Apple to put an end to the iPhone 5c in 2015: report

A new report claims that 2015 will be the end of the road for Apple’s colorful handset - the iPhone 5c.

According to Taiwan’s Industrial and Commercial Times’ report, spotted and translated by MacRumors , the iPhone 5C is going to be phased out over the summer. Currently Apple’s most affordable handset, the iPhone 5C was launched in 2013 as a multi-colored plastic counterpart to the iPhone 5S and has slowly grown in popularity, particularly among younger smartphone owners.

The iPhone 5c has reportedly failed to attract a large number of buyers, compared with its more premium handsets such as the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6 models. Although it’s still a great handset in terms of speed, display, camera function and 4G/LTE connectivity, it’s lacking in two critical areas: it only has 8GB of space on board for apps, and it doesn’t have a Touch ID fingerprint scanner so it can’t support Apple’s Apple Pay digital wallet.

All of this could also mean that a new, equally colorful iPhone 6C could well be in the 2015 product pipeline.

As well as the entry-level iPhone, next year is also potentially the last that the iPad Mini will see. Industry whispers suggest that the smaller tablet’s days are numbered now that Apple offers a phablet in the shape of the 5.5-inch display iPhone 6 Plus.

With inputs from AFP