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by gurkendoktor 4385 days ago
Disappointing is relative to expectations, and my impression was that several people expected the iPhone 5c to outsell the 5s. I got the impression during the announcement of both phones that Apple itself strongly believed so. See also Daring Fireball:

> With the iPhone 5C Apple may well have created what will prove to be the most popular smartphone in the world

And Apple would have made a lot of money if that turned out to be the truth, both by selling cheaper hardware, and by selling more phones when they bring the 5c down to its knees with software bloat in the next years.