No NFC, not that I care.
No LTE-Advanced, but I suspect they'll add it to the iPhone 6 next year.
No 802.11ac. Oh well.
No mention of RAM. No surprise there, but if it had 2 GB, that would future proof it pretty well.
It looks like the 5C might is not actually cheap. The cheap phone is the 4S. Ugh.
I wish they would have listed off-contract pricing, but I'm thinking it will be:
CAD$449: 4S
CAD$599: 5C 16 GB
CAD$699: 5C 32 GB, 5S 16 GB
CAD$799: 5S 32 GB
CAD$899: 5S 64 GB
Hmmm... I'm liking the 5S, at least when you consider that the 5C isn't cheap, but do I really want to spend $800 on an off-contract 32 GB 5S? Ouch. That's more than I spent on my last (used) MacBook.
P.S. Gold/champagne looks great for electronics in my opinion, as long as it's not too deep a gold colour (like 24 carat gold).