What color is the phone?

[twflys]

Is the new Nexus the darker color of the old Nexus One or the lighter more silver color? I really hooe it's the darker color... It's hard to tell from the pics though- and I hate the lighter color of my Thunderboot, well I just hate the Thunderbolt for a lot of reasons actually.

 

[moondrius]

It is black.

 

[twflys]

Thanks, and thank god

 

[novemberwhiskey]

It is black.

Are you sure? Everything I've seen after the official announcement shows a dark silver color.

And if I know Verizon, it will be a cheap plastic.

I am still getting it, but don't hope for anything beautiful.

Watch this vid for what the color is:

Galaxy Nexus preview - YouTube

Better comparison pic with the SGSII which is imo, true black.

 

[moondrius]

It might be lighter on the edges like the Charge but I believe it is mostly black. Its not light light the Thunderbolt.

 

[novemberwhiskey]

What are you basing this on? Have you used the phone yourself?

I wish it were black, but all the evidence points otherwise. The edges look pretty much the same as the back cover, both look silver to me.

 

[Deleted User]

It is absolutely not black. At all. In any of the images.

It's definitely a dark-ish silver, exactly what shade is hard to say since silver changes a lot depending on the lighting. Check this out for a good feel on what it'll look like:

Samsung GALAXY Nexus 360-Degrees View

 

[HanSolo]

Are you sure? Everything I've seen after the official announcement shows a dark silver color.

And if I know Verizon, it will be a cheap plastic.. . . .

Yep, looks like a dark silver/dark gray color. But I don't think Verizon has anything to do with what material is used. Google picked all of the components so they, and to a degree Samsung, have everything to do with the materials used. Verizon just sells it.

 

[novemberwhiskey]

Probably. I just always noticed Verizon gets cheaper versions of the same phone.

Ex: The original RAZR had a nickel-etched keypad and metal components for the clamshell, whereas the Verizon version got cheaper plastic components. I suspect it is a deal they reach with the OEMs to lower the price of the phone so they don't have to subsidize as much of the MSRP.

 

[Bnice]

The color remind me of the Google HTC nexus phone.

 

[owen sixteen]

It looks like gunmetal to me from some of the pictures. I'd not want a bright shiny silvery phone because with plastic it looks tacky. If I get it, i'll be slapping a case on it so the color might not be too big an issue.

 

[twflys]

If it's the DARK color like the back of the T-bolt I will be okay with that. But if it's the pewter color... I might have really consider the RAZR.

 

[redraider1]

It is like a silver color. Def not black.

 

[redraider1]

If it's the DARK color like the back of the T-bolt I will be okay with that. But if it's the pewter color... I might have really consider the RAZR.

So you decide on a phone based on what color it is?

 

[HanSolo]

So you decide on a phone based on what color it is?

Different strokes for different folks and all that.

If it was pink with floral patterns, I'd probably pass too. I don't like cases.


Why is there no smiley faces feature on the phandroid app?

 

[redraider1]

Different strokes for different folks and all that.

If it was pink with floral patterns, I'd probably pass too. I don't like cases.


Why is there no smiley faces feature on the phandroid app?

Well yes I can see if it was pink or something extreme like that but from black( which idk where anyone got that from it never looked black) to a gunmetal color really wouldn't affect me but guess it does for others.

 

[twflys]

My Nexus 1 was silver and now my thunderbolt is mostly the same color... I am just sick of it. Black, it goes with everything. The Razr is speced about the same with me- it's just comes with a 4 course dinner of Bloat that kills it for me.