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Apple Thunderbolt Display
“One cable, one gorgeous panel, and six years of staring past your work at your wallpaper.”
“It gave the iPhone a wardrobe. The fun one in the lineup, dressed in every color at once.”
The iPhone 5c arrived on September 20, 2013, alongside its pricier sibling the iPhone 5s, and the 'c' stood for color — which was the whole point. It was essentially an iPhone 5 in a hard-coated polycarbonate shell instead of aluminum, offered in a range of bright options and shipped with iOS 7. Sold at a lower price than the flagship, it replaced the iPhone 5 outright, breaking Apple's usual habit of simply discount
Its exit was a slow fade rather than a curtain drop. On September 9, 2014, the 16 and 32 GB models gave way to an 8 GB version when the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were announced; a year later, that 8 GB model was discontinued everywhere except India, where it quietly lived on until February 17, 2016. It was also the last new iPhone sold below flagship price for quite a while — a colorful experiment that took its time saying
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“One cable, one gorgeous panel, and six years of staring past your work at your wallpaper.”
“It modeled worlds for film and games, then quietly signed off. Good night, XSI.”
“The best-selling iPhone ever — it grew up, got bigger, and so did we”