Maybe it's just me, but the main thing that sticks out to me is the weird kerning on the boxes. It seems really shoddy, from what I can see.

I suppose this doesn't mean that it's not legit, but those cases—for lack of a better term—don't look like any kind of packaging that Apple has put out or would put out. Apple has moved towards a flat design—on a hardware level, but I guess also on a software level—with it's devices since the iPhone 4. Those boxes look more like an old iBook G4 than anything else.

Imagine if Apple didn't release an iPhone 5S- and just the lower cost C instead. The tech community might just explode in rage.

Seriously? There are leaked photos of the packaging and this makes it to the first page of HN?!

"C" is for Cheapness ?

HOLY CRAP THOSE EMPTY BOXES SAY IPHONE ON THEM!!!!!!!!