Apple's Low-Cost iPhone 5C Officially Announced

[Cheebee]

leo-j said:

Cheebee said:
Is it weird that I'm wondering why Apple don't just keep last year's iPhone 5 as a 'budget option' phone...? Isn't that the way they always did things; release a new high-end phone, and keep selling the previous model alongside it at a cheaper price? I'm confused. :s

the iphone 5c is a plastic iphone 5, it probably costs them less creating the 5c and selling that for $99 instead of the original iphone 5

That makes sense. Then again, they're not really selling it for $99, as that's with a 2-year contract. Standalone the cheapest version's $549 (!)  'O_o