So as a disclaimer, I suffer from OCD. So I tend to obsess/fixate on things that typically wouldn't be a huge deal to most "normal" people. That said, I had a 13 Pro Max when the 17s came out back in the fall. I had newer iPhones but sold them and bought a 13 PM on OfferUp that was brand new for $500 in December 2024 because I was trying to save money and not have phone payment.
I bought a Deep Blue 17 Pro Max with the intent of selling my 13 PM. The lightning port on my 13 Pro Max broke, so I paid $125 to have it fixed and returned my Deep Blue Pro Max. Not long after, the power button on my 13 PM broke on me. I decided it was time to finally upgrade for good. When I went back to the nearest Apple Store to me that had 17 PMs in stock, the only options were silver and orange. I went with the Cosmic Orange thinking silver was too bland/boring.
I'm now sick of the orange. I wish I had gotten silver. It goes with essentially any color case and I just feel like having an orange phone is kind of absurd lol. I know the argument is "put a case on it" but you still see a good portion of the back of the phone on the Pro models with most cases and you can still see it on mine (I have the Torras Q3 Air case).
I recently bought a 17 Pro in silver and was going to sell my orange 17 PM but then realized I couldn't go back to the smaller screen permanently. But now there is a 17 PM in silver in stock not too far from me and it's tempting not to buy it and sell my orange one. I got offers for $1100 for my orange 17 PM and a new one from the store would cost a little over $1300 after taxes here in NY. I'm not sure if it's worth paying over $200 to change the color of my phone or if I should just suck it up and wait to see what the new models are like in the fall.
Looking for some rational people's opinions here and just curious if anyone else felt the same about the Cosmic Orange after a while and ended up switching for a different color or even vice versa. I've just never been an orange guy...
