Actually, Jet Black looks ugly. Planning to exchange mine.

[kmj2318]

I wished we can live like the 90's again when designs didn't matter as much. I remember thinking how ugly the Super NES was as a kid and that's probably the best console Nintendo has ever made. I would use a Game Boy, Game Gear, and Sony Walkman and not care what it looked like. Nintendo is guilty with some of the ugliest industrial designs ever. And those ugly designs like the toaster-style NES are some of the best gaming machines ever! Me wants that miniature one of it!

Ah, nostalgia!

I didn't think the PS2 phat design was all that either. Looks better vertically but ugly horizontally. The slim PS2 looked better. But I really don't care but to play games which is why when people said the PS4 slim is ugly, I scoffed. So we now buy if it is a pretty box? My favorite library acame from the PS1 era. But since PS1 games can be played with PS2, I would rather be stuck with PS2. I was a Dreamcast fan in the early 2000's, but PS2 surpassed it lasting 11 years at retail. Nintendo GameCube was a lunchbox design but was highly underrated.

Now physical appearance is being differentiated and judged by the backside of phones! What a concept! The backside where we rarely look at. Jet black and matte black look nearly identical to the iPhone 6 series in space gray. We now live in an era where we are OCD and superficial at a side we will rarely look at. Reminds me of the gaming graphics whores who love great graphics but the games have such boring gameplay. Enjoy your iPhone for what it is and not for what it looks like.

The new side of marketing design...

I wonder if you feel the same way about cars.

 

[Qbnkelt]

And so do I. Still did not drop any of my expensive gadgets even once.

If you're prone to dropping things, get a case. No-brainer. But claiming that everybody readily lets their gadget go on a date with the floor, the toilet or anything else which could cause harm still doesn't reflect reality at all. Has nothing to do with gravity but rather with how clumsy one is.

Cool. You live in a world where no accidents happen and nobody drops anything and you have amazing supernatural powers. To me, the idea of never dropping things is fantastical. But hey.....you can claim what you like.

I live on planet Earth. Im human. And while I'm neither "accident prone" nor "clumsy" I'm active and I'm outdoorsy. Therefore I use cases. That's not being a fool, as has been claimed in this thread. That's being prepared when living in the real world. Where there is in fact gravity. As much as it seems to be claimed not so for some.

http://www.business.com/technology/damage-diligence-protecting-your-iphone-from-expensive-accidents/

Don't want to use a case? Don't. But to claim never to drop anything? More than incredulous.

 

[MrJM]

enough said.

Im pretty sure the matt phone would scratch if you did most of that to it!

 

[Appl3FTW]

My girlfriend is ugly, but I kept her anyway.

BaHaha hahahaha! U win the net

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Really? You're comparing a child you hold in both arms wrapped in swaddling and blankets to a phone with a slick surface? This is the most nonsensical comparison ever. But yes people do drop babies. Even nurses in hospitals.

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2008/11/dropped_babies_become_problem.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nurse-drops-newborn-at-pennsylvania-hospital-fracturing-his-skull/

But yeah. Phones drop. That simple. Now if you want to deny the existence of gravity then there are a whole other set of issues.

I guess you missed the part where I wrote "on a regular basis" regarding dropping babies.

Not denying that phones drop, but many of us who rock our iPhones naked can manage to go a full year without dropping them. I know it's difficult for case users to believe but it's possible.

 

[Quu]

I dropped my iPhone out of my pocket once in 2009. That's the only time I've ever dropped an iPhone and it wasn't even from my hand, it fell from a pocket.

There's dozens of us with the eagle grip, dozens!

 

[Fernandez21]

Cool. You live in a world where no accidents happen and nobody drops anything and you have amazing supernatural powers. To me, the idea of never dropping things is fantastical. But hey.....you can claim what you like.

I live on planet Earth. Im human. And while I'm neither "accident prone" nor "clumsy" I'm active and I'm outdoorsy. Therefore I use cases. That's not being a fool, as has been claimed in this thread. That's being prepared when living in the real world. Where there is in fact gravity. As much as it seems to be claimed not so for some.

http://www.business.com/technology/damage-diligence-protecting-your-iphone-from-expensive-accidents/

Don't want to use a case? Don't. But to claim never to drop anything? More than incredulous.

Don't see what's outrageous or fantastical about claiming to never drop a phone. I've dropped some, but not many. Probably drop on average of once or twice a year, but I've also gone on streaks with no drops for almost 2 years. My 4S and 5 I never dropped once, and my 6 Plus I only dropped once from about 2ft onto tile. I got kids too, no pets.

 

[TroyBoy30]

Just add a skin to the back. No more scratches.

 

[Domino8282]

After seeing multiple unboxing photos and videos, you know the photos and videos that 'normal' people shoot, not Apple with their $100000000 lighting setup and gear, I came to realize that I don't like Jet Black anymore. In fact, it looks kinda ugly, like "phone from the 90's" kinda ugly. Looks nowhere near as good as the black iPhone 4. Just my two cents.

Hope you liked my cool story.

I hope lots of people read this and decide to cancel their JB pre-order! Maybe will get mine a little quicker...

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Don't see what's outrageous or fantastical about claiming to never drop a phone. I've dropped some, but not many. Probably drop on average of once or twice a year, but I've also gone on streaks with no drops for almost 2 years. My 4S and 5 I never dropped once, and my 6 Plus I only dropped once from about 2ft onto tile. I got kids too, no pets.

Part of the problem with case users' refusal to believe that naked users are able not to drop the iPhone has to do with risk homeostasis. This hypothesis helps explain why emergency room visits shot way up after the helmet law was passed for motorcyclists and then for bicyclists. People feel less vulnerable when wearing a helmet and therefore take on more risks. The end result is more visits to the ER. Same thing with case users. They handle the iPhone less carefully over time and are more prone to dropping it.

Handling the iPhone naked is actually an acquired skill. It may simply fly out of your hands the first few times, but you'll eventually learn to handle it more securely without thinking.

 

[Qbnkelt]

Part of the problem with case users' refusal to believe that naked users are able not to drop the iPhone has to do with risk homeostasis. This hypothesis helps explain why emergency room visits shot way up after the helmet law was passed for motorcyclists and then for bicyclists. People feel less vulnerable when wearing a helmet and therefore take on more risks. The end result is more visits to the ER. Same thing with case users. They handle the iPhone less carefully over time and are more prone to dropping it.

Handling the iPhone naked is actually an acquired skill. It may simply fly out of your hands the first few times, but you'll eventually learn to handle it more securely without thinking.

LOL!!!! Nope. It has to do with a high level of incredulity that someone hasn't dropped a phone since 2007.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

LOL!!!! Nope. It has to do with a high level of incredulity that someone hasn't dropped a phone since 2007.

I'm not joking about that. The original iPhone simply flew out of my hands and it's never happened again.

To be fair, I did drop the iPhone 5s stepping out of the car but it wasn't in my hand at the time.

Sorry you have such a difficult time believing that.

 

[caelius]

LOL!!!! Nope. It has to do with a high level of incredulity that someone hasn't dropped a phone since 2007.

Good god - it takes one to know one. Would you please stop that ridiculous assumptions that only because you aren't able to not drop your stuff frequently, others are likewise? I don't know how often you want to repeat those empty phrases about gravity, active lifestyle etc., but it's not gravity who drops your phone. You are.

To be clear, I don't care if you put your phones in a case or even bubble wrap. Do whatever works best for you. But as I said, stop persuading yourself that everybody needs that kind of stuff to not destroy their expensive gadgets. Some people are able to live an active lifestyle and take care of their phone at the same time.

*sigh* I wonder why you can't or won't understand that? Get out of your bubble...

 

[Qbnkelt]

I'm not joking about that. The original iPhone simply flew out of my hands and it's never happened again.

To be fair, I did drop the iPhone 5s stepping out of the car but it wasn't in my hand at the time.

Sorry you have such a difficult time believing that.

A year ago I was at the vet's office. I was typing a message to let someone know I'd be late. A German Shepherd I sometimes played with came up behind me and jumped on me. My phone flew out of my hands and landed face down on hard ceramic tile.
Not clumsy. Not accident prone. Just life.
It was in a case. Nothing happened.
If it hadn't been, the screen would have shattered. I use cases for such events. Many do too. We're not fools for.that choice as someone here suggested.

I laughed my head off when a colleague who laughed at me for always getting cases dropped his work phone and the screen got wrecked. He had to wait for a new device to become available to him. Karma. I find it hilarious that he now has a case on both his work and his personal phone.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Good god - it takes one to know one. Would you please stop that ridiculous assumptions that only because you aren't able to not drop your stuff frequently, others are likewise? I don't know how often you want to repeat those empty phrases about gravity, active lifestyle etc., but it's not gravity who drops your phone. You are.

To be clear, I don't care if you put your phones in a case or even bubble wrap. Do whatever works best for you. But as I said, stop persuading yourself that everybody needs that kind of stuff to not destroy their expensive gadgets. Some people are able to live an active lifestyle and take care of their phone at the same time.

*sigh* I wonder why you can't or won't understand that? Get out of your bubble...

It's a valid point given how much we all handle these things every day. I'm generally quite good with mine. I've dropped iPods and iPads and iPhones but only on rare occasions. I've only shattered a screen once (on the iPhone 6s Plus.)

The notion of NEVER dropping ANY gadget for nearly ten years does smack of a certain lack of credibility.

 

[Savor]

I miss those times when many of us didn't care what our gadgets looked like...

Nokia 3310 have some of the greatest memes ever. A loving tribute to a legendary phone that deserves it.

 

[Qbnkelt]

Good god - it takes one to know one. Would you please stop that ridiculous assumptions that only because you aren't able to not drop your stuff frequently, others are likewise? I don't know how often you want to repeat those empty phrases about gravity, active lifestyle etc., but it's not gravity who drops your phone. You are.

To be clear, I don't care if you put your phones in a case or even bubble wrap. Do whatever works best for you. But as I said, stop persuading yourself that everybody needs that kind of stuff to not destroy their expensive gadgets. Some people are able to live an active lifestyle and take care of their phone at the same time.

*sigh* I wonder why you can't or won't understand that? Get out of your bubble...

Do you really think that it's rare for people to drop their phones?!?!? LOL!!!! There's a whole INDUSTRY around it!!!


http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/05/two-in-five-of-us-walk-around-with-broken-smartphones.html

Don't want to use a case, then don't. But don't call people who choose to protect their devices fools.

I'll be entertained when people start complaining about their scratched up Jet Black devices and blaming Apple because the device is slick and they drop it.

 

[jmoneyz_89]

You people are nuts. Sounds like you were unable to get the jet black and now your going to bash it.

 

[Qbnkelt]

I miss those times when many of us didn't care what our gadgets looked like...

Nokia 3310 have some of the greatest memes ever. A loving tribute to a legendary phone that deserves it.

I had one of those Nokias. Even then I got a case for it. It was leather.
The last phones I used without a case were my BlackBerry 8703 and 9700. They were tanks.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

A year ago I was at the vet's office. I was typing a message to let someone know I'd be late. A German Shepherd I sometimes played with came up behind me and jumped on me. My phone flew out of my hands and landed face down on hard ceramic tile.
Not clumsy. Not accident prone. Just life.
It was in a case. Nothing happened.
If it hadn't been, the screen would have shattered. I use cases for such events. Many do too. We're not fools for.that choice as someone here suggested.

Don't be so sure that the same situation would have happened to a naked user. Like I said, naked users tend to hold their iPhones more securely in their hand at all times (and they get used to doing it without thinking) whereas case users may not do that and it flies out of the hand when perturbed, etc. It's simply an acquired skill.

 

[rwkleinjr]

My JB+ will go in a clear spigen case and come out once in a while to be admired. I'll clean fingerprints off during those occasions. Scratches may happen. Both the phone and I will survive, and maybe even grow a stronger bond because of those hard times.

Once in a while we may see a Matte Black fellow, and marvel that on the outside he still looks entirely undamaged. But we'll know he's really no better than JB. And likely not as happy on the inside.

And then in 12 months time, I'll give my JB back to AT&T. And even though he'll be wiped clean of data, I'm sure he'll always remember the times we shared and scratches we both got during our time together.

 

[Picapau21]

Many of us fools pick a phone color we like and put it in a case. One is not more of a fool because one one specific color.

Can I ask why?

I've never understood why we buy phones that look good and then wrap then in a case which always make them look worse!

Personally I go through phases. Will always use a new phone caseless --> Then i'll drop and break it and thus put it back in a case for a while --> eventually I'll realise the case looks ugly and take it off --> Cycle repeats!!

 

[Quu]

I hope these videos put people off so my own Jet Black order moves up from November

 

[Picapau21]

Many of us fools pick a phone color we like and put it in a case. One is not more of a fool because one one specific color.

Can I ask why?

I've never understood why we buy phones that look good and then wrap then in a case which always make them look worse!

Personally I go through phases. Will always use a new phone caseless --> Then i'll drop and break it and thus put it back in a case for a while --> eventually I'll realise the case looks ugly and take it off --> Cycle repeats!!

 

[Fernandez21]

Do you really think that it's rare for people to drop their phones?!?!? LOL!!!! There's a whole INDUSTRY around it!!!


http://www.techdigest.tv/2015/05/two-in-five-of-us-walk-around-with-broken-smartphones.html

Don't want to use a case, then don't. But don't call people who choose to protect their devices fools.

I'll be entertained when people start complaining about their scratched up Jet Black devices and blaming Apple because the device is slick and they drop it.

Where has anyone said that people who use cases are fools? I only see the case people calling those who don't use cases fools and apparently cry babies who are gonna complain about a scratch. And laughing at someone because they're screen broke is also in bad taste, talk about karma. I use a case when I'm going to be in a high risk area, but most of the time I go case less. In all my years of using smartphones (since 2005) I've only broken one screen (my S7 Edge, which ironically was in a case at the time).