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Apple Unveils Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
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Fugly :-looks more like an aftermarket
I know right? looks like fugly color ware garbage.
Why not with black front ? White and red on a phone looks like a tampon.
Looks very first-aidy.
Or you know those beer cups at your back yard pool parties? Those plastic red cups with the white inside? Totally reminds me of that.
FAIL.
All this red stuff is in bad taste and should stop LOL ok ok fundraise and awareness, great, but have you all looked up the whole pink ribbon scandal and the origins of the whole pink ribbon movement before it was blown up into a whole marketing joke? Ya look it up. That's what this red thing is looking like, just a big marketing joke.
People's lives matter, focus on the lives not the products sheesh !
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ya right, courage in all the wrong directions *rolls eyes*
Well see, this means Apple might focus solely on Macs in an upcoming event, since they have the new iPad and red iPhone out of the way... hopefully.
Sorry, but that just looks weird. The reason why it looks good with black bezels is because it creates a two-toned slab, one side being black, the other side being red. The black antennas just make it more obtrusive, imo. It looks like Drake's hairline or something, lol
Drop it and tip your repair guy to use a black screen!
i think Apple forgot to colour match the stainless steel ring ?? its silver instead of red ?
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We enabled tracking and notifications for the RED iPhone for the US.
Coming to all countries.
http://www.istocknow.com/live/#device.0=iphone&color.0=RED
Coming to all countries.
http://www.istocknow.com/live/#device.0=iphone&color.0=RED
This is a pointless gimmick. Who approved this?
It's called Special Edition but not Limited Edition. I don't know if it is permanent or not.
It could be both. Let's be clear that it isn't. It's marketed as being a way for consumers to help but numbers are selected to benefit the companies involved first and foremost. Apple typically contributes 14% of the sale price to Product (Red). That's less than average (Gap is about 50%), but to be fair they do have a higher margin than Apple. Of that 14% only 18% go towards assisting with AIDS/HIV. The other 82% goes towards marketing Product (Red) products. That means that the average iPhone sells for $695 contributes $97.30 to Product (Red). So, a $695 purchase sends $17.51 to Africa. Of the $97.30 Apple gets to write off, $79.79 goes to market their product. You can't write it off by the way, because you got a product for it and therefore it wasn't a donation. You made a purchase. Apple "donated" money.
Assuming you got your first phone at 18, you live to be 98 years old, and you get a new Product (Red) iPhone every 2 years you would have made $700 in donations. The IRS says that the average charitable donation by someone making less than $25000 a year is $1,874 a year. Chances are you do more in 4 months than this product will do in your lifetime.
Product (Red) is designed to make you feel better about Apple being more profitable. When it comes to helping though, you would do better by buying four boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.
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You really think selling "Red" iPhones are going to tip the scales on HIV infection rates and AIDS treatment? ok /:-\
Why stupid white front again!!!??? Can we not get black/red version? Which btw, is a very nice combination?
Why are all the colours except two with white front? I don't get this
Same here, I don´t get why they use the very same white front.
Those huge bezels + white front + different back color it´s something they should really change or offer more options.
A "true" red or rose iPhone would be amazing.
Apple's contribution over the years has added up to $130 million, which I don't feel is "a pointless gimmick".
As for tipping the scales of infection rates and treatment, I never claimed any such thing--so don't put words in my mouth.
Oh poo, so it's it's march not later, .. fine, a handful of months difference. My iPad Air 2 is performing really snappy and I see no reason to upgrade what so ever to be honest. While there are enough products in the line that could use more attention instead.
And in regards to 'you still think..', well, all we have going for us are the ten posts by MR about the iPad line in April .. it's a rumor site, it's an expectation vs rumor, vs, .. reality next month. I guess all those posts of those "trustworthy analysts that are never wrong' are suddenly not reliable enough anymore. Whatever.
I had rose gold with white on my 6S Plus and I have a gold and white iPad mini I'm using right now so I don't dislike the color. I just think they are a bit odd sticking to white for every case color other than gray or black, especially when red and black in particular are a striking combination well received in automobiles, fashion, jewelry and so forth-- more so than red and white...excepting patriotic themed merchandise and Valentines Day stuff.
who buys a new $800 phone just because it has a new color?
Even if it did, it will be hiding under a protective case...
I don't understand people who don't use a case, I bet its less than a month before you phone falls and breaks or heavily gets scratched.
Even if it did, it will be hiding under a protective case...
I don't understand people who don't use a case, I bet its less than a month before you phone falls and breaks or heavily gets scratched.
Spot on! I hate this so much. I want Apple to get back to releasing great new stuff all year long.