This year marks a first for Apple – the company has released two different iPhone models, probably hoping to target different types of consumers. The iPhone 5s is the premium model, being more expensive than the iPhone 5c by $100, which still can't be considered cheap.

The iPhone 5C is Apple's plastic and colourful smartphone. Read our iPhone 5C review to find out more about what we think of the iPhone 5C one year on.

The C in iPhone 5C stands for colourful, and that's the experience Apple wants you to have with its plastic-backed reimagination of the earlier iPhone 5. We've had the iPhone 5C in our pocket since the Apple launch event in Berlin.

Colourful; solid; iOS 7 on board; good camera

Virtually same as iPhone 5; still as expensive as iPhone 5 was; cases don't look considered

iPhone 5C is colorful and not cheap. Indeed it has lower specs versus the iPhone 5S but it will have a very different look and feel and price to appeal to a wider range of people. This is still top end engineering and with the latest operating system and is even better than the current iPhone 5.

Sleek and colorful design with improved specs and iOS 7 and a vey good size

Still has a high cost

One cannot call the iPhone 5C a cheap product. It isn't one. Yes, it is inferior to the iPhone 5S in terms of build and pure horsepower, but then Apple charges the relevant extra premium for it.

Apple took the wind out of a lot of sails when it unveiled the iPhone 5c earlier this month. It's not that the device itself was disappointing - quite the contrary, in fact. Apple's new iPhone 5c is exactly what we were expecting it to be after months of rumors and leaked parts.

Everyone wants to know if iPhone 5C is a viable upgrade from iPhone 5. The answer is no, because 5C is Apple's attempt to try something different with a different design dynamics but same philosophy. If you want an upgrade then iPhone 5C is not your calling.

Good display quality; Well-built; decent battery life

Price; no Corning Gorilla Glass

To start with, this review is probably dangerously close to sounding like a Apple hater review. Truth is, it isn't one and I own an iPad (I'm typing the review on this) so I do love Apple products. nnI'm really not going to talk about specs, screen quality etc.

Not exactly low cost, is it? In the U.S., you may get the iPhone 5C at $99 with a two year contract, but in India, this is essentially replacing the iPhone 5. The aluminum iPhone 5, with the 'unapologetically plastic' shell.

Consistent performance - iPhone 5 rerun; Good battery life; Built very well; Lots of colour options; iOS 7 has refreshed the "iPhone experience"; somewhat

Plastic over metal? Your choice..; Not exactly a 'low cost' iPhone

it is an ok phone .there are better phones out there. i just got in to using apple products and they are all the same.i wish i had not bought this phone. i personally perfer android over iphone.

nice screen

terrible battery life ; broke the first month