My friends and I were comparing iPhones and we found that the white iPhone 6s models appear bigger to the eye compared to the black one, even though they are the same size. Anyone else feel the same?
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White iPhone 6s looks bigger than Black Model?
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I noticed that too when comparing my black iPhone 6S+ to a silver or gold one. Visual trickery at its finest.
That is the illusionary effect on the brain that white has. Is why rooms are typically painted white, to provide illusion of larger than actual. Has nothing to do with the phone.
Well to be completely factual, it's almost a manufacturing impossibility that the two phones are "exactly" the same size. That would be a miracle if Apple could pull that one off.
AMOLED screens blend with black way better. The inky blacks when watching a video or when an alert pops up while the screen is off is less distracting as opposed to LCD when you can see the dark grey cause the whole screen lights up even though the notification is only in the centre of the screen.
On the white bezel, it's not as annoying since the dark grey is not as pronounced.
On the white bezel, it's not as annoying since the dark grey is not as pronounced.
Its the same reason I look fatter in a white shirt.Black gives the appearance of smaller and slimmer.
Even though I understand the effect white has, when I compared white vs black in the store a while ago, they looked exactly the same size.
Isn't that what I said to begin with? It's all about how our brains interpret black and white. And yes, within manufacturing tolerances they are identical.
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My iPhone 6 is white. It looks bigger than my bigger Nexus 5. It never occurred to me that the colour might be the cause of the effect....
That's racist!
(I had to get that in before anyone else did)
Mine is black so I think I'm going to go to the Genius Bar to get it replaced for color-gate. Which white model is the biggest?
Well that's just...unnecessary...and rude :/That's racist!
(I had to get that in before anyone else did)
Mine is black so I think I'm going to go to the Genius Bar to get it replaced for color-gate. Which white model is the biggest?
I do...I just forgot what a sense of humor was when I read your post. Hahahaha.Have a sense of humor...
Anyways, let's focus on the topic please.
Well played!
Seriously, I think this is the same situation as why realtors want you to paint your house in light colors when selling it. It makes the rooms look bigger to have bright colors vs. dark colors. Obviously they are all the same size.
