{"id":200,"date":"2024-09-13T18:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/13\/why-the-best-phones-have-bland-colors\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:36:32","slug":"why-the-best-phones-have-bland-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/13\/why-the-best-phones-have-bland-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the best phones have bland colors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imad Khan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/heres-why-googles-pixel-9-pro-fold-doesnt-come-in-fun-colors\/\">writing for CNet<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Why don&#8217;t manufacturers, generally, bring bold and fun colors to pro devices?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The approach that most manufacturers have taken is to experiment with color at lower price points, but stick with black and white for the premium tier,&#8221; said Avi Greengart, president and lead analyst at Techsponential. &#8220;This is both an admission that many consumers invest in cases to protect their expensive phones, and an unwillingness to deal with inventory management.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among iPhone owners, for example,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/10\/28\/7085005\/it-doesnt-matter-what-your-phone-looks-like\">case usage is as high as 87%<\/a>, according to data from NPD.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tough luck for us weirdos who go caseless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imad Khan, writing for CNet: Why don&#8217;t manufacturers, generally, bring bold and fun colors to pro devices? &#8220;The approach that most manufacturers have taken is to experiment with color at lower price points, but stick with black and white for the premium tier,&#8221; said Avi Greengart, president and lead analyst at Techsponential. &#8220;This is both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","iawp_total_views":50,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-tech","h-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}