post. So, what should you take away from this article? Well, you should understand that the future is quite uncertain and that you as the consumer are currently not in a very good spot. Thus, our advice is to wait the situation out until one of these devices gets released.
Another advice we can offer you is to not go for the iPhone 4S, even if it gets a major discount! It time for people to trade-in those old 30pin connectors and embrace the new tech that the company is working on.
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