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Is the White iPhone easy to keep clean????
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I'd say it's a little too early to tell yet. It doesn't feel like the same type of plastic, though. It feels much slicker, if you know what I mean. My guess is that there's some type of coating.
No problems keeping mine clean here. No case either. Ive had to wipe off the screen many times already, but the back Ive only wiped off maybe once. Havent had any problems with dirty spots and you cant see smudges or fingerprints on the white 
No problems here either, I ran it for a day without a cover and it was better on the back then all the finger prints on the front. Now I have it covered with a invisible shield so all is much better. Go for it!
warning!
i have the white 16gb, 3g and i bought the incipio Orion slide case to protect it. BAD move! after a week, the phone now has light brown "burn" marks on it from sliding in & out of the case.
i'm hoping to find some way to get the white back to actual white (if anyone has any ideas, i'd appreciate it!). i also wised-up and got a griffin "reflect" for protection.
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i have the white 16gb, 3g and i bought the incipio Orion slide case to protect it. BAD move! after a week, the phone now has light brown "burn" marks on it from sliding in & out of the case.
i'm hoping to find some way to get the white back to actual white (if anyone has any ideas, i'd appreciate it!). i also wised-up and got a griffin "reflect" for protection.
S.
Invisibleshield coloration of the white~
i wear some dark denims that are famous at spotting white sneakers with blue stripes so with the invisibleshield on my white, there is clearly some blue and black rubbed onto the entire skin~ no pictures to show but if you wear heavy denim + invisibleshield, the shield will turn into a darker shade of clear~ (grey tint) and the difference between the white body (still perfect) and the greyed skin is clearly visible.
sorry no pictures atm.
i wear some dark denims that are famous at spotting white sneakers with blue stripes so with the invisibleshield on my white, there is clearly some blue and black rubbed onto the entire skin~ no pictures to show but if you wear heavy denim + invisibleshield, the shield will turn into a darker shade of clear~ (grey tint) and the difference between the white body (still perfect) and the greyed skin is clearly visible.
sorry no pictures atm.
Mine seems easy enough to keep clean I rarely look at the back though. I wipe it off about once every few days.
I played with the Black and White at the Apple store and quickly noticed the fingerprints on the Black one. I chose white and it stays pretty clean looking. Of course, if you work on cars all day and have gressy hands it might be different for you. I couldnt imagine having a white iPhone back when I was turning wrenchs.
I've owned 4 White iPhone 3Gs and the back doesn't really get dirty or scratch. It's funny actually... I bought a plastic case and I had it on my iPhone for 1 day only and the case got all scratched up like crazy! Having the iPhone out of the case the rest of the time and there's still no scratches... they used some sort of scratch resistant coating or something I guess.
