iPhone 5 discontinued, iPhone 4S remains as free option

It's nrly an tradition at this point: whenever the company unveils its latest iPhone,older models are usedto fill the free and $99 on contract price points. But with the announcement of the iPhone 5C today — which starts at $99 —'s decided to to discontinue the iPhone 5. It's simple, rlly: the 5C fills the price point that would have been occupied by a discounted iPhone 5. The ancient iPhone 4 has been discontinued as well, but, surprisingly, the company will continue to sell the nrly two-yr-old iPhone 4S. It's possible that the iPhone 5 remained too expensive to product for the company to drop the price significantly, and with the iPhone 5C there's just less space for older devices — especially since the new device isverysimilar to the iPhone 5 internally.