Interesting analysis by Dediu as usual (I'm a big fan and listen to his podcast regularly). I think a lot of people (including Horace and yours truly) are surprised by the 5C pricing strategy -- it's not 5C(heap) but 5C(olor). I just looked at real world photos on Ars of the new models and from my POV the 5C models look like they are designed for kids. (A matter of taste, of course.) If Apple cut the price by another $100 they might make sense as a pricepoint but at only $100 less than 5S it seems crazy to me.
It's notable there's no black (or 'slate') 5C. I guess if one wants a more 'dignified' (again, a matter of taste) one has to go 5S.
I commend to all the interesting Steve Jobs quote found at the end of the comment by markwilcox:
"What ruined Apple was not growth … They got very greedy … Instead of following the original trajectory of the original vision, which was to make the thing an appliance and get this out there to as many people as possible … they went for profits. They made outlandish profits for about four years. What this cost them was their future. What they should have been doing is making rational profits and going for market share." - Steve Jobs.
As a long-time Apple fan and former shareholder I'll be very interested to see how this pans out.
It's notable there's no black (or 'slate') 5C. I guess if one wants a more 'dignified' (again, a matter of taste) one has to go 5S.
I commend to all the interesting Steve Jobs quote found at the end of the comment by markwilcox:
"What ruined Apple was not growth … They got very greedy … Instead of following the original trajectory of the original vision, which was to make the thing an appliance and get this out there to as many people as possible … they went for profits. They made outlandish profits for about four years. What this cost them was their future. What they should have been doing is making rational profits and going for market share." - Steve Jobs.
As a long-time Apple fan and former shareholder I'll be very interested to see how this pans out.