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Hands-On With Apple's New (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 7
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It's red and white because Product Red has the red and white theme.
Yes, red and black is fancy too. But that's why it's red and white.
Product RED is not exclusively red/white, as evidenced by this product sold in their stores. That is just Apple sticking to what IT thinks is best, regardless of what customers want.
well, we have a company, who was willing to take their best selling product line,
Change it to a color they probably would never even have considered (with this gold shaded apple designs these days)
and then agreed to take any profits made and donate them to a charity to help better the world we live in,
and all everybody has to say is that they didn't make it fancy enough,
i mean, i understand not everybody here knows much about production process, but considering at this point the way a large company like apple is, even something as simple as changing the color of the backing is a big thing (considering they are already currently in the middle of producing the next generation of iPhones)
i mean its not like they jacked up the price on it and specifically stated it was a Rare special edition. its one thing to not like it, but just ironic when everybody talks about how "greedy" companies like apple are, but when they do actually make a move to cut their own profits and create something to benefit millions of other people, without asking for anything else in return for it, you would think people would be more accepting of it.
this is literally the exact thing people used to mention when apple first released their Product red cases and iPods. people called them greedy because they did it with their older cheap devices and accessories and didn't actually dip into the profits of a big seller like iPhone.
well now they literally go and do just that, and all everybody has to say is they don't like the Touch ID ring. lmao.
Product RED is not exclusively red/white, as evidenced by this product sold in their stores. That is just Apple sticking to what IT thinks is best, regardless of what customers want.
have you considered that this change and product actually wasn't for what Consumers want? i don't recall a huge outcry for red iPhones. if anything it seems a way to maximize the amount of money going to charity.
think about this.
to make a big change in design(even something as little as changing the Color of the Touch ID Ring) they need to pay people to literally design this.
then they need to pay people to build the new red parts (the more parts they change, the more it costs)
then pay more people to build the device with all the new parts (instead of literally switching 1 part in the production process, they'd be added 2-4 new parts)
then they need to stop the production of current devices(wether it be the currently bought 7's, or pull resources away from the 8's/new devices being built at the moment)
all of this normally cuts into their profits, which probably wouldn't be an issue, if the point of the (product)red device wasn't to DONATE those same PROFITS.
so imagine possibly raising 100millions dollars with just changing one piece(back casing) but instead only donating, maybe, 50 million because they went that much further and changed 2-4 pieces(back casing, Front Bezel, Touch ID ring, Back apple logo,*insert any other changes you guys are thinking should have been done*)
i mean, they obviously took the route that maximizes the profits to go to the charity, changing 1 item( back case) and using the white front bezel, the more popular bezel color that that most likely already have a lot of resources producing (3 iPhone models have the white bezel, versus 2 with the black, one of which is a much less popular jet black)
Someone else said something about using left over silver iPhone's to make these. The fact that the ring is silver makes me think this is true.
Gorgeous color combo. With this red, black would be a bad choice. Wouldn't look good at all, the dark and light contrast.
Others complain about the hands-on video. Four pages of comments so far. Which justifies the hands on video.
Have you noticed that Apple has fallen into the numbering conundrum with their products?
iPhone 3,4,5,6,7 and soon 8.
It reminds me of all those silly Performa desktops numbers created under Gil and Scully. But Steve did it too with G3,4,5 iPad 1,2,3,4 and OS X 10.0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Sierra, So easy to fall into that.
Too many devices in the product line.
iPhone 3,4,5,6,7 and soon 8.
It reminds me of all those silly Performa desktops numbers created under Gil and Scully. But Steve did it too with G3,4,5 iPad 1,2,3,4 and OS X 10.0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Sierra, So easy to fall into that.
Too many devices in the product line.
None of that holds water. Currently they have a device with four seperate colors on it (not counting the flash). Had they simply utilized all the hardware from the Jet Black iPhone (which is also the only model of iPhone limited to just 128/256GB configs), then they would have had a fresh design, with much better aesthetics (only two colors), and would not have required any additional parts, thereby maintaining profits. While I do think a red Touch ID ring would have been an amazingly nice touch; the lack of a red ring on a straight black and red phone would be easy to overlook. Black/Red is something Apple could have done in their sleep without affecting a bit of the proceeds that would be going to charity. Someone just decided that they like the white face better and so that is what we ended up with. A glorified Product Red iPod Touch, which has been around for years.
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Possibly, considering all the hardware on the bottom of the phone is also silver (screws and lightning connector).
I think they did it right with that iPod 5G. People keep talking about how the white face doesn't work, but IMO, the phone is just too red. There's too much red on the exterior. It looks too punchy because of it, and then the white face exacerbates the situation.
(Speaking as someone who has been purchasing the white/silver iPhone S models since the 4S. I really like the white face (on silver).)
It's red and white because Product Red has the red and white theme.
Yes, red and black is fancy too. But that's why it's red and white.
I still have my 2nd gen Product Red iPod nano. I also have a 5th gen Product Red iPod nano as part of my Apple collection. I'm pretty sure this Product Red iPhone won't be joining my collection as I await the black iPhone 8/Pro/X/Edition/Something New For Tim to Upsell.
I think his point is that the silver iPhones are likely the less popular of the models. Therefore, Apple has more parts of the white bezel/face of those models to use for a red iPhone, with a silver ring.
Nailed it. There is no need for a review of a phone that's already been reviewed to death just because it's available in a new color.
Run out of creativity, they make a Coca Cola phone, see you in tribunal lol
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Just wish they didn't wait so long. I've been waiting for a ProductRED iPhone for a long time, but I'm not about to drop cash on a phone that is about to be updated.
Just wish they didn't wait so long. I've been waiting for a ProductRED iPhone for a long time, but I'm not about to drop cash on a phone that is about to be updated.