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Has anyone actually SEEN the elusive Black DHD?
I have my DHD on order, just got at notice that it is in the mail tomorrow and that it is the BLACK DHD. I am curious to see it.
If anyone is interested, I will of course post pics when it arrives, hopefully tomorrow evening.
I do not get your question. The only color I can order is black.
It only comes in the one colour which is a very dark brown which in some images appears as black depending on the lighting.
I hear that there is a 'dark brown' version AND a solid black version - as there is of the Desire itself I believe
So I got my DHD, and I am honestly not sure what color to call it.
To me, it looks more charcoal than either black or brown.
Call it gunmetal
Btw, forget all ideas about one black phone and that other one, there is ONLY ONE and it's dark brow/greynish color and black, looks very nice. Many people think there is a total black version but there isnt, its just different mixes when taking photos of ot, lot of it photoshop fixed i guess, so just forget about a total black version in the near future. I think this is pretty black.. gunmetal kinda look, it looks much better then it would in black only.
I'm not sure HTC know their colours very well. My desire was "dark brown" but was actually a shade of purpley gunmetal and my Desire HD was also advertised as "dark brown" but has the same purpley gunmetal at the back.
If there's one thing HTC does well, it's confuse forums all over the internet as to what colours their phones come in.
I've only seen it marketed as "Mocha" or "Black"
I've got the black one.
It's about the same black as the back cover of the HD2.
Bonzo said:
I've got the black one.
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Could you take a photo of it next to a brown one for comparison please? Go into any shop selling the Desire HD - all the ones in the shops are the same colour as mine, which is a brown/charcoal/black.
And no photo editing please
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And no photo editing please
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You'll get people stretching pairs of tights over their camera lens or similar things instead!
I think everyone has now come to accept there is only one colour, whether it's advertised as black, mocha, graphite or brown.
dazultra2000 said:
You'll get people stretching pairs of tights over their camera lens or similar things instead!
I think everyone has now come to accept there is only one colour, whether it's advertised as black, mocha, graphite or brown.
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This have been talked about in so many threads that it should be banned by now
Printed Label On Box
Guys
Does it tell you the colour on the printed label stuck to the box?
I pre-ordered mine from Play.com and when it came it honestly had no hint of brown whatsoever. If not black, it was a charcoal colour. Anyway, I had to send it back because it was faulty (kept rebooting when in standby for only a few secs) and I'm now seeing a lot of stores advertising it as brown/mocha. Unfortunately I no longer have the box so I can't check this, but with my HTC Hero the sticker on the box which has the barcodes printed on it states "HTC Hero White" so I'm wondering if any of your boxes have the colour printed on the label, something like "HTC Desire HD Mocha" etc.
If your box does have the colour printed on the label, please state it here and say what colour you would call the phone. Should help clear up whether there is only the one colour.
Cheers.
P.S. GSM Arena also state that the phone is available in two colours, black and brown.
sonnysoul said:
P.S. GSM Arena also state that the phone is available in two colours, black and brown.
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im pretty sure its still 1 colour, i think it depends on the lighting more than anything however the one i used in vodafone looked black to me but it was a very dark show room so could just be lighting meh, brown or black the colour is close and the device inside it is still the same so does it matter ?
its not like the hero that came in black, white, pink ect.... black and brown are so close it barely matters in this case imo
My trackball and powerbutton were driving me crazy so I decided to tear down my n1 and clean it up. Everything went well, they both work fine now but in the process i managed to scratch the led flash chip.
turns out, our leds are not white they are blue and there is some sort of filter painted over the chip that make it white. So now I have a blue led that messes up all photos taken with it on
Does anybody know what kind of filter/paint that is on the chip? or where I can get a new replacement part? (tried ebay but there were no led/flash chips for sale)
You can't "filter out" white from blue. that's nonsense.
Your LED is broken.
Its more likely that the scratch you made is causing some light refraction which makes it look blue.
As previously stated, you can't filter white from blue.
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Unlike pigments, white light is made up of quantities of other wavelengths (colors) of light. So, you can't get white from filtering blue. You can get blue by filtering white. You're probably thinking pigments (paint) where you can get white by filtering out other color pigments from the paint.
The led is not broken and its not nonsense. It was partially scratched (the white stuff on the led) so it was shining part blue part white (you could see it clearly if you put it against a white paper, a square part blue part white). So when i removed the rest of the white stuff, which was very easy to do, the whole led now has a deep blue color.
I am not a moron, if you are so sure try removing the white grease from your led and see if it turns blue..
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Unlike pigments, white light is made up of quantities of other wavelengths (colors) of light. So, you can't get white from filtering blue. You can get blue by filtering white. You're probably thinking pigments (paint) where you can get white by filtering out other color pigments from the paint.
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i will post a pic of my led chip so you can compare it with the one from ifix teardown of the n1, youll see the white stuff im talking about. dont know what or how, but it makes the blue led white :\
Not sure if this is of any help, but I had read somewhere that when our flashes experience "burn-in" (over use... such as flashlight) they turn blue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor#White_LEDs
So you seem to have managed to schatch that white light emitting coating.
I am not sure how difficult it is to get hold of those white SMD LED's in small quantities. Maybe from some other otherwise broken device from ebay?
A frightening number of people have no clue how white LED's work here. Yikes...
OP is 100% accurate. He scratched the coating off his LED that emits the white light, and it is now blue (the original color of the LED).
OP, the only way to repair this is to replace the LED. Sorry man...
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A frightening number of people have no clue how white LED's work here. Yikes...
OP is 100% accurate. He scratched the coating off his LED that emits the white light, and it is now blue (the original color of the LED).
OP, the only way to repair this is to replace the LED. Sorry man...
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OP is 100% wrong.
The coating emits a whole new range of wavelength which produce the white "color" when combined.
You don't get the white color by filtering out the blue - but rather you transfer energy to a different substance, by shining a blue light onto it. that in turn, produces the white light. It's not a filtering process at all.
And the conclusion is also the same, his LED needs replacing.
Thanks everybody for your help and thanks draugaz and GldRush98 for clearing that up!
Will look for an replacement led or just live with it (don't use the flash that often anyway).
Cheers all!
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OP is 100% wrong.
The coating emits a whole new range of wavelength which produce the white "color" when combined.
You don't get the white color by filtering out the blue - but rather you transfer energy to a different substance, by shining a blue light onto it. that in turn, produces the white light. It's not a filtering process at all.
And the conclusion is also the same, his LED needs replacing.
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Not to stir the pot, but I don't think the OP is 100% percent wrong. It is a blue LED (that by some method) emits white (or white-ish) light. Maybe he didn't understand the method.
BTW, if it is not a filter, what do they call the process of "transfer[ing] [light ]energy to a different substance" to change the visible spectrum of light from one color to another? What is the correct technical term?
tech338 said:
Not to stir the pot, but I don't think the OP is 100% percent wrong. It is a blue LED (that by some method) emits white (or white-ish) light. Maybe he didn't understand the method.
BTW, if it is not a filter, what do they call the process of "transfer[ing] [light ]energy to a different substance" to change the visible spectrum of light from one color to another? What is the correct technical term?
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Scintillation is the technical term for what is going on in the LED's coating.
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A frightening number of people have no clue how white LED's work here. Yikes...
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That frightens you? Really? I didn't know that a strong background in semiconductors and quantum physics was a requirement for posting here.
musashiken said:
A frightening number of people here are geeks. Yikes, I should stop lurking in this place for a while.
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Haha, that made me laugh.
Was nice to learn a little something about LED's in this thread.
I always thought that it only came in black and white versions, but Newegg list their version as dark blue. Is that true?
it is as far as I know the same colour...
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it is as far as I know the same colour...
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Which color is that?
The black is the same thing as the very dark blue version, some places call it black, some call it as it is, dark blue or even just blue.
Keethos said:
The black is the same thing as the very dark blue version, some places call it black, some call it as it is, dark blue or even just blue.
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From the pictures that I've seen, it appears to be black! I didn't realize it have hues of blue.
Got my blue one from Newegg and it looks black. Love this damn phone
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lsquare said:
I always thought that it only came in black and white versions, but Newegg list their version as dark blue. Is that true?
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Samsung feels that the colour is dark blue, though we sees it as black
My box has the word Blue on it . And if you put the handset under the flourescent light , it turns out to be blueish . The front is completely black though ,
It is officially listed in dark blue and white. The dark blue is so dark, it appears to be black. You can only see the blueish tint in certain light conditions.
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I always thought that it only came in black and white versions, but Newegg list their version as dark blue. Is that true?
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There is no black version
Only white (#FFFFFF) and the blue (#000001)
Does the black mist have a "blueish" color to it?
[Q] indicates that it is a question, therefore, this thread should be in the Q&A section!
In some angles it does, but when you look at high res photos of it in good lighting, not so much.
Oh its not just you.
Hate that blue crap ever since the GS3.
Makes me want to even ... ... go with the white version (which has the added benefit of not showing finger prints).
its more of a greyish black to me.
It's not just you. I saw both the white and black versions yesterday and the black one definitely has a slight blue appearance when hit by direct light.
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its more of a greyish black to me.
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That's what I think also.
I think it only has a tiny bit of blue at most. It's a LOT better than the Pebble Blue S3 anyway.
I think I have a problem with my phone, but not too sure if it's normal. I got my phone last Friday. Whenever the screen's on a grey or white background I get discoloured faint thick lines going down it. It is like a hologram.
Just wondering if anyone has the same and how are your display's like
Thanks
your screen is defective, or your gray page isn't actually solid gray. go into a drawing app and make a solid black or white or gray page and confirm it's actually the screen and not the apps you're using.
there's no burn in on amoled. only defective screens
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shinzomask said:
Whenever the screen's on a grey or white background I get discoloured faint thick lines going down it. It is like a hologram.
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You can also test your display dialing the code *#0*# and checking the 3 solid color screens (red, green, blue).
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your screen is defective, or your gray page isn't actually solid gray. go into a drawing app and make a solid black or white or gray page and confirm it's actually the screen and not the apps you're using.
there's no burn in on amoled. only defective screens
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As far as i know Amoled suffers in burn in. My friend's S1 and my S2 has it. Noticeable especially in low brightness. When backgrounds are gradient of black to gray, the screen looks dirty on low brightness. I saw an S3 on Samsung shop had a very visible burn in of a clock widget even on max brightness.
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there's no burn in on amoled. only defective screens
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Due to the different aging characteristics of the individual subpixels you will get a burn-in like screen after a while, especially where content is frequently shown. Like the clock in the notification bar. After a while/few months that spot will be seen when watching a solid colored background for example. Is the case on EVERY amoled screen there is.
Thanks for the replies.
I have tested it using a lcd test app and it is noticeable on a solid grey or white background. It's patches of faded pixels.
Was wondering if anyone with a S4 has the same problem and where would I stand with getting it replaced.
I can understand that amoleds suffer from screen burnin after sometime but not when it's brand new. My old s3 is perfect and I've had that for nearly a year.
Thanks
IMHO get it replaced.
My S4 also does this. Black and white are very good, but grey isn't very good. Check te picture below. I have also added the picture I tested it with.
Should I return it?
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My S4 also does this. Black and white are very good, but grey isn't very good. Check te picture below. I have also added the picture I tested it with.
Should I return it?
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i wouldnt put up with that. I had the same thing on my first s4, had it for an hour and said im not living with that, took it back to att and got a new one. now its perfect!
swap that out