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The new red iPhones are stunning to look at - but they're also fingerprint magnets
Business Insider can confirm: these are the same iPhone 8 models that went on sale last fall. They're just red.
The glass is extremely shiny.
That shininess gives these new iPhones a big downside: They're total fingerprint magnets. After handling the red phones for just a few minutes, they were covered with smudges from my hands.
The phone on the right has Apple's new $99 iPhone X "folio" case on it, which is part of Project Red, but sports more of a cranberry color.
But you might be able to live with the smudges if it means you get that vibrant red glass back.
Last year's iPhones had a metallic red shell. It was nice, but I prefer this year's glass.
There's also one other big change to this year's red iPhones: they have a black front faceplate.
Last year's red iPhones came with a white face.
Many people prefer black-fronted phones because the screen blends in when it's off. Some users say the black edges are less distracting when watching a movie.
There isn't a red iPhone X, but Apple did release a new $99 case for the device. It comes in — you guessed it — red.
The phones go on sale this Friday, if you were thinking about picking one up.
The iPhone 8 starts at $699 and goes up to $849 for the 256GB model. The iPhone 8 Plus, with a bigger 5.5-inch screen and double-lens camera, costs $799 for the 64GB phone and $949 for the 256GB phone — the same prices as the other colors, gray, silver, and gold.
And if you really can't live with the fingerprints, you can always put a red case on your new phone.
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