Thought I would take some side by side photos of the Champagne and Grey primes while I have both. The Grey is going back to best buy this weekend.
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Great comparison. This would help alot of people.
how does the finger print smudging on the back compare? Does the champagne show fingerprints as awfully as the graphite does?
The Champagne doesn't seem to show the smudges nearly as much, but I have only had it for a day so I really can't say for sure.
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Damn....i shouldve gotten the champagne. That looks pretty sick
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Cheers !
Always better to get RL pictures than the promo shots.
btw .. i wouldnt sit it on the charger though, they look too fragile and at £25 at least to replace, thats if your lucky and it doesnt break the connector inside !
Appreciate the piccys though, thanks left.
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The Champagne doesn't seem to show the smudges nearly as much, but I have only had it for a day so I really can't say for sure.
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I agree with this, i've had both and i was always cleaning the grey version, i hardly need to do any cleaning with this silver one
Grey one looks much better n sleek looking ...the light colored one has more of a cheap look to it. Doesn't stand out it and pop like the dark grey one. I have the grey one
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Cheers !
Always better to get RL pictures than the promo shots.
btw .. i wouldnt sit it on the charger though, they look too fragile and at £25 at least to replace, thats if your lucky and it doesnt break the connector inside !
Appreciate the piccys though, thanks left.
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Ya, the Champagne was on its maiden charge and i was downloading ICS and all the updates for it and what not. Otherwise I wouldn't have had it plugged in.
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Grey one looks much better n sleek looking ...the light colored one has more of a cheap look to it. Doesn't stand out it and pop like the dark grey one. I have the grey one
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One thing that i noticed is that the ASUS logo sticks out a lot more on the Champagne. The photos seem show this as well.
Why does my grey Prime doesn't look at all like the photo? It actually looks exactly like the PR images from ASUS...
The photo-grey-prime looks almost black
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Why does my grey Prime doesn't look at all like the photo? It actually looks exactly like the PR images from ASUS...
The photo-grey-prime looks almost black
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It's just lighting in the photos. My grey prime also looks purple-y like the PR pictures. I prefer the colour, makes it look different from other tablets. : )
I've found it nearly impossible to photograph these things and really show their colors, partly because they both look so different in different lighting. Don't like how either of them look? Then just hold it at a different angle to the light...
I've had both side-by-side, and I think each has its charms. Interestingly, I do find the combination of the Champagne Gold tablet with the Amethyst Gray dock to be quite striking.
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Some of you were mentioning you didnt like how the LEDs on keys seemed pink or not true red, well i had some time on my hands and i changed my white LEDs to Red ones, which offer a much nicer red to the keys and here are some pics to show the two left which i changed to red, and the 2 right which are the standard stock ones.
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Pretty slick dude, and how sad is it HTC didn't think of this themselves?! Did you take any pics of the phone taken apart of the LED's you used?
A tutorial and/or pics would be awesome! That looks much better.
they might have thought the red shining up instead of white would be distracting on the screen, who knows.
either way, those are some pink ass buttons...but now they look as red as mine lol
Nice pictures, easy to see what people were talking about when they said they had pink buttons.
Was it just a colored strip that changes the color from white to red (Pink)?
Okay, now I know mine are def red. Was driving myself crazy looking at them this morning wondering if they were turning pink on me or if it was an optical illusion against the red design on the wallpaper. lol. But even in my paranoia I didn't see anything truly pink like that.
But what I really want to know is what are you hiding on your screen?
That's cool. I didn't think mine looked pink enough. Would be awesome to make the pink stand out even more.
Is this phone a mess on the inside with the double sided sticky tape also? I hated having to heat up the Thunderbolt to get between the LCD & digitizer.
My keys don't look near as pale as yours do. U can tell they are red but they aren't dark... I think they didn't do red leds because of the screen leak and they were already going to make the keys red anyway.
But I think the red leak looks kind of sweet. Not sure how I would like it at night though...
U wanna do mine next? Lol.
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Wow, nice mod. pwrdbykyank, YGPM
lol, i didnt take any pics of it apart this time, but i have pics up on the disassembly thread i made of it how it looks where the leds are. I used 0603 leds. There is no strip covering the original, they are just white leds. the digitizer glass is just tinted red to show red. Also the light doesnt leak onto the screen, i just tilted the phone and took a pic like that so you guys can see where the two red are and the two white. you can only see it by looking at a sharp angle from top down like that, or else you dont see the red coming on the screen Looks good at night, i wanted to add 2 LEDs to where the earpiece grill is, so that would light up on notification buttt looked like way to much work and i didnt want to alter the housing around to run wires through it so i said forget it lol.
oh ya and i covered the screen so the camera wouldnt focus on the LCD light, it kept bluring so ya lol or else my desktop is as plain as it came out of the box haha
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lol, i didnt take any pics of it apart this time, but i have pics up on the disassembly thread i made of it how it looks where the leds are.
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Yeah, I was just wondering if I could see the full-size shots from the other thread.
Here you go. Full size images you requested.
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Here you go. Full size images you requested.
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Win. Thank you.
Wow. That looks awesome. If you lived close I'd pay you to do it for me!
lol thanks
You could make some money doing this for people LOL, it is a bad economy.
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Like I said. I'd pay to have it done. For sure.
Where are you located? I would pay to get this done too
lol im in burbank CA
I know there are photos and video reviews all over the web. Still, this video is good to have a better idea on how both colors look side by side in reality.
You're welcome.
I like the purple
Grey for me
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I wanted the champagne gold but apparently canada isn't getting any (or at least not where I preordered). Ah well amethyst should be fine as well
I feel like I'll regret it if I don't get the color I want. It's gonna have to be grey.
I'm getting two. LOL.
/firstworldproblems.
That is such a worse camera quality, with that quality I couldn't even distinguish my mom from any other woman.
Only the Champagne-colored one will be available in sweden so that choice is easy (asus nordic will not handle warranty issues on tablets bought in the us wzich is a shame)
Best comparison photo I've seen thus far.
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Best comparison photo I've seen thus far.
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Sadly that is not a photo, it is a render.
I going for the gray... I want to get the dock but tiger did not have one listed for the gray =\ gamestop says thee pre-order it but... they don't say color... last thing I want is a champagne color dock and a amethyst grey tablet... don't care if its the back only that is just plain silly!
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... last thing I want is a champagne color dock and a amethyst grey tablet...
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You would not be the first:
... in my opinion it´s not really bad.
The photo 2 posts before is a little bit irritating: the champagne one is more gold.
Champagne Gold device looks like white gold, it is mostly silver with a slight touch of yellow hue in the mix. Quite visible here on an actual photo: http://www.engadget.com/photos/transformer-prime-preview-dock/#4651723
Amethyst Gray is a dark gray with purple hue, like on this photo: http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/transformer-prime-review-06.jpg
The renders that Asus has put up should not be trusted. Best you can do is go and see the device yourself and if that is not possible, then rely on photos more than Asus promotional images.
If I were getting one (I'm not), I'd go for the champagne. Much nicer than the grey, IMO.
Took me a real long time to decide which colour I wanted... I love purple but finally went for the Champagne. Looks like a better bet when it comes to stock level from the rumours we heard so far?
Amethyst gray so it doesn't resemble iPad but I have a feeling it will show fingerprints more than Champagne gold.
Champagne Gold for me baby!!
I preordered the gray one, but now I'm not sure!
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I preordered both but just cancelled the champagne one today.
I'm surprised so many people are going for the gray. To me, the champagne color gives it a very...premium look? I'm not sure how to describe it, I guess it makes it looks like a better version of the back of an iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 10.1. I only see a little bit of a yellow tint to it, and when they first revealed it (before officially announced in November), that color just blew me away. Just my two cents.
For all you lucky folks that have received your Prime.. I've yet to see one in person, as no Game Stops in my area sells tablets. In some pics on the web the purple tint is very purple, and others barely noticeable.
Are you happy with the Amethyst color? Too purple? Just right?
Looks like the Champagne model is actually more silver also. I have the Amethyst model on pre-order from Newegg and should receive it... some time... before... the end of time. I think my local 7-11 Convenience Store is supposed to get in stock before newegg at this point.
So until then, look forward to feedback.
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Ya I keep checking for pictures from reviews and its hard to tell without seeing. I have one of each on preorder, but need to cancel one. I was thinking of going Amethyst since the lighter color might show scratches easier? Decisions Decisions.
Depends on the light and the angle you look at it, which is why it looks different in different pictures. Personally I don't think it's too purple, even at it's purplest. I hate gold so there was no way I was getting the campaign one. Plus you don't see the back when you are using it and you can always get some kind of skin or cover.
The Prime definitely has a purplish hue to it which stands out more in certain light. Is it a "feminine" purple hue? In my opinion, no. But the purple is definitely there.
its barley purple unless a light is directly on it, more of a smoke gun metal imo, i love it.
Besides which, and nothing personal to the OP but "too purple" is a subjective judgement and impossible to answer correctly for someone else.
I don't have one, I'm stuck in the hell that is the champagne gray units.
Oooh, I love purple! I hope mine is extra purpley then. But to me I see it kind of like bluing that is done to most guns - my father always did it to his guns - and thats how the grey kind of looks to me.
it's essentially dark gray with hints of purple in direct light, if someone were to glance at it, they would probably say something along the lines of "hey, nice gray tablet"
i am curious to see the champagne one as well, the main reason i didn't buy it was 1. i was afraid it would have too much gold tint to it and 2. in its silverest hues, it resembles an ipad too much.
that and i like darker colored gadgets anyways.
Mine looks grey when not in direct sunlight but when light hits it the right way you could see the purple a mile away. I am one that tends to have all black electronics but the purple does not hurt my masculinity.
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It's a metal type of look under different lighting condition it looks different. At first almost liking the gold one more but now that i own the grey it looks really nice specially when paired with the dock it looks better then the gold imho.
no purple for me lol
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its barley purple unless a light is directly on it, more of a smoke gun metal imo, i love it.
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I agree with Jzen . More smoke gun metal than purple. No one here has even thought it was purple.
I like purple
I hope the purple is fairly prominent. I like purple. And I root for the Baltimore Ravens, so a purple tablet is a good thing.
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I agree with Jzen . More smoke gun metal than purple. No one here has even thought it was purple.
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Same. More gun metal gray too me. I hardly notice any purple.
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I hope the purple is fairly prominent. I like purple. And I root for the Baltimore Ravens, so a purple tablet is a good thing.
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I actually like the the amethyst gray and i am really pulling for the ravens....to lose! They HAVE to. Go Steelers.
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The Amethyst Grey is more dark grey. I got the Champagne Gold and it is more silver except with certain lighting it goes gold. Asus did an awesome job with the colors; they look so beautiful. You cannot go wrong.
I'm guessing same color as zenbooks. Check that out in the store and should give you an idea.
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i would like to see more pics of it.
Yea more pics in different lighting would be nice. Dark, in the light, outside, normal, etc
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i would like to see more pics of it.
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I usually do weird stuff to my new phone all the time, be it mod, painting and so forth....
I got the phone from Walmart the past Wednesday for $158.00 = $170+ some changes after tax......whoo hoo..
on to the topic... I just wanted to see what it looks like in yellow. Thats all
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O hello yellow
that looks awesome! :O
could u do mine in pink???? ))
The yellow doesn't look that great... Maybe black with yellow highlights.
not bad! 10char
I think I'm gonna be sick....
Nice man!
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VERY nice!
I would have kept the kickstand red though. Would've looked even cleaner.
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could u do mine in pink???? ))
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I sure can .... " Hot Pink " ...
What kind of paint did you use? I'd like to do mine orange...
From the front it looks awesome, not to much on the back(just my opinion). Think if you would've left the back black and just painted the kickstand and the HTC yellow it would've been pretty sick. Again,not trying to be a **** just my opinion.
Nice job, that looks pretty nice actually. Looks terrible with the blue case though ;-)
Yellow with the red kickstand would have been really sexy though
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I agree with some of the other guys ..I wouldnt of paint the whole back yellow..and the paint isn'tsmooth in a couple areas...its. not for me since I'm happy with the phone as is..but I applaud your bravery
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I agree with some of the other guys ..I wouldnt of paint the whole back yellow..and the paint isn'tsmooth in a couple areas...its. not for me since I'm happy with the phone as is..but I applaud your bravery
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Ditto. I feel the yellow was overdone. It also looks like it was one thick coat sprayed on in haste. A few very thin coats would have come out great (I'll bet this one stays tacky for a while, or it will chunk off if it catches a nail or something) but, of course, it's all personal preference.
I think it's a fantastic idea but you shouldve kept a 2 color thing going. Maybe black and yellow as one mentioned around the camera and kickstand,
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Cool idea! I like the orange. I agree with the others tho, a two tone would look nicer. I was actually expecting to see a yellow/black combo based on the thread title.
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Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I will take them into consideration.
I'm still waiting for my pre-order of the full clear body skin from bodyguardz. Consider it a pre show ... I'll update once I get all the fixin's and accessories...
Nice! Can't go wrong with some contrast like black kickstand to represent bumblebee stripes.
I think it would've looked a lot better if you kept the highlights a different color, a solid color phone doesn't look that appealing to me.
But nice job, if you like it, that's what matters.
I'm going to pre-order my AT&T Galaxy S III soon but I'm still stuck between white or blue. I think the blue looks sharp but if the faux metal texture is really visible and apparent that may turn me off from it. What do you guys think?
I visited Samsung HQ to test the S3 before launch (I work for Vodafone UK) and can tell you that the Pebble Blue is hidious! Such a shame really, they should have just made it black! Its personal preferance I guess but I chose the white one .
See, I disagree completely, I saw a blue demo model in my local Vodafone shop and thought it was gorgeous lolf
I have received this morning from Coolblue ( from the Netherlands) a Blue S3. Much nicer than the white S3 that I have seen in their shop.
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Not because I already own a white one, I think it looks gorgeous! Tri to see both next to each other before choosing it .
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I have received this morning from Coolblue ( from the Netherlands) a Blue S3. Much nicer than the white S3 that I have seen in their shop.
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I have also received the blue this morning from Coolblue but I can't use it before the end of the day because I'm at work
Most UK stores now have demo units of both colours and the darker frame of the blue creates a better contrast against the screen. From the front the blue edges it IMO. However, from the back the blue looks more like purple and just doesn't look right.
Nonetheless I've ordered the blue and happy to wait bcos I'll be slapping a slimline mesh case on the back anyway. Interestingly when I Google 'pebble blue or marble white' the few polls I found all were in favour of the blue. But it's best to see both yourself as tastes differ.
I find the metal effect to be noticeable but subtle. Most of the time it just looks like a fuzzy dark blue device.
That said I've only seen/used it in shops so far, my personal unit should be arriving today.
Basically once you slap on a back cover the back doesn't matter much.
It's just the front now. To me unless your phone is in a very bright area, it looks very much like black and similar to other models of black phone.
Whereas the white will always be contrasting in most situation. And I heard the white goes well with the blue pebble cover from Samsung.
But as most said here, better to see it yourself in person.
For me after seeing the blue version, I find the white better.
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I have also received the blue this morning from Coolblue but I can't use it before the end of the day because I'm at work
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Can we expect some pictures tonight ?
Do the AT&T stores have them in yet to look at least look at or no?
Can those with the blue post photos?
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I got my blue gs3 today and yes it looks much better then the white one..
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I don't have the phone yet but these are some pretty good pics of the pebble blue.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1053...ms/5749123331933813969?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1
Is it the similar to transformer prime Amethyst ?
Some pics (taken with my Galaxy S2, sorry for the quality) as promised
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Looks nice man.. glad I chose that color. Looking at a screen + white is not a good mix IMO. Some have stronger eyes to withstand the condition, some don't.
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