Did western markets outright reject the iPhone 5C? If carrier-activation figures released for the weekend are to be believed, the costlier, more upmarket iPhone 5S completely trounced the cheaper iPhone 5C, which the company expected to sell by the metric tons.

　　Out of the 9-odd million iPhone 5S/5C smartphones Apple sold over the weekend, 6.75 million are the iPhone 5S, and a 2.25 million iPhone 5C, a 3:1 ratio. All is not lost for the colorful and lively iPhone 5C, as the device is still hoped to strike critical mass in emerging markets such as China, where the 33 percent lower pricing than the iPhone 5S could lure buyers.