With more real-world images coming out, it's becoming more and more apparent that the "Amethyst Gray" model is actually purple and the "Champagne Gold" is Gray.
Personally, I wanted a nice gray aluminum look, so I (foolishly?) ordered the "gray" tablet. Now that I know it's purple, this leaves me with a decision to make. Do I cancel my Amazon 64GB Gray pre-order from 11/22 and move to the back of the line for a Gold (actually gray) order?
What do you guys think? Is it annoying that the color names have no basis in reality, or is it just me?
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With more real-world images coming out, it's becoming more and more apparent that the "Amethyst Gray" model is actually purple and the "Champagne Gold" is Gray.
Personally, I wanted a nice gray aluminum look, so I (foolishly?) ordered the "gray" tablet. Now that I know it's purple, this leaves me with a decision to make. Do I cancel my Amazon 64GB Gray pre-order from 11/22 and move to the back of the line for a Gold (actually gray) order?
What do you guys think? Is it annoying that the color names have no basis in reality, or is it just me?
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Find a local gamestop that has a display and see what the grey looks like. Didn't look at all purple to me, just a darker gray
Fritzed said:
With more real-world images coming out, it's becoming more and more apparent that the "Amethyst Gray" model is actually purple and the "Champagne Gold" is Gray.
Personally, I wanted a nice gray aluminum look, so I (foolishly?) ordered the "gray" tablet. Now that I know it's purple, this leaves me with a decision to make. Do I cancel my Amazon 64GB Gray pre-order from 11/22 and move to the back of the line for a Gold (actually gray) order?
What do you guys think? Is it annoying that the color names have no basis in reality, or is it just me?
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I'd say which ever ships first , just run with it. More than likely will be covered with a case or skin anyways so doesn't really matter, IMO
The Purple in the Prime is barely noticeable.Just a slight tint.I seen it in person.You can barely tell.The gold i dont no about,but i would like to see it in person.
do you know what "amethyst" means?
My "champagne" Prime is a faintly gold-tinged silver. I think it looks quite nice tbh.
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do you know what "amethyst" means?
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Exactly. Amethyst is a purple/violet form of quartz. Logic would dictate that "Amethyst Gray" would be a gray with some purplish hue to it. I would have figured everyone knew that. Then again, that'll teach me for keeping my expectations high on the internet.
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I'd say which ever ships first , just run with it.
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I don't get some of you guys. You 'd rather compromise on a $499+ investment that you'll probably have at least a year just to get it first vs. waiting a couple of weeks to get what you really want? There's zero risk that by January you won't get exactly what you want. It's not like Asus is producing a single run where if you don't buy it now you're screwed. They expect to sell a million (which is lofty) in 2012. Once the initial wave of early adopters and X-Mas gifters get one there's going to be plenty of supply. Also by waiting a couple of weeks any early-run kinks and s/w bugs may get ironed out. Who knows, maybe they'll even start shipping it with ICS in January.
From personally looking at my Prime right now, it looks more to be grey with a hue of purple to it.
I'd see why they call it "Amethyst Gray", it's not entirely purple in person compared to the images posted online.
Went to Gamestop yesterday. Looks gray to me with no hint of purple.
Don't know if the CEO they tried to say "I meant this gray" (while pointing at a color pallet). Then the engineer said yes sir.
The CEO also said "campaign gold" (while thinking about future political maneuvers...in front of a different engineer while pointing at a lighter gray on a color pallet). Then the engineers told the marketing people...you get the point.
It is an easy mistake considering English is the second language in Taiwan.
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My "champagne" Prime is a faintly gold-tinged silver. I think it looks quite nice tbh.
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Went to Gamestop yesterday. Looks gray to me with no hint of purple.
Don't know if the CEO they tried to say "I meant this gray" (while pointing at a color pallet). Then the engineer said yes sir.
The CEO also said "campaign gold" (while thinking about future political maneuvers...in front of a different engineer while pointing at a lighter gray on a color pallet). Then the engineers told the marketing people...you get the point.
It is an easy mistake considering English is the second language in Taiwan.
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Lol..it is definitely not a translation mistake. The amethyst has a slightly purple hue and the champagne is the exact color of champagne. I'm not a huge fan of either but they nailed the naming of the colors.
@OP: No Asus is not color blind. The colors are Amethyst Gray and Champagne Gold. If you look at the Amethyst Gray tablet and know what champagne looks like, then you should know that they are nothing alike at all. Champagne Gold is less yellow than an average champagne, but it is certainly the light color name of the two.
If you got confused by these two colors, then it is entirely your fault. There's nothing 'champagne' or 'gold' about the purple-tinted dark-gray tablet and there's nothing 'amethyst' (or even gray) about the gold-tinted silver tablet
One is gray with some purple hint to it, hence the name amethyst gray, and one is silver with some gold hint to it, hence the name champagne gold.
Personally both colors are awesome and I still can't decide between the two.
I'm glad to hear that apparently I am mistaken. I'm guessing then that bad color balance or photo lighting has created some of the distinctly purple shots I've seen.
Barry is right on the money here though. I'm not going to spend $750 (including the matching keyboard) on a device that only comes in two colors, I'm going to pick the color that I like.
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More than likely will be covered with a case or skin anyways so doesn't really matter, IMO
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I don't expect it to be covered by case when I'm using it. I plan on using it almost exclusively with the dock, and I don't keep a cover on my laptop when I'm using that.
In all honesty, I don't understand people's readiness to constantly keep their phones or tablets in cases when you use them. Everybody makes such a big deal about how thin these things are, then they go and put cases on them that double the thickness.
If you want to be an early adopter and buy online without checking before that's not Asus fault.
There is like a billion pictures, an official web site and a trillions retailers that shows which color is "gray".
Retailers are at fault here, they name their product "gray" and "gold" or "gray" and "champagne", but it's still not very difficult to take 2 minutes to check what your 499$ order will look like before ordering.
id like to see pics of these devices, because it always looked slightly purple, but it was awesome still.
I had assumed i'd order the amethyst but after seeing online photos thought it was awful so took a gamble with the champagne. It'll be interesting to see what they both look like 'in the wild'.
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Is it just me or my computer monitor because a lot of the photos for the "Gray" version look purple rather than gray.
I ordered the Gray version but if it looks purple like the many photos that I have seen, then I may just change to the gold color instead.
Amethyst Grey has an inherently purple hue to it.
Yeah it's definitely purple, although not overwhelmingly so.
If I was a female, then the purple hue would be great.
But I am a macho man so I feel the purple hue on the tablet is a little "_ _ _ "
For those who can't decide yet in what color they want their prime.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373704
I was able to try out the TP at my local gamestop and the purple didn't really bother me since it was more of a grey with a purple hue and the purple is very dark so there's only a small hint of it. Ofcourse it's hard to really describe it if you haven't seen the actual thing.
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If I was a female, then the purple hue would be great.
But I am a macho man so I feel the purple hue on the tablet is a little "_ _ _ "
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If a slight purple hue affects your manhood or how you feel about your sexuality then I think you have more to worry about than which color of tablet to buy.
Oops. I hope my winking at you in an emoticon didn't make you uncomfortable.
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If a slight purple hue affects your manhood or how you feel about your sexuality then I think you have more to worry about than which color of tablet to buy.
Oops. I hope my winking at you in an emoticon didn't make you uncomfortable.
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ahhahaha, +10 internets for you!
I prefer to think of it as more of a "crushed velour pimp suit" purple, which reinforces rather than erodes my manhood.
It's gray. I examined it at my local GameStop too.. I think of it as gunmetal gray, which has blue tones in it.
It's almost the same color as the aftermarket wheels on my car.
Don't worry about it.
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It's gray. I examined it at my local GameStop too.. I think of it as gunmetal gray, which has blue tones in it.
It's almost the same color as the aftermarket wheels on my car.
Don't worry about it.
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oh now i know what color it is exactly, why didn't you say so earlier?!
if they have a demo unit at the gamestop i ordered mine from, i'll go take a gander tomorrow and maybe try to explain it relative to things i own as well.
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oh now i know what color it is exactly, why didn't you say so earlier?!
if they have a demo unit at the gamestop i ordered mine from, i'll go take a gander tomorrow and maybe try to explain it relative to things i own as well.
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LOL. I get the point, but gunmetal gray is pretty descriptive. Only trying to help describe it for the OP.
Primes colors are Amethyst Gray.. So would be strange if we didn't see a purple tone. And the purple is the base color with a little gray in som viewing angles.
Amethyst = Amethyst is a well known mineral and gemstone. It is the purple variety of the mineral Quartz,
Amethyst is a well known mineral and gemstone. It is the purple variety of the mineral Quartz,
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I'm ready to order this sick tablet, i know it has a lot of issues but i still want it but my question is, which one looks better the amethyst gray or champaign gold? Should i get the 64gb or 32gb ?
i would go with the grey always a better color in my opinion and i highly reccomend 64gb version i order the 32 and wish i ordered the 64gb version because i loaded 3 movies on it on my apps some ebooks and im already up to about 16gb used. Also remeber when you order 32gb you can only use 27gb of that so with the 64gb you really get about 659gb
I say get the amethyst gray.I have the 32gb gray version & I love it.As far as the 64gb goes I would just buy a micro SD card,class 4 or 6 will be fine.
That's a funny question to ask when people can't even agree on what color Amethyst Grey really is and have compared "Champagne" to urine. If you can, try to see them in person. If not, flip a coin.
I like the green one.
This is personal. Y u no get that?
hey I am looking at a car, should I go with a truck or a minivan?
Really, this question is about as ill thought out as the OP. Don't ask questions that are personal opinion. Which color do you like better? Look at the pictures and decide. how much memory should you get? How do we know what you are gonig to do with it. General surfing, email, and general use 32 gb is great. If you want something for 1000 1080p movies then you might want to think about the larger memory. Really, I cannot believe you would waste peoples time with this kind of question.
I think in addition to the "thanks" Tab we need the "stupid post" tab
Sorry rant over
from what I hear
The grey is 10% faster than the gold. That's just how it is
Purple has higher energy than gold in the electromagnetic spectrum so it will run faster
The gold is "limited edition." It's worth more.
Plus it will get you laid.
I've seen both, the grey is purple and the champagne is more grey colored. Weird stuff, really.
I don't think the grey is purple at all
Champagne tastes better than amethysts. Better go with the champagne.
Though if it's looks we're talking about, personally I'm getting Amethyst Grey.
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I don't think the grey is purple at all
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The one I played with was, perhaps it was the lighting, etc.
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The one I played with was, perhaps it was the lighting, etc.
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In certain lights I guess you can see a purplish tint not too noticeable though
I have the grey and it is purple looking... but it looks awesome.
Gold is worth more than "Silver" or whatever worthless metal that grey can represent. haha
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Gold is worth more than "Silver" or whatever worthless metal that grey can represent. haha
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Platinum says hello!
I have a Champagne tablet and an Amethyst docking station, because that's the only color of each one I could get right away. Was originally planning to sell the docking station when I could get the Champagne one, but I really like the combination the way I have it now.
The Amethyst gray is kinda dark, and a strong tinge of the purple color, and works well as the docking station color (kind of "grounds" the base unit if you're using artsy talk). The Champagne color is very light, very little gold tinge to it, and a nice color for the tablet unit.
I don't think you'd be disappointed with either color
post pics of that Hybrid Color Prime!!!
Hi guys, I really like the z2 in purple. But does anyone think this colour is aimed more for females?.
32 male.
Purple is statistically the most popular colour within males. Get the purple one.
Purple one looks more sparkly on the back due to its metalic finish
I like my Black Z2 im a metalic black, suits and ties kinda guy who drives a forein car to a forein pub to drink a forein beer but thats just taste, and that last 2 lines are lies
Purple= most attention
Black= meh
White= attention
Metalic sparkle visibility
Purple= metalic sparkle easier to see
Black = only in daylight
White = can be seen from time to time but looks just awesome in white
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Hi guys, I really like the z2 in purple. But does anyone think this colour is aimed more for females?.
32 male.
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Not really, i saw a guy buy a purple one once and i just stared at him. not because its a feminine colour but because its an unusual one. Some cultures might not agree in which case then you're making a statement. Sticking out.
More flash, attracts attention, can you carry it off. how do you look with it taking a call.
attracting attention is all well and good so long as you got the latest & greatest. How long you want to hold onto the unit. Do you still want that attention after two years assuming you hold on to the device that long or longer.
White is in the same boat but to a less extent as its more common than purple. White hides fingerprints better.
Black is the most discrete and fingerprint magnet.
In the end a case will hide whatever colour but if you are thinking of a unique colour chances are you don't want a case to begin with.
Thanks for your feedback guys. All I can say if I get the purple one I will receive banter from my mates.
See, it all depends if you insist on carrying it naked. Feels good but then its the same all the time. You could add something like this which only works with black & purple.
If not, then black with any colour case of your choosing means more options. The more important thing is the bezel colour and fortunately sony has always gone with black bezels, these are the easiest to mix with case colour. Think lumias. White bezels restrict that choice somewhat.
before you decide check out all types of cases as this might influence which colour you go for.
Beware of staining. Purple probably wouldn't be too bad but I bought a white one originally and returned it within 2 days because it was stained from being in my pocket. I believe purple may slightly discolor also but not as bad.
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if I get the purple one I will receive banter from my mates.
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If you want purple, buy purple, don't choose something else because your mates are immature!
I bought purple and love it, it's not the shocking colour in the press shots, it's actually more subtle.
Went for white in the end guys! Lol. Cheers
I've got a purple one, I've had one person tease me for the color be feminine. The response was "Are you trying to pick me up?", "No.", " Then why do you care?"
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Went for white in the end guys! Lol. Cheers
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I think white looks the best with this design (especially from the front angles, striking) but the back is a little too noticeable.
Put it this way there are times and places where i want that attention and others where i do not.
Purple is striking because of the colour (unusual) but does not compliment the design as well as white.
I have purple, and a friend of mine has black. I'm more than happy with my choice, after comparing the two
I know it's a personal preference thing but I am upgrading from the S8 and for the life of me I cannot decide on which color to get. I have seen them in person and they both look fantastic but I just cannot make a decision yet.
My S7 Edge and S8 are both Midnight Black so I have been thinking about changing this time and going for Grey but I am really hesitant about it because it seems to be a bit reflective and prone to showing scratches and scuff marks easier - is that true?
I have not been following up on reviews of the S9+ so I am not really aware if either color has any specific problems that owners realized later on?
Please enlighten me and help me choose.
Thank you!
I have the Grey Exynos and Blue Snapdragon in my house. I personally like the blue colour over the grey as it looks more appealing. No scratches or scuffs yet in them(really care for them lol) and both are equally reflective.
@sabertooth Thanks for your reply! Blue is actually the color I was interested in initially but then I realized that it's not sold here unless I buy it from a third party website without warranty, similar to craigslist but locally, and I am not interested in spending that much money on something like that. I think I'll go for Midnight Black again, simply because I am already used to it and reviews say that it has more of a matte finish compared to the S8's glossy one, which would actually be nicer for me. I was quite high when I saw it in the store so I wasn't very detail oriented.
BLACK!
I had the chance to see all the colors in person and I gotta tell you, they're not properly represented by pictures and renders.
First of all, the "not pink" is really very pink. It's just a lie to say it's not pink. And it's not even an attractive shade of pink. It's a faded pink that looks almost like a dingy white.
Speaking of white, I usually pass on this color, but this white is super crisp. It has a very high quality look and feel to it. Plus, it partially wraps around to the front of the device, giving it a bit of a two tone look from the front that helps it stand out from all the other white phones.
Finally, the black. Well, here's where I was a bit disappointed. I assumed the frosted glass area was the same shade of gray like the pixel 2, but it really has more of a brownish, charcoal look to it. It's very hard to describe, but it looks like a cheap sticker and is quite ugly in person. If you hold it off axis, then the light can make it look a little more gray again, but when viewed directly, it's like a dingy gray that needs to be polished or have its moisture restored like the trim of a car.
Anyway, just thought I would share for those of you who might be in the fence about the colors. I pre-ordered the black, and regret my decision, but since I will be using a skin on it, it's not worth changing.
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I had the chance to see all the colors in person and I gotta tell you, they're not properly represented by pictures and renders.
First of all, the "not pink" is really very pink. It's just a lie to say it's not pink. And it's not even an attractive shade of pink. It's a faded pink that looks almost like a dingy white.
Speaking of white, I usually pass on this color, but this white is super crisp. It has a very high quality look and feel to it. Plus, it partially wraps around to the front of the device, giving it a bit of a two tone look from the front that helps it stand out from all the other white phones.
Finally, the black. Well, here's where I was a bit disappointed. I assumed the frosted glass area was the same shade of gray like the pixel 2, but it really has more of a brownish, charcoal look to it. It's very hard to describe, but it looks like a cheap sticker and is quite ugly in person. If you hold it off axis, then the light can make it look a little more gray again, but when viewed directly, it's like a dingy gray that needs to be polished or have its moisture restored like the trim of a car.
Anyway, just thought I would share for those of you who might be in the fence about the colors. I pre-ordered the black, and regret my decision, but since I will be using a skin on it, it's not worth changing.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. I just want to talk about the color of "not pink." I think Google did not lie when they said "not pink" because you say " It's a faded pink that looks almost like a dingy white "
big regards
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Thank you for sharing your experience. I just want to talk about the color of "not pink." I think Google did not lie when they said "not pink" because you say " It's a faded pink that looks almost like a dingy white "
big regards
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Lol, well, if I had to use a single color to describe it, then it's pink, and definitely not, "not pink" ?
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Lol, well, if I had to use a single color to describe it, then it's pink, and definitely not, "not pink"
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:laugh:
PuffDaddy_d said:
I had the chance to see all the colors in person and I gotta tell you, they're not properly represented by pictures and renders.
First of all, the "not pink" is really very pink. It's just a lie to say it's not pink. And it's not even an attractive shade of pink. It's a faded pink that looks almost like a dingy white.
Speaking of white, I usually pass on this color, but this white is super crisp. It has a very high quality look and feel to it. Plus, it partially wraps around to the front of the device, giving it a bit of a two tone look from the front that helps it stand out from all the other white phones.
Finally, the black. Well, here's where I was a bit disappointed. I assumed the frosted glass area was the same shade of gray like the pixel 2, but it really has more of a brownish, charcoal look to it. It's very hard to describe, but it looks like a cheap sticker and is quite ugly in person. If you hold it off axis, then the light can make it look a little more gray again, but when viewed directly, it's like a dingy gray that needs to be polished or have its moisture restored like the trim of a car.
Anyway, just thought I would share for those of you who might be in the fence about the colors. I pre-ordered the black, and regret my decision, but since I will be using a skin on it, it's not worth changing.
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Thanks for the info. I've had a black phone for years now... so I ordered white. Can't wait to get it
I ordered white too but black with dbrand's new skin looks really sexy.
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I ordered white too but black with dbrand's new skin looks really sexy.
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I've got this on my essential, it's bad ass.
GizmoFreak said:
I ordered white too but black with dbrand's new skin looks really sexy.
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Do you have a link? Looks like a winner ?
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Do you have a link? Looks like a winner ?
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https://dbrand.com/shop/google-pixel-3-xl-skins
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https://dbrand.com/shop/google-pixel-3-xl-skins
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So it is actually just a skin not a case? Just painted holes?
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So it is actually just a skin not a case? Just painted holes?
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Yep.