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A fresh batch of leaked renders allegedly show an upcoming Samsung device in a range of flashy colors. The leak is courtesy of The Tech Outlook<\/em><\/a> (spotted by XDA-Developers<\/em><\/a>) and features the Galaxy A34 with some healthy midrange specs: a 6.5-inch 1080p OLED, 48-megapixel main camera, and an Exynos chipset. But what\u2019s really<\/em> exciting are the color options: Lime! Purple! Pearlescent! If these renders are accurate, then we could see a more colorful outlook for budget phones in 2023, and it\u2019s about damn time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sometime in recent history, phone makers decided that people in the US \u2014 particularly those on a budget \u2014 only wanted black phones. A quick turn through Samsung\u2019s current A-series options<\/a> shows most models in exactly one color choice: black. Or awesome<\/em> black, which appears to just be black with a dumb name. If you step up to the S22 series or a Z Flip 4, you get way more color choices, like burgundy, purple, and whatever combination you can cook up<\/a> for the foldable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Apple and Google do a little better, but not by much. The 2022 iPhone SE is available in black, white, and red, while the Pixel 6A is offered in black, white, and sage. Not exactly the excitement of lime. Other OEMs like Motorola and OnePlus stick to a formula of black-phone-plus-something-else for flagships, but the further down the budget range you go, the less colorful it gets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s not asking for the moon to get just one <\/em>fun color in addition to black, is it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Why? Is it a cost-saving measure to help keep budget phone prices down? Is it that US carriers are somehow bullying manufacturers into offering only their most boring models here, because carriers dictate everything about the US phone market? Are we just content to buy a black phone, slap a case on it, and call it a day? I suspect there\u2019s a little bit of truth in all of the above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alas, even if they are the real deal, these colorful Samsung A34 options probably won\u2019t reach our shores at all. They\u2019ll be sold in other markets where fun phone colors are appreciated. I don\u2019t think it has to be this way \u2014 it\u2019s not asking for the moon to get just one <\/em>fun color in addition to black, is it? In any case, I\u2019ll hold out some hope for more colorful phones at every price point in 2023, even though it\u2019s more likely that I\u2019ll see a new awesome black<\/em> phone on my desk sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n