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today's video is made possible by Squarespace hey guys johnathan here with TLD hope you guys are doing fantastic I am back with my long long overdue unboxing and review of the iPhone 5c or what it seems to be better known as the bastard child of Apple's iPhone lineup now I know you guys have seen a ton of iPhone 5c boxing so I'm not gonna spend a whole lot of time there but as far as that goes unlike any iPhone that we've seen before the iPhone 5c comes in packaging a lot of the iPod touch with a hard plastic casing it actually come to think of it that's not much of a box at all we should probably call it in a packaging so anybody that's unboxed the iPhone 5c including myself is nothing but a big fat phony jokes aside apart from the iPhone 5c you get the literature which includes the always awesome Apple stickers I did get the unlock t-mobile version which did include a SIM card tool not sure if that applies to all the other carrier versions on top of that you get the USB wall charger a set of Apple earpods which are actually pretty decent for stock headphones and lastly you get the USB to lightning cable to charge up yo iPhone so jumping over to the review side of things this video is going to be a little different than my traditional phone review simply because there's been a lot of mixed reactions and confusion regarding the iPhone 5c once we saw that it wasn't going to cost 300 bucks off contract or free on contract a lot of us were disappointed I think a lot of that was unwarranted because we brought that upon ourselves myself included we really bought into the hype the rumors speculation that Apple was going to release a cheap budget iPhone when the fact of the matter is Apple never intended never speculated nor did they release a cheap iPhone now with that said I still don't agree with the pricing or the marketing of the iPhone 5c what I would have done if I was Tim Cook is kill the iPhone 4s get rid of that 3.5 inch display get rid of that 30 pin connector you of course have the iPhone 5s as your flagship phone but as many of you guys are aware Android has taken a huge bite out of the smartphone market so what you do is you make a bold move you grab the smartphone market by the balls regardless of how premium you think it is Apple you announced it for free on contract and I think that move would have done really well for them in terms of the actual stock market and also sales for the iPhone 5 see now the good news is because iPhone 5c sales have been less than stellar in the u.s. at least some retailers have already begun dropping pricing so Target Best Buy and Walmart I believe are all currently selling the iPhone 5c for around 50 bucks on contract which isn't too bad of a deal now mini rant aside getting back to the actual iPhone 5c it is essentially an iPhone 5 in a polycarbonate shell that comes in five colors yellow blue pink white and green out of those colors I would say my favorite out of the bunch is blue with white being the runner-up now I actually thought the yellow iPhone 5c was going to be one of my favorites but after seeing it in person it was a little bland a little plain almost kind of banana cream ish if I had to describe it and I wish it was more along the lines of a yellow Lumia 1020 where was more vibrant and stood out a little more I was pretty much neutral on the pink and green models but at the very least thumbs up if you guys appreciate me getting my hands on every single color for you guys to check out now after using the iPhone 5c contrary to it being plastic or polycarbonate whatever you want to call it it is actually extremely well built the coating is really slick it doesn't feel slippery compared to the Galaxy s4 for example I'm not comparing the phone or not going to by any means because I was actually my daily driver for most of the year but in terms of the actual back coating something about the Galaxy series aside obviously from the note 3 has a really grimy slippery kind of almost greasy film whereas the iPhone 5c is really comfortable and is one of the most comfortable phones that I've held this year but actually even go as far as saying it's more comfortable to hold on the iPhone 5s and that's alongside the Moto X the little dimple in the back are actually probably economically to the most comfortable phones that I've held in 2013 so like I was talking about the iPhone 5c is essentially an iPhone 5 in a different housing so you're gonna get the same a6 processor these same 4-inch 11 36 by 640 display which while isn't up to the standards of something like the galaxy s4 HTC One or Galaxy Note 3 is still a fantastic looking screen and if you're into that four inch form factor it's still a solid option now because Apple optimizes their software so well that a6 chip is going to have no problems playing the latest games obviously it's not going to be as fast as the iPhone 5s but in terms of everyday use and snappiness you're not going to notice a huge difference between the two the iPhone 5c also features LTE so like I talked about I picked up unlock t-mobile version actually popped in my AT&T SIM card as you guys can see you got some pretty outstanding LTE speeds now as far as the camera goes you get an 8 megapixel shooter on the back same as the iPhone 5 which was one of my favorite smartphone cameras of 2012 and actually was still even better than a lot of the cameras on 2013 smartphones now it's not going to do as well in low-light performance as the iPhone 5s for example or feature burst mode but as you can see it still does a fantastic job and you can get some really solid pictures out of the iPhone 5c you of course also do get a 1.2 megapixel 720p FaceTime HD camera on the front nothing is really new there so overall you guys can see the iPhone 5c really isn't as bad as a lot of people had made it out to be it's pretty solid phone and if you can pick it up for 50 bucks like I've said they are going on sale in the u.s. at least then it's a pretty solid option if you don't want to spend the money on the iPhone 5s now between the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c I would choose the iPhone 5s there's more for me than I like but I can see where it does have its merit if you are looking for a cheaper lower-cost phone for your kid you don't have to worry about smacking Jimmy in the head because he broke his shiny new iPhone then the iPhone 5c is a pretty solid option if you own an iPhone 5 there is absolutely no good reason in anyone's right mind to go from a 5 to a 5c just don't do it now if you've used iowa 7 and you're not a fan which I can't understand you possibly want to look into trying out Android I think a good option to start out with would be the Moto X by Motorola that's kind of like the gateway phone transitioning from iOS to Android it's a really solid option now if you're looking for an even bigger screen I would probably recommend checking out the HTC One in terms of jumping from Apple to Android the build quality is absolutely phenomenal the speakers are awesome and it's a really solid choice in terms of smartphones there's actually some really competitive price and deals going on that which will be linked down below aside from that thank you guys very much for watching hopefully you enjoyed the video if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button it is much appreciated also if you guys enjoy the content that I put out like this video make sure to show some love to Squarespace for making this video possible if you guys have been looking to set up your own website or tech blog for example Squarespace is probably the simplest and easiest way to do that they have over 20 killer looking templates where you literally just drag and drop you're content you calso squeak it if you like it is optimized automatically to look good and it doesn't matter if it's your desktop tablet or smartphone they feature awesome 24/7 support based out of New York 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down in the description and I will see you guys later now if you've used and you're not a fan of iOS 7 which I can understand that is Big Mac Callen there he goes again my voice kind of shot a lot of talking there goes melody well you guys please be quiet and nope come on man damn what are you howling at and silence nope I think you see her