Apple’s yellow iPhone 14 is like holding sunshine in your hand

On Tuesday, March 7, Apple launched(Opens in a brand new tab) a sunny new yellow to the iPhone 14 lineup.

The brand new colorway is offered for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus fashions, which at the moment are available in midnight, starlight, (PRODUCT)RED, blue, and purple. (An precise lavender shade — not the pretend “deep purple” of the iPhone 14 Professional mannequin.)

There’s not that a lot completely different from the yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus than the iPhone 14 smartphone lineup that was launched final September. It is made with an aluminum physique and Ceramic Defend display screen for sturdiness and scratch resistance and has the identical options and specs, together with Crash Detection, Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc, and a complicated dual-camera system. The yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus even have the identical costs as the remainder of the lineup, beginning at $799 and $899 respectively.

However now iPhone customers seeking to cross to the opposite facet of the colour wheel lastly have that choice. It is like holding sunshine in your hand, and Mashable bought to expertise its luminosity in particular person.

The yellow shade is just a little brighter than it seems right here.
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A sunny little yellow body surrounding the entrance display screen.
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Arms-on with the yellow iPhone 14 Plus, the shade is shiny and creamy. Not so yellow that it is blinding, however simply sufficient pop of shade to catch your consideration.

Like all iPhone 14 fashions, the body is simply seen across the fringe of the entrance display screen, which creates a definite but delicate border that is pleasing to the attention. I simply bought the system, so I have not had a lot time with it but, however one in all my first ideas is whether or not fingerprint smudges is perhaps be extra noticeable. The glass again makes it simple to buff away any grime, however when you’re accident-prone, Apple additionally launched new silicone circumstances in the identical yellow shade together with olive, sky, and iris.

A brand new yellow cellphone case for the accident-prone.
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We’ve not seen lots of yellow from the iPhone maker. Manner again in 2013, the lower-end iPhone 5c got here in a yellow (together with white, pink, blue, and inexperienced). In comparison with the cartoony iPhone 5c, this yellow is whimsical but refined, like doing the Sunday version of the New York Instances crossword puzzle or taking salsa lessons.

If that sounds such as you, the yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus might be pre-ordered beginning March 10 with full availability on March 14.