Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Jony Ive Designed a One-of-a-Kind Yellow iPad Pro for Charity

KALLT said:
I guess some people, including myself, expect something more personal or unique for such an occasion. If you look at the website, the iPad sticks out like a sore thumb. There are actual pieces of art and craftsmanship in that auction, some really crazy stuff. This iPad is not special in any way, it is the same iPad that Apple produces for less than $200, only with a custom colour anodisation. If you want that look, you can repaint the back of your iPad too. The only original thing is the Apple Pencil case.
Click to expand...

There is one word in the first sentence of this post reminds me of why we need to have these auctions in the first place.

"I guess some people, including myself, expect something more personal or unique for such an occasion."
 
This iPad color wasn't chosen by Jony. Instead, Apple chose I.P. Freely for this project. Yes, this is the same person that also wrote the book "The Yellow River".:D
 
I once purchased a yellow water filter jug which donated some of the proceeds to charity.
Funnily enough, I've never used it.
Is yellow a universally known charitable color?
fefa55baf82c16b94748f3f7f02cc0da.jpg
 
Last edited:
To the people complaining about the colour… you must live drab, colour-drained lives if your first connotations are of bodily fluids, such that you can't move past it.
Probably the same type of people who abhor anything brown because of similar narrow-mindedness… :confused:
 
  • Like
Reactions: Defender2010 and KPOM
smacrumon said:
To the Piss Yellow Brigade:

Ken Segall, previously marketing consultant for Apple and the person who coined the "i" product naming convention, has documented his work with Steve Jobs when choosing colors for the original iMac. The color yellow was one of the prototypes. Yellow was shut down though by Steve who had named the color as "piss yellow". Hate to say it, this iPad is looking a little piss yellow. Maybe metallic yellow just doesn't translate too well in photos.

Saying that, the combination of blue, white, orange, yellow is very pleasing.

If anything, Jony is just going through a mid career lull. About five years ago, he lost a dear friend, colleague and collaborator, Steve, and these things take time, maybe years, to recover from personally and professionally. Ive is human. I think Ive is about to head towards one of the most interesting and productive periods in his life. Apple needs to support Ive in his creative endeavours by allowing him to demand custom components in devices and not stock standard items that bulge like cameras on iPhone 6.

I love Jony Ive. He's one cool intelligent person. The passion on display when in conversation is really inspiring. He is also one of the major reasons Apple has been incredibly successful in the past 20 years.
Click to expand...


I think you might be taking my post a little too seriously and personally.

On another note, I think it's funny that your profile avatar is yellow :p
 
  • Like
Reactions: smacrumon
Shaun said:
I would love a Product Red iPhone & iPad
Click to expand...

Me too! I have Product Red iPad smart cover and case for my Mini 4, case for iPhone 6s+ and Apple Watch band. I really like this particular shade of red, plus the fact that 10% goes to the Aids for Africa charity helps seal the deal for me.
 
smacrumon said:
Well, Apple does use a variety of offshore structures and arrangements to shift billions of dollars to other countries such as Ireland. For example, in the USA, the corporate tax rate is 40%, while Apple has negotiated a special corporate tax rate in Ireland of less than 2%. Apple doesn't have to go down this route, but it has unfortunately:
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-reduces-what-it-pays-in-taxes-2013-5
http://www.forbes.com/sites/leesheppard/2013/05/28/how-does-apple-avoid-taxes/
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-...-a-zero-tax-bill-in-2016-20160127-gmeub5.html
Click to expand...

As have other large corporations as it is legal. Are you calling them out as well?

Why not write your Congress members to have the tax law changed if it really annoys you that much? I know, that will require some work, so here's a chance to step up.
 
orbital~debris said:
To the people complaining about the colour… you must live drab, colour-drained lives if your first connotations are of bodily fluids, such that you can't move past it.
Probably the same type of people who abhor anything brown because of similar narrow-mindedness… :confused:
Click to expand...

Brown looks like poo, why would anyone want a poo edition iphone
 
Last edited:
What's the dot pitch on this limited iPad? How does it compare to the pro iPad and did the original iPad have a better dot pitch?
[doublepost=1460837329][/doublepost]
citysnaps said:
As have other large corporations as it is legal. Are you calling them out as well?

Why not write your Congress members to have the tax law changed if it really annoys you that much? I know, that will require some work, so here's a chance to step up.
Click to expand...
It's unethical.
Written and complained, have "stepped up".
Apple isn't other corporations, so it should stop acting like other corporations. Otherwise, Apple customers will stop acting like Apple customers.
[doublepost=1460837407][/doublepost]
cableguy84 said:
Brown looks like poo, why would anyone want a poo edition iphone
Click to expand...
Zune brown.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: cableguy84
Everyone here's complaining, but this isn't a real Apple product. It's a one-off that works perfectly for the intended audience: rich people who are patrons of the "design world". Having something that is clearly unusual and a little startling is exactly why you'd want to have an iPad like this in your house, if you were a rich patron of the design world. Partly to show that you appreciate design beyond common "nice colors", but also as a conversation starter when your cocktail party guests inevitably notice it sitting there.

It probably raised a lot of money for the museum and I bet it only took Jony about an hour to put together the specs for it to be made.
 
"The yellow pigment on the limited edition iPad has been derived from compressed daisy and sunflower plants that have undergone a process including centrifuging and injection bathing."
[Audience has no understanding but gasps in delight.]
 
  • Like
Reactions: cableguy84
Sorry, just feels cheap to me.

Hey, we could give a few million to a charity, or more, like Bill Gates is doing.

Or we can spend a few dollars, make something a funny colour, get someone else to pay a lot for it, donate THAT to charity and make out that we care for the poor.

Yeah right.
 
  • Like
Reactions: T Coma and Morod
The sentiment here is that Apple with its huge pool of financial resources isn't making social and financial change in relation to its tax affairs, and not utilising its resources to create groundbreaking new products and groundbreaking updates to current products. There's an anger among devoted supporters who on a daily basis question their ongoing loyalty to Apple. So when a yellow product like this is released, it just reinforces views that Apple isn't innovative and that Apple isn't genuinely philanthropic either. The marketing spin has completely worn out.
[doublepost=1460840080][/doublepost]Wouldn't it be interesting if this one of a kind iPad was actually the result of a metal case manufacturing defect of gold or rose gold.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: bliss1111, Morod, Canubis and 1 other person
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back