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They should put out a new phone that looks like the 4. Black front and back with the non annodised aluminum band. Best looking phone they've done by a mile.

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The speaker world calls it “piano black” and it looks fantastic. The downside is that on a phone it’s a fingerprint magnet and a scuff/scratch revealer, which doesn’t look so fantastic.
 
Or better yet waiting for the full wrap around always on OLED so you can make your iPhone any color or pattern. :p
 
my 7 looked great!... the day I sold it when I took the case off for the first time in years.... honestly who cares what these phones colors are. no one carries them naked
I’ve been using my 7 jet black without a case for the past year. Given its age, and the prior case disintegrating, I prefer the slimmer size in my pocket. Still runs like a champ.
 
speak for yourself - I've done naked iphones for the last 4 years and absolutely love it! definitely not going back to using a case any time soon and, as build quality improves, I doubt I'll go back to cases ever really.

and no, I've never smashed an iphone in my life.
if you got the boxy iphone 12 pro max, jeezzz they are just slippery ended up returning and stick to my xs probably another year or two...i myself not a fan of cases unless i’m out for a hike.
 
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UGH - I’d have bought one if they did Jet Black

Still using my Jet Black 7+ and have held off upgrading specifically because they haven’t done the colour again!
 
if you got the boxy iphone 12 pro max, jeezzz they are just slippery ended up returning and stick to my xs probably another year or two...i myself not a fan of cases unless i’m out for a hike.
see this is where i agree, hikes, and any activities with increased movement or risky environments and i’ll throw on the case for the day.

but the bliss of taking the case back off is always nice:)
 
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It’s good to see people here exchange opinions without lunging at each other‘s throats for a change.
Seriously.
 
Ive had all but 2 iPhones (3GS & 6), and I used the Jet Black iPhone for a year without a case. The “microabrasions”/scratches didn’t bother me one bit, as I didn’t and don’t hold up my iPhones at specific angles in specific lighting conditions to look for them in day-to-day use. The enhancement of in-hand surface feel—only experienced without a case—was more than worth that trade off.

To me, still the best iPhone finish (not overall design) ever.
 
The Jet Black 7 plus was one of my favorite phones and after a year it still looked like new.The process for getting the black color was amazing and I believe their was a video about the process.
 
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I had the choice between an 8 plus and an x and I stupidly bought the 8. big mistake

the x still looks classy and I love Face ID , can’t say the same for my 8...
 
Maybe. I would actually say the 2G was the worst look iPhone.
There never was a 2G iPhone. There was the original, which I think looked great, but that's just my opinion. The original iPhone didn't even use 2G, it used edge which was 2.5G technically.
 
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