It's been over half a year since the iPhone 13 series was first released, and this post is particularly about the Pro / Pro Max lineup.
Initially it was released in four different colors; graphite, silver, gold and Sierra blue. About a month ago, Apple released a mid-cycle new color, the Alpine green. So, in all there are now five different colors to choose from.
Today I wanted to talk about this year's new "special colors".
Since the iPhone 11 Pro series, Apple has had one (and this year two) special, unique color in its lineup, in addition to the standard classic colors, graphite (or space gray), silver and gold. Starting with midnight green, then pacific blue, and now, Sierra blue and alpine green.
When the iPhone 13 pro max was released, I went with the classic graphite. I mean, you can't go wrong with that color. It matches just about any case and all my other Apple products.
But, it didn't take long until I had myself a Sierra blue 13PM, and I thought it was stunning.
And, not surprisingly, I just had to pick up an alpine green as well last month.
It's been my daily driver ever since launch date.
I'm somehow surprised that there are so few reviews of this phone, but I guess it's also natural, as not everybody wants to exchange their phones mid-cycle just for a new color.
But, if you're one who owns both phones (or have owned both - perhaps you traded in your blue for the green), or at least have seen both phones on display, which one is your favorite?
I must say that the green phone is extremely beautiful, but I think that Apple somehow messed up on the release time for the blue and the green. To me, the green looks very much like a fall/autumn phone, whereas the Sierra blue has "summer" written all over it.
I think it would have made much more sense, if they had released the green phone back in September, and the Sierra blue in the spring, as the days are getting brighter, and the blue reflects the blue sky and makes it "pop" a lot more than the green.
That being said, I think the green matches my space gray Apple products better than the blue, due to its darker color tone.
Ok, I know that there are bound to be quite a few "just slap a case on it, and forget about the color" comments, but I love to wear my iPhone caseless, so to me, the color does matter.
As for my initial question, which special color is the best this year, I must say that even though the green is my daily driver for now, I think the Sierra blue wins by the smallest of margins (I might change my opinion again tomorrow, though... it's THAT close).
So, what's your favorite "special color" this year? Sierra blue or alpine green?
Initially it was released in four different colors; graphite, silver, gold and Sierra blue. About a month ago, Apple released a mid-cycle new color, the Alpine green. So, in all there are now five different colors to choose from.
Today I wanted to talk about this year's new "special colors".
Since the iPhone 11 Pro series, Apple has had one (and this year two) special, unique color in its lineup, in addition to the standard classic colors, graphite (or space gray), silver and gold. Starting with midnight green, then pacific blue, and now, Sierra blue and alpine green.
When the iPhone 13 pro max was released, I went with the classic graphite. I mean, you can't go wrong with that color. It matches just about any case and all my other Apple products.
But, it didn't take long until I had myself a Sierra blue 13PM, and I thought it was stunning.
And, not surprisingly, I just had to pick up an alpine green as well last month.
It's been my daily driver ever since launch date.
I'm somehow surprised that there are so few reviews of this phone, but I guess it's also natural, as not everybody wants to exchange their phones mid-cycle just for a new color.
But, if you're one who owns both phones (or have owned both - perhaps you traded in your blue for the green), or at least have seen both phones on display, which one is your favorite?
I must say that the green phone is extremely beautiful, but I think that Apple somehow messed up on the release time for the blue and the green. To me, the green looks very much like a fall/autumn phone, whereas the Sierra blue has "summer" written all over it.
I think it would have made much more sense, if they had released the green phone back in September, and the Sierra blue in the spring, as the days are getting brighter, and the blue reflects the blue sky and makes it "pop" a lot more than the green.
That being said, I think the green matches my space gray Apple products better than the blue, due to its darker color tone.
Ok, I know that there are bound to be quite a few "just slap a case on it, and forget about the color" comments, but I love to wear my iPhone caseless, so to me, the color does matter.
As for my initial question, which special color is the best this year, I must say that even though the green is my daily driver for now, I think the Sierra blue wins by the smallest of margins (I might change my opinion again tomorrow, though... it's THAT close).
So, what's your favorite "special color" this year? Sierra blue or alpine green?
