No kidding, and I'm not mocking You... just commenting, since it seems that only the insecure males seem to have their doubts.
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y do people think the white iphone is girly???
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No kidding, and I'm not mocking You... just commenting, since it seems that only the insecure males seem to have their doubts.
oh i'm not necessarily agreeing with what I said, I'm just noting the rationale. I have a white iphone 4S, but im also getting a black 5.
I got white. I'm a straight male......
Shoot, if I coulda, I'da got pink! Takes a real man to rock pink
I just don't like the look of the black aluminum back section. looks like crap to me.
The white also better matches my Mac Pro and Mac Book, and I wanted something different.
It would have matched my white diamond deville too, but she died last year.
Come spring it'll match my next sweet car
Shoot, if I coulda, I'da got pink! Takes a real man to rock pink
I just don't like the look of the black aluminum back section. looks like crap to me.
The white also better matches my Mac Pro and Mac Book, and I wanted something different.
It would have matched my white diamond deville too, but she died last year.
Come spring it'll match my next sweet car
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Technically the absence of color
Black is the absence of light.
And my next phone is white, my current one is black.
No biggie.
I have a white phone and I am not a girl
I was going to buy white, but then i saw the black and thought it was totally sexxxy! Once you go black, you'll never go back.
ish dont think so. ive traveled in japan before the iphone became a big hit, and a lot of them sported their white flip phone, hell it came in a variety of colors, black, white, pink, red, blue, green, not only that, but their phones had a small hole in it, where you could attach and loop accessories in it to personalize their phone.
i never thought for once those colored phones with their attached looped accessory were girly. i thought it was unique. hell i traveled in singapore last year, and a lot of people sported cases for their iphone that was personalized to what they like. some had the superman case, angry bird case with the angry bird home button, hello kitty etc etc just to name a few.
so yeah, i think white looks good. but the black one is uniquely iphone 5. like other people have already posted, the white one just looks like a 4/4S.
i never thought for once those colored phones with their attached looped accessory were girly. i thought it was unique. hell i traveled in singapore last year, and a lot of people sported cases for their iphone that was personalized to what they like. some had the superman case, angry bird case with the angry bird home button, hello kitty etc etc just to name a few.
so yeah, i think white looks good. but the black one is uniquely iphone 5. like other people have already posted, the white one just looks like a 4/4S.
I got white because I like how it looks against my skin tone. I'm male. Not to mention the white one is easier to spot if you lose it in bed or something. The black one blends in with everything lol.
Personal preference. Had a black 3G, white 3GS, black 4 and a white 4S... going with black this time.
Yep - only without the awesome 'stache, and not quite as proud that my BMI is a little higher than it should be.
Simple answer:
People see white as being "girly" because they see a lot of girls with white iPhones. Same reason pink is "girly", because the majority of times you see the color pink, it has some correlation with a girl.
The only people I see with white iPhones (when I actually notice) are in fact girls and guys from the middle east with really pointy leather shoes.
Does this mean I'll never have a white iPhone? No. I almost got a white 5. I might get white next time or if I have to exchange this one for any reason, I may go white then. I'm a married man with a kid and a fantastic hetero-sex-life. Say what you want about me and my phone color choices, I'm perfectly content with my masculinity.
(oh and I used to drive a pearl white Acura RSX-S too... haters gonna hate)
People see white as being "girly" because they see a lot of girls with white iPhones. Same reason pink is "girly", because the majority of times you see the color pink, it has some correlation with a girl.
The only people I see with white iPhones (when I actually notice) are in fact girls and guys from the middle east with really pointy leather shoes.
Does this mean I'll never have a white iPhone? No. I almost got a white 5. I might get white next time or if I have to exchange this one for any reason, I may go white then. I'm a married man with a kid and a fantastic hetero-sex-life. Say what you want about me and my phone color choices, I'm perfectly content with my masculinity.
(oh and I used to drive a pearl white Acura RSX-S too... haters gonna hate)
I don't consider white feminine, but it is very obvious that women mostly choose white while men choose black.
It could be due to men adopting the iPhone earlier, when there was only black available. Now that the phone has become popular and more women are using it, and it is available in white, the women choose white. The men choose black simply because they have been using black phones for years.
It could be due to men adopting the iPhone earlier, when there was only black available. Now that the phone has become popular and more women are using it, and it is available in white, the women choose white. The men choose black simply because they have been using black phones for years.
