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When Apple launched the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, it also launched new cases for them.
The iPhone 5c case is a colorful silicone shell that’s lined with soft microfiber. The most striking feature of the iPhone 5c case is its hole-filled back that lets the color of your phone shine through.Â
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It has been widely rumored that China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier will start offering Apple’s iPhone later this month.
We now have some more evidence as a subsidiary of China Mobile in Suzhou briefly launched a reservation system for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
Apple, unlike the handful of companies that produce Android smartphones that are actually worth buying, releases new a new smartphone just once every 12 months or so. Contrast that with someone like Samsung, who announces a new Galaxy every three weeks. This is important from a sales perspective, because when those new iPhones land, sales spike. According to data collected by Kantar Worldpanel during the 12 weeks ending on Halloween, this spike was more pronounced this year.
Apple’s iPhone 5c was seen as a way for the company to broaden the iPhone’s reach by positioning it as the cheaper, mass market device, but the iPhone 5s, starting at $199, outsold the iPhone 5c by a huge margin.
This has led to several rumored cuts in iPhone 5c production, and today, Chinese site C Technology says that Apple further cut production of the device.
America has 50 beautiful states, but a handful are prettier than the rest. What makes them so seductive? A complete lack of sales tax. That’s right, if you see something on a store shelf that costs $599, then it costs $599, not $599 + 8.25% or whatever it is you pay in your state. According to ABC News, employees at Apple’s Delaware store love to boast about this fact. Located in the Christiana Mall, employees say buses full of shoppers, often from New York and New Jersey, come to buy tens or even hundreds of iPhones that then get resold in other markets.
iPhones are a thing, in case you haven’t noticed. Sure, Apple might have “only” a small piece of the international smartphone market compared to Android, but the piece they do have is made up of people who have no problems spending $650 on a mobile phone. Looking at the United States specifically, iOS and Android own 40% and 50% of the market respectively. With each launch of a new iPhone, it looks like Apple is stealing people away from Android, at least according to data obtained by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners group.
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