Apple announces iPhone 5C!

Apple today announced the iPhone 5C which comes in a variety of 5 new colors and made of polycarbonate materials. That’s almost same specs as the iPhone 5, only now they come in colored plastic.

The iPhone 5C will be available in blue, white, red, yellow, green colors.

Apple iPhone 5C specs:
4.0-inch IPS LCD display @ 640×1136 pixels, 326ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Apple A6 1.2GHz dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (triple-core)
16GB, 32GB internal storage
1GB RAM
DC-HSDPA 42Mbps, LTE 100Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 4.0
8MP iSight camera, LED flash
1080p video recording
1.2MP HD front-facing camera, 720p @ 30fps
GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
iOS 7
132 grams (weight)
124.4 mm x 59.2 mm x 8.97 mm (dimensions)

The iPhone 5C will be ready for pre-order on September 13 and release date is set on September 20 in Singapore and Hong Kong. iPhone 5C release date in the Philippines is December 2013.

As for the iPhone 5C price, here’s the postpaid contract as indicated by Apple:

iPhone 5C 16GB — $99PHP 5,810INR 8,390EUR 94CNY 721 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan
iPhone 5C 32GB — $199PHP 11,678INR 16,865EUR 190CNY 1,448 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan

No prepaid price kit indicated yet.

Apple also announced the iPhone 5S here.

Updated: As per the Hong Kong Apple Online Store, here are the prices of the iPhone 5C:

iPhone 5C 16GB – HK$4688 or Php26,500USD 452INR 38,282EUR 430CNY 3,289
iPhone 5C 32GB – HK$5688 or Php32,000USD 545INR 46,227EUR 519CNY 3,971

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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83 Comments

kc says:

12 years ago

26k is not cheap at all. I could buy high end android smartphone like the xperia z with that. Clearly apple defines cheap differently.
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John says:

12 years ago

C is not for cheap lol.
It’s for ‘Color’.

They are not offering something cheaper, they’re giving an alternative choice for a little less… just like the iPad and iPad mini.
lousy says:

12 years ago

sir it isn’t meant to be cheap, the experience is meant to be the same unlike in other platforms where the user experience suffers or lacks as compare to the high end devices because they make “cheap” devices. i don’t think the ‘C’ in ‘5C’ mean cheap sir, i think it’s meant to be ‘Colorful’ lol
iPhoneCrap says:

12 years ago

C doesn’t mean CHEAP. It stands for CRAP!
zero says:

12 years ago

Yes, they have a different meaning cheap. it’s basically an iphone 5 of last year made in cheap plastic this year. Innovation has really died down for apple since jobs’ death.

Ambin says:

12 years ago

BUMMER!!! I’m hoping that the base price would be pegged at about 15k – 17k. no hopes for getting an iPhone on December. maga-Android na lang ulit ako -_-
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apdroid says:

12 years ago

if u cant afford it dont buy it…
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chekaden says:

12 years ago

animal na apple, sugapa talaga sa presyo e wala namang binatbat sa android.
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Ernesto says:

12 years ago

I’m an Apple fanboy and I don’t like the color pallete of the iPhone 5c.
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abuzalzal says:

12 years ago

Shabu pa Apple!

hohohoho
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anokamo says:

12 years ago

Good luck sa mga uto-uto!
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wha says:

12 years ago

eh pa nga ba? an iPhone will not be a phone for the MASA, it will still COST AN ARM AND A LEG when it reaches the Philippine Shores
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HiERARCH says:

12 years ago

ang mahal pa ‘din puteek ‘wag na..
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igorotak says:

12 years ago

..still expensive. Well, if you have the money to splurge, then go for it. For the mean time, if you currently have the iphone 5, stick to that muna
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