Phenomenal phone!
Alright people of eBay, it's been awhile since I've posted a review but figured I should start where I left off.
I have a certain part of my life always switched phones. Doesn't matter what phone I have, seems I'm never happy with them after about a year. I decided to leave my DROID RAZR and give the iPhone 5C a chance. My first black/white unit ended up water damaged, and that led me back to Android. The phone I chose was an S4 and it was HORRIBLE. I can't not recommend that phone enough.
Anyway, I found a good deal on another white 5C 32GB and decided I should buy it. I am pleasantly surprised with the phone. Very loud speakers, SIRI is awesome as always. I thought at first the charging port would inconvenience me, having all of the same hookups, but ALL i needed was a lightning port converter and I was back in business the way I was working originally. With my job-site radio I can use the auxiliary hook up and all works well.
There are two things that irk me to no end about this phone and I cannot stress them enough, that said, I feel that would bring the phones rating down if I impacted such the score on the overall rating.
My problems are this: Apple doesn't allow you to set songs as ringtones, YES, there are a couple of applications that do just that out there, but they involve you using different software and different things on Itunes, wish it was as easy as it was on the Android phones.
The second problem is the camera has been somewhat iffy since day one. My 5C was still in warranty (the new one) so I did swap the phone and have also restored it once, the pictures just either look dark or cloudy. I've done EVERYTHING that Apple has said, and still come up on same problem. I've just had it on this phone, and I've owned a 2G, 3G, 4 and 4S before this.
However for the 16Gb and the starting price of 99$, you can't pass on that deal. You are getting a great phone for a great price. I had to order a 32G because I have way too many pictures and apps, but that phone was the price of the standard 5S 16G. This phone works as well, who cares its plastic on the back it won't break as much as the other iPhone's do, and you can get a case and it won't annoy you.
There will always be a "bagger" of a certain item, but I think you can trust someone who works in the mobile phone industry fixing and selling phones. I really like this phone and I think Apple is on the right track. Same speed as my exes 5S phone. I just think a lot of people think, wow, it's made of plastic, I don't want to deal with a plastic phone, but you need to realize, it's the same phone and comes in different colors. I think it's better than the 5S personally.
Another thing I wanted to also say is that cases weren't readily available when this first launched. However, this was remedied in recent months by manufacturers of cases such as INCASE and Incipio stepping up and making functional cases everyone loves!
If you are on a tight budget, or just want a nice phone in a cool color, choose this. You won't regret it.Read full review
