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When Apple announced the iPhone XS and iPhone XR last month, it was selling a range of cases for the XS, including its usual Apple-branded silicone and leather cases. However, it did not appear to talk about iPhone XR.
It turns out – it did. At the bottom of some press releases in certain countries, like Canada, the original iphone XR press release mentions that Apple will release a clear case for the iPhone XR. This line is only present on certain country's Apple Newsroom portals. It does not appear on the website, which is why it has gone mostly unnoticed until now. A tipster has provided a photo of what Apple's first-ever clear case looks like …
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Apple began making cases with the iPhone 4, the infamous bumper that Apple ended up giving away for free in the aftermath of Antennagate.
It introduced full leather cases with iPhone 5s. For the iPhone 5c, Apple had the infamous holey rubber cases, which showed off the color of the unapologetically plastic iPhone 5c with a polkadot grid of circular cutouts. Apple offered standard silicone and leather cases for iPhone 6 and later.
The iPhone XR comes in six colors: black, white, red, yellow, blue and coral.
A standard leather or silicone case would simply hide the colorful glass finishes entirely. Rather than trying something more extravagant like the iPhone 5c case design, Apple is keeping it simple, and launching their first ever clear plastic case. This is a marketing image of what it looks like, by sources:
It's not exactly going to win any awards for design innovation – it's a pretty standard clear box that allows the color of the phone. Just like the leather or silicone cases, the Apple XR iPhone clear case has an open bottom. This is the way to go to the bottom of the screen when you are doing the various gestures to navigate around the phone. Everything else is very run of the mill.
Speck is already selling its clear case for iPhone XR and so is Spigen ($ 14). There is no doubt about it, but the Apple case has the above mentioned open bottom design and is not emblazoned with any third-party logos.
The Apple press release says that the XR clear case will sell for $ 55 CAD, or about $ 40 in the US. We have asked Apple why this case is not mentioned in the iPhone XR US press release, and will update if we hear back. Apple-designed iPhone XR boxes in the offing, like a folio case for the XR.
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