iPhone 5c Over The iPhone 5s Is Life Expectancy

Having reviewed both of Apple’s latest smartphones here on Forbes (read the reviews of the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s here) the dividing line between the two handsets is far more than the $100 difference in price. Both the 5s and the 5c are competent today, but over the life of a two-year contract the iPhone 5s is going to be the reference device for developers while the limitations of the 5c will rapidly become clear.
Barring three notable changes (LTE banding, battery capacity, and the forward facing camera), the iPhone 5c matches the specifications of last year’s iPhone 5 model. For many years Apple has simply moved the models down the line after twelve months. Someone purchasing ‘the $99 iPhone’ would be aware that it is the older model, and have their expectations set accordingly in terms of the expected support levels from third-party apps. That is not the case with the iPhone 5c. One of its biggest strengths is the perception that it is a new design. It is being marketed as new, and because of that consumers will have higher expectations of the 5c than they would if they were buying a year-old iPhone 5.