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The back of the phone looks white in all the photos but the color is listed as silver....
 
That's definitely silver. The background on the left is what "white" looks like. You can clearly see the difference. It's a very light silver, but still silver.

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It’s silver but it’s so light it looks white. I have a silver 12 pro and will be getting a 13 pro in silver. Hands down the cleanest color.

I'm 99.9% sure I'm going silver this year..... I don't like any of the leather apple case colors.... so I either want the silicon pink or a Kate spade black with while polka dots if they make one this go round! I think the silver/whitish will look best!

(have you seen the renditions of the baby blue phone with the light pink silicone case? gag! looks like a child's phone!)
 
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Honestly I’m just going to throw it in a black apple leather case and won’t see it. I might get a clear MagSafe Spigen case.
 
That's definitely silver. The background on the left is what "white" looks like. You can clearly see the difference. It's a very light silver, but still silver.

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I have this phone and it definitely looks pearl/white more than it does silver. Check it out in store. Sure, it's not as pure white as a webpage background, but when you see it, white comes to mind before silver does.
 
I have this phone and it definitely looks pearl/white more than it does silver. Check it out in store. Sure, it's not as pure white as a webpage background, but when you see it, white comes to mind before silver does.

Haven't seen it in person, but the OP specified he was only looking at pictures. I'm saying it definitely looks silver even in pictures.
 
The back is white, it’s the stainless steel band that is silver. The bands on the other colors have a color finish that if you carry bare could get scratched. If scratch is deep enough you will see silver under the color surface. With silver band any scratch is less noticeable because it is sliver through and through.
 
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I'm 99.9% sure I'm going silver this year..... I don't like any of the leather apple case colors.... so I either want the silicon pink or a Kate spade black with while polka dots if they make one this go round! I think the silver/whitish will look best!

(have you seen the renditions of the baby blue phone with the light pink silicone case? gag! looks like a child's phone!)
I was torn on the blue vs silver—glad to hear this assessment of the color with a pink case (most of mine are), and super-glad I got silver now. I had the silver 12 PM and it looks stunning.
 
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