Apple iPhone 4S Becomes Free on Contract, iPhone 5 Goes Away

iPhone 4S

iPhone 4SSurprise! While the iPhone 5 won’t stick around, the iPhone 4 will still be available for free with a two-year contract. It’s an unexpected move as the iPhone 4 is now three years old. Apple is adopting an iPad 2 strategy for its iPhones. It will be an important device for developing markets, even though the phone in itself will be very sluggish with iOS 7. Many expected Apple to remove the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S from its lineup to keep the iPhone 5. But it turns out that it could be confusive for customers to choose between the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5C. The major drawback is that the iPhone 4S still comes with a 30-pin connector. Apple will not move to Lightning connectors for all of its devices this time round.

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