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iPhone 17 Pro Only Comes in Three Colors, With No Black Option
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I clearly remember the Alpine Green 13 Pro. But I don't remember people complaining about the new color coming out? Did people feel cheated?
The orange 17 Pro, also called The Donald Trump version.
Yep. Was also hoping for matching Airpods in black. It is sad that they promote their products to a very diverse worldwide market without offering more colors.
Very happy that there is an orange colored version. Planning to get the Pro Max in orange. Hopefully Apple will release atleast one bright color like the orange every year and this is not just a one off.
Good combo. However, using a case on the orange or blue would pretty much ruin the ability to truly appreciate the coloring, in my opinion. If you get orange, you need to go naked.
The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are available in just three color options, notably with no black option.
The new high-end models are available in Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue. Orange is a new addition to the Pro lineup, while blue returns from the iPhone 15 Pro.
Natural, Desert, and Black have not been carried over, making this year's selection of color options the smallest since the iPhone XS, which was just available in Silver, Space Gray, and Gold. This also marks the first time Apple's high-end iPhones have not been available with a black or dark gray color option in any way.
Pre-orders start Friday, September 12, ahead of deliveries to customers and in-store availability beginning Friday, September 19.
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iPhone X only had 2 colors, also no plus size. So the article is incorrect.
It is a strange decision as black is a professional and standard colour tone. The Sony Ericsson Walkman Orange is the biggest surprise to me and I have no doubt it will be popular for the novelty of it, but its not a colour I would go for. Far too bright. The silver colour looks the best out of the three IMO.
Including the camera bezel rings in the machined aluminium unit surprised me too. Those are the parts that often get knocked and I think aluminium will chip. Surely they could have kept these as titanium or stainless?
Including the camera bezel rings in the machined aluminium unit surprised me too. Those are the parts that often get knocked and I think aluminium will chip. Surely they could have kept these as titanium or stainless?
I think that dark steel blue looks very professional to me. It’s not flashy at all. It can easily replace the black.
Seriously, people complaining about the lack of black , just get the blue. I usually always go for black as well, and this time went for blue for the first time for my 15Pro. It looks stunning and I’m glad I did it. It looks both elegant and “professional “.
I'm not in the market for an iPhone this year as I have a Natural Titanium iPhone 16 Pro Max. I would probably get the silver if I was, as it looks like the nicest of the three to me. My wife is getting the Silver to replace her 14 Pro. I had a blue iPhone 12 back when that was released and wished I had gone with the black, so blue isn't really for me again.
I find it odd that they didn’t include black as an option, but then Steve’s favorite color was white and it took him years to even add black in the first place. Now while I’m not a fan of the cosmic orange color, I’m not sure if it still is, but burnt orange at least use to be a somewhat of a popular color for cars, so maybe they’re on to something. As for the overall design though, it’s interesting. Not necessarily would that camera plateau have been my first choice (if I was CEO), but I do like it better than Google Pixel’s and it does get the job done. I’m just glad though they didn’t change the camera design layout in the base model, but then they didn’t add all the stuff they did to the pro model and so it makes sense.
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Uh, the original iPhone was black. The first all black iPod only took 4 years (iPod nano, the U2 version was black a year earlier but had a red scroll wheel). The first iPad was black too.
