Apple Introduces Its Low-Cost iPhone 5C

To compete against the ever-increasing army of Droids, Apple has finally added a low-rank soldier to its line-up. Taking a leaf from Nokia's book, Apple has added a dash of colour and polycarbonate to its iPhone 5C. Similar to the Lumia 620 and 820, the phone features a glossy outer shell that comes in green, white, blue, red, and yellow. The new phone is thicker and heavier when compared to the metal-clad iPhone 5.

In terms of innards, there's hardly anything that separates the 5C from its predecessor. Its 4" Retina display packs in 1136x640 pixels. The scratch-resistant glass found in the iPhone 5 is missing. The handset is powered by a A6 chipset, and has 1 GB of RAM. Other specs include an 8 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, 1.2 mp front-facing snapper, Wi-Fi with AirPlay support, Bluetooth 4.0, and Assisted GPS with GLONASS. Similar to its expensive sibling, the iPhone 5S, this phone will boot to iOS7 out-of-the-box.

In the US, 16 GB version of the device will cost $99, on a two year contact. You'll have to pay double for the 32 GB variant. The off-contract prices of those two variants are pegged at $549 (Rs 36,500) and $649 (Rs 43,000) respectively. That is going to cause some serious heartbreak for those who were hoping that the C in iPhone 5C would stand for Cheap.