Opinion: Seeing Through Apple's "New" iPhone 5c Illusion

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Opinion: Seeing Through Apple's "New" iPhone 5c Illusion

By Adam OveraSEPTEMBER 20, 2013 10:00 PM

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1. The iPhone 5 Clad In Plastic, Same Price

While most of the tech press seems to have been awed by Apple’s colorful "new" iPhone 5c, I’m not biting. It's definitely not cheap, it's made of plastic, and it's hardly new. But of course, this was all obfuscated by Apple’s usual dog and pony show.

No really, it should; I've read the comments.

I trust that most of you have already caught a ton of the news, previews, early reviews, and analysis concerning the new iPhones. So I’ll spare you the ad nauseam re-hash of the facts, and cut straight to the chase: this is an editorial opinion piece about Apple's “new” iPhone 5c.

It Sure Ain’t Cheap

While I’m not one to readily buy into rumors or the predictions of "analysts", the fact that Apple’s new base model iPhone 5c is about $50 more than even some of the highest estimates floated during the pre-launch hysteria, is pretty surprising. Then again, Apple never promised an entry-level iPhone, so we can't blame the company for that letdown. Instead, the speculators got it wrong again. What did we really expect? After all, Apple doesn't compete in the entry-level of...well, anything.

Regardless of what the forecasters led us to believe, the iPhone 5c is, nevertheless, one of the most lackluster reveals in Apple's history. To see just how absurd this “new” product truly is, you need recall last year's iPhone 5, and have a little background on Apple’s previous iPhone launches.

People with disabilities in Ghana excluded from UN forum

People with disabilities in Ghana excluded from UN forum

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People with disabilities in Ghana would not attend the United Nations (UN) high level meeting on disabilities and development policies.

This, according Mr Yaw Ofori-Debrah, President of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled, is because government has failed to provide funds to support two representatives.

He told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at the weekend that government was unable to foot the cost of flight, accommodation and feeding of two people nominated by the Federation to attend the September 23 to 28 meeting.

The 68th UN session featuring representatives of governments and civil society organisations working in areas of disability concerns is expected to discuss disability and development policies.

“In Ghana, no representative from the Federation of the Disabled or National Council on Disabilities or any disability organisation versed in disability information and management will attend the meeting,” he said.

He said the situation was “embarrassing and disappointing,” particularly when the two persons nominated, had secured their visas.

“At least sponsoring one person would have consoled us…this is the first time we implore government to support us,” said Mr Ofori-Debrah.

He said in July 2013, a preparatory meeting for the high–level meeting was held in United States of America. While participating countries included Persons with Disabilities in their delegation, Ghana did not include similar categories of people in its delegation.

He said the disability movement submitted a list of proposed representatives to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection but three persons who were selected and assisted to secure visas were later on dropped on grounds that there was no money.

The High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development will take place at the UN Headquarters on September 23, the day prior to the commencement of the General Debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly.

North Korea indefinitely postpones family reunions with South

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Vendors at Mt. Kumgang Resort in North Korea in November 2007, before it was closed after a South Korean tourist was shot and killed by the North Korean military for allegedly entering a forbidden zone. The resort was to be the site of reunions of families separated during the Korean War; those reunions were indefinitely postponed by North Korea on Saturday. (Paul Feldman / Los Angeles Times /November 19, 2007)

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By Jung-yoon Choi

September 21, 2013, 12:12 p.m.

SEOUL -- North Korea on Saturday indefinitely postponed reunions of nearly 200 families separated during the Korean War, just four days before the long-awaited meetings were scheduled to take place.

The cancellation, which could jeopardize a nascent thaw in relations between North and South Korea, was immediately decried as "an inhumane act" by a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry.

Security forces, extremists in shootout in Nigerian capital

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Militants of the radical Islamist Boko Haram group attacked Nigerian security operatives who were engaged in excavating weapons hidden by the insurgents in the capital city.

The gunfight which occurred yesterday near the residences of members of the African country's parliament caused several injuries.

Two arrested members of the Boko Haram had led the security team in Abuja to a site near the residential compound for legislators where they said arms were buried.

"Some persons were injured and 12 others have been arrested in connection with the the incident. No sooner had the team commenced digging for the arms, they came under heavy attack by other Boko Haram elements," the spokesperson for the country's secret police, the state security service (SSS) said.

She said security men were informed of the purported weapons cache behind a building in the legislative quarters' neighbourhood.

Boko Haram is fighting to install an Islamic emirate in northernNigeria and impose strict Sharia law.

The oil-rich country's President Goodluck Jonathan had earlier declared a state of emergency in three states where the militants are very active.

Nigeria has 36 states and the country's population of over 150 million is roughly divided between a Muslim-dominated north and a Christian south.