You know, after all this griping from me about the lack of a black Note9, I'm surprising myself by warming up to the Ocean Blue one. I'll tell you why.
In the Note8 forum, we searched around for a really good GOLD S Pen to accent our black Note8s. We found one, and I like it a lot because (a) it provides good contrast, making it easier to see the S Pen when it's in the slot; and (b) it adds a serious touch of class to an otherwise boring-looking S Pen. So I'm already used to a different color S Pen. This would a genuine S Pen - a BLUETOOTH S Pen! and not a really good knock-off.
And since I have these two
awesome silicone cases (one with blue trim, one with gold trim), I'm starting to think the Blue Note9 would look really freaking good in either one of them. Since most of the silicone is clear, the gold accents with the gold S Pen would provide the perfect color accent to the blue phone.
So I'm going to sleep on it tonight... and if I wake up still confident in the decision, I'll go ahead and pre-order it.