Apple fails to wow Hong Kong fans with new iPhones

Gadgets' high prices and limited screen size leave much to be desired, forum users say

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The "budget" iPhone 5C comes in bright colours - blue, green, yellow, pink and white. Photo: Bloomberg

Published: 12:00am, 12 Sep 2013Updated: 5:23am, 12 Sep 2013

Hong Kong's Apple fans were less than impressed with the latest iPhones yesterday, after waiting a year for their release.

The iPhone 5S comes in three colours - gold, silver and space grey - and features a fingerprint sensor in its home button and an improved camera function. The "budget" iPhone 5C comes in bright colours - blue, green, yellow, pink and white.

But the changes failed to wow fans, with one forum user on discuss.com.hk saying: "Didn't expect the iPhone 5C to cost more than HK$4,500. I thought it was aimed at the lower-end market and would cost at most HK$4,000. It's disappointing."

Another user said: "Apple lost many customers as it insisted on not increasing the size of the iPhone's screen."

Mobile phone seller Lau Chi-kong, of G-World Mobile in Mong Kok, said he had received far fewer enquiries about the new phones than for previous models. He said: "Customers are not that excited … We received only about 20 calls … But when the iPhone 4 and 4S were released, we got more than 200 calls."

The technology giant unveiled its two latest smartphones on Tuesday, a year after the iPhone 5 was released. They will go on sale in Hong Kong, on the mainland, and in 10 other countries on Friday next week.

Apple fails to wow Hong Kong fans with new iPhones

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Gadgets' high prices and limited screen size leave much to be desired, forum users say