A somewhat surprising lack of interest in the iPhone 5c means Apple’s unlikely to have another stab at a more affordable iPhone category for a long time, but these beautiful mockups of a would-be iPhone 6c make us wish that wasn’t the case.
Put together by 3DFuture, these renders depict a much-improved C-series iPhone with a fingerprint scanner, a larger display, and Apple’s latest iSight camera. It’s essentially an iPhone 6 with a colorful polycarbonate shell, and it’s absolutely gorgeous.
If Apple was to resurrect its plastic iPhone, there’s a good chance the iPhone 6c would look a lot like this, though I suspect Apple would swap the colorful accent around the Touch ID sensor for a more subtle black ring.
And if it’s going to be thicker than the original aluminum model, I’d want that rear-facing camera to be flush against the casing, too.
If the iPhone 6c was to be based on the previous year’s iPhones internally, as the iPhone 5c was, we could expect it to have a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, Apple’s 64-bit A8 processor, and an 8-megapixel camera.
But again, it’s probably not going to happen.
Apple’s decision to use older specifications and cheaper materials for the iPhone 5c and then make it just $100 cheaper than the flagship iPhone 5s meant it was destined to flop from the start, and the company didn’t sell anywhere near as many units as anticipated.
However, the iPhone 5c is still available to purchase, so perhaps the C-series isn’t totally dead just yet.
Source: 3DFuture
Via: PhoneArena
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
15 responses to “The iPhone 6c would be a hit if it looked like this”
Nice design but Apple would likely short users on the processor or limit memory options. Apple has to cut corners on the lower-end models in order to keep profit margins as high as possible.
The iPhone 5C didn’t do that well, probably due to two things.
1. 32 Bit processor when the iPhone 5S, etc. have a 64 Bit processor.
2. the color options weren’t all that attractive, IMO.
I think it’s OK that Apple use a less expensive case material when they transition the flagship models to the 2nd and 3rd tier models, when they lower the price, they just have to make it attractive and the pastel colors aren’t making it.
I think moving forward, that 32 BG should be the new 8GB for storage, but it’s probably going to be 16GB.
16gb is perfectly reasonable for a low tier model
Why were we suppose to get an 5SC, when the 5C was launched together with 5S?
Burn!
Oh. If you see it like that, I totally understand you. But even that wouldn’t make any sense
I don’t think we will se any more of an iPhone xC. Because now we have two iPhone 6s, wich mean there must be also two iPhone 6Cs – iPhone 6C and iPhone 6 Plus C (or something like that). Along with iPHone 6S and iPhone 6 Plus S.
IMO.. Way too many devices.
Apple will kill some models to replace them with C…like 6+> 6+C and/or 6->6C, so you still have 4 tiers just like now. They did it with 5-> 5C:
6+S
6S, 6+C
6C
5S
Plastic iPhones are a joke, & an insult to everything Jobs stood for! They might of said “C” was for color… & while not directly meaning “China”, that’s what it was for.
Shh… Nobody tell him that Jobs released two plastic iPhone models.
or that all of them are made in China?
I’m also aware of the location iphones are made! I’m talking about designed for! Jobs put out what was in his opinion, the best apple could produce on acceptable scale. Jobs didn’t care about selling the most phones, but the best ones! My point is when Apple designs a product for the sole purpose of appealing to low-income demographics, people will see that as out of character, un-jobs like, and dismiss it … like they did the 5c!
Oh i’m very aware of the 3g and 3gs… Its was designed that way do to issues with the antenna. I’d be lying if i said when they released them, i wasn’t highly disappointed. Though its one thing to do something out of perceived innovative necessity, and another to design a budget iphone!
Ha! Much more affordable? That’s a good one. How ever I do see potential in marketing:
The iPhone 6c, it’s all in the name
Or the iPhone 6s, the name says it all
Where’s the iPod Touch 6G?! If it were like the 6c you’re deceiving, we’d buy 2 in a flash!
Rats, auto-correct won! Should be “describing”!