Box full of ‘iPhone 5C’ packaging captured in China, perhaps this could be the name of Budget iPhone?

So what would the ‘C’ stand for? How about Color? After all,the plastic shellswe’ve been seeing over the past several weeks, that allegedly belong to ’s budget iPhone, have come in a variety of colors. And that actually brings up a good question, what would call its lower-end handset?The ‘iPhone lite’ has been tossed around a bit, as has the ‘iPhone mini.’ But if you ask me, those names carry a fairly negative connotation. So how do you pitch a less expensive handset alongside your flagship phone without making it sound like a lesser-buy? How about referring to it as the Color edition?If we pretend that’s their plan for a moment, things get kind of interesting. Imagine selling its flagship handset—the 5S or whatever it is—in black only, or black and white only, with more ftures. And then it sells its less expensive phone in various colors, with less ftures. iPod touch-iPad nano.Once you stop pretending, though, it’s rl sy to be skeptical. These thing has Chinese clone written all over it. ’s never made a plastic iPhone box before, and it’s never added the letter ‘C’ to a handset model before. Then again, it’s never made a new handset and charged less than $500 before either.But it certainly looks like it’s going to this yr. We’ve been hring consistent reports for 6 months that is working on a plastic phone with a price tag around $300. It’s believed to be going into production this month ahd of a fall debut alongsidethe iPhone 5Sand several other product refreshes.