Is the iPhone 5C cheap quality or not?

And why?

Well, it it isn't incorrect to say the C in 5c stands for "colourful," but it's not wrong to say it stands for "cheap" either.

In terms of external design, comparing the 5/5S with the C you're differentiating between plastic and aluminium housings. Clearly, aluminum will not even look nicer, but will be a lot more sturdy and reliable when it comes to drop tests.

That goes without saying that the iPhone 5C's plastic design doesn't feel cheap - it still feels quite well built. However, I'm saying that when comparing the phone with the design of its plastic competitors, like BlackBerry. If I were to exclusively compare between the 4-era (Glass), 5S era (aluminium), and 5C era (plastic), plastic would be the cheapest of the materials.

It's not cheap per se but it is less costly to make than the 5 and with the progression of the manufacturing process it costs Apple less to make it so that's why they charge less than the 5 when selling it.

It's not a cheap phone; it's a step up from most other smartphone and has a better lifespan than most of its competitors.

The reviews on the 5C are actually really good, they say plastic case but apparently its very hard to break and is really durable, many websites show examples of how hard it is to break whatever they used to make that casing. 5C has a better battery also then the original 5 had.

Both walmart and radio shack are offering the best prices I have seen so far on 5C.
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Starting Saturday, RadioShack customers purchasing the iPhone 5C in-store will receive a $50 gift card that can be used toward their $99 iPhone 5C purchase, a spokesman for the company told MarketWatch. That offer ends Nov. 2. Starting Friday, however, Wal-Mart will also cut the price of the iPhone 5c from $79-a $20 discount on Apple's price-to $45 throughout the holiday season, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman says.

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