Black vs Jet Black

[Dave245]

I get that but the hands on sessions are what two hours or so post event. I would not expect a ~$900 phone to have any marks. I am sure they don't just let the people there just carelessly throw them around as they know editors will be making videos and don't want bad publicity of seeing a beat up phones. Why do you think they have people going around wiping them down (you can see in some videos) to keep them as fresh as possible as this is the only real life videos consumers see prior to launch. I have a bad feeling about this one....but I guess we will see in a few days.

Over thinking it I think, there are people going around wiping them, but they don't wipe the, every time someone uses them, they are passed around. If you want a jet black, get the jet black why shouldn't you get the one you want just because of fear of scratches and fingerprints. Seems a little silly to me.
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I wouldn't put it past one or two folks to purposely try to mark up the phone in effort to write a story about it.

That is true. People sometimes intentionally try to mark phones just to see how durable they are.

 

[IconIc215]

Over thinking it I think, there are people going around wiping them, but they don't wipe the, every time someone uses them, they are passed around. If you want a jet black, get the jet black why shouldn't you get the one you want just because of fear of scratches and fingerprints. Seems a little silly to me.

Oh I don't want Jet Black, I think it personally looks cheap and plastic and would never want a phone to look like that. Maybe a show car but never a phone that is slid in and out of pockets. I am just contributing the video (sorry if already posted) for those who may come to this particular thread undecided who haven't ordered yet or were on the fence of color.

 

[Dave245]

Oh I don't want Jet Black, I think it personally looks cheap and plastic and would never want a phone to look like that. Maybe a show car but never a phone that is slid in and out of pockets. I am just contributing the video (sorry if already posted) for those who may come to this particular thread undecided who haven't ordered yet or were on the fence of color.

Ok, fair enough. Personally i like it, I've ordered the jet black 128 7 Plus, but each to their own, it wouldn't be an interesting world if we all thought the same

 

[phpmaven]

I have the SS Black Apple Watch. If it's anything like it, it really doesn't show any fine scratches but it does show fingerprints a little. I would still get the jet black I think.

I have the same watch, but there's no comparison. The watch has a diamond like carbon layer which is extremely hard to scratch. The phone is anodized, which will get scratched to heck in no time.

 

[AppleChic76]

Jet black is so fresh, matte is just dull and shows fingerprints too.

That's the part that boggles my mind--did NO ONE see the fingerprints on the matte black also? Lol

 

[ZipZap]

How quickly people forget how yucky fingerprints look on these devices. That gloss will look horrible. And if you put in a case, then why bother buying the Jet Black at all. I think Apple should have stuck with space gray.

 

[Santabean2000]

How quickly people forget how yucky fingerprints look on these devices. That gloss will look horrible. And if you put in a case, then why bother buying the Jet Black at all. I think Apple should have stuck with space gray.

Well, you do have to choose at least one colour...

Better resell value?

 

[KillaMac]

That's the part that boggles my mind--did NO ONE see the fingerprints on the matte black also? Lol

Definitely not near as bad as the JB though.

 

[Oridus]

How quickly people forget how yucky fingerprints look on these devices. That gloss will look horrible. And if you put in a case, then why bother buying the Jet Black at all. I think Apple should have stuck with space gray.

Because I will be using a clear case, and the jet black is a deeper, more true black.

 

[Shockwave78]

A few fingerprints on jet black iPhone will look pretty bad. But once you use your phone for while the whole phone will look like that and not look as bad since there will be no glaring shiny black spots. Same thing with the iPhone 4 series.

I agree though, a jet white iPhone would be really nice. The Apple Watch 2 in white ceramic is setting the testing process for the next iPhone already, guaranteed. Apple already said it, ceramic is harder than stainless. Their liquid metal company they bought a few years ago is a ceramic composition and not metal like the name suggest(learned that earlier in this thread or another). Next iPhone will be ceramic no doubt in my mind.

 

[oftheheavens]

matte black all the way. may not even cover it with a case this year and just use my applecare+ to renew the look at the end of the year if needed.

 

[Shaddow825]

Definitely not near as bad as the JB though.

Yea but the JB will clean up with a quick swipe on your shirt or pants the matte will just smooth the oils out and not get rid of the prints, just smudge em.

 

[ramonabynes]

Because I will be using a clear case, and the jet black is a deeper, more true black.

this

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Would be jet black for me! And there are a few reasons why:
1. It will get more fingerprints than the matte version, but it will also be MUCH MORE easier to wipe them of.
2. It is a black black.
3. It looks more like a new design.
4. It should be much less slippery.

 

[KillaMac]

Yea but the JB will clean up with a quick swipe on your shirt or pants the matte will just smooth the oils out and not get rid of the prints, just smudge em.

Actually not true. The JB will smear more than the Matte will. Matte will clean up easily. Think of the JB as the screen of the phone. Sometimes doing it on your pants or shirt only smears it where you need a microfiber and sometimes some lens spray to clean it. That is how JB will be.

 

[techiebug]

That's the part that boggles my mind--did NO ONE see the fingerprints on the matte black also? Lol

How many people there? Must be thousands. Plus they have strong lighting there.

 

[stulaw11]

Jet black will show more smudges by far. Go touch your dark color shiny clean car paint in the sun. Same effect. Shiny shows ever imperfection and micro scratch to the eye due to the light reflection on the shiny surface.

The matte will always look less beat up or fingerprints (maybe see the skin oils, but it wont have the same light effect to the eye).

 

[Kn1gh7]

I got the regular black because I'd imagine after a few months the Jet Black wouldn't be lookin' so hot. If you saw MKBHD's video @ the Apple event, he said the Jet Black test phones had already accumulated micro scratches on the gloss finish.

It also looks like an iPhone 3GS.

 

[cwosigns]

I wanted the jet black initially, but by the time I was able to pre-order the delivery date had already slipped. I ended up getting a 256 GB black version for 9/16 delivery. Probably for the best; fingerprints annoy me. Last month I found the perfect case for me because it's a thin wooden snap-on case that doesn't show fingerprints.

 

[neteng101]

Not sure about the craze over jet black - it reminds me so much of the iPhone 3G/3GS. I'm sure it looks fine but I just don't get it - nothing really special to me?

I've always gotten silver in the past but matte black is looking really sleek for a change.

 

[unglued]

Jet Black without a case is not "naked"...its sexxxxy nuff said.

 

[applegeek97]

http://www.imore.com/what-color-iphone-should-you-get

This says the jet black is less slippery for those concerned about that

GREAT article, thank you for posting. Helped confirm my Jet Black desire

 

[kevink2]

I would have gone space gray if it had been available this year. Or, if the deep blue had been a real model, THAT one looked real nice to me.

 

[unglued]

For those of you still on the fence deciding, a clear case will shine up the matte black finish and give you the best of both worlds.

 

[Prabas]

Why do people think that they'll get ceramic iPhone, today Apple Watch 2 costs +$1000..you want iPhone to cost $2000?