Among many questions around the
iPhone 5C, the biggest is how Apple will prevent the lower-cost phone
cannibalizing sales of the iPhone 5 and 5S. For those unaware, 5C is the rumored
name for the mid-market plastic iPhone planned to launch on September 10thevent.
Analysts suggest that the answer
to the question marked above is to limit sales of the 5C to emerging markets.
Apple could make it available in India and China, where price is a much bigger
barrier to iPhone acquisition, and withhold it from North America and Europe.
Although this makes sense, it seems extremely unlikely and an approach Apple
has never taken before.
According to another theory,
which does not seem that much unlikely, suggests that the 5C will omit a key
feature of present-generation iPhones: Siri, which was not an option on the
iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 upon launch. This will avoid self-cannibalization of
devices. The logic is that Siri is it’s a core feature of the iPhone, and one
that most existing iPhone owners and intenders would not want to sacrifice. So
this will be an easy and a massive way to differentiate between the top ranked iPhones and an entry-level model.
Despite the fact that sources initiating the rumor have been
wrong in some previous cases, we should not exclude anything – even a dead
clock shows right time twice a day. What are your thoughts on the low-budget
iPhone with no Siri? Do not hesitate to voice up in the comments!
