iPhone 5C pre

The iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C might not be the big payday everybody hoped. British networks report pre-orders for the 5C are a disappointing fraction of what was expected, or seen in previous launches.

According to The Guardian, one network says pre-orders are as little as a tenth of the number of early orders placed for previous iPhones.

Previous launches have seen Brits order between 75,000 and 100,000 iPhones, with the iPhone 5 bought and paid for over 2 million times around the world before it had even hit shop shelves.

Worldwide sales may still do well because this is the first time China will get the new phone from day one.

But UK pre-orders for the 5C are said to be well off the mark of expectations — as much as 70 per cent less than hoped.

There could be any number of reasons the 5C isn’t selling well. Perhaps phone fans are waiting to buy the iPhone 5S instead when it comes out on Friday, having not been available for pre-order. Maybe they just really want to queue. Perhaps they’re not close enough to the end of their contracts to upgrade yet.

Maybe their fingers have spontaneously dropped off, preventing them from clicking their mouse to complete the purchase.

Or maybe everyone with a lick of sense has balked at the fact the thing costs £469, less than a hundred quid less than the 5S; and even a network deal can cost £40 per month or more.

If you’re yet to decide which iPhone you want, check out our handy comparison of the best deals and prices for the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.


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iPhone 5C pre

Roll up! Roll up! Getcher snazzy new iPhone ‘ere! Apple’s opened pre-orders for its garish new iPhone 5C today here in the UK, and the many-coloured mobile can be yours for £469.

The 5C actually goes on sale a week today, 20 September, when you’ll be able to pick one up from an Apple Store at 8am — or save yourself a queue by going to pretty much any phone shop.

£469 bags you a 16GB model, while the more capacious 32GB version is £549. There’s free delivery, and the choice of white, red, yellow, blue and lime green colours. The peculiar official cases — the ones with the awkward holes in — are available in the same range of hues, plus black, for an extra £25. The new Apple Care+ scheme, which replaces up to two broken phones over two years, is another £79.

If you want to trade in your old iPhone for credit, Apple has a recycling programme, but you’ll realise much more value if you just sell it on eBay. Apple’s official trade-in scheme just opened in the US, but is yet to reach ol’ Blighty.

Apple’s not doing pre-orders for the iPhone 5S (see update below), presumably because supply is harder to guarantee with so many new components — two new chips, the flash, the camera, and all the fingerprint gubbins. You’ll have to wait until the 20th for the new top-of-the-range phone, and head to a high street shop to guarantee getting your hands on one on the day.

Will you be queueing up on launch day? Is the 5S or the 5C better value? Are you going to mix and match colours with one of those daft cases? Show your true colours in the comments, or on our monochrome Facebook page.


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