FRED WILSON: Apple Is 'Clueless'
In a post he writes, "The C in 5C does not mean 'cheap' as I had hoped. It means clueless, as in clueless about how the vast majority of new smartphone users are paying for their phones."
For the past few months, Wilson has been saying
Android is now powering 80% of smartphones on the planet, and Wilson isn't comfortable with one company having such a dominating influence over a key technology like mobile phones.
There were a lot of rumors that Apple was preparing to go for market share with a cheaper phone. Obviously, that didn't happen. It didn't change anything about its pricing plans.
The
"The reality of much of the world is that people don't sign two year contracts like we do here in the US," says Wilson. "They buy pre-paid sim cards and stick them into unsubsidized phones. And on that basis, the 5C is a big disappointment."
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