“Apple has now added the 8 GB 5c to its European online stores. In the UK, the device is priced at £429 unlocked — a difference of £40 between it and the 16 GB model,” Mike Beasley reports for 9to5Mac. “It will likely appear on the U.S. site in the coming hours.”
“Earlier today we reported that Apple was planning release an 8 GB version of the iPhone 5c to help support the phone’s lagging sales,” Beasley reports. “Now it seems that U.K. carrier O2 has made that plan official by releasing the phone for sale on its website.”
“Aside from the capacity reduction, there aren’t any changes to the device,” Beasley reports. “This new 8 GB model seems to be designed to help pick up a few more sales in the low-cost phone arena, where the 8 GB iPhone 4s may have seemed like a much less attractive device.”
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MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote yesterday when this was but a rumor: “Enjoy your 12 apps and 4 songs.”
Currently the 8GB iPhone 5c is available in the UK, France, Germany, Australia and China.
Hopefully, this model doesn’t end up disappointing more customers than it delights and turn them off of iPhones forever.
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