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JackEtc said:
Gary, dunno if you'll see this, but I remember you saying how "White is the new black" for iPhones, and you are totally right.

I work at a private country club, and there was a wedding last night. I saw about 12 white iPhones last night, and not one black one except mine.
I know, right??
 
JackEtc said:
Overall I also think the black is sexier as well. I think the contrast that it makes with the silver band on the outside looks great.
Yup my gf got the white yesterday and now it's here it's kinda lost its appeal, I still like it but something about it looks more cheap and plasticky than the black.
 
Gary Whitta said:
Yup my gf got the white yesterday and now it's here it's kinda lost its appeal, I still like it but something about it looks more cheap and plasticky than the black.
See? Darth Vader comparison nailed it. I still think the white looks cool as well, but I just think the black looks sleeker.

Heh, now that I think about it, I drive a black car, my Xbox and PC (both my PC and Chromebook, actually) are black, my guitar is black, my snowboard is black, and my wallet is black.
 
Things that worked on launch day: Push emails and iTunes wifi sync.

Things that haven't worked for the past few days: Push emails and iTunes wifi sync.

I want to curb stomp this thing right now.
 
I finally got my phone on Friday. Man I love it! Coming from the Samsumg Impression.

Love how my phone looks with the skin and the case. The skin is custom made from Skinit.com, and the case is the Griffin Reveal.

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Gary Whitta said:
wifi sync is annoying me, my phone/pad will seem to disappear from iTunes and I have to do a hard sync/hard reset to get it set up again.
Yup. I'm having similar issues..

It's mostly ok, but occasionally the phone won't show up for no good reason at all...
 
I always wondered who bought that ugly garbage.
 
I have just gotten my iphone 4s after waiting 30 minutes in line, and half the people there were buying out of contract. They were surprised i went for contract renewal.

White iPhone is the superior iPhone
 
Ugh, why do you people make your phones look so ugly with those cases. Just go caseless and stop putting it in the same pocket as your keys.
 
Animekatt said:
I finally got my phone on Friday. Man I love it! Coming from the Samsumg Impression.

Love how my phone looks with the skin and the case. The skin is custom made from Skinit.com, and the case is the Griffin Reveal.

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Tabris said:
Ugh, why do you people make your phones look so ugly with those cases. Just go caseless and stop putting it in the same pocket as your keys.

This is the dumbest attitude ever. Why the fuck does it matter to so many people what others do with their own fucking phones.
 
ReconYoda said:
This is the dumbest attitude ever. Why the fuck does it matter to so many people what others do with their own fucking phones.
Why does it matter that people think it matters what other people do with their own fucking phones?
matter
 
It looks cool. I'm not sure if I like the bezel.. but I love the back. Reminds me of what you'd see on custom arcade sticks.

Tabris said:
Ugh, why do you people make your phones look so ugly with those cases. Just go caseless and stop putting it in the same pocket as your keys.

I've got a clear rubber case and it's sexy as hell. It still shows off the beautiful white design and actually looks like it belongs there.
 
ReconYoda said:
This is the dumbest attitude ever. Why the fuck does it matter to so many people what others do with their own fucking phones.

It doesn't matter to me, same way someone sporting a fanny pack doesn't matter to me, but I'm still going to comment on how stupid it looks.
 
Tabris said:
It doesn't matter to me, same way someone sporting a fanny pack doesn't matter to me, but I'm still going to comment on how stupid it looks.

A case is a lot different than a fanny pack. I havnt seen a iphone 4/s without a case yet. Maybe you feel ballsy enough to risk shattering your expensive investment, but others arent. Is that Okami skin bad looking? Yeah, but cases are fine and arent an eyesore at all.
 
It costs like $30-50 bucks to replace the back glass. $100-150 to replace the front glass. (from local stores here at least)

According to a sampling of 20000 iphone4's and iphone3gs' (20k each model), 771 iPhone 4's had broken/cracked glass and 427 iPhone 3GS' had broken/cracked glass. The glass isn't weaker, it's just more glass to crack.

There is a lot of myths and inflated anxiety out there as case companies are trying to make money by instilling fear into you. Those prices and odds are better than having to have your phone look stupid. (you are essentially wearing the fanny packs of the iPhone community :p)

EDIT - My issue isn't with the skin but the horrible case bulging on the sides.
 
Tabris said:
It costs like $30-50 bucks to replace the back glass. $100-150 to replace the front glass. (from local stores here at least)

According to a sampling of 20000 iphone4's and iphone3gs', 771 iPhone 4's had broken/cracked glass and 427 iPhone 3GS' had broken/cracked glass. The glass isn't weaker, it's just more glass to crack.

There is a lot of myths and inflated anxiety out there as case companies are trying to make money by instilling fear into you. Those prices and odds are better than having to have your phone look stupid. (you are essentially wearing the fanny packs of the iPhone community :p)

Then everyone i have seen on campus is wearing a "fanny pack" on their phones. GTFO of here with that elitist shit.
 
ReconYoda said:
A case is a lot different than a fanny pack. I havnt seen a iphone 4/s without a case yet. Maybe you feel ballsy enough to risk shattering your expensive investment, but others arent. Is that Okami skin bad looking? Yeah, but cases are fine and arent an eyesore at all.
I could trip over and smash my skull on the pavement at any time but I don't go around wearing a helmet all the time.
 
ReconYoda said:
Then everyone i have seen on campus is wearing a "fanny pack" on their phones. GTFO of here with that elitist shit.

I see the exact opposite actually in Vancouver. Maybe the people wearing cases are too embarrassed to take them out of their pocket here :p
 
IceCold said:
To prevent this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7-OBoDFeDY

One bad drop and you can crack/shatter your entire screen.

Yup. I thought my 3GS was invincible, as it had survived a number of naked drops, but one night coming home from a bar I dropped it in just the right way on just the right kind of surface, and it decimated my screen. Also, I've had my sim card fly out of the phone on a drop.

Do I think the Okami skin is classy? Doesn't matter. I'm definitely for protecting the phone with a case. Unless, that is, you are the least accident prone person alive.
 
Tabris said:
I see the exact opposite actually in Vancouver. Maybe the people wearing cases are too embarrassed to take them out of their pocket here :p

Probably, an asshole might berate them for having a case.
 
Look, I despise watching explicitly erotic films where the guys wear socks probably more than Tabris abhors fanny packs, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna stop watching.

Seriously Tabris, go look out your window. It's beautiful out there.
 
Trip Warhawkins said:
Seriously Tabris, go look out your window. It's beautiful out there.

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I'm trying to figure out what this has to do with anything and I did, I took this picture with my case-less iPhone 4S of the outside:

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Tabris said:
It costs like $30-50 bucks to replace the back glass. $100-150 to replace the front glass. (from local stores here at least)

According to a sampling of 20000 iphone4's and iphone3gs' (20k each model), 771 iPhone 4's had broken/cracked glass and 427 iPhone 3GS' had broken/cracked glass. The glass isn't weaker, it's just more glass to crack.

There is a lot of myths and inflated anxiety out there as case companies are trying to make money by instilling fear into you. Those prices and odds are better than having to have your phone look stupid. (you are essentially wearing the fanny packs of the iPhone community :p)

EDIT - My issue isn't with the skin but the horrible case bulging on the sides.
I've mentioned this before... but my 21 year old hippie cousin somehow managed to crack my iPhone 3G's screen after handling it for about 90 seconds :P She dropped it from 3 feet onto a kitchen floor!

It's not fear mongering. Breakage can happen. Quickly.
 
BocoDragon said:
I've mentioned this before... but my 21 year old hippie cousin somehow managed to crack my iPhone 3G's screen after handling it for about 90 seconds :P She dropped it from 3 feet onto a kitchen floor!

It's not fear mongering. Breakage can happen. Quickly.

Hippies don't know how to handle technology. It's foreign to them. Next time cover it in some manure.
 
3N16MA said:
Hippies don't know how to handle technology. It's foreign to them. Next time cover it in some manure.
I am convinced it was her sheer unwillingness to revere the consumer product as the digital God that it is, which granted her the ability to destroy it so effortlessly.

"It's just dust in the wind, man...."
 
UK-gaf... has anyone ordered an iphone 4S off the apple store website over the past week and received one? not sure I trust the quoted 1-2 weeks but at the same time don't want to be waiting for an online one if I can buy one in-store

edit: scratch that - they just showed up on the online reservation system... 9.05pm, wtf apple I was told 9pm! : ) 32GB black reserved
 
What kind of screen protectors are you all using? Amazon has a surprising like of Prime-eligible, decent looking screen protectors. I'm going naked with my iPhone, but my wife wants a screen protector, so I'm trying to get some suggestions.
 
Zefah said:
What kind of screen protectors are you all using? Amazon has a surprising like of Prime-eligible, decent looking screen protectors. I'm going naked with my iPhone, but my wife wants a screen protector, so I'm trying to get some suggestions.
Monoprice high transparency ones. Backordered though.
 
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