As most of you certainly know, the X1 comes in two variants: "steel silver" and "solid black".
My question: Is the only difference between these two housings the color or is the black variants' top cover made of plastics instead of metal?
From an optical point of view, I like the black variant more, but if it should turn out that it's made of plastics, I'd rather go for the silver one.
Unfortunately Amazon.de currently has only the black variant listed, but this might hopefully change when it's really available.
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As most of you certainly know, the X1 comes in two variants: "steel silver" and "solid black".
My question: Is the only difference between these two housings the color or is the black variants' top cover made of plastics instead of metal?
From an optical point of view, I like the black variant more, but if it should turn out that it's made of plastics, I'd rather go for the silver one.
Unfortunately Amazon.de currently has only the black variant listed, but this might hopefully change when it's really available.
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I'm pretty much sure that both are metal...
I'm pretty certain that the Black is metal construction also - black all the way for me! I'm a whore for black stuff, black phones just always look better to me...
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I'm pretty certain that the Black is metal construction also - black all the way for me! I'm a whore for black stuff, black phones just always look better to me...
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I wouldn't use the word whore, but i second that...
black is slimming and goes with everything
So black it is!
Ok... so now i am really confused. I LOVE black... always have. But on the xperia - after looking at pictures and all, the silver one looks better - sexier.
Maybe it is because of the silver keyboard? (On the black one, they should have had a black keyboard as well - the silver one gives it a mixed feeling)
I do find the Silver one more attractive than I thought, and I think the keypad still being silver on the Black one is what does it. Black is still better, just not as much as I would have expected ;]
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I do find the Silver one more attractive than I thought, and I think the keypad still being silver on the Black one is what does it. Black is still better, just not as much as I would have expected ;]
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Good to know that there's someone else sharing that feeling...
Since it'll take ages for this mobile to hit market here in Pakistan, i would most likely be getting it delivered from an online store from another country - thus will most likely be unable to hold both colors in hand and chose then.
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Good to know that there's someone else sharing that feeling...
Since it'll take ages for this mobile to hit market here in Pakistan, i would most likely be getting it delivered from an online store from another country - thus will most likely be unable to hold both colors in hand and chose then.
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I, too, prefer the black. All my phones have been black
There's a screen with both colors next to each other on the site - http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/index.aspx?en-gb
Where are you going to order it from?
I'm in the EU, but still there arent much options...
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Where are you going to order it from?
I'm in the EU, but still there arent much options...
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An hour back, i had pretty much made up my mind about the silver. But now i'm confused again...
I'll most likely go for the black one in the end.
As for where i'll order it from. www.beliscity.com is a Pakistani store that brings stuff here before its available in the market. (they were the first ones to offer iPhone 3G). However, considering they don't bring it soon, i am going to try and see if i can get it from www.expansys.com (any one of their sites) and have it delivered here.
If either is too much, my brother might have a training in Dubai by the mid of October. So i'll ask him.
One way or the other... i'm going to try and get it as soon as possible...
What about you? i think you might have similar options such as expansys?
My best bet would be Expansys - Greece, as its a neighbouring country...
Or i'll wait and see what the local internet stores are going to come up with.
Silver for me!
Most def black for me - I dont want no silverframe disturbing my porno-watching
hope your clips dont get stredged giving you an
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A seemingly trivial question I know, but which is best the black or the white - in regards to fingerprints, showing the dirt, general wear and tear etc.? - your opinions please
Thanks.
white all the life!
In my case the sensation is like an APPLE device!
by the way the black one has some problem about the paint of the case. it seems that in a few weeks it goes away!
...that's what i'e heard on some forums!
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Thanks gerazzo, I've heard that too about the black ones - but I've got the dilemma that I prefer the black ones to the white ones, but the white ones do seem to be a bit more practical!
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Thanks gerazzo, I've heard that too about the black ones - but I've got the dilemma that I prefer the black ones to the white ones, but the white ones do seem to be a bit more practical!
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I had the black one first and after 12 hours of use it started to peel. So, now i have the white one which doesnt show any sign of peeling - BUT it is white, which i dont really like.
If you can live with the white color then go with the white one and you wont (probably) have the headache of paint problems.
Either way, most importantly the P3600 is a great device and you will enjoy the functionality regardless of the color of the casing.
Had three (3) Trinities now: Go for white. There is no peeling at all and fingerprints are nearly invisible. Only drawback: Others might think you have an Apple device
White! Just design a cool home screen.
I handled both for 5 minutes. A Black Trinity is like a black car, it looks great IF its clean but looks terrible when its dirty. After 5 minutes the finger prints bugged me.
Could just be my OCD self!
Well thanks guys, it sounds like I should go for the white one then - although I can't stand them in white! Why is nothing straight forward? Ho Hum.
Hey Guys,
the white is better, but where do you get your white one. In Germany you get only black ones. Do you have tips???
Thanks!
Oliver
Hi Oliver, well most of our white ones come with our operator Orange over here - but here are a few links to the white ones:
http://www.smartphonesdirect.co.uk/displayproduct.php?product_id=8
http://www.superetrader.co.uk/s_p3600?gclid=CPrFh43U640CFRcGEgod2iywuQ
http://www.smartdevicesdirect.co.uk...ts-gprs-edge-windows-mobile-p3600-p-1390.html
Thanks TJW.
Great Adresses with white Trinitys. You can be happy in UK, you get the whites.
You get the white in UK, FR, Switzerland and so on. Only Germany, only black. Thats funny
No I think to buy one in UK, better pay more and have more risk instead get a black one with peeling.....
Oh a funny story beside: I ask an shop in Switzerland about the white one. The have but they said "No delivery to germany, come to Zurich and take one there" What????
With best white greetings
The black and white guy Oliver
PS: HTC, If you read my message please say me the price for a white one and I will sent you the money....
Hey guys...this is the cheapest place I've found for the white one in the UK:
http://www.globalpositioningsystems...ml?PHPSESSID=9b9913cc42c3a70c5f46d8482461be56
Somebody has information about released colours?
I would like to see Desire HD in "white" colour...
And i can make suicide if i see after purchase a white version outside
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Somebody has information about released colours?
I would like to see Desire HD in "white" colour...
And i can make suicide if i see after purchase a white version outside
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It's unibody so grey alminium.....
Only thing may get other colours would be the plastic/rubber/plastic parts.
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It's unibody so grey alminium.....
Only thing may get other colours would be the plastic/rubber/plastic parts.
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The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.
a white regular desire has been spotted maybe they'll relase a white desire and D'HD and the same time
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The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.
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Pull it apart. Get it anodized in your color and reassemble. See how easy that was...
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The unibody is made out of aluminium and with anodizing aluminium you can add colors even white is possible.
Though, I don't think they'll be doing different colors.
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Several of the live videos are showing it with a brown back. And many pictures flying around are showing it black.
So it seems to be available in 2 colors?
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Several of the live videos are showing it with a brown back. And many pictures flying around are showing it black.
So it seems to be available in 2 colors?
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I've not seen the black version in any recent pics/video. Perhaps this was a pre-release version?? Would be nice to have confirmation what color and what type of screen the phone has before ordering!
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I've not seen the black version in any recent pics/video. Perhaps this was a pre-release version?? Would be nice to have confirmation what color and what type of screen the phone has before ordering!
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haha yes all the pictures on htc suggest brown so id say its pretty safe to bet on a brown one
GSMArena says it comes in Black and Brown, new HTC video seems to show the desire HD in both black and brown too, black can be seen towards the end of the video (35s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pReZQ6kho
Picked up these pics on the net:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6311/desirehdcolors.jpg
I personally want a black one, I've got my pre-order in at Play.com but the pics there show the brown one, it's all a bit confusing.
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GSMArena says it comes in Black and Brown, new HTC video seems to show the desire HD in both black and brown too, black can be seen towards the end of the video (35s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pReZQ6kho
Picked up these pics on the net:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6311/desirehdcolors.jpg
I personally want a black one, I've got my pre-order in at Play.com but the pics there show the brown one, it's all a bit confusing.
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hhmm... youre write *O.topic* Good vid
you can order the black in sweden at least
http://katshing.se/mobiler/htc/htc_desire_hd-12988_21924
I'm still not convinced. The video still looks like the brown (graphite) one to me. The picture just looks like a palette swapped version of the other one.
I'm hoping something more conclusive can prove me wrong! I don't mind what colour I get really - but I still fullly expect there to only be one at launch.
From Clove Technology (quite a reliable retailer)
'As far as we are aware we will be receiving the Brown model. Generally HTC give the black versions of their phones as a network exclusive in the UK. Whichever colour is released in the UK as SIM free/unlocked will be the same for every UK retailer'
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 :/
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Isn't that what ties are for??
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lmao great point i must agree
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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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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.
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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)
Hi
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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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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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...
Hey guys,
Not trolling here, as I'm betting this topic has been beaten to death 6 pages down the forum, but it still puzzles me greatly.
Black or white?
To my eye, black is more sleek and serious, white (silver) is more fancy. How are your experiences in terms of build quality of both? Is it true that black smudges with fingerprints easily, and how view-able are they? Scratch/chip wise, how do both phones behave?
Any honest opinion, I would kill for. Thanks for your time lads.
Think of it like a car. White cars you have a tough time see scratches, but you can tell when it's dirty quicker. Black is the opposite.
i started off determined i wanted black, as I've been using a white SGS3 and I hate the white look in general, but I went to the store to see what it was like in person and it was nothing like I imagined. The black is very matte and not a deep black like i expected. The white (actually silver) on the other hand looks much better in person IMHO.
All in all, you really need to see the product yourself to decide. My Best Buy had both on display for me to check out. As someone who enjoyed the iphone 5 in black, the htc one's black model does not resemble it much at all and ends up looking a little bit cheaper to me. I'm going to end up getting the silver model.
silver color is good...
the metal underneath both finishes is silver. if you nick the black finish you will see silver. if you nick the silver finish, you will see more silver. which situation is more noticeable?
personally i believe a) if you could somehow keep your phone from getting dinged, black looks cool (even if it is more of a charcoal gray and not exactly black) and b) putting a great-looking and -feeling phone in a case is a waste of good design unless you expect to drop your phone at some point and/or care about resale value. (and besides if you have a case on your phone, the case obscures much of the phone's original finish anyway.)
because i am a) pretty sure my phone will experience a little wear and tear and yet b) i would prefer to use it without a case, i am guessing silver will make me happier in the long run even if black seems slightly more appealing now. and i mean *slightly* : honestly , both look good.
oh and it's not clear if the developer edition will ever come in black. HTC is saying no for now. not sure what to expect later on though.
black one gonna give lots of residual + finger prints in future usage. U will notice it really much, but if you going to get the case doesn't matter, silver looks more stylish and appealing high end device in your hand.
I have the black One and I am very happy about it. Had it 10 days now and only one tiny noticeable scratch at the top edge. Very very small one and easily covered by a black marker.
I have to day, I don't regret getting the black at all, it's so cool and stylish IMHO. It does attract more fingerprints but wipe it wit.your cloth easily clean it, I was a bit worried but not anymore since I.actually got the phone.
Of course, I don't abuse my phone, but don't avoid using it, it's always naked in my.pocket alone.
Oh, the back is quite durable I dropped it from knee high and.it landed on the back on wood floor, not a single mark.
Silver, ive had black phones all my life, its time for a change
i have a black car too..
I went for Silver too, never been a big fan of black phones. Or white ones, for that matter! really like the brown Galaxy S3 my girlfriend uses, and my old Desire HD had a bit do a brownish tint to it. Only had my silver One for a couple of hours so far, but it's stunning - very happy with it and it frames the display nicely. one day when we have true edge-to-edge displays then black would look amazing, but until then I think I'd prefer a silver, grey or brown.
flip a coin, heads white, tails black... but honestly if you flip the coin you will realize what color you want while the coin is spinning in mid air.
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flip a coin, heads white, tails black... but honestly if you flip the coin you will realize what color you want while the coin is spinning in mid air.
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Or confuse yourself even more that's what happened to me when I was deciding... I took the black simply because another colleague in my company got a silver and I wanted to be different! It turns out to be a good choice.
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once you go black you can't go back.
insomnia said:
once you go black you can't go back.
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I actually had chance to go back, switch to a silver One while I was still in the first 7 days after received the phone feared it may chip. But I stayed because my normal usage will not worsen the casing,
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I would like to hear comments from people who saw both phones in person.
insomnia said:
once you go black you can't go back.
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Michael Jackson said it don't matter if you're black or white.
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