Business Insider ran an article yesterday that speculated that the iPhone 5c has already proven to be a bust. It is hard to disagree with many of the points author Jay Yarow raised. The main source of said speculation was a leaked release from industry sources to Digitimes. According to the release, “Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will stop production of the iPhone 5c at its factory in Zhengzhou, northern China, and shift the capacity to iPhone 5s.”

This release really echoes a lot of the concerns that the 5c is already a bust. Though it is a bit too early to call this race, the early indicators signal that the iPhone 5s is drastically outpacing the 5c. While it is clear that the 5c is a quality product, it is just drastically inferior to the 5s. Of the 5s, Engadget asks, “Is the 5s the best iPhone ever made? Yes”

Further adding to the dismal speculation around the 5c, Fiksu – makers of a mobile application SDK – has produced a series of iPhone adoption charts.¹ These charts are by no means indicative of the entirety of the iPhone ecosystem, but they are from a pretty solid sample size: