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If you loved the so-cool-they're-hot tropical hues of Miami Vice back in the 1980s, your time has come (back). At the Apple event on Monday, the company announced the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will come in white and black (ho-hum) as well as teal (minty green), pink (and is it ever a bright pink), and ultramarine (an ocean blue color).
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The new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will have a redesigned rear camera bump that aligns the sensors vertically, which should make them capable of recording spatial video for viewing on Apple's Vision Pro headset.
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They'll also have a dedicated camera shutter button, which Apple calls the camera control. And there's an action button that lets you set shortcuts to open specific apps or tasks.
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- Of the new colors, the brilliant deep blue ultramarine earned some early social buzz.
- "The new colours are bangers! Ultramarine is just 💗." wrote one X user.
- But cool colors might not sell everyone on forking out hundreds of dollars for a new phone.
- "Ultramarine is lit🔥 but my 14 pro max still flawless ... so I'll wait till 17gen then lol," wrote another X user.