Everyone should get the natural Ti color so the white phone I’m ordering wont have a shipping delay.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Torn between white and natural titanium
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I love it and I wish I could go with ultra 2, but, alas, my 12 cm wrists barely accommodate regular 41 mm Watct.
I strongly prefer white... my usual. The phone devil on my shoulder talked me into titanium.
Exactly why at the launch of every new iPhone I shop the cases first and get the phone second. The color of the case drives the color of the phone, not the other way around.
This year, I love the way the Clay case looks so I bought a black iPhone 15. If they only offered the Clay case for the iPhone 15 Pro, I would’ve bought the iPhone 15 Pro.
Ha! I too tend to be more exited about cases than the phone colours. Recently i order two cases that look different.
Just so I understand this correctly, you let the colours on the Apple cases decide if you are getting the pro or regular iPhone 15? Not like how much you need different features or functionalities, or if you need a new phone at all? Just curious 🤔
Yes.
- I prefer the Standard iPhones to the Pro's as they have a smaller/slimmer camera bump. I don't like the exaggerated size or height of the camera array at all.
- I get a new iPhone every 3 years as that's around the time when the batteries start to falter and right before their trade-in value plummets.
- I would move into a Pro but only if the Pro offered a compelling feature set or unique Apple case color not available for the Standard that I simply had to have.
So for this cycle, it boiled down to 15 Standard in Black + Clay Case vs. 15 Pro in Natural Titanium + Clay Case and I decided that the touch of Titanium visible in the Pro camera bump with those giant camera lenses didn't look better than the all-black camera bump with the Standard. So I went with the 15 Standard.
TLDR: There are no breakthrough features in Pro's that make it any different to me so it boils down to style- as someone 100% in an Apple-branded case at all times, it's the case color that is the most important factor.
Thanks for your elaboration, I understand it a bit more now and fully respect everyone’s freedom of choice. Also happy to hear you go 3 years between phones, kudos to you!! I can identify somewhat, since I’ve been enjoying the orange apple leather case lately on my black 14 max just because I like the look! I usually go caseless more or less. Funny that. Enjoy your new phone and colour set up!! 😀
That was my impression too. Reminds me of Starlight, which I was never a fan of.
I went with blue. White would have been my second choice. The raw titanium? Everyone is choosing it. Break from the pack and go with anything but raw TI.
This would be me as well. Well said. There are only two times I care about the color of my phone. When I order it and when I unbox it.
Unless it's a clear case.
@TinaBelcher I also wanted to get the white one, because I've never had that color. You made a great point about white and stainless, to me it looks, a little bit cheap, if you will, like too much chrome. I still want white, but natural looks so good, have to see it in person to decide. I'll probably end up with natural.
I like light colors, like I am a big pink fan. So I wasnt sure between the 2 lights colors for the pro. The white I was worried was more silver, and it had silver border. . If they were white I would have chosen it. So I went with natural. Hope it shimmers a little and maybe changes in different light. I definitely did not want silver.
From her video, white is the brightest and stand out one, so I chose white. I like bright and stand out color. It is a matter of each individual preference. Natural is nice but I know that I would be bored after 2-3 months as al happened to me with any new color I chose on each new release.
In apple's photo gallery, from the side, the white bezel and natural bezel almost look the same - of course the glass back that looks different (slightly warm white vs natural titanium) - I wonder if the bezels on both are nearly identical? Clearly the white is lighter, but it is still slightly more golden/beige than a pure silver or what I would expect with a white phone. I actually love the contrast of white back with slightly titanium colored edges so went with white.
Watching this video, the edges look quite similar
On another note - is the material under the glass back titanium or some non metal material because of the MagSafe? I remember the move to glass was initially because of MagSafe/Qi charging. Is it just the bezel that is titanium?
Watching this video, the edges look quite similar
On another note - is the material under the glass back titanium or some non metal material because of the MagSafe? I remember the move to glass was initially because of MagSafe/Qi charging. Is it just the bezel that is titanium?
