Kantar says iPhone 5s, 5c release not as successful as iPhone 5

In Japan and the US, Apple has captured a larger share when compared to last year. Due to the iPhone's availability on NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest telco, Apple's share surged to 76.1 percent of smartphone sales, while in the United States, Apple returned to a majority share with 52.8 percent, up from 48.1 percent at the same time last year.Across the five leading Western European economies, Apple earned only 15.8 percent of sales, with Android responsible for 70.9 percent, and Windows Phone continuing its run of increasing sales just edging over the 10 percent mark to 10.2 percent from 9.8 percent last month. 

Focusing on the United Kingdom, the Kantar report says that it has seen the newest iPhone 5 Accessories outsell the 5c model by a factor of three to one — Apple had 28.7 percent of sales in the UK over the past three months.Sunnebo said that demand for the iPhone 5c is coming from lower-income owners, who have an average age of 38 years — Kantar says the average age of an iPhone 5s owner is 34 years."Almost half of iPhone 5c owners switched from competitor brands, particularly Samsung and LG, compared with 80 percent of 5s owners who upgraded from a previous iPhone model," Sunnebo said.

Similarly, the gains made by Windows Phone in Europe have been made in the lower end of the market.In terms of appearance, the iPhone 5s literally larrups the Nexus 5. Apple’s phones have always been strong on design and the 5s continues the tradition, even while sticking to the design of the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5s is like its predecessor a mix of metal and glass and is just 7.6 mm thick and weighs a mere 112 grammes. The Nexus 5 is not an eyesore, but unlike the nexus 4, which came with a classy (if scratch-prone) glass back, seems more run of the mill with its plastic back. 

It is definitely on the thin side at 8.5mm and is not heavy at 130 grammes. It does not look bad at all, but unlike the iPhone 5s, there is little chance of its turning heads when you plonk it on the table. Both devices, incidentally, are very solidly built.Beauty, however prized, is skin-deep, and this is true of handsets as well as humans. Fortunately, both the Nexus 5 and the iPhone 5s come packed with some very good hardware. 

While the Nexus 5 comes with a full HD 4.95 inch display with a 2.26 GhZ Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core processor, the cheap iphone 5 cases comes with an A7 chip with 64-bit processing architecture and a 4.0-inch retina display that is nowhere near HD territory, and yet looks brilliant. Both phones come packed with connectivity options and sensors - the Nexus 5 edges out the iPhone 5s by having NFC, the iPhone 5s however compensates by actually having a chip that handles motion-based activities and a fingerprint scanner for security. When it comes to the camera, however, the iPhone 5s pulls away - its 8.0-megapixel shooter is far superior to the one on the Nexus 5, which comes in the good rather than the great category.

While iOS and Android might seem to be running each other close in this regard when it comes to the sheer quantity of apps in their app stores, we think the iPhone 5s has a clear edge in this regard when it comes to quality and security. There are simply too many bookmarks disguised as apps and extremely risque apps floating around in Google Play (the Android app market). iPhone 5s users will also have the advantage of having more apps that try to make the most of the phone’s hardware as compared to those using the Nexus 5, who might feel that they are driving a Ferrari on a village road!We finally bring price into the equation. 

And the Nexus 5 totally takes out the iPhone 5s in this regard. As the previous parameters show, the iPhone 5C Cases delivers a good dollop for the dollar it charges, but at Rs 53,500, it is definitely one of the most expensive handsets in the country. In contrast, the Nexus 5 is available for Rs 28,999, which is a staggering proposition, when you consider that it more than matches most Android flagships in most departments (multimedia are battery life are Achilles Heels, we concede). It is not as if the iPhone 5s is not a great performer - I would go out on a limb and call it the best smartphone I have ever used - it is just that if one’s budget is on the tighter side (blame the recession and inflation!), the Nexus 5 is perhaps the best high-performing smartphone one can get today in terms of sheer value for money.