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Anyone regret their choice of getting a black iPhone?

tifa_mo

tifa_mo

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So after numerous nights staying up til 12:01am and checking istocknow religiously I finally had my new iPhone 7 Plus MB 128gb two days ago.

Love it! Love the new camera, home button, the speed is like a dream. Nothing to complain.

...Except I don't know if I actually like the black phone that much...I've had a white phone since iPhone 4 so wanted a change. But first impression of the black one - feels kinda dirty? Matte Black is equally a fingerprint magnet as the jet black (just takes certain angles to show). The black bezel on the front also doesn't feel as clean as the white one.

I think the whole new color, the scarcity of the black phones really got to me....but now that I've actually had the black phone, thinking of taking it to apple store and exchange for gold or silver.

Is it true that I can take it to Apple Store in 14 days and exchange with no problem? Also anyone else liking their matte black w/o problem, especially girls?
 
tifa_mo said:
So after numerous nights staying up til 12:01am and checking istocknow religiously I finally had my new iPhone 7 Plus MB 128gb two days ago.

Love it! Love the new camera, home button, the speed is like a dream. Nothing to complain.

...Except I don't know if I actually like the black phone that much...I've had a white phone since iPhone 4 so wanted a change. But first impression of the black one - feels kinda dirty? Matte Black is equally a fingerprint magnet as the jet black (just takes certain angles to show). The black bezel on the front also doesn't feel as clean as the white one.

I think the whole new color, the scarcity of the black phones really got to me....but now that I've actually had the black phone, thinking of taking it to apple store and exchange for gold or silver.

Is it true that I can take it to Apple Store in 14 days and exchange with no problem? Also anyone else liking their matte black w/o problem, especially girls?
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I have the Matte Black and I loveeeeee it. My 6s+ was Rose Gold and my 6+ was Gold. This one is my favorite, really really enjoy the black face vs the white face. But yes, it is true you can get it exchanged during your buyers remorse period during the first 14 days, but it may be a little difficult since the devices are so scarce currently. Also, they may charge a restocking fee for exchanging it.
 
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csmith1289 said:
I have the Matte Black and I loveeeeee it. My 6s+ was Rose Gold and my 6+ was Gold. This one is my favorite, really really enjoy the black face vs the white face. But yes, it is true you can get it exchanged during your buyers remorse period during the first 14 days, but it may be a little difficult since the devices are so scarce currently. Also, they may charge a restocking fee for exchanging it.
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Do you get finger prints all over your phone? I kinda miss having a white phone because of how low maintenance it is...
 
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Not a girl, but had a white iPhone since the iPhone 5.

Love the change and the matte black. Looks and feels sleeker to me. As far as finger prints go, it seems OK after a good wipe from my shirt, even at different angles (checking it out now at work). Even handling my phone at the gym with chalk and all that seems to be fine/back to normal after a good wipe afterwards.

Phone is also naked.
 
I alternate between black and white phones most of the time. I really tend to prefer black phones though. I like how the screen pops against the black bezel better. It is nice that fingerprints don't show up as much on the white.
 
I love the matte black. I'm not having the fingerprint issue on the back of the phone personally.

Huge fan of the stealth look and the black color. Reminds me of the slate iPhone 5, still the best looking iPhone IMO.
 
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Bigserver1 said:
I love the matte black. I'm not having the fingerprint issue on the back of the phone personally.

Huge fan of the stealth look and the black color. Reminds me of the slate iPhone 5, still the best looking iPhone IMO.
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The stealthy-ness is so dope. I want a car exactly this color. Murdered out Apple logo is sick too. Apple fixed the issues with the slate 5 scratch-gate with this matte black.
 
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I like white faces as they integrate well with the white background of many apps. My last three or four phones had the white face. That said.....I ordered a matte black this time but when a gold came available (white face) I grabbed that. And combined that with a saddle brown leather case. And it rocks! :) If you use an opaque case then for all practical purposes your choosing a white or black face...you don't see much of the rest (the gold bottom which you can see on my case and the gold ring around the button).
 
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kargurin said:
I like white faces as they integrate well with the white background of many apps. My last three or four phones had the white face. That said.....I ordered a matte black this time but when a gold came available (white face) I grabbed that. And combined that with a saddle brown leather case. And it rocks! :) If you use an opaque case then for all practical purposes your choosing a white or black face...you don't see much of the rest (the gold bottom which you can see on my case and the gold ring around the button).
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Hopefully we won't need to worry about white or black bezels next year if the whole front of the next phone is the screen
 
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I've had white since iPhone 5 and I can't imagine going back to black anytime soon. White is just so fresh!
 
MacTechnics said:
Hopefully we won't need to worry about white or black bezels next year if the whole front of the next phone is the screen
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Exactly my thoughts!
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kargurin said:
I like white faces as they integrate well with the white background of many apps. My last three or four phones had the white face. That said.....I ordered a matte black this time but when a gold came available (white face) I grabbed that. And combined that with a saddle brown leather case. And it rocks! :) If you use an opaque case then for all practical purposes your choosing a white or black face...you don't see much of the rest (the gold bottom which you can see on my case and the gold ring around the button).
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True with the app background. No wonder I felt more at ease reading reddit on my white iphone but viewing imgur is better with the black phone lol.
 
I have matte black. It's pretty slick but I will miss silver until I have silver again.
 
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