The iPhone 5c by Apple might not have as cheap of a price as analysts expected.
Prices for the iPhone 5c have appeared on Apple's official website in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Reuters noted China's cost.
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In France and Germany, the 16GB iPhone 5c is priced at €599 and €699 for the 32GB model. When converted to the U.S. dollar, France's iPhone 5c's cost is $797 for the 16GB model and $930 for the 32GB variant.
In the U.K., the 16GB model is priced at £469 and £549 for the 32GB model. When converted to the U.S. dollar, the 16GB model would be $742 and $869 for the 32GB model.
In China, Reuters noted that the Apple smartphone will sell for 4,488 yuan.
"People were all expecting the 5C would be a low-cost model, but it doesn't look like it will be too competitive now," Tanrich Securities Vice President for Equity Sales' Jackson Wong told Reuters. "Everybody is now looking to the China Mobile announcement, which can happen anytime now."
As Latinos Post reported, Apple is rumored to have completed a deal with the largest mobile carrier in the world, China Mobile, which has approximately 700 million subscribers.
According to IHS Research, via NBC News, the unsubsidized cost of the iPhone 5c in the U.S. will cost $549.
Apple has confirmed the iPhone 5c will cost $99 for the 16GB model and $199 for the 32GB when signing a two-year contract with U.S. mobile carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
The colorful smartphones are set to be released on Sept. 20 with pre-orders accepted starting Sept. 13.
The iPhone 5c's features include a 4-inch screen with 1,136x640 pixels. The iOS 7 smartphone will be available in 16GB and 32GB models. The iPhone 5c has a rear-facing camera with 8 megapixels at 3,264x2,448 pixels, and a front-facing camera with 1.2 megapixels. Similar to the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5c utilizes the A6 processor chip. The battery for the iPhone 5c allows up to 250 hours on standby and 10 hours of talk time under a 3G network.
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