Im planning on getting one soon and cant really decide. Physically, I dont think theres a wrong choice between white or black, they both look really good. However I do plan on watching movies and playing games on the phone. I've heard that the black one is better for watching movies but at the same time I've also read that the white background makes the screen look nicer as well. What do you guys think?
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In your opinion, which iphone 5 color looks better when playing apps/videos?
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This for the most part. I will say for apps that are not optimized for the i5 yet the black looks better for the simple fact the letter-boxing is less noticeable.
I've always had black iPhones but this time I went white because it just looked so good. I can honestly say I haven't noticed a difference at all. I don't play many games apart from Cribbage and Simpsons Tapped Out, but I watch a lot of Netflix and I browse a lot, and I never even thought about the color difference until I saw someone mention it on the forums. To me, white or black makes no difference, I just don't noticed it.
With the white iPhone you'll always have a black border around the screen, and in using one for just a few minutes I noticed that my eyes had trouble adjusting to the white border while reading an article. This may be something that one would just get used to, but it bothered me enough to make me stick to the black.