On November 30 , 2012 , Apple added an unlocked version of the iPhone 5 to their online US store , with the 16 GB model starting at US $ 649.The iPhone 5 was discontinued by Apple on September 10 , 2013 alongside the iPhone 4 , with the announcement of its successors , the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C . While the 5C shared almost the same internal hardware as the iPhone 5 , the 5C used a lower-cost poly-carbonate plastic case in place of the original 5 's aluminum form .
Apple stopped producing the iPhone 4 in 2013 .