White or Black iphone?

Im stranding om line for the 28 Septemer iphone event, and i dont know wich iphone i should get.

White or Black. Is there is problems with either one of the 2 colors.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Sep 27, 2012 9:53 AM

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Sep 27, 2012 9:58 AM in response to Frederikhs

The iPhone 5 in black looks better IMHO, but if you are not careful enough and it scratches, those scratches will be much more visible on the black one because only a thin layer on the aluminum is actually graphite color. Under that layer you see the aluminum's natural silver color.


On the white one you won't see scratches as much (even though it still scratches, silver on silver is less obvious), but it seems that some devices have light leakage issues between the glass on the front and the aluminum bezel.
I doubt, though, that this is a widely spread issue.


You will have to think about it. It's more a matter of taste.

Sep 27, 2012 10:03 AM in response to Frederikhs

I have the white iPhone 5. Been in to the apple store today to change my phone for a new one due to battery issues. But while I was there, there was 3 people changing there blacks for whites because of scratches and marks on the back of the device before they were even opened, i would get the white one it looks smart white and silver back and any marks wont show up so much if you do mark it, hope thats helps :)

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