IPhone 5S and 5C launch on Virgin for £62.55 less than Apple pricing?

Virgin Mobile's site registers the 16GB iPhone 5s for $550 off-contract, while the iPhone 5c deals for $450 off contract. The identical two apparatus on Apple's own shop deal for $650 and $550, respectively. Interestingly, the iPhone 5, which arrived on Virgin in June of this year, still sells for $550 off-contract. Virgin disclosed last week that the new iPhones would be setting down on its network on October 1, and the accessibility of the apparatus on the prepaid carrier may contemplate which forms are in higher demand from Apple. The gold iPhone 5s hue variant, which traded out rapidly on the device's launch date, was recorded as Out of Stock for involved Virgin customers when sales of the handset went reside. This proposes the carrier was not supplied with the gold hue choice, or glimpsed such high demand that all stocked flats were immediately traded. Higher-capacity forms of both the iPhone 5s (32GB and 64GB) and 5c (32GB) are listed as "Web Only" goods, while the yellow color variant of the polycarbonate-backed iPhone 5c is furthermore listed as Out of supply. For iPhone 5S or 5C deals at contract on virgin network: http://www.iphone5scontract.co.uk/