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Samsung Matches Jet Black iPhone With New Glossy 'Black Pearl' Galaxy S7 Edge
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Agreed. And Samsung added a refreshed color to the line up. I mean, it's completely logical to keep interest and prevent the line up from being stagnant.
It's ok, you can defend them now too.
They already have a black shiny option, way before Apple. Apparently it's becoming slightly shinier.
This is a nonsense news story.
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Good spot
That was already covered by Microsoft with their 1st-Gen. Zune. I believe they called it “Chocolate Brown”, and they really touted the double-shot plastic injection process they used for producing its casing. Gee, I wonder where they got the idea from…
It does but they usually have the Note to keep interest in line up this year that's not the case so they need to freshen up the older phone.
Nope, they're just giving their customers a choice. Pretty common event for most companies.
Perhaps you're thinking of the way that Apple acts like giving us a new color, is some big creative event to ooh and ahh over.
It's safe to follow what the competition is doing. But It takes balls to tread your own path.
Black is a throw back to the iPhone 3G.
If the rumours of a red iPhone are true, let's see if Samsung also comes to the party.
It takes balls to use the color black?
You failed to provide list of colors Samsung should use. How many black phones have Samsung released in the past and when was their first black phone released?
Are you suggesting Apple saw the red Huawei P9 and decided to copy Huawei?
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Samsung released a special edition s7 Edge in red last year. Enjoy life in your walled garden?
You got yourself. Not everything in this world emanates from Apple. Like the stimulation of cone cells in the human eye by electromagnetic radiation in the spectrum of light
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Is it? I never knew this. I'd always wondered why certain colors were "jet black" but I never bothered looking into it. How very interesting. I always imagined it had something to do with the early jet engines leaving a very black trail of soot.
Yeah it's not what most people think. It's organic material on the way to becoming full coal. It's considered a gem stone. See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_(lignite)
Interesting. The wiki mentions something called "black glass." I've never heard of that before, but I suspect they're referring to obsidian? I came across this source and I'll read more into it later today.
http://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/difference-black-obsidian-onyx/
Would it be correct to say jet is like amber in the sense it came from once living organic materials?
Thanks for the interesting link!
Turns out that the Black Glass beads worn by flappers actually were glass, also called French Jet. I found a lot of references, for example:
http://texasantiquemall.com/general...tell-the-difference-is-it-jet-or-black-glass/
Always good to learn something new. At least something useful has come out of this ridiculous thread!
Meh. The original 1980s and 1990s phones like Motorola and Nokia were exclusively black. 2007 iPhone 3G was the new kid on the block.
Well they both look like my wifes Amazon Fire phone. Yeah she bought the only one but she likes it.