Apple released a red iPhone last Friday, March 24th, in support of finding a cure for HIV/AIDS. With the phone on the market for a week now, people have started to form their opinions on this cherry red phone. So what do people have to say about this brave new color? And is it worth your hard earned money?
The newest addition to the Apple family, features a red back and the traditional white front which has annoyed some iPhone users. Benjamin Geskin from Verge is one of these people. He tweeted out an image of how the red iPhone would look if it indeed did have a black front and captioned it “iPhone 7 (RED) with black front. #iphoneRED #iPhone7RED.”
And he is not the only one outraged, “iJustine” a Youtuber, posted a video where she unboxed the metallic red phone and she shared the same annoyance among seeing the front of her new phone. “There’s just something about having a completely flushes screen, all black, that looks really really good,” said the proud owner of a second, jet black iPhone. Her opinion, along with others who commented on her “Red iPhone 7 Unboxing + Red Accessories!” Were bothered by Apple’s use of a white front. “Why don’t u just get a naked wrap for the phone? I mean whats the point of hiding the colour? :/,” commented a viewer on said video. Before filming the video, “iJustine” or Justine Ezarik also took to Twitter and said the following true statement about the newest iPhone
Many people feel the same way as Ezarik does, in regard to covering the red iPhone. iPhones are very fragile, and if I may say so, slippery. So if one goes around sporting their cherry red iPhone and said iPhone hits the ground… I can’t even finished that sentence because it makes my heart hurt. But how does one protect their precious baby/iPhone without covering the limited edition color?
An easy fix would be to buy a clear iPhone, which many people said in ‘ijustine”’s comments. But clear cases fail to offer much protection to a phone. The whole purpose of having a clear phone case is to so-what protect the phone while still showing it off, and while a clear case gives off a nice look for any iPhone, the truth of the matter is, if that phone is dropped the results will not vary much from if a naked iPhone was dropped.
So if the red iPhone worth your money? I say until Apple and/or Otterbox release a clear case to resolve this issue, the beautiful cherry red iPhone is not worth $749.
