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Happy with Space Grey?
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This is kind if an ignorant statement.
The salesperson at my store actively plugged the return policy as a reason to give gray a go and return it if I didn't like it. She saw me struggling to decide because I originally wanted white and talked me into it. I will be returning mine once they get some white ones. Just not digging the black and gray.
I like the space grey well enough. I try and switch up what I get every other year just to have something different. I was going to get a white one until I saw the silver ring around the home button. Just doesn't look right to me. I have the same opinion of the champagne color. They had to do that to match the rest of the phone but for whatever reason it doesn't fit my eye. I like that the space grey ring doesn't stand out.
Fraud? You need to learn what that word means.
If it was fraud they already would have the no return policy. Lot of products are returned daily a stores. Are they committing fraud too?
Fraud? You need to learn what that word means.
If it was fraud they already would have the no return policy. Lot of products are returned daily a stores. Are they committing fraud too?
If they buy something with the intention of using for a week, only to return it, yes. This should not be permitted, it drives up costs for everyone.
Maybe you need to learn something, to wit: here is REI changing its previously very generous return policy, precisely because people were returning used merchandise and getting new products. Exactly what these idiot space grey flippers are doing. REI limits generous return policy
Only a matter of time before these types of returns are prohibited.
I suspect that it was because of the issues with flaking and chipping. Perhaps the new color will be more durable. I went with the white/silver combo I've had since the 4S, but was tempted by Space Gray. I like the contrasting colors. It's reminiscent of the original iPhone.
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Last year I got my iPhone 5 on Saturday of launch weekend at the Grand Central store in NYC. This year I got my iPhone 5s on Saturday of launch weekend at the Lincoln Park store in Chicago. Both times it was orderly and I was in and out in about 15 minutes. Granted, I "got lucky" at Grand Central, and there were only certain configurations available this year (Verizon 16/32GB white, AT&T 64GB space gray), but it was available.
I've been using a black iPhone 4 for over two years, so I'm looking for a change. Ordered a silver 5S. I'd be happy with any color though. Its all the same.
Sleekest of all the models imo. I love the all black front, and the slightly reflective contrast of the home button.
I agree, I have the white 5 love it went to buy the white 5s and didn't because the silver ring around home button is very distracting. Takes your eye right to the ring instead of the whole phone. Hopefully it will change for the 6.
No doubt for me as I wanted the grey from the very beginning.
Not a fashion statement for me, it is a working tool
Not a fashion statement for me, it is a working tool
At my local store, they were advising people that if they didn't want space grey, they should return it within 14 days when stock is available for the colour of their choice. They were pretty much persuading people in line to do that who were disappointed that they couldn't get silver/gold.
The black front is way better for all kinds of content.
White is always in contrast to the display and ambient light.
I would like to see a really dark blue or dark red, that would be great, too.
I think the space grey is really nice. The back looks really cool. Also seems like a different material than the 5, not as glossy? seems like it won't attack as many small scratches.
black and white
What is funny is, there are still really two phones. A BLACK phone and a WHITE phone.
The BLACK phone comes with this "space" or I consider it gun-metal grey sides and back, and the WHITE phone comes with a silver or gold sides and back and colored accents.
The same issues that buyers MAY had had in the past with the white phone (front screen white/black/white contrast, making the screen APPEAR smaller, etc., will remain.
What is funny is, there are still really two phones. A BLACK phone and a WHITE phone.
The BLACK phone comes with this "space" or I consider it gun-metal grey sides and back, and the WHITE phone comes with a silver or gold sides and back and colored accents.
The same issues that buyers MAY had had in the past with the white phone (front screen white/black/white contrast, making the screen APPEAR smaller, etc., will remain.
I had this issue and this is the reason I only get black front glass. Gray top and bottom will make eventual scuffs less visible
Yeah, making an exchange within 14 days is the same as coming back a year later and doing the same thing.
I'm not sure the idiot here is the flipper.
Did anyone put a gun to your head and force you to purchase the space gray at launch....or do some of you have your priorities in life so messed up that you need to have the "latest and greatest" immediately just to show it off and act like spoiled brats complaining that you didn't get the color you wanted?
Don't blame Apple - blame yourselves!
I just knew--knew--some dolt would pipe up and say a thirty-day return is not the exact same thing as a year-long return, and thus there is nothing to be learned, the point is stupid, I'm an idiot. Just knew it, the second I posted it.
Thank you for not disappointing me. Because one can never compare or make analogies unless the two elements/quantities are exactly the same, right? Right?
Reading comprehension 101. The point of the story was to show how a previously-generous return policy was curtailed by people abusing that policy. Nowhere was it stated the two are identical. Never said identical, never implied identical.
The point is, Apple currently has a more generous return policy than wireless carriers. Abuse it, and it will disappear. Just like it did at REI. The abuse by a few impacted the return rights of the many. Are you so dense you cannot grasp the point? Are you?
Two more things for you to consider:
analogy, noun, /əˈnæl·ə·dʒi/ -- a comparison of the features or qualities of two different things to show their similarities
com·par·i·son, noun, \kəm-ˈper-ə-sən, -ˈpa-rə-\ -- the act of suggesting that two or more things are similar or in the same category
When I went to the store to get my 5s (3 of them) It was the apple store employee that was giving the tickets the one who was telling everyone just to get a black one and return it with in the 30 days... All they were trying to do was to sell as many phones as they could to make the weekend numbers look better... With that said, I will be at the store on the 18th...
I had a white/silver iPhone 5 so I said to myself to get a space gray iPhone 5S this year. I got it on launch day and I love it. I forgot how much better the black front is, compared to the white one. The gray color is really nice, much better than the slate option of last year.