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【海外版SIMフリー】Apple iPhone5S 64GB スペースグレイ【sim free シムフリー】 新品価格 ￥129,800から (2013/9/14 09:49時点)

２つの異なるタイプのｉＰｈｏｎｅを発表するのは初めて。
アップルでも最も稼ぎ頭の発表である。
シムフリーの価格も紹介されていて、確かに、この価格を見ると安くない。
cの９９ドルなどは、あくまでキャリアと契約した場合ということだ。
指紋認証によるセキュリティはアンドロイド端末に対して優位性を持つものだと分析されている。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24034507
Apple has unveiled two new handsets: the top-end iPhone 5S and a cheaper iPhone 5C at an event in California.

The 5S introduces a fingerprint sensor built into the phone's main button to identify the user. The 5C comes with a plastic back in a choice of colours.

It marks a change of strategy for Apple which had not launched two distinct types of handset at the same time before.

The iPhone is the firm's most important product in terms of earnings power.

The new fingerprint system can be used to unlock the 5S and provide authentication for purchases from Apple's online marketplace.
iPhone launch Apple is covering the fingerprint sensor in sapphire crystal to prevent scratches impairing its performance

One analyst suggested the feature would help the handset stand out against its Android rivals.

"Touch ID is actually quite an elegant solution to an ever more significant problem: namely, the theft of mobile devices and, perhaps even more critically, the information stored on those devices," said Windsor Holden from the tech consultancy Juniper Research.

'Not cheap'

The 5S' Sim-free price ranges from £549 for a 16 gigabyte version to £709 for a 64GB model.

The basic 5C model, with 16 gigabytes of storage, has been priced Sim-free at £469. That is more than UK retailers had been charging for the 4S with the same amount of memory.

"The 5C is far from being 'cheap' as the iPhone 4S [which now costs £349] continues in that role," remarked Ben Wood from tech advisors CCS Insight.

There had been speculation that the 4S was going to be phased out.