Black G2 - G2 and Desire Z General

Is there gonna be more colors available soon....I'd prefer a black g2. I hope they don't do this like the nexus and keep one color. Non Tech ppl night not get it bcuz of it being so called "ugly"
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There hasn't been information about additional colors as far as I have heard for the G2. T-Mo seems to be saving all the colors for the MyTouch HD (Confirmed that the phone will come in Black, Red, White, and Eggplant Purple).

How is the steel finish ugly lol... Black looks cheaper imo... even after having a Black G1 for so long...
But anyway, I really doubt this will be a phone released in multiple colors, based solely on the steel battery plate.

if you wanna change your phones color just go buy a skin or something, i think this phone is straight.

FWIW, I think the phone looks much better in person than it does in pictures.

I think people that are worried about the phone's color are....
...odd

I swear HTC has this thing for asymmetric and 2-tone color designs, which I don't quite understand and can never seem to appreciate. There are several phones from HTC that I really like but really hate the color of. One example being the Nexus One.

kludgineer said:
FWIW, I think the phone looks much better in person than it does in pictures.
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This.
Honestly I thought I was going to hate looking at this thing, but I bought it because it seemed like the perfect replacement for my trusty yet aging G1.
Once I had it in my hand, I realized that pictures don't do this phone justice. Part of the reason for this, I believe, because the darker color at the bottom of the phone gives the impression of angling in sharply at the trackball, but that's an optical illusion.
Of course taste is relative, but I think the G2 looks great, both front and back.

smasraum said:
I think people that are worried about the phone's color are....
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Not really, in the HTC video there is a white Desire Z, which should be for G2 only
the color of the G2 may seem a bit too 'business' for some
just wonder why they are that conservative this time when there are 5 different colors for the G1

o>c said:
Not really, in the HTC video there is a white Desire Z, which should be for G2 only
the color of the G2 may seem a bit too 'business' for some
just wonder why they are that conservative this time when there are 5 different colors for the G1
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5? More like 3. Black, white, bronze. What are the other 2?

funkeee said:
5? More like 3. Black, white, bronze. What are the other 2?
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The US white is white in front and bronze in back, while the UK white is all white
plus the ADP1

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Where are my Black on Black MT4G users?

We see a couple threads on who has which colors, but see none about the Black one. Not a bashing thread to say black is better than the other colors (we're a big MT4G family). Just who has black and why picked over the other colors? In my own opinion black just looks sleek and official. I love the other colors they look nice but I just look at them as playful/kid colors (agian.. my opinion only). MT4G isn't really concidered as a business phone as much as a Blackberry would be, but it gives it that business type feel and look... Your turn...
I have the black one, im constantly in meetings with new clients so dont like have bright phones :/
lol i wrote that before i read the last part of your post... looks like we agree on the business look of it ..
I have a black one. The red one looked nice too but I like more understatements.... Plum and White looked too tacky for me
I picked the black. When I checked out the other color demo phones I noticed that the hard rubber is painted, not fully stained and black underneath the color layer. Some of the red and plum models had scratches that showed the black coming through. I figured with a black to start with scratches won't show as much.
I guess I could have bought a case to make sure I never get any scratches but what would have been the point of getting a colored one if it's covered by a case anyway, right?
Great. Now I'm re-thinking my decision to go with white again. Curse you. Curse you all!
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I have the black one, im constantly in meetings with new clients so dont like have bright phones :/
lol i wrote that before i read the last part of your post... looks like we agree on the business look of it ..
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Have you ever thought that clients might look favorably on a white/metal/black one? Perhaps they may even be more apt to *remember* you. They may even consider you an out-of-the-box kind of guy, perhaps even ever so slightly fashion forward *shudder*.
Is it really the case that everyone in the business community carry around black phones (even in LA)? I see this raised now and then and I just kind of cringe.
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Have you ever thought that clients might look favorably on a white/metal/black one? Perhaps they may even be more apt to *remember* you. They may even consider you an out-of-the-box kind of guy, perhaps even ever so slightly fashion forward *shudder*.
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Isn't that what ties are for??
I think that the Black on Black color was the best because it looked the most uniform.
I picked the black because I think it looks a bit sleeker. Would have loved to seen a silver/yellow color combo. Not to change the subject but what class sdcard did your blacks come with. Mine is class 2.
Hate white, plus hated the tri-color scheme on the white. Loved the red and the plum equally. Was going to go for the plum, but hubby surprised me and ordered the black.
Now that I look at it and played with it for 2 days, I really like the black. I think it looks classier.
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I picked the black because I think it looks a bit sleeker. Would have loved to seen a silver/yellow color combo. Not to change the subject but what class sdcard did your blacks come with. Mine is class 2.
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I don't know. The first thing what I did when getting the phone was switching the SD card from 8 to 16 GB class 6.
Black phone to go with the black battery cover. Makes no sense that they wouldn't color match with the others, you get the black back no matter what. Still, aside from the Nexus, every phone I've had in the past 5 years have been black.
And mine came with a class 4 card.
I got the black one cause that's all the store I went to had lol. Seriously though I thought about the red one but I some times put a case on it so what would be the point of a colored phone plus the whole scratches thing that someone mentioned earlier. And the white looked kinda cheap and plasticy just my opinion though.
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Is it really the case that everyone in the business community carry around black phones (even in LA)?
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I honestly dont see a lot of colored phones through out my day but ive never really tallied up the numbers lol... its just my personal opinion :/
c_licious said:
Isn't that what ties are for??
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lmao great point i must agree
nmw407 said:
Hate white, plus hated the tri-color scheme on the white. Loved the red and the plum equally. Was going to go for the plum, but hubby surprised me and ordered the black.
Now that I look at it and played with it for 2 days, I really like the black. I think it looks classier.
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Yup, i wanted white cause i thought it would be pimp like the white EVO but when i noticed it was half white, half black, and the battery cover was silver, i couldnt stand the thought of owning it.
I just ordered my black one because it was 50/50 white/black for me.
Black on black was the most classiest one. If they had an all white MT4G...
I wanted black/red. But went with white because of the case they ad available for it. The Flex Protect one, with the grey gel insert, and the white protective hard case. I thought the piano finish on the white was nice. And, after going back and looking at them again, only the black woul dmake me change my mind now.
If only they had a flex case in black...
I got the black one because it was the only one that was available at Costco. It's cool though, the Black MT4G looks pretty classy.
I bought the black one because I purchased the white mytouch3g because it was the only color at the time and always wanted the black one.
Very happy! It looks professional and I wouldn't go with any other color.
I got the black because it matches the theme of my truck lol
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MyTouch 4g screen has yellow tint?

Hi I just put the My4g next to my iPhone 4 and Galaxy tab and on all 3 I went to Google.com and compare the screens all 3 look different My4g has yellow tint iPhone 4 has a pure white and galaxy tab has blue tint. Did anyone compared? Now mytouch broke my heart and I m thinking of selling it. And I bought it yesterday.
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i just compared to my ipad and both are pure white. Yours might be defective. Go exhange it at a tmobile store and make sure you insist that you want an exchange because you only bought it a day ago. If you push and they are dicks (some dont want to exchange because of limited stock), just call and do a warrenty echange
Yup mine is super crisp, it looked great out the box, bit even sweeter with this desire HD Rom...
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Your Mytouch has a defective screen. Because mine is clear as day
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Hm... not sure if it's the screen technology but I compared my screen to the vibrant and iPhone 4's as well. The vibrant has a really blue tint, the iPhone looks white I guess... every so slightly blue tint, and the mt4g has a slightly warmer tint than the iPhone. Not sure if it's that the iPhone screen is a tad blue, or the mt4g is a tad yellow... either way I don't really mind because I won't be holding them next to each other and it looks fine by itself.
you definitely have a problem with yours. call for a replacement.
after reading your post I decided to re-compare my g2 screen to my mt4g, and the whites on the mt4g are way better than on the g2.
the g2 seems to have the yellow tint you are talking about, when comparing to the mt4g.
a lot of it has to do with brightness levels too, so you might wanna take that into considration.
funny thing is I am considering returning the mtg4 and keeping the g2, since images are a lot crispier on it... funny... the colors do look better on the g2 when watching videos or playing games.
wonder if there's a way to manage colors on these phones.
Please post questions in Q&A section.
My MT4G is pretty warm as well. Whites are a tad yellow/amber compared to my wife's Vibrant which looks greenish/blue. See if you can compare yours to another one in the store, you can't really compare the color temp to a different manufacturer or model, I don't think they bother doing any color calibration on these things.
I just sold my mytouch 4g and I'm heappy to be back to my vibrant beautiful screen and speakers.
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There's differen't screens being used in the Mytouch 4G's. One that looks on par in color/contrast ratio as the G2 and another that is very washed out and has terrible viewing angles.
I've had 4 differen't MT4G's
My first one had a great screen, my 2nd one looked washed out. brought it back...got another washed out one. went back a few days later with my friend who has a good one so we could compare and I got another good one. Don't know if it's coincidence, but his good one is a Plum MT4G. I had them open 6 differen't black ones and they were all washed out. I finally said, "Let me try a Plum one" and it had a good screen. But, My original one that had a good screen was black.
The reason I say it's on par with the G2 is I had the G2 right before this phone. (for a week and a half).
Easiest way to tell the difference is, turn the phone off angle a bit...the good screens shouldn't really wash out unless it's at an extreme angle. The bad ones seem to wash out unless you're looking at it DEAD ON. Also you'll notice richer colors and warmer color over all with the good screen. like in "settings" the grey bar at the top should be Grey...the bad screens it looks periwinkle.
btbuck1 said:
There's differen't screens being used in the Mytouch 4G's. One that looks on par in color/contrast ratio as the G2 and another that is very washed out and has terrible viewing angles.
I've had 4 differen't MT4G's
My first one had a great screen, my 2nd one looked washed out. brought it back...got another washed out one. went back a few days later with my friend who has a good one so we could compare and I got another good one. Don't know if it's coincidence, but his good one is a Plum MT4G. I had them open 6 differen't black ones and they were all washed out. I finally said, "Let me try a Plum one" and it had a good screen. But, My original one that had a good screen was black.
The reason I say it's on par with the G2 is I had the G2 right before this phone. (for a week and a half).
Easiest way to tell the difference is, turn the phone off angle a bit...the good screens shouldn't really wash out unless it's at an extreme angle. The bad ones seem to wash out unless you're looking at it DEAD ON. Also you'll notice richer colors and warmer color over all with the good screen. like in "settings" the grey bar at the top should be Grey...the bad screens it looks periwinkle.
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easier way to tell if you have the higher contrast screen vs. the washed out screen.
Under settings, there is a Grey bar at the top that says "settings" in white.
That Grey bar should be grey, not periwinkle.
Click the Images below to compare with your phone. If yours is looking more Grey congrats you have the good screen.
If yours is looking more periwinkle...too bad, so sad.
I'd like to add that the Grey is nearly identicle to my phones when i held it up. The periwinkle swatch is a tad darker than the bad screens. But you should have no hint of periwinkle what-so-ever. Also this is tested using the "auto" brightness setting.
Under settings, there is a Grey bar at the top that says "settings" in white.
That Grey bar should be grey, not periwinkle.
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This is it:
Woo hoo, I got a good one!
bchen03 said:
Woo hoo, I got a good one!
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Follow this thread for more details on the screen debacle.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838379

Any UK DHD Black Edition user?

I was wondering anyone here from UK has the Black edition of the DHD from Orange.
I was trying to search for some real life photographs of it without result.
From stocks image, it looks pretty awesome, and I was thinking of getting it, but it would suck if there is a big orange logo stamped on it. Anyone can confirm?
Thanks
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I was wondering anyone here from UK has the Black edition of the DHD from Orange.
I was trying to search for some real life photographs of it without result.
From stocks image, it looks pretty awesome, and I was thinking of getting it, but it would suck if there is a big orange logo stamped on it. Anyone can confirm?
Thanks
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the only orange branding on it, is on the battery cover (easly replaceable)
Thanks. I just looked up the bottom cover on ebay. £14 a cover still a rip off !
I had it in my presence for a day or so...
Unfortunately when I compared it to my brown DHD, I must say I much preferred the brown look. The orange logo in my opinion is a bit of an eyesore but its not that big.
a33a said:
I had it in my presence for a day or so...
Unfortunately when I compared it to my brown DHD, I must say I much preferred the brown look. The orange logo in my opinion is a bit of an eyesore but its not that big.
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May I ask why in particular? Or it is just a preference of colour personally?
i have one and it much nicer than the brown (i have both)
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i own the black edition, and yes the orange logo is not very nice, but i plan to get another cover for it...
Anyway, the phone is quite nice, i must admit i've not seen (live) the brown one, but this is quite nice in black...
since the logo is printed on the bottom cover, we can replace luckily. But the thing is I only found the coffee colour version of it. and its not cheap, 15-20quid for that tiny cover.
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May I ask why in particular? Or it is just a preference of colour personally?
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Honestly its my colour preference.
To me the brown just looks more full. It looks weighty and expensive.
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i own the black edition, and yes the orange logo is not very nice, but i plan to get another cover for it...
Anyway, the phone is quite nice, i must admit i've not seen (live) the brown one, but this is quite nice in black...
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Can you post some pix of your Black DHD mate?
My mates got a black one sim free no logos. Looks good but seems plain to me.
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Most phones are black, this kind of brown colour gives you a sense of independence, it'll be very hard to come across something cheap that's brown not black.
I think the brown sort of shows different colour under different lighting, sometimes you even see it in silver. The black edition is totally matte black I think.
Where did you friend get the black version btw?
I got the brown version, and while I wanted the black version at first, the brown one looks sexier than I imagined. Too bad I use an otter box, so its black afterall^^
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Can anybody with, if it's really true, a BLACK DHD be kind enough to post some pix please!!
yea, if anyone out here have access to the black and brown version and take a photo with them side by side, will be a very good comparision.
Just got a black DHD from Orange, compared to previous phones from them the branding is relatively unobtrusive. I've attatched a pic of the back panel that should give you some idea. Sorry about the quality but this was taken with a rubbish camera in poor lighting.
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Can anybody with, if it's really true, a BLACK DHD be kind enough to post some pix please!!
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Hi
Here is some photos from my black hd.
Probably wouldnt have even noticed it was different unless it was pointed out, im not very observant
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Probably wouldnt have even noticed it was different unless it was pointed out, im not very observant
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well, the truth is, the "brown" one would cost me £199 plus the renewal of my contract, the black came freebie....:
But, i need to cofess, i like black phones...

Yellow tint on screen

I have the Verizon LG g3 and when I compared it to my LG g2, on white backgrounds the g3 screen is clearly more yellow or warm compared to the g2. Is anyone else experiencing this?
Do you think it's worth to try to exchange it for a New one?
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The G2 was actually too blue, as are most phones. True white is slightly creamy to most eyes. Most people are used to white being Titanium Dioxide white they use to colour plastics, cosmetics and ceramics, but that is actually blue.
However the G3 is a bit too yellow, it may fade over time, sometimes it does. I rooted mine and adjusted the screen temp a bit.
The screen on mine is too yellowish for my taste, will get an exchange device tomorrow, if this one will be as yellowish, I will return it immediately and go for another device.
I don't care if the G2's screen is too bluish or whatever, I really liked it's display, but the G3 screen is to dimm and "warm"
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I rooted mine and adjusted the screen temp a bit.
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Could you post which app/setting you did this with?
I loved the "cool" display of the G2. That G2 is still my favorite phone. Even having the G3, I miss it. Still my favorite display also (color and temp wise).
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Just got the replacement, sadly it's display is even more yellowish, so it will go back too the next days, will get a used G2 instead and wait what this year will bring on.
Really sad because I really like the G3, but can't stand the display...
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Could you post which app/setting you did this with?
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@ChrisM75
+1
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Could you post which app/setting you did this with?
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I used Trickster MOD and set the colours to 238,238,255. Its still a little a warmer than my G2, but its no longer beige! Slightly yellow is right for whites, but my G3 was almost brown!
Now I just need to fix the back light, its too dark on auto.
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Just got the replacement, sadly it's display is even more yellowish, so it will go back too the next days, will get a used G2 instead and wait what this year will bring on.
Really sad because I really like the G3, but can't stand the display...
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Really sad that people are too used to wrongfully calibrated screens. I even rant to LG with straightly opposite demand a while back http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299888 and seems like they listened and made a right decision to calibrate G3 perfectly. Their OG Pro had too blueish display around 8000K with almost green yellows, my eyes were bleeding
Not too sad I guess, as white on the G3 looks like there is a yellow screen protector on the screen...
Next thing is that the yellow screen in combination with its low contrast just looks awful.
But everyone has a different taste, so it will look nice for a lot of people, but not for me...
And by the way, why is it so many twin threads around here? Wasn't it better to discuss pro and cons of G3 display in the already existed and full of comments thread as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782251 ? I think it would be more proper and lead to more constructive way of discussion
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And by the way, why is it so many twin threads around here? Wasn't it better to discuss pro and cons of G3 display in the already existed and full of comments thread as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782251 ? I think it would be more proper and lead to more constructive way of discussion
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Agree with you on this ?

White vs. Black

Hey guys, I am struggling to decide on which color to import. I have traditionally always had black phones, but the white body in screenshots at least looks really good.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages to going white vs. black with the Z3c?
I've always had black phones too. I bought a used white moto x a couple months back. I love it more and more every day. I definitely getting the white z3c. The black one just looks boring.
I went for the white one. Have had several black phones and wanted a change. Would have done the red / orange model but the black bezel looks tacky to me.
I did white too. Should shoe fewer fingerprints than black.
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I went for Black - looks more professional. I like keeping my phones in cases anyway though
I went for black, never had a white phone, although I do have a niggling feeling perhaps I should have tried white, it does look good.
I ordered the white one. I changed it to the red one awhile later. I saw a video of the black one and it looks really classy to me so I changed my order to black :laugh:
I originally wanted the mandarin red, then saw some videos of the mint green and thought that would be really cool, but unfortunately, the green won't be available unlocked for some time yet. After hearing more testimonials about the red and how brilliant it was, I'm convinced it's the right choice. Basically, I wanted anything other than black and white because as safe, classy, and sleek as those choices are, I find them to be rather bland. If I had to choose though, I'd go with white, only because most of my devices have always been black and I wanted something different.
I had a Z1c in black for quite sometimes and bought my brother the Z1c in white and gotta say the white does looks really good. But currently can not really say much about the z3c as it is not available yet in Australia. The best way would have to go and look for yourself which one would suit your taste better. But i would say the white looks good on picture. The only that might be a concern that is the seal around the screen is white as well, just do not know would it be stain over time
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Hey guys, I am struggling to decide on which color to import. I have traditionally always had black phones, but the white body in screenshots at least looks really good.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages to going white vs. black with the Z3c?
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TBH I don't get your question at all, since it's purely opinion based.
If there would be a technical difference based on the color, most people would get the color that had the technical upper hand.
You don't ask your friends either if you should have a blonde/brunette girlfriend/boyfriend, since it's all just based on taste.:angel:
You are absolutely right but you have to understand that we are all really excited about this phone and we just discuss all kinds of bul**** about it until the delivery agent rings the doorbell and leaves the white box in our hands...
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confused i am using the hox white, and looks really cool. Perhaps i might try the black this time, It will also match with my sony xb90ex earphones
I prefer black because I don't like how the sensor cutout, speaker, and camera lens standout on white.
If I could get black front and white back like my Dev moto x, that would be awesome. I guess I can still do that with a white skin for the back.
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TBH I don't get your question at all, since it's purely opinion based.
If there would be a technical difference based on the color, most people would get the color that had the technical upper hand.
You don't ask your friends either if you should have a blonde/brunette girlfriend/boyfriend, since it's all just based on taste.:angel:
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Not necessarily. White will show less fingerprints, but might discolor over time. There are a few objective traits each color exhibit, and since I feel torn between the two aesthetically, I wanted to discuss some objective reasons one color might benefit over the other.
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Not necessarily. White will show less fingerprints, but might discolor over time. There are a few objective traits each color exhibit, and since I feel torn between the two aesthetically, I wanted to discuss some objective reasons one color might benefit over the other.
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The white is covered in glass on both sides so why would it discolor?
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The white is covered in glass on both sides so why would it discolor?
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I think the plastic edges might discolor.
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I think the plastic edges might discolor.
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it won`t.
At least it didn`t on my white Z.
I think another disadvantage of a white one would be the white front panel making the display appear darker, I think in sunny weather the white could actually "blind" you a little, making the screen a tad more difficult to read.
I've occasionally had overheating problems with sunlight coming in through a car window. White might be helpful.
Take green
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