Apple Announces Colorful New iPhone 5c, Starting at $99 on Two-Year Contract

Tuesday September 10, 2013 10:43 am PDT by Husain Sumra

Apple today announced the new lower-priced iPhone 5c, replacing the iPhone 5 in Apple's phone lineup. The new device is available in five different colors -- green, yellow, blue, white, and pink -- in a polycarbonate design. The phone uses the same A6 processor and rear-facing camera as the iPhone 5. Apple posted a new product video, featuring Jony Ive, for the 5c.

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"iPhone 5c is everything iPhone 5 was and more, in an all-new design packed with great features," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "iPhone 5c is designed with a beautiful polycarbonate enclosure that looks and feels so solid in your hand."

The new phone includes some upgraded parts as well, including an improved front-facing FaceTime camera and support for more LTE bands.

The phone is made of what Apple calls a hard-coated polycarbonate, using a steel-reinforced interior that also serves as the antenna. The company also introduced a line of $29 cases that snap onto the back of iPhone 5c and come in pink, yellow, blue, green, white and black.

The iPhone 5c is available for preorder this Friday, September 13 for $99 in 16GB and 32GB for $199 with a two-year contract. It will go on sale Friday, September 20.

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Top Rated Comments

appleguy123

171 months ago

Apple failed here. The purpose of these phones should have been to make them cheap without a contract.

Score: 47 Votes (Like | Disagree)

clibinarius

171 months ago

Low cost? To who, Apple? It is the same price as the traditional prior-generation iPhone.

Score: 38 Votes (Like | Disagree)

7709876

171 months ago

5C is just a whole world of fail at that price.

It has launched at flagship handset price. It is also only £80 cheaper than the 5S here in the UK.

Anyone buying the 5C over the 5S is smoking crack

Score: 30 Votes (Like | Disagree)

gooberwilson

171 months ago

So basically they replaced the beautiful iPhone 5 with a plastic iPhone 5C but kept the same price... Terrible. Would have been better for them to just keep the iPhone 5 in the lineup.

Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)