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iPhone 11 Pro why are the "pro" phones in boring colors?
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i like the benefits of the new triple camera system, but i wish the "pro" phones came in the cool colors of the regular 11. why does apple make us choose?
because pro buyers are more professional and see the phone as a tool
non-pro buyers are students or folk for whom a phone is just an accessory, and they require more ways for it to be fun!!
LOL
Honestly, besides the red and yellow, I find the 11 colours also boring.
I’d love to see a lineup with these colours:
I’d love to see a lineup with these colours:
so mean mean that all iPhone 11 Pros are pro, but some are more pro than others?
Definitely. You could be the most pro Pro with a 512 GB space grey 11 Pro Max. But put a non-pro case on that Pro and you're not so pro, bro.
I prefer the 11 Pro colours, the 11 colours make the phones look cheap.
This! This is what I'd love to see. I want a nice vibrant purple phone. I like pro specs but want my phone to represent my personality.
i like the benefits of the new triple camera system, but i wish the "pro" phones came in the cool colors of the regular 11. why does apple make us choose?
just the colour?
i think it is boring overall...
I don’t know though, it seems Apple has been fairly flexible with offering a plethora of colors with the iPhone XR and now the iPhone 11 to attract the consumer. I mean this is the most color options they’ve ever provided for that phone model since the iPhone 5c.
I know. But they’re relatively dull in options. White / Black / Red have been around for a while, and Product Red definitely looks awesome.
But the rest - blue, yellow and coral last year - actually coral was my favourite. Blue I liked but wish it popped a bit more, and yellow with the gold aluminum seemed a bit off. The yellow this year definitely looks nice all around.
I loved the 5c colours. Those felt like a great mix of green, blue, yellow, pink.
I've been in Supply Chain by entire career and it would be much easier managing more color options on the 11 than the Pro since it is anticipated to be the much higher seller.
It usually goes like this, Sales/Marketing requests every color option possible, Supply Chain/Finance push back hard citing the risk of inventory excess/product availability/profit margin degradation and then the top brass decides. I'm sure Cook coming from a Supply Chain background keeps Sales/Marketing in line.
Its also about their target consumer, there are always exceptions but I want the latest and greatest tech with color being much lower on the list of wants and money isn't a concern. My gf wants a preferred color, a cheaper price and won't miss the extra tech at all. Apples new product development team has done the market research to discover more consumers are along those lines than not.
It usually goes like this, Sales/Marketing requests every color option possible, Supply Chain/Finance push back hard citing the risk of inventory excess/product availability/profit margin degradation and then the top brass decides. I'm sure Cook coming from a Supply Chain background keeps Sales/Marketing in line.
Its also about their target consumer, there are always exceptions but I want the latest and greatest tech with color being much lower on the list of wants and money isn't a concern. My gf wants a preferred color, a cheaper price and won't miss the extra tech at all. Apples new product development team has done the market research to discover more consumers are along those lines than not.
After purchasing your professional & boring coloured Pro you can change its colour by covering it in various amateur & childish coloured Apple silicon & leather cases.
After purchasing your amateur & childish coloured iPhone 11 you can change its colour by covering it in a professional & boring coloured white or black coloured (no other options) Apple silicon cases.
Likewise, if they brought these colors to the iPhone lineup I would buy a new purple phone no matter where I was in my upgrade cycle. I almost bought one of the purple iPods back in the day, but had just upgraded to the first iPhone at the time and came to my senses that my days of carrying a separate iPod were nearing an end anyway.
Historically, Apple's has tended to offer more and brighter color options for lower-priced products, and fewer/more muted color options for the higher-priced products. Since they haven't changed that pattern, I'd assume it's been working.
I think Apple's first serious foray into color was the January 2004 iPod Mini, available in silver, gold, blue, pink, and green. However, those shades were relatively pastel. Colors for iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle were a mix of bold and muted. The original Bondi Blue iMac (1998) could be seen as elegant compared to the 1999 iMacs in Strawberry, Lime (we had Lime), Tangerine, Grape, and Blueberry. Of course, bold color statements are fine for the kids' room; note how iMac morphed into neutral white and then oh-so-elegant brushed al-U-min-ium when the living room and business office became the target market.
If you want to deal in stereotypes, kids and young adults tend to be more interested in bold colors. As we get old and gray we add a bit of that gray to every color we encounter. ;-)
While there are certainly wealthy people with flamboyant taste in colors, on the whole goods intended for a wealthier/"classier" audience do tend to be more muted. That's probably a chicken/egg situation. Did marketers' choice of "upscale" colors train us to expect "elegant" colors to be muted, or did marketers learn from their customer's requests/taste? It's pretty clear that "Old Money" uses "elegance" and "good taste" (including muted colors) to distinguish themselves from New Money. "One must not draw too much attention to oneself!"
I think Apple's first serious foray into color was the January 2004 iPod Mini, available in silver, gold, blue, pink, and green. However, those shades were relatively pastel. Colors for iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle were a mix of bold and muted. The original Bondi Blue iMac (1998) could be seen as elegant compared to the 1999 iMacs in Strawberry, Lime (we had Lime), Tangerine, Grape, and Blueberry. Of course, bold color statements are fine for the kids' room; note how iMac morphed into neutral white and then oh-so-elegant brushed al-U-min-ium when the living room and business office became the target market.
If you want to deal in stereotypes, kids and young adults tend to be more interested in bold colors. As we get old and gray we add a bit of that gray to every color we encounter. ;-)
While there are certainly wealthy people with flamboyant taste in colors, on the whole goods intended for a wealthier/"classier" audience do tend to be more muted. That's probably a chicken/egg situation. Did marketers' choice of "upscale" colors train us to expect "elegant" colors to be muted, or did marketers learn from their customer's requests/taste? It's pretty clear that "Old Money" uses "elegance" and "good taste" (including muted colors) to distinguish themselves from New Money. "One must not draw too much attention to oneself!"
Those stereotypes didn’t seem to apply to the XR though as it seemed to appeal to just about every demographic society could throw at it. Even the wealthy bought the XR.
i like the benefits of the new triple camera system, but i wish the "pro" phones came in the cool colors of the regular 11. why does apple make us choose?
You've just given a perfect example of subjectivity. I rather like the colors offered for the Pro phones.
Some people might find them boring. I find them classy.
Some people find the crayola color palette of the 11 fun, and while they are, they don't represent the kinds of colors many of us want on our phone.
Didn’t know the pro phone made you high class.
- typed from my peasant XS max.
Exactly. It’s all personal preference.
I would also venture to say that most of the people who are buying the 11 Pro likely feel this way and prefer the classic, muted metallic colors, while people who prefer the 11 probably also prefer the vivid, pastel colors that they come in.