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Black on SGSIII not totally black like SGS I

Hi all SGSIII owner, have you try open your phone in the dark room? Look at the black colour such as in the Settings menu. The black not so black, like the Super AMOLED still lighting not like my previous SGS I. I think, this also drink battery juice faster.

BUMP!
Oh noo!! What is that? I open facebook in my dark bed room last night, when I open a photo from my friend posting, and waiting the photo loading, normally I saw black background and animated circle. But today I noticed total black dots in the background.
I managed plotted the dots in Photoshop, it look like this:
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Another one issue is dimming.
I test the dimming function from keyboard key-in *#0*#, it not dim like first time I test after I bought the phone. I test the red, green and blue screen still ok, no issue.
What should I do?

I would drink some more juice -

the dots are ink marks that have been known to exist on samoled. According to supercurio, it's a software related problem and should be fixed by his app soon.
back I the sgs day, i didn't have this problem until I flashed cm7, it started happening. I thought my screen had a burn I or dead pixel lol
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night_reader said:
Hi all SGSIII owner, have you try open your phone in the dark room? Look at the black colour such as in the Settings menu. The black not so black, like the Super AMOLED still lighting not like my previous SGS I. I think, this also drink battery juice faster.
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yeah i feel the exact same thing..im not bothered bout the ink spots, thts hardly noticable....but the blacks not being deep enough, thts very visible in dark lighting with black wallpapers or videos with black backgrounf like when sumthn is loading n just the loading circle n black background or like when test, say the film cast is playing on a black background, the black just seems dark grey....
is this with all sgs3 panels???

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the dots are ink marks that have been known to exist on samoled. According to supercurio, it's a software related problem and should be fixed by his app soon.
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https://twitter.com/supercurio/status/214671881004007425
I reached out to him about this problem a while back and this is what he sent back. It's definitely a hardware problem like I assumed.

DarkRyoushii said:
https://twitter.com/supercurio/status/214671881004007425
I reached out to him about this problem a while back and this is what he sent back. It's definitely a hardware problem like I assumed.
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the OP is not talking about black spots/blothches man ( his 1st post issue) , hes talking about the depth of black color ...its very dark grey and not deep black like on the s2 and even s1....u can notice it mainly in dim lighting or dark rooms...
even i have this issue, wanna know if all sgs3 panels are like this !!

zyryn said:
the OP is not talking about black spots/blothches man ( his 1st post issue) , hes talking about the depth of black color ...its very dark grey and not deep black like on the s2 and even s1....u can notice it mainly in dim lighting or dark rooms...
even i have this issue, wanna know if all sgs3 panels are like this !!
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Oh I see thanks for the clarification
My Galaxy S II had this issue really really badly, to the point where the keyboard and statusbar were lightly burned into the display. Keyboard was temporary but statusbar burn was permanent.
Galaxy Nexus had it a little better, only one very obvious black spot on one of the on screen navigation buttons (which were always black making it more noticeable)
Galaxy S III hardly has it at all! Was planning on taking it back to the carrier (first phone I've got on contract in 12 months) if I noticed the issue badly, but since it's so little (only a few tiny dots) then I'm going to keep this one

I remember a discussion about this on the Galaxy nexus forum. It's just a limitation of the amoled he technology that they can't make the blacks as deep anymore. Personally I think the higher resolution is worth the sacrifice.
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Let me tell you that you will also notice dark spots on the screen like the sgs2. very annoying.
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dr.m0x said:
I remember a discussion about this on the Galaxy nexus forum. It's just a limitation of the amoled he technology that they can't make the blacks as deep anymore. Personally I think the higher resolution is worth the sacrifice.
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Let me tell you that you will also notice dark spots on the screen like the sgs2. very annoying.
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look, the spot/ blotches issue is alright if its not too noticable....so thts fine....
but the blacks not being deep enuf, thts too bad considering s1 n s2 had nice deep blacks...
so basically the Supr amold " HD " screen exclusively has this inability to dispay true blacks ???
P.S: yeah the resolution is great, so much better thn the s2 !! love it !

I use this video to test the black on my note, play it in a totally black room, if you have true black you should not be able to see where the edge of the display and the bezel join.
My note`s black`s are pure black not gray.
John.
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HTC One camera purple tint possible fix

Just want to let every developer know, I have a possible way to fix the purple tint.
This is my findings...
When you set your saturation and explosure to -1, the purple tint just gone. But saturation -1 seems too much for the photo. It is ideal to have -0.5 or somthing.
It is nice that if a developer know how to modify the Camera setting and make it default.
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Hey,
Tried it on mine and it didn't had that much of a dent.
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It definitely has to do something with the saturation..
My resaults:
1. Saturation -2 others 0 - no purple tint but white tint on the sides.
2. Saturation -2 contrast +2 - no purple tint at all and even less white tint! Though i didn't try to snap a photo.
3. Saturation +2 - my screen is ****ing red!!

Or set ISO to 100 and it goes away too.

It's annoying. I had a phone replaced because it had really bad blue and sometimes purple tints in low light pics.
The replacement was fine. I then upgraded to 4.3 (ARHD) with the newest firmware (3.22) and the problem has returned. I still have a nandroid of 4.2.2 so may downgrade.

Ardmanz said:
It's annoying. I had a phone replaced because it had really bad blue and sometimes purple tints in low light pics.
The replacement was fine. I then upgraded to 4.3 (ARHD) with the newest firmware (3.22) and the problem has returned. I still have a nandroid of 4.2.2 so may downgrade.
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It'll remain, not sure why but it does.
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SlimJ87D said:
It'll remain, not sure why but it does.
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Have you experienced the same issue then?

ArmedandDangerous said:
Or set ISO to 100 and it goes away too.
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Funny, i still think this is hardware related, while many people report that at ISO 100 it disappears mine still shows it, even with this trick mine was still pink unless the saturation was at -2 which turns pictures black and white.

It's deft hardware related, not software.. The setting adjustments you talk about might 'lessen' the haze, bit it ruins the picture.. They are bad/wrongly positioned sensors within the phone itself. Unfortunately
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I think it's heat related. Seems that the red /purple gets worse when phone is running hot
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Mine is stone cold and it still happens. Since it didn't happen prior to the 4.2.2 update, it definitely isn't a hardware issue.

Firmware related?
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I'm fairly sure it is a software issue. I heard somewhere that every camera sensor does this (I think it as in a anandtech podcast) and it is then taken care if in software to make it look good. If this is true then HTC did a pretty bad job of mapping the sensors characteristics.
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i havent received the 4.3 OTA update, well im hoping this really aint hardware problem.. hoping too that theyll fix it.

ArmedandDangerous said:
Mine is stone cold and it still happens. Since it didn't happen prior to the 4.2.2 update, it definitely isn't a hardware issue.
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I didn't have it prior to 4.3 so at least in my case I believe it is also software related.

mky4b11 said:
I think it's heat related. Seems that the red /purple gets worse when phone is running hot
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Heat can cause magenta tint to image sensors - this happened also when my DSLR's sensor overheated a bit.
Anyways, I checked mine and seems normal, does not have any tinting - on 4.3 :?

Mine didn't have it at first either. But developed over time.
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Ardmanz said:
Have you experienced the same issue then?
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Yes. My camera was perfectly fine till I updated the firmware. Now it's stuck this way even going back and forth. I don't know if the driver for the camera gets broken or something... It sucks.

Just bought a HTC One Nordic today - it came with firmware 4.1.2 which is now updated to stock 4.2.2 - and I have had alot of purple tint on both firmwares especially on indoor shots - sigh
So much the camera is more or less useless.
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Just bought a HTC One Nordic today - it came with firmware 4.1.2 which is now updated to stock 4.2.2 - and I have had alot of purple tint on both firmwares especially on indoor shots - sigh
So much the camera is more or less useless.

spawndk said:
Just bought a HTC One Nordic today - it came with firmware 4.1.2 which is now updated to stock 4.2.2 - and I have had alot of purple tint on both firmwares especially on indoor shots - sigh
So much the camera is more or less useless.
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Just bought a HTC One Nordic today - it came with firmware 4.1.2 which is now updated to stock 4.2.2 - and I have had alot of purple tint on both firmwares especially on indoor shots - sigh
So much the camera is more or less useless.
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Led light on white Note 4 in sunlight

What is the led light on white Note 4 like in sunlight? Is it barely visible or well defined? Anyone who has it already please share?

Hmmm I don't think it matters.
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To me it does. Thank you for your unuseful post.

xperiaforme said:
What is the led light on white Note 4 like in sunlight? Is it barely visible or well defined? Anyone who has it already please share?
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i think it juz depends on the colour of the led??

angelky said:
i think it juz depends on the colour of the led??
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On my white Note 3 it doesn't. Every color looks very faint in sunlight whereas on black Note 2 it is perfectly visible. Problem is I am not that into black.

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What is the led light on white Note 4 like in sunlight? Is it barely visible or well defined? Anyone who has it already please share?
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On my white Note 3 it doesn't. Every color looks very faint in sunlight whereas on black Note 2 it is perfectly visible. Problem is I am not that into black.
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i let u know once i check it out

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i let u know once i check it out
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That would be great or if anyone else can. On Note 2 Samsung apparently made up for natural lack of visibility on white background with stronger led light, it was not a problem. On Note 3 they forgot about that. I hope they remebered again on Note 4.

xperiaforme said:
That would be great or if anyone else can. On Note 2 Samsung apparently made up for natural lack of visibility on white background with stronger led light, it was not a problem. On Note 3 they forgot about that. I hope they remebered again on Note 4.
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I was using the phone under the sun few days ago, didn't really keep my eyes on the led night..... But as what I remember, it's clear for me to see it, juz not using green light should be ok...

angelky said:
I was using the phone under the sun few days ago, didn't really keep my eyes on the led night..... But as what I remember, it's clear for me to see it, juz not using green light should be ok...
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Could you check the green one as well? It is my favourite led light Either way, if you can check before Friday it would be great.

xperiaforme said:
Could you check the green one as well? It is my favourite led light Either way, if you can check before Friday it would be great.
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I will have a look

I actually tried to read the led lights under the sun and they are really hard to see.....
Red is the most easiest to see, blue so far is ok, juz needa focus a bit. But green is killing me, I can read it if I really concentrate.....
All personal perspectives, hope this can help

Is the led notif light well defined? I see on my white note 4 the left portion of the led is not well defined. On the right portion you can clearly see the outline of the led
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Is the led notif light well defined? I see on my white note 4 the left portion of the led is not well defined. On the right portion you can clearly see the outline of the led
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Umm....I saw mine looks alright

Can anyone compare the led on their black Note 4 to what has been said in here?

I believe this thread just proves how good this phone really is... No big issues, just small ones.
And to answer the OP question - I have a white Note 4 and I find it hard to see the LED in the sun. Not that I really care - a quick push of the button and I can see if I have any notifications.

Pictures for comparison.
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Note 5 screen discoloration issue. May be widespread

I have had my Verizon 64 GB Note 5 for about 6 days now and since day 1 I have noticed that the screen color when on a white background is not uniform. My phone appears to have a section that has a red hue to it around the left side and more of a blueish hue to the right side of the screen. It is very noticeable on anything with a white background. I seem to notice it the most when I am reading text. I have gone back to the Verizon store I got the phone from and looked at their demo model and it seems to have the same issue. I also went to my local Best Buy and looked at 3 other Note 5's and all except one of Best Buy's seemed to have the issue.
Pull up a white background on your Note 5. Do you see this? I am going to take my phone back and swap it out this weekend, But with so many that I have seen with the issue I am not confident that the new one will be any better.
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Got some pics of mine. NOTE!!!! Pictures do slightly exaggerate the issue
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What setting do you have your screen mode as? (Adaptive, basic amoled etc)
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What setting do you have your screen mode as? (Adaptive, basic amoled etc)
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I have it on adaptive but I can see it on all modes.

Most likely a defective screen, go get it warrantied. I have seen display defects for all brands.

Deliximus said:
Most likely a defective screen, go get it warrantied. I have seen display defects for all brands.
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I wonder if a bad batch got shipped to my area? It's strange that 4/5 of the phones that I looked at had the issue. This is making me hopeful that I will get a good one when I go swap it out

Yes I have the same issue, imported phone from Singapore.

My 32gb Verizon model has this, except it's my right half of the screen that has the reddish hue. I'm planning on swapping it for a 64gb before my 14 days are up anyway, or else I'd have already returned it. It's incredibly annoying while reading text.

It's like the matrix effect. Once you've taken the blue pill you can't ignore it. I see tinting on every single amoled device I look at now.

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It's like the matrix effect. Once you've taken the blue pill you can't ignore it. I see tinting on every single amoled device I look at now.
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Ha! I have been looking at all my co workers phones and I do see uneven back lighting on almost all of them but none have 2 distinctly different colors on each side of the screen like the Note 5 does. I could handle the uneven back lighting but the 2 colors on the Note 5 make me cringe every time I look at it for more than a few seconds. My co worker's iPhone 6 plus has a fairly uneven backlight from left to right but there are no specific colors illuminated more than others so it's easy to ignore at least for me.

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Ha! I have been looking at all my co workers phones and I do see uneven back lighting on almost all of them but none have 2 distinctly different colors on each side of the screen like the Note 5 does. I could handle the uneven back lighting but the 2 colors on the Note 5 make me cringe every time I look at it for more than a few seconds. My co worker's iPhone 6 plus has a fairly uneven backlight from left to right but there are no specific colors illuminated more than others so it's easy to ignore at least for me.
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Way to go Neo! No turning back now! Hahaha.

Any pictures of what this looks like?
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I don't see any discoloration on my screen. Did I get the only good unit?
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No discoloration or uneven tones here. Perfect display. 32GB Black Sapphire
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Any pictures of what this looks like?
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I will see if I can get a picture of it but I am not sure if a camera would pick it up. It's fairly subtle. Either way it's still annoying.

Deleted since I thought I had discoloration but didn't after having a few co-workers take a look at my phone.
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Any pictures of what this looks like?
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Got some pictures... Added them to the OP

You know what's weird. I owned a Note 4 on 3 of the 4 big carriers and the AT&T one was the only one that was bearable. It seems like its not as bad on the Korean models, which seem to be exclusive to AT&T.

This is what it looks like on mine

I have the 64gb White from AT&T and I cannot see this at all on mine. Colors look fairly cool throughout, not seeing any discoloration or even uneven backlighting.

no discolouration from what i can tell. though i do notice the colours (or WB) of the panel are different than my S6e panel which is warmer in all Display Modes (at full brightness).
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POLL!! Samsung Galaxy Note 5 color

I've ordered the White one.. been using the black devices all my life.. Hope i won't regret my decision
What about you and why?

i've mostly only gone with black variants till the Sprint S6e which has a blue reflection. then for the N5, I picked up a white because I didn't like the other 3 colours as much, and the true black version just wasn't anywhere. but now I'm actually loving white. now that I think of it, i've always gone with mostly black cases anyway, so covering a white phone with a black case is a nice matching contrast. I mostly avoided white because it just always reminded me of earlier iPhones and iPods. with that being said, too bad the iPhone 6s Plus won't have a white version. so space grey it is. (and no, i'll still have my N5.. and S6e.. and 5s. haha)
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keaheng said:
I've ordered the White one.. been using the black devices all my life.. Hope i won't regret my decision
What about you and why?
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Me too! Only had 64 GB is white so I made the plunge. Bought a clear case instead of a black one... we will see!!! Get it next week.

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Me too! Only had 64 GB is white so I made the plunge. Bought a clear case instead of a black one... we will see!!! Get it next week.
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second case I got for the N5 is clear, too. the black one I have (or tried), i'm just not liking. I don't think I like fully black cases anymore. but.. i'll be laying some hardwood floors on mine. loll
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I have gotten an gold note5, color looked different, plus always had black or white phone. So far im loving it
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the black is awesome. 50 percent of the time it looks like blue so really youre getting 2 colors. lol

Wanted silver more than anything. Don't know why they'd limit the color options at launch based on country.

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the black is awesome. 50 percent of the time it looks like blue so really youre getting 2 colors. lol
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Haha True.
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Wanted silver more than anything. Don't know why they'd limit the color options at launch based on country.
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I agree. Pretty stupid if you ask me. I was kinda excited about the gold (since silver isn't available) when I thought that was an option. I don't understand why they would tease us with silver and not release it. My wife always gets white, so I got black again. I like the way it looks at different angles in the light. I don't like how slimy and smudged it gets. I'm getting a skin for the back because I hate cases and the front usually looks fine; the back is a different story. It basically never looks good because there is no way to keep it clean.
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Tmobile white n5

Was only Gold and black available in NZ so I decided to go for the new gold colour and so far loving it
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I would have loved a gold one. Shame they didn't offer all colors for all countries. I've done white devices since the Note 1, so it seemed only right I continue the trend. I really like the pearly look on this white.
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Got the black...
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Lucky enough to have got the gold...loving it so far.

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Haha True.
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I agree. Pretty stupid if you ask me. I was kinda excited about the gold (since silver isn't available) when I thought that was an option. I don't understand why they would tease us with silver and not release it. My wife always gets white, so I got black again. I like the way it looks at different angles in the light. I don't like how slimy and smudged it gets. I'm getting a skin for the back because I hate cases and the front usually looks fine; the back is a different story. It basically never looks good because there is no way to keep it clean.
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Yeah most of the time it's blue for me too. Love it
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Bought the white originally because it doesn't show fingerprints but changed to blue which I think just looks more special.
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I agree; I really like the blue. I don't know why some talk about it looking blue like it's a bad thing. The only problem is the fingerprints on the back.
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Rocking a gold one now. Loving it!

Agree with for the Silver
Nitemare3219 said:
Wanted silver more than anything. Don't know why they'd limit the color options at launch based on country.
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Yes totally agree, and what makes it worst is the silver is out, but only the 32gb. I am still waiting for the 64gb and waiting is such a pain.

Silver is available for the Note 5? Where?
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I got white due to hearing the fingerprints show very clearly in the black Version
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