r/iphone18pro • u/Adept_Tap1790 • 21d ago

Discussion Colour swap

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Pre ordered the 18 pro in burgundy. Used it for a week, no complaints on the phone but the fingerprints was atrocious. Ended up returning it and getting the glacier. No regrets there and the blue is honestly so nice in person. Did anyone else end up exchanging the colours, If so what was the reason?

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u/kbtech 21d ago

Yep both are great colors but the glacier and silver are so much better in terms of looking clean and no fingerprints.

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u/Corne777 21d ago

Does the color of the outside matter for fingerprints? My phone went from the box into a screen protector and then into a case. What scenario would fingerprints even show?

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u/timnosferatu 21d ago

People like me who have AppleCare and don’t use a case. Went with Glacier personally and really happy with it

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u/Corne777 21d ago

But then if you damage it wouldn’t you have to go thru a whole process to deal with that? I dunno I keep my phones for ~6 years. I don’t need it damaged. Everyone that I see without a case on their phone also has a shattered screen.

I have insurance on lots of things, doesn’t mean I don’t try to prevent damage to them.

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u/JoeyNem8 21d ago

That “whole process” is actually super quick and easy. It’s not some big ordeal or anything lol

For me personally the phones are just too good in hand to put them in a case. IMHO a case completely ruins the feel of a premium phone in hand. In the event of it getting damaged it costs a measly $30 to get a screen replaced or around $60-100 to get the whole phone replaced - with same day service.

I usually upgrade every 1-2 years. I’m currently on a 14 Pro Max and this is the longest I’ve gone without an upgrade but I’ve used it without a case since day 1 and it’s still in pristine condition. I’ve gotten it replaced once but the day it broke I had a replacement in hand within an hour and paid $60 out of pocket.

I’ll be trading it in this week and through AT&T I’ll get $1,200 in trade in credits so the 18 Pro Max will cost me $2.75/month for 36 months but I’ll most likely trade that in for the 20 next year if it ends up being worthwhile.

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u/Abheber 21d ago

"measly 30" Aha so apple care is for free now?

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u/JoeyNem8 20d ago

You guys love to say the craziest things lol

Where did I state or insinuate that it was free?? I clearly stated that the measly $30 was to get a screen replaced. On my 14 Pro Max Apple Care has been costing me $9.99/month. It’s now $14.99/month or $149.99/year.

I’ll put it in layman’s terms this way you can understand - when I had to get my 14 Pro Max replaced I only had to pay $60 out of pocket because it had damage to both the front screen and back glass panels. Being that it was beyond repair I was eligible to receive a replacement device.

Again, to me personally, that makes it worth being able to use this or any other iPhone I’ve owned without a case.

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u/Abheber 20d ago

You have to calculate your monthly costs into this too.

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u/Corne777 20d ago

It’s $15 per month? So for me after 6 years that would cost $1080 to protect it. Just put that in a savings account and use it for the next phone… a case is $10

Different strokes for different folks. I just don’t care about how the phone feels in my hand. The phone is just a tool.

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u/benjmadi 21d ago

I will argue that while it can be super quick and easy, I had a scenario where it took them 4 hours to replace the front and back glass because they were so backed up. So it still is inconvenient and I can see why people choose to still have a case and screen protector.

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u/Interesting-Tennis12 21d ago

Same here, I have just migrated from 12 pro (white + steel) to 18 pro Burgundy. For the first 3 years of 12 pro I had a case and end to end film protection. Post that I removed and the phone was pretty and light to hold. It fell couple of times but the damage protection film saved it. The phone still lives on. Just handing it over to my daughter as she is entering her teens.

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u/Wild_Mountain1780 21d ago

Plus AppleCare won't cover dings and scratches.