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It's so pretty, but the front is white! Just like the blue one. Ruins the look completely for me. https://twitter.com/cgpgrey/status/844168030540193793 https:/

by xd1936 10y ago

It's so pretty, but the front is white! Just like the blue one. Ruins the look completely for me. https://twitter.com/cgpgrey/status/844168030540193793 https://twitter.com/cgpgrey/status/844168030540193793

canuckintime 10y ago
Only once has Apple offered an iPhone with a black front face and a 'colorful' back[1]. I don't get the constraint of choice. [1] iPhone 3GS with white back. Also the only iPhone I've purchased that wasn't the grey/black version
- twoodfin 10y ago
  Nitpick: That color scheme was available first with the iPhone 3G. Mine is still kicking around somewhere.
Luc 10y ago
Horses for courses I think. I've had every iPhone in white so far and I'm buying the red model next, which I wouldn't do if it had a red front.
- Daneel_ 10y ago
  I'm the same - it's so much 'cleaner' in the white.. Although I'm stuck with my 6S since they removed the headphone jack on the new models.
throwanem 10y ago
Not just the look. My first SE was white and silver, because the black/gray 64GB model wasn't in stock and I desperately needed to replace a 4s that'd aged very badly. Since I don't buy phones as fashion statements, I shrugged and got the white/silver model instead; I hadn't had a phone with a white face before, but couldn't imagine it would make any meaningful difference. Not many months later, I went back and spent another $500 on a black/gray replacement. Turns out the white face throws back a lot of light when you use it in full summer sun! Enough so that, even at its brightest setting, black text on a white background, or vice versa, was barely legible, and anything less contrasty than that was unusable. A phone with a black face doesn't have this problem.
- kalleboo 10y ago
  I've always gotten the black ones because I find it makes video look better, but I was considering a white for my next phone because if you use a black one as a GPS mounted on a car window, the sun on the phone will cause the phone to overheat and shutdown. I guess I won't now...
  - throwanem 10y ago
    The contrast problem only occurs when the sun falls on the face of the phone. If that's not the case in the GPS mount (and I can't imagine how it frequently would be), then you should be OK for that. It's just that the white surround will blind you when you're using the phone handheld in sunlight. Maybe find a way to put the mount somewhere that's not so much in the sun, or use some black card or silicone rubber to improvise a shield? As long as the sunlight doesn't fall directly on the device, it should be enough, I'd think...
  - nicky0 10y ago
    As a counterpoint I^H millions of people use the white ones without a problem.
  - spike021 10y ago
    I've had a white iPhone 6 for over two years now and it hasn't been bad at all. Before it, I'd had a black iPhone 4 and a "slate" iPhone 5, so I needed the change. I'd recommend it. I will be getting a black iPhone again next time I get one, though.
Someone1234 10y ago
Might be a cost saving measure. Instead of having to manufacture two bespoke parts for this special edition, now you only need the single-piece back case. Now they could have gone black on Red, but I'm not sure that would look hugely superior, just a different bad contrast. Plus white is their trademark look... https://www.google.com/search?q=black+on+red&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=black+on+red&tbm=isch Vs. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=white+on+red https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=white+on+red As cool as the black on Red looks, it isn't Apple's look.
- deleted 10y ago
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- frankt 10y ago
  Don't forget the U2 Edition iPod! http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_ipod_u2_5g.jpg http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_ipod_u2_5g...
dagw 10y ago
One of the (admittedly silly) things I really liked about the old Nokia WP phones was that they came in cool colors. And not just as a superficial paint job that could easily scratch.
- JensRex 10y ago
  I don't think it's silly at all. The old Nokia WP phones were brilliantly designed. Both on the outside and the inside. I used to repair phones, and the Nokias were a joy to work with. Their long experience in building phones really showed. I hope that quality has carried over to whatever faceless corporation bought the smoldering ruins of Nokia.
rconti 10y ago
Yeah. It's so awkward looking because you've got these ugly borders when the screen is off, and on (frankly) most usage cases. The screen is rarely showing images that are white-heavy.

by xd1936 10y ago

canuckintime 10y ago

Only once has Apple offered an iPhone with a black front face and a 'colorful' back[1]. I don't get the constraint of choice. [1] iPhone 3GS with white back. Also the only iPhone I've purchased that wasn't the grey/black version

twoodfin 10y ago
Nitpick: That color scheme was available first with the iPhone 3G. Mine is still kicking around somewhere.

Luc 10y ago

Horses for courses I think. I've had every iPhone in white so far and I'm buying the red model next, which I wouldn't do if it had a red front.

Daneel_ 10y ago
I'm the same - it's so much 'cleaner' in the white.. Although I'm stuck with my 6S since they removed the headphone jack on the new models.

throwanem 10y ago

Not just the look. My first SE was white and silver, because the black/gray 64GB model wasn't in stock and I desperately needed to replace a 4s that'd aged very badly. Since I don't buy phones as fashion statements, I shrugged and got the white/silver model instead; I hadn't had a phone with a white face before, but couldn't imagine it would make any meaningful difference. Not many months later, I went back and spent another $500 on a black/gray replacement. Turns out the white face throws back a lot of light when you use it in full summer sun! Enough so that, even at its brightest setting, black text on a white background, or vice versa, was barely legible, and anything less contrasty than that was unusable. A phone with a black face doesn't have this problem.

kalleboo 10y ago
I've always gotten the black ones because I find it makes video look better, but I was considering a white for my next phone because if you use a black one as a GPS mounted on a car window, the sun on the phone will cause the phone to overheat and shutdown. I guess I won't now...
- throwanem 10y ago
  The contrast problem only occurs when the sun falls on the face of the phone. If that's not the case in the GPS mount (and I can't imagine how it frequently would be), then you should be OK for that. It's just that the white surround will blind you when you're using the phone handheld in sunlight. Maybe find a way to put the mount somewhere that's not so much in the sun, or use some black card or silicone rubber to improvise a shield? As long as the sunlight doesn't fall directly on the device, it should be enough, I'd think...
- nicky0 10y ago
  As a counterpoint I^H millions of people use the white ones without a problem.
- spike021 10y ago
  I've had a white iPhone 6 for over two years now and it hasn't been bad at all. Before it, I'd had a black iPhone 4 and a "slate" iPhone 5, so I needed the change. I'd recommend it. I will be getting a black iPhone again next time I get one, though.

Someone1234 10y ago

Might be a cost saving measure. Instead of having to manufacture two bespoke parts for this special edition, now you only need the single-piece back case. Now they could have gone black on Red, but I'm not sure that would look hugely superior, just a different bad contrast. Plus white is their trademark look... https://www.google.com/search?q=black+on+red&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=black+on+red&tbm=isch Vs. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=white+on+red https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=white+on+red As cool as the black on Red looks, it isn't Apple's look.

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frankt 10y ago
Don't forget the U2 Edition iPod! http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_ipod_u2_5g.jpg http://www.everymac.com/images/cpu_pictures/apple_ipod_u2_5g...

dagw 10y ago

One of the (admittedly silly) things I really liked about the old Nokia WP phones was that they came in cool colors. And not just as a superficial paint job that could easily scratch.

JensRex 10y ago
I don't think it's silly at all. The old Nokia WP phones were brilliantly designed. Both on the outside and the inside. I used to repair phones, and the Nokias were a joy to work with. Their long experience in building phones really showed. I hope that quality has carried over to whatever faceless corporation bought the smoldering ruins of Nokia.

rconti 10y ago

Yeah. It's so awkward looking because you've got these ugly borders when the screen is off, and on (frankly) most usage cases. The screen is rarely showing images that are white-heavy.