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my new iphone 3G black its blue!!!
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If it really is blue, you could probably get $1500 on eBay for it. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that want a blue one! 
I noticed it the second day I had my phone. Mine is purple, maybe slightly blue. It is on the back and the button on the front. I dont see it inside or under florescent light. You cant see it as much under direct sun light either, where I see it is in the shade outside, or in my car on a sunny day. If you look at it on an angle you will see it. Mine seems a little worse then the other iphones i have seen and handled.
Edit: As the above user said, its probably the clear coat or something, cause my apple logo is purple too.
Edit: As the above user said, its probably the clear coat or something, cause my apple logo is purple too.
You are completely right. I work in the paint industry and often encounter this problem. The technical term for this is metamerism.
Class Action Lawsuit!!
/cry... guess I can't get in on this.... mine is just BLACK!
The more you know, the less you wonder.
What's happening here is that all the black back covers are not exactly black. Not only that, but they are transparent as well. That shiny surface you're holding is actually a clear-to-purple transparent polycarbonate that has it's interior side coated with a thin layer of black plastic (or paint). If you get your hands on a bare housing and hold it toward a strong light source (i.e. sunlight or a lightbulb), you can see right through it... especially in areas where that black paint is very thin or missing: around the edges, around the camera hole and various other spots and grooves. I scratched the paint off of a few random spots on the interior and the housing became transparent there.
Of course, this was a good way to obtain a strong, scratch resistant housing which may have not be possible with a fully black material. I took some pictures to the best of my abilities. We all know how hard it can be to photograph something with a strong backlighting present.
What's happening here is that all the black back covers are not exactly black. Not only that, but they are transparent as well. That shiny surface you're holding is actually a clear-to-purple transparent polycarbonate that has it's interior side coated with a thin layer of black plastic (or paint). If you get your hands on a bare housing and hold it toward a strong light source (i.e. sunlight or a lightbulb), you can see right through it... especially in areas where that black paint is very thin or missing: around the edges, around the camera hole and various other spots and grooves. I scratched the paint off of a few random spots on the interior and the housing became transparent there.
Of course, this was a good way to obtain a strong, scratch resistant housing which may have not be possible with a fully black material. I took some pictures to the best of my abilities. We all know how hard it can be to photograph something with a strong backlighting present.
Definitely plastic in the Blue range
The iphone is most definitely blue-ish and not black. This has nothing to do with the sky. The optical phenomenon is the reverse of what is being discussed. I mostly appears to be black. The plastic, if it where thicker would appear black in more circumstances, or if there where an opaque black underneath it. In any light be it sun or a light bulb you can detect the colors more accurately. I believe the blue option for coloring the plastic is also the cheaper option.
Then again, maybe I am completely wrong.
The iphone is most definitely blue-ish and not black. This has nothing to do with the sky. The optical phenomenon is the reverse of what is being discussed. I mostly appears to be black. The plastic, if it where thicker would appear black in more circumstances, or if there where an opaque black underneath it. In any light be it sun or a light bulb you can detect the colors more accurately. I believe the blue option for coloring the plastic is also the cheaper option.
Then again, maybe I am completely wrong.
Interesting thought. I guess it would make sense because they wouldn't have to purchase as deep a pigment for the injection molds. I always thought it was just because of the sky/light combination, but it remains a mystery.
Yup you are wrong
the person before you posted the correct reasons why it appears blueish black
today i compared my iphone to the 1 in best buy and mine was navy blue while theirs was black ,,,, whats with some of the iphones