"Cheap" iPhone 5C will cost China $ 735

The first rumors about the iPhone 5C smartphone called "cheap" or "budget", implying that it will be significantly cheaper than the flagship model. The device is considered a rival low-cost Chinese smartphone on Android, hoping that it will help Apple win the markets of the richest countries. We thought so. And what was the result?

Apple's official website in China, reports that the younger version of the iPhone 5C 16 GB can be purchased for 4,488 yuan, which is more than $ 735. Given that the iPhone 5S flagship here worth 5288 yuan, you can only guess how a large number of buyers will choose "low-cost" model, which is cheaper than the flagship 17 percent.

Of course, the high price of Apple equipment due to China's customs policy. In the US, the price of the iPhone 5C start at $ 549 for iPhone 5S - from $ 649. Significantly less than in China. And the difference of $ 100 - a significant difference. But what is interesting. iPhone 5C 32GB model costs the same as a 16 GB iPhone 5S. I wonder what kind of smartphone buyers choose for $ 649 - the old plastic version of the iPhone 5 or 5S flagship with an excellent camera and a fingerprint scanner? By the way, Apple has limited options because the iPhone 5C versions only at 16 and 32 GB, for a 64-gigabyte "cheap" smartphone would cost already $ 100 more than the entry-level flagship. Such is "inexpensive" trick.

But let's return to China. High prices on the iPhone, due to the high customs duties and re-make buyers turn to the gray market, and it is on this market will be sold to the majority of new smart phones, despite the fact that for the first time will begin selling the iPhone in China simultaneously with the United States.

However, the Chinese have not yet too inspired iPhone 5C. Of course, they find it too expensive. On the microblogging service Weibo caught enough caustic comments about the new smartphone - the Chinese walked and plastic housing, and price. "Too expensive for something that looks like a potato peeler." Like this.