I currently have 12 pm in gold so looking at both with no bias I would definitely take the blue with the Baltic blue leather case. It stands out. It pops more. And it’s different. Graphite smuggled inside a black case is not noticeable and looks like any other gray/black/dark phone
How’s the gold holding up in terms of scratch resistance so far? I saw a video where the guy who had launch day gold and silver phones said the gold was pristine but showed scratches all over the silver edges already. I had the silver 12 Pro Max 256 on order but it wasn’t budging so canceling it and going for gold wasn’t going to change my ship date much. So that’s what I did, changed to gold and decided to bump it up to 512GB while I was at it. I’m pretty even in terms of liking both colors. I like all of the colors about the same. A lot of the cases I like look best with the pale phones though.
I’ve had the 12 pro gold(caseless)and now the 12PM in gold(sometimes caseless) and yes. It’s true. Not one scratch on the gold steel. I knew When I saw the micro scratches on all the silvers in the Apple store that that was the one to stay away from. My experience with both golds has been A+. I have no doubt it’s the strongest out of all the colors because the coating went under a different process so that the coating is as durable as the stainless steel itself.
I don't really like gold too, to be fair. I ordered an silver but since it's made for scratches, I replaced it with an gold one - who is suppose to have more, durable protection. I have looked at them all and the silver one was the best looking of them all. Shame that you need to polish it every other month.. plus have some skills as well doing so which I don't.
I’m using the oddly named Casekoo (from Amazon). Their branding does appear in clear but minimally raised lettering under the 5G antenna oval. It has slight feet on three sides opposite the camera bump to help the phone lie flat on a table.
