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I started thinking on the new rose gold iPhone 6s and realized that it would make a lot sense if Apple choose to pair it with a black screen bezel.

By doing so they will bring balance to the iPhone line with two options with a white bezel (Silver and Gold) and two options in black bezel (Space Grey and Rose Gold)

What do you think?

Excellent work, but if they do, it will have a white face to match the white antenna bands.
 
What Apple really should do is offer their pairings differently as they do watches:

BackPlate: Space Grey, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Faceplate: Black, White

Why limit our options? They sell enough of them to manage multiple SKU's, even if they needed to reserve some models as online only.
 
I wish all the iPhones offered a black bezel, as I find the white bezel distracting. As it is, I am limited to the Space Gray whereas I would otherwise definitely consider the other colors.
 
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Ugh. Rose Gold should definitely have had a black face. Would look so much nicer and wouldn't be so much of a 'girly' phone. So disappointed we didn't see this. It was one of my only excuses to upgrade, if there was a fancy new colour. But I'm really not sure I can pull off the Rose Gold which is effectively just a pink iPhone by the look of it.
 
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I started thinking on the new rose gold iPhone 6s and realized that it would make a lot sense if Apple choose to pair it with a black screen bezel.

By doing so they will bring balance to the iPhone line with two options with a white bezel (Silver and Gold) and two options in black bezel (Space Grey and Rose Gold)

What do you think?

I wish they would use the black front more, I'd love to get a gold iPhone with a black front. It kind of sucks they release a new iPhone but it's only a white front, that's 3 white front iPhones and only one black front one.

Heck while we are on the topic, does anyone else wish for a darker back than space grey? I'd love to have something closer to black.
 
Going back to slate would be incredible. I miss the look of the 5.

Based on what I'm seeing in this thread though (nice mockups, OP), I would go for the silver with black bezel. Looks amazing.
 
"Once You Go Black, You Never Go Back". Current 6+ is Space Grey/Black Bezel. Including the ring around the home button. This should be an option for ALL colors offered. Period. In fact, I would LOVE an all-black Airport Extreme with a white apple logo. Beats the white one I have now. Can't figure out why Apple has such a fascination with white. Looking at my iPhone charging across the room, it has a white cord attached to it. ???
 
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I agree they should offer at least one more iPhone with a Black front.... Why offer 3 choices with white faces and only 1 with black?!! White is super distracting while watching youtube/movies/gaming.. :L
 
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I started thinking on the new rose gold iPhone 6s and realized that it would make a lot sense if Apple choose to pair it with a black screen bezel.

By doing so they will bring balance to the iPhone line with two options with a white bezel (Silver and Gold) and two options in black bezel (Space Grey and Rose Gold)

What do you think?

I think you are a genius! Way better.
 
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Fourth Exploration:

Gold iPhone with black bezel
Apple Watch Space Grey with black bezel
Silver with black bezel

Gold and black everyday for me, the new space grey makes for an almost slate look with a hint of blue, silver and black is pure class.


I wish they'd bring back the slate, that was one of the best. Both the silver and this dark grey are much better color options than the current space grey for the black front.

I would love to see a white front and the space grey back!
 
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Fourth Exploration:

Gold iPhone with black bezel
Apple Watch Space Grey with black bezel
Silver with black bezel

Gold and black everyday for me, the new space grey makes for an almost slate look with a hint of blue, silver and black is pure class.

That darker space gray looks GREAT!!! I hope it comes to the iPhone 7!!!!
 
Gosh now I'm not liking the "official" iPhone 6s colors! That black bezel looks amazing on all of the shades!
Amazing mockups...way to bring back this thread…actually worth reading!!
 
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Why don't you just look at the official back pictures on Apple's site?
Because that post was made back in May. Next time look at the date on the post you're about to quote.
That darker space gray looks GREAT!!! I hope it comes to the iPhone 7!!!!
Not sure why Apple prefers the lighter Space Gray for some devices, the iPad Pro seems to have gotten it as well. I too wish it was a little darker, like on the Retina MacBook. Hopefully by the iPhone 7 they'll realize most people like the darker Space Gray.
 
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Everything looks better with black bezel. White is just intrusive. I want the bezel to "disappear" when I'm looking at the screen, and the black does.
 
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If they'd made the rose gold with a black bezel I'd be up all night before launch trying to be the first preorder. As it is I'm debating if I even want a 6s.
 
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Fourth Exploration:

Gold iPhone with black bezel
Apple Watch Space Grey with black bezel
Silver with black bezel

Gold and black everyday for me, the new space grey makes for an almost slate look with a hint of blue, silver and black is pure class.
I'd love to have the silver back with the black bezels! And I think black/silver and black/slate would be two good options to jointly replace space grey.
 
Because that post was made back in May. Next time look at the date on the post you're about to quote.

Not sure why Apple prefers the lighter Space Gray for some devices, the iPad Pro seems to have gotten it as well. I too wish it was a little darker, like on the Retina MacBook. Hopefully by the iPhone 7 they'll realize most people like the darker Space Gray.


Yeah I have high hopes for the 7. I'm thinking it will get the darker SG with the new design
 
I really hope they do this and perhaps bring back slate black as well, give the black iphone the attention it really does deserve. If this happens will go back to the black, now if a slate black comes out at the same time as well, it will be a hard choice. Seems a bit unfair that the white, has had two color options

On a side note, heres a mockup for a slate iphone 6
One could only dream for a black colored iPhone again.
 
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