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160e for 3 upgrade?!!

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  • 30-01-2014 1:55pm
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    jtaylol
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    I'm with 3 (have been on a 2 year contract) and have paid around 47 to 120 including VAT a month. Finally got round to an upgrade, am entitled to an iPhone 5C for €39.. Was kind of surprised to find out that itd be €160 if I wanted to upgrade to a 5S? Am I being unreasonable or is this just ridiculous? Have all the kids plans on 3, but if anyone has a better deal I'd change the lot. Surely I've paid for an iPhone 5S three times over at this point!
    I'm posting this from my daughters account, joys of mobile Internet!


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    #2
    Murt10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Murt10


    Supply and demand.

    5c sales are falling below what was expected.

    http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_stock_takes_a_hit_after_unimpressive_q1_performance-news-7681.php


    If Apple reduce the price on the 5c relative to the 5s, they the expect that more 5c's will be sold.

    Having said that I don't think Apple users behave as one would expect normal people to.


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    #3
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    €160 is quite standard for a 5S on a typical upgrade.

    The cost of the 5C has been reduced on a lot of upgrades to make up for slow sales. So a difference of €120 is about right, given the same difference in the cost for the sim free version.


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