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Today at Apple’s iPhone event, we were shown the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c that pretty much everyone expected. The iPhone 5s will be getting a Touch ID fingerprint sensor along with a pretty incredible 64-bit processor. The iPhone 5c is pretty much an iPhone 5 that comes in 5 all new colors which probably explains why Apple is discontinuing the iPhone 5 altogether in favor of the 5c.
While we got a lot of stuff today, some we didn’t even expect, there were also some things on our bucket list or in the rumor mill that we didn’t get…
A true low cost iPhone
A lot of people were banking on the iPhone 5c being the budget iPhone and I don’t think that exactly panned out the way a lot of folks were hoping. It isn’t as expensive as the iPhone 5s but it isn’t far off, especially if you’re buying off contract. With a starting price of $99 on contract and $549 off contract, it’s not the low cost solution a lot of us thought it would be.
$99 on contract is still a pretty sweet deal though and there’s no doubt it will sell exceptionally well.
128 GB iPhone capacities
A lot of us expected to see a bump in storage capacity like we saw with iPads. Whether that would have entailed Apple dropping the 16 GB model altogether or sliding the 128 GB model right on top of the existing model at a higher price point, we weren’t sure. At the end of the day, it didn’t happen and we’re still stuck with the 16, 32, and 64 GB offerings for at least another year.
Better WiFi
Back at the Mac event, the new MacBook Air received better WiFi support with updated chips to support 802.11ac. Apple also updated their Airport Express and Airport Extreme lines. A lot of people were expecting, or rather hoping, that maybe those WiFi improvements would make their way to iOS as well, particularly the iPhone. At the very least, I was personally hoping to see it in the iPhone 5s, if not the iPhone 5c.
NFC
NFC has been whispered about for the past two years running and it didn’t make the cut this year either. A lot of people consider it to be a ‘gimmick’ feature or something that may not be quite ready for primetime. Some countries have NFC all over the place already but that doesn’t always make Apple jump on top of a feature. Consumer awareness is important and right now, how many people actually even know what NFC is let alone know that many retailers around them are able to accept it?
New iPads
A few weeks back there were some rumors of updated iPads being announced as well. We didn’t think this could be the case and weren’t disappointed when it didn’t happen. Apple typically doesn’t lump their two flagship products together in the same event. We’ll most likely see them later this fall and definitely before the holiday season is in full swing.
New iPods
Apple traditionally holds their music event in the fall and announces new iPods. There wasn’t any news of updated iPods at this year’s iPhone event. If we expected to hear anything at all, it would have simply been updated colors that matched up with the iPhone 5c offerings. That didn’t seem to pan out.
I’d bet we will see some kind of iPod update before the holiday season. Perhaps alongside new iPads?
What were your expectations?
What were your thoughts in regards to the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c event? Did you see exactly what you expected or were there certain things missing that you were hoping to see? Let us know in the comments!
