Chinese netizens feel 'cheated' that the iPhone 5c is still expensive
Reactions to the iPhone 5s and 5c from Sina Weibo users were largely unenthusiastic
While China may be one of the first markets to gain early access to Apple’s newest smartphone models, netizens who watched Apple’s latest press conference were largely unimpressed with the recently announced iPhone 5s and 5c.
Discussion of the new iPhone models quickly became a trending topic on Chinese social network Sina Weibo, generating over three million comments and shared articles. Many image-concious internet users expressed disappointment and said that the design of the iPhone 5s didn't look like “much of an upgrade.” Others saw the phone's new gold colour as unnecessarily "gaudy."
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“The fingerprint scanner feature is interesting,” one netizen wrote, commenting on the iPhone 5s’s new technology which allows for the phone to be unlocked via fingerprint in lieu of a password. “But the phone is still so small.”
The comment of “too small” was echoed by other netizens who had hoped that Apple would reveal a new phone more similar to the large devices that rival Samsung has been producing, such as the Galaxy Note.
