iPhone 5c: Apple’s Colorful Budget Phone With $100 on Contract

Apple CEO Tim Cook has introduced the highly-anticipated iPhone 5c at Apple keynote 2013 event in Cupertino, Calif. which Apple claim as “More powerful, more intuitive and ultimately more useful.” iPhone 5C is beautifully, unapologetically, plastic.”

With the new design, more fun, and more colorful, iPhone 5c come in five colors — green, white, blue, red, and yellow. The budget device made from polycarbonate wrap-around back. No joints or lines. For the new iPhone 5C, Apple also designed $29 custom cases made of silicon with a microfiber lining.

The iPhone 5c sport beautiful 4-inch retina display with full sRGB standard, 8-megapixels iSight camera, new FaceTime HD camera with larger pixels and an improved backside illumination sensor give it increased sensitivity in low light, as well as an A6 chip inside with “blazing-fast performance.”

iPhone 5c features:

Dual-core A6 chip

4-inch widescreen multi-touch display (1136 x 640 pixel resolution at 326 ppi with 800:1 contrast ratio (typical))

Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front

Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

8-megapixels iSight camera with backside illumination, five-element lens, and hybrid IR filter

Backside illumination sensor

1080p full HD 3x zoom video recording at 30 fps

f/2.4 aperture

Video stabilization via built-in gyroscope

Up to 13 LTE bands

World phone and can work on UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)

Intelligent Siri voice command personal assistant

Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Talk time: Up to 10 hours on 3G; Standby time: Up to 250 hours; Internet use: Up to 8 hours on 3G, up to 10 hours on LTE, up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi; Video playback: Up to 10 hours; Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Height: 4.90 inches (124.4 mm); Width: 2.33 inches (59.2 mm); Depth: 0.35 inch (8.97 mm); Weight: 4.65 ounces (132 grams)

802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz)

Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor

• Price of iPhone 5c (with two-year contract):
  16GB: $99
  32GB: $199

The iPhone 5c will available pre-orders  start September 13 and in Apple online stores or mobile service providers’ online stores on September 20 in several countries, including United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and United Kingdom. According Apple, 100 countries and over 270 carriers will available in December 2013.