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Black or White iPad?


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macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 10, 2007
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Did you order the black or white iPad? Please explain your reasoning behind choosing the color that you did. Also, if applicable, feel free to state which color iPad Smart Cover you ordered.
 

Richard8655

macrumors 68000
Mar 11, 2009
1,877
1,329
Chicago suburbs
Did you order the black or white iPad? Please explain your reasoning behind choosing the color that you did. Also, if applicable, feel free to state which color iPad Smart Cover you ordered.

White. Just looks nicer to me. Original Apple color and tired of decades of black (read dark, dreary looking) electronics.
 

Jarson

macrumors regular
Feb 18, 2011
168
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Glasgow
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Black as i've got black iphone 4. And it doesnt disturb while watching tv.
 

phobic99

macrumors 6502a
Mar 3, 2008
707
37
I've owned every iPad in black and I see no reason to change for my 3rd one. Black it is again.
 

vincenz

macrumors 601
Oct 20, 2008
4,285
220
White to me is so cheesy. I got a black, can't be more neutral than that.

Navy leather smart cover. It's going to be a long 9 days...
 

powerbook911

macrumors 68040
Mar 15, 2005
3,999
379
I tried white last year and it really freaked me out. I won't try again!

It looks amazing on the images, but in my home the white looked yellow.
 

cfairbank

macrumors 6502
Nov 12, 2006
406
33
Going from Black 32 iPad 2 to a Black 64 LTE have a white iPhone 4s so I get the best of both worlds.
 

Signor S.

macrumors member
Aug 29, 2011
56
0
I voted for the black iPad because I think black looks professional and I prefer the color black over white.
 

ixodes

macrumors 601
Jan 11, 2012
4,429
3
Pacific Coast, USA
Black for me, white for my wife.

That fact aside, it's interesting how she always borrows mine for movies. The white bezel is distracting for video's, movies, or reading. It stands out too much. The black is unnoticeable.

But I'm not one to care what it "looks like" as an object. I care how it functions, and if it does what I need it to do.

Personally I couldn't live with a white one.
 

bobsentell

macrumors 6502a
Nov 14, 2008
836
0
Alabama
Black. I plan on using for my video production business to show off my work and the black one is easier to ignore when watching the video.
 

.AJ

macrumors newbie
Feb 13, 2012
6
0
This is my first iPad and I chose the iPad with Wi-Fi 16GB - Black :)

I chose black because I though it would be less distracting when viewing movies and images. I also ordered a Smart Cover in Dark Grey.
 

ejisfun

macrumors regular
Jan 7, 2011
173
4
I always think that the white one looks amazing on the website, but whenever I see it in an apple store I just don't like the look of it. So I managed to resist the good lookingness of the new white iPad on the website and order me a black one.
 

CH34P3T

macrumors regular
Aug 28, 2009
208
1
I had the white iPad 2 and decided to get black this time around but as I was ordering I chose white again and I don't know why...
 

icydog

macrumors member
Dec 24, 2008
58
0
NJ
Black iPad 1, 2 and now iPad 3. I read books on my iPad and think that white would be distracting. Same thing goes for movies ---too darn distracting. I sold my iPad 2 with its black cover. This time I'm going to get a blue or purple cover to change it up.
 

1appleAday

macrumors regular
Mar 27, 2008
195
0
i ordered black, but seems like Apple is pushing white - most of the pic and videos on apple.com show the white model. i wonder which color is more popular in the used market...
 
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