What color would you choose for a smartphone?

memo357 · Feb 21, 2013

As the title suggests, what color would you go for?

White or black?

Soon I will buy a new device, Sony Xperia Z and my girlfriend will buy an iPhone 5,

I think they are both very nice (black & white), so it's difficult to choose for me...

What makes black better than white and what makes white better than black?

SiempreTuna · Feb 21, 2013

I prefer black ..

Except on the iP5. Rumour has it that the black one shows scratches a lot more than the white one. Apparently the paint on the back of the black one chips. Or at least, the chips are more visible.

Plus, my missus just got a white iP5 and it does look quite pretty.

dontpanicbobby · Feb 21, 2013

I chose other. I want candy apple red.

damewolf13 · Feb 21, 2013

dontpanicbobby said:
I chose other. I want candy apple red.

I like the way you think!

As far as why I choose white for most of my phones, I really like to decorate my phones with pretty backgrounds, colored text, etc...and sometimes when you have a colored phone it limits you as to what colors you can use, and what colors look good with the phone.

Frisco · Feb 21, 2013

Long ago I used to wish stereo equipment came in colors other than silver/grey or black, when the amp and equalizer and turntable and pre-amp and cassette player were all separate boxes stacked in a wooden case with a glass door, the speakers, good ones, were always about 36 inches high and were a part of the furniture in the room.

I wanted pastel blue, in particular.

Smart phones in colors with choices like that would be very cool, imo. Of course you can buy cases and covers, etc.. but the stock phones in choices would be nice.

gtbarry · Feb 21, 2013

I don't think color matters too much as most all phones spend their life in a case. That iphone especially.

nieltab · Feb 21, 2013

Depends on which phone. I prefer my Samsung galaxy s advance in black, but if I see the white iPhone 5 of my girlfriend , I would choose white.

El Presidente · Feb 21, 2013

Black, or if not black, navy/dark blue.

Most of my devices will spend their time in a case anyway so the most that's seen is the bezel.

Davdi · Feb 21, 2013

Black or dark colours, Bronze would be good

Stuntman · Feb 21, 2013

I want a red phone. I would have gotten a red SGS3 if it were available last July and if it came with at least 32GB of storage.

chanchan05 · Feb 21, 2013

Black or grey.

Metroid Prime · Feb 21, 2013

I like either black, white, green, or red.

Hadron · Feb 22, 2013

I'm actually using a brown phone - I've got used to it and hadn't given it thought for ages until you brought it up, but it is pretty strange!

(HTC probably call it bronze though).

For preference, black or dark grey. Why? Guess I prefer plain and functional.

Sharmy · Feb 22, 2013

I like white.

memo357 · Feb 22, 2013

El Presidente said:
Black, or if not black, navy/dark blue.

Most of my devices will spend their time in a case anyway so the most that's seen is the bezel.

navy/dark blue one is also a special one, a beautiful colour yes...

Shocky · Feb 22, 2013

I actually don't mind black, white or even a metallic colour. So long it's nothing silly like the Nokia phones I don't really care.

breadnatty08 · Feb 22, 2013

My Gnex is a grayish color. Fine for me but it'd be nice to switch it up in the future.
Had a white phone in the past and would love to have another one.

Rush · Feb 22, 2013

I always prefer the white color/version of some devices - especially my EVO 4G LTE (sexy

)

...

Gmash · Feb 22, 2013

Basic black. I always thought white phones were girly.

Digital Controller · Feb 22, 2013

I really like black phones...but I would totally of bought some of those colors that were released for the GS3

shelliewnj · Feb 22, 2013

I don't care what color the phone is. I have different cases for my phone in different colors

saptech · Feb 22, 2013

I would take black over white but I do like color, such as blue or maroon. I guess I prefer darker colors over lighter. My Tab 2 is white because it was the only color the Student Edition came in.

!on · Feb 23, 2013

White goods are large objects found in the kitchen. Black is better for phones as it's a more 'serious' colour & things that are coloured are designed to be 'fun' (ie: toys). I think that's why phones are mostly black, the manufacturers want to project serious tech, not toys.

Coloured tech was big in the 80's but was seen as 'throw away', like with toys, we outgrew them. 'Serious' tech will always sell better than 'toy' tech because it's aspirational.

Manufacturers want us to buy many phones so why not design them as throw away? Because they're not marketed as such. Because tech sells better than toys (think: grown up toys?) & we are still clumsy animals

& tech is much cheaper to mass produce nowadays.
Note that still today, not all phones are marketed as water or shock resistant.

Jiayu · Feb 24, 2013

between black and white id choose black but id love the metallicy bronzey orange on htc clones, ferrari red, metallic hot pink (especially if offset with a black bordered screen or something) and the cyan from windows phones

boyo1991 · Feb 24, 2013

White. Cleaner... If multiple choices.. white and black are both neat imo

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