My belief is that most people are holding out for the the 5S as the 5C, when you boil it down, is just a iphone 5 in a new case. While the second revision iPhones (3GS,4S) have arguably never been groundbreaking, the iPhone 5S has some new features that will be taken advantage of right from the start. The fingerprint scanner on the phone, if it works seemlessly, is an ahh-moment in the evolution of phones. It breaks the mold, it makes something simple and it makes a daily annoyance go away.
Not to mention, the second gen phones (4S, for example) were arguably not as frenzied over as a new gen phone. The only thing new here is the extra phone and time will tell if that will continue on in the next version iPhone.
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My belief is that most people are holding out for the the 5S as the 5C, when you boil it down, is just a iphone 5 in a new case. While the second revision iPhones (3GS,4S) have arguably never been groundbreaking, the iPhone 5S has some new features that will be taken advantage of right from the start. The fingerprint scanner on the phone, if it works seemlessly, is an ahh-moment in the evolution of phones. It breaks the mold, it makes something simple and it makes a daily annoyance go away. Not to mention, the second gen phones (4S, for example) were arguably not as frenzied over as a new gen phone. The only thing new here is the extra phone and time will tell if that will continue on in the next version iPhone.