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Hi guys, I have a really general question. What color do your buttons light up? The ones on the bottom, the menu, home, back, search buttons. I just bought a refurbished I777 and they are this off white, kind of yellow color.
Every other version of the S2, the skyrocket, the Tmobile version, has this really nice white/blue color. Went to an AT&T store today but they said they have never had a display model of the S2 for me to compare.
I even got a replacement refurb today thinking mine was defective, but its the same color! This ugly yellow color can't be right...can it?
Yes they're an off white/yellowish color. I agree the white/ bluish color would be way nicer. I've compared mine, store display and friends. They're all he same color.
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mine are just white. i dont really see any yellow to it at all.
Mine are the whitish blueish greenish.
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TOA Duck said:
Mine are the whitish blueish greenish.
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Now that is a weird color combination lol.
But that is sad to hear, I will be the first to admit that I am probably too picky and that to most people it will just appear as white, but it's a bit lame when comparing to every other GS2 model
I keep mine off. Once you learn where they are, no point in having them using battery.
I leave them on all the time, its still nice to see them in the dark, and they take very little battery. (Like emptying your glove box to save mileage in your car)
I would say mine are white. A "warm" white. Towards the yellow side, but I don't see yellow. I had a Thrill that were not only much brighter they were "cool" white, towards blue. I like the warm white better.
It doesn't surprise me to see a variation. My wife and I had captivates for a year, each got one replacement. All 4 were slightly different. It was the brightness more than the color on them. One of them you could not tell when they were on, unless it was dark. One of them was uneven, the menu was brightest, search less bright, it took me a few months to notice, but after that I always noticed.
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Yep, the at&t SG2 has an off-white light illumination. Compared to the Sprint, T-Mobile version and Skyrocket, you can definitely tell a difference. In my opinion though, it's more subtle. The T-mobile, Sprint and Skyrocket versions are a bright white and I find it a bit distracting.
Agreed, I like the color. Its soft, and doesn't distract
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K Rich said:
Agreed, I like the color. Its soft, and doesn't distract
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Guess I just have to get used to it. I was more worried about the fact that something was wrong with my phone. I can imagine the bright white being a bit too bright in bed at night though. Thanks guys! Mystery solved.
They should be white. I don't think any other color would look nice on our phones.
rg400smarttowel said:
They should be white. I don't think any other color would look nice on our phones.
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They are white...just a more warm white than what I expected when looking at other phones. It really does look a bit weird, takes a bit of getting used to.
Ashhong said:
Hi guys, I have a really general question. What color do your buttons light up? The ones on the bottom, the menu, home, back, search buttons. I just bought a refurbished I777 and they are this off white, kind of yellow color.
Every other version of the S2, the skyrocket, the Tmobile version, has this really nice white/blue color. Went to an AT&T store today but they said they have never had a display model of the S2 for me to compare.
I even got a replacement refurb today thinking mine was defective, but its the same color! This ugly yellow color can't be right...can it?
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It's an off white, "warm white" color. It's not obvious until you compare it side by side with the Infuse, which has more typical "cool white" LEDs. The "warm white" LEDs are more consistent with incandescent lamps in terms of color temperature.
quarlow said:
I leave them on all the time, its still nice to see them in the dark, and they take very little battery. (Like emptying your glove box to save mileage in your car)
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How would I do this on miui?
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It is cool white on mine. Yellowish white. Probably around 4000K for color temperature.
warm white / yellowish...
dont like it, I would have liked cool white / bluish like my Vibrant had. Oh well, no love lost anyway
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at first i was going to say this might have something to do with the phone being refurbished, but then I took a look and my phone and noticed it is kind of off-white/yellowy. i'm gonna have to take a look at some other phones to compare.
Mine are a yellowish white as well...
To compare though, my last phone was the Infuse 4G and it had the bluish white buttons and yes it did look a little nicer, but just a little...
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How would I do this on miui?
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When I ran MIUI they stayed on all the time automatically. I wouldn't have used miui for so long if they didn't. I don't remember there being a setting for it, and I can't imagine the setting carrying over from stock ROM that was installed before. I'm running ICScreweD now, so I can't verify in the settings. IIRC there was a few posts in the MIUI thread asking how to not have them on all the time, but no way to change that.
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Mine are very white like snow or milk, no warmth here.
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Anyone actually HAVE the SSG3 in Blue in their hands?? Some photos make it look blue, while many other photos look more of a Purple. I'm curious for a better description of the actual color. Please and thanks.
After handling one of each today at work (a white one and a blue one), I'd probably say that the blue one looks... charcoal than anything else. Really dark grey with a tinge of blue. It DOES look nice though. Nice enough for me to wait for it over getting instant tech gratification from a white one!
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FlamingAngel82 said:
After handling one of each today at work (a white one and a blue one), I'd probably say that the blue one looks... charcoal than anything else. Really dark grey with a tinge of blue. It DOES look nice though. Nice enough for me to wait for it over getting instant tech gratification from a white one!
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Grey? Wasn't expecting that. It's really hard to tell, so many pictures all look different. I kind of reminds me of the blue and purple of Adam West's Bat Cowl in the old 60s tv show lol.. but that's in photos, which is why I'd like to hear from those who have actually seen it.
You can see real life pics of Pebble Blue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681997
Personalize, I like Pebble Blue but I'm using the white ( 1 week ).
Zanr Zij said:
You can see real life pics of Pebble Blue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681997
Personalize, I like Pebble Blue but I'm using the white ( 1 week ).
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Nice pics! It does look a little bit grey with a tint of blue.. and the front looks more black in these pics.
kramdens said:
Nice pics! It does look a little bit grey with a tint of blue.. and the front looks more black in these pics.
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In real life, almost the same. The canon 7D + Lens 24-105L f4 are not very good to show it or my friend' bad hand
kramdens said:
Grey? Wasn't expecting that. It's really hard to tell, so many pictures all look different. I kind of reminds me of the blue and purple of Adam West's Bat Cowl in the old 60s tv show lol.. but that's in photos, which is why I'd like to hear from those who have actually seen it.
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It surprised me a bit too, I was expecting a definite blue hue! The "pebble look" is really quite nice though. I'm glad I took the time at lunch time to go and have a look in person when the Samsung reps turned up. It made me realise that I would be more than happy waiting for that one over the white one. I'm certainly not bashing the white one though. Its nowhere near as cheap looking as I'd thought it would be. I just prefer black (or charcoaly blue-grey!).
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Is this the Samsung galaxy s3 in black ?? Or is it just poor lightning condition ??
Does look cool though
SOurce: http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
The above site quotes that everyone is changing the name to metallic blue !!
Wouldnt be surprised if they launched one
What do you guys think ??
Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
These people are Reporting a GUN METAL SHADE
That looks more like a gunmetal color. But, since I don't speak that language, hard to say what color he said it was. LOL.
Looks better than any pebble blue GS3 that I have seen.
If that is the pebble blue in natural light. I'm so glad I waited!
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Looks like the Blue version to me tbh.
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What do you guys think ??
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It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
My local carphone warehouse have blue demo units and they look nothing like that in the flesh it looks proper light blue in hand
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That is the comercial blue color.
Metallic Blue says on the video
And confirmed by SamMobile: Pebble Blue = Metallic Blue
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/04/did-samsung-change-the-galaxy-siii-pebble-blue/
I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
Baldilocks said:
I wish it actually looked like it did in that video.
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Yup it looks really slick
Baldilocks said:
Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Thats the thing !! The normal Pebble blue Version shows off its blue hue even in minimal lighting !!! But this is totally different !!! Its more on the Grayish Base !!! couldnt find a little bit of the blue tinge normally available !! ANd mind you its quite a well LIT ROOM !!! I have seen the Pebble blue in a far more darker room and could easily make out the Color
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It's the blue one (which is i think nearly black really and what I am hoping when mine turns up! ) Lighting makes a huge difference as well as correct white balance and the screen you're using to look at things (unless properly calibrated). You can bet the advertising shots were lit in a way that really emphasised the blue. In the video you can clearly see a blue tint when he moves the phone around and it catches the light
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I hope this is TRUE !!!
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Still not sold. Even the closeups show no fine lines or blue tint like EVERY other review in any other type of light has shown.
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Look again at around 2min30... You clearly see the "fine lines" they are, just like the blue hue, more or less visible depending on how the light falls. Would be great if one of the German speakers on the forum could translate the gist of it
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Made it to engadget :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/galaxy-s-iii-new-color/
PhoneArena :
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Blue...appears-on-video-in-a-different-shade_id30876
Well if it would have been the same shade, these guys wouldnt have bothered to make a post out of it
They are reporting it as gun metal shade
Well a guy can surely dream right
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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Isadora said:
Do you believe everything you read on the net
I'll see what my blue one actually looks like when I get it...
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No but a part of me wants to believe this
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So i'm debating between white and grey; in the store I tend to prefer the white due to contrast the white border makes with the display (on the surface it seems to make the display stand out) but i prefer the grey because it makes the buttons (at bottom) more visible and seems more stealthy. I'm curious if folks who purchased the grey one end up wishing for the white and conversely those who purchased the white if you end up wishing for the grey and why ?
(only other thing I could think that might be material is if the white creates more flare for the camera)
my mind had been made up for months that I was going to get the White...once I spent real time in the store and really thought about it, Grey won out. I don't regret it at all. it's just more my style in the end...more understated.
Got the white since I thought the gray just didn't look right on the phone so no I do not wish I had gotten the gray over the white and also I haven't noticed any problems with the camera.
I got the white and now I'm wishing I got the grey instead. The white just feels a little too girly for me. Plus, the grey would have gone well with the color of the new car.
I really wanted the white one and when I finally went to get my phone at the Verizon store they only had grey left. Me being too impatient got it anyway and very happy I did lol.
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I can choose color easily just wish that the color on the edges never fadeout else is OK .
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ok thanks; i've moved this to note 2 general (since I suspect that might be the more appropriate place).
endo689 said:
I really wanted the white one and when I finally went to get my phone at the Verizon store they only had gray left. Me being too impatient got it anyway and very happy I did lol.
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Same thing for me, only all they had was white. So white it is!(really wanted grey, but I too am an impatient sort)
I had a white s3. I wanted a white phone,but it got old really quickly. I have the gray n2, and must say, looks much nicer and more stylish than the white. Just my opinion though.
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I got the grey. Im colorblind anyways so it wouldnt matter if the phone was lime green.
jake21 said:
So i'm debating between white and grey; in the store I tend to prefer the white due to contrast the white border makes with the display (on the surface it seems to make the display stand out) but i prefer the grey because it makes the buttons (at bottom) more visible and seems more stealthy. I'm curious if folks who purchased the grey one end up wishing for the white and conversely those who purchased the white if you end up wishing for the grey and why ?
(only other thing I could think that might be material is if the white creates more flare for the camera)
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I had the white I just got tired of it, so I got the greyand it is real nice.I had it for maybe a month and I still love looking at the color. It just looks way better.
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So no one else thinks the white makes the screen easier to read (higher contrast) ?
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I had the white I just got tired of it, so I got the greyand it is real nice.I had it for maybe a month and I still love looking at the color. It just looks way better.
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I originally wanted white, but I'm glad I went with gray. Even though it's Samsung's famous shoddy plastic it gives a not-so-cheap looking, brushed metal appearance, where as white plastic looks like... white plastic. Plus with the Glacier flavor Otterbox, it contrasts well.
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I'm digging the white. I dont like the grey because the faux metal look makes it feel like a cheap immitation of something which is out of place on this bamf. Color is a minor point though since I jave a case that covers 90% of the samsung plastic. Verizon home button bothers me less in white.
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Sounds like most people are happy with whatever colour they pick and don't wish for the other colour after the fact. Btw if I buy one i would use it without a case; can't stand cases.
Hy. Yesturday i went to see live note 7 blue coral. Samsung has choose very interesting combinations of colours that change acording to light and ungles. Blue coral is not the same in reality like in photos and youtube. Many people, specialy man in my country hate it at first view. What you think after seiing live the colors. I like it and i think they are very original and stylish.
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I feel fancy with it. Like a real queen.
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Looks like my old S3, so fine by me.
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I was debating between blue or black and at the end black won just because of how crazy is the blue color. I din't have a chance to see a demo unit (available only on SEP16 where I live and I will have the phone on SEP2) but looking Youtube, reviews it look white blue or rich blue depending on the lighting. I like the rich blue but white blue with low light conditions was not for me, the trim also could be sliver or maybe even black with a little bit darker blue phone. So this time i say no to blue coral
It looks really good in real life but I am on doubt if it's not feminine especially with that golden border. If it has silver border I would say it's the best color even that Onyx Black is very sleek and beautiful - just not so special. So I am on doubt what color to choose but definitely not the silver one (I don't like shining silver phones at all)...
I like it but went with black
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Don't like the Blue Coral colour, not sure why all the hype about this colour, it's a boring blue IMO
jackdforme said:
I feel fancy with it. Like a real queen.
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Same.
Blue is actually good on N7
I like it very much
My s5 has electric blue color and I like it:laugh:
Loooooooove it
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I found it underwhelming in real life when I played around with a demo unit. It looked far better on film in various Youtube videos.
The biggest reason to get it is because it says "look at my new phone" as there's no other phone (currently) on the market like it. Bit it's kind of like the massive demand for the gold iPhone when it first came out. Everyone wanted the color for the previous reason. Six months from now Blue Corral won't be special anymore and then it'll just be a blueish phone with pinkish trim. I use my phone for business and the only color that doesn't scream "look at me" was black.
Meh. I wasn't impressed. It looked a bit too feminine for my tastes, but if that's your thing then more power to you. I love that the metal rim on the onyx version is actually black now. It makes the phone look sleek and simple. Plus, I also use my phone for business so the black was the best (read: only) option. Not that I'm complaining, it's sexy af in black.
It's Dope ...
Usually have black devices. But got the bronze 10.1 tab on impulse: it still looks good. The iPhones that mimicked it have a pallid 9ct gold effect that doesn't look so good. So I'm going for the blue this time, reckoning that Sammy has got it right this time too. If it's too bright, it can be toned down with a black case, but I suspect the Note 7 will be classy enough to carry the colour...
I had mine outside in the direct sunlight today for the first time (got it last night) and the metal frame looks pink...I knew the blue was feminine-ish, but the pink tint on the frame DEFINITELY tops off the feminine look IMO.
Anyone wanna trade their black one for a blue one? LOL.
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I had mine outside in the direct sunlight today for the first time (got it last night) and the metal frame looks pink...I knew the blue was feminine-ish, but the pink tint on the frame DEFINITELY tops off the feminine look IMO.
Anyone wanna trade their black one for a blue one? LOL.
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That's why I didn't get that one. I heard about that.
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borijess said:
That's why I didn't get that one. I heard about that.
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Still have 14 days, but I don't know if a restocking fee is worth it haha
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Still have 14 days, but I don't know if a restocking fee is worth it haha
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If you are not sure about it why keep out. The black is nice[emoji6]
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I first ordered titinium silver as I've always liked the color since the s7 came out but did not want the s7. My note 2, 3, 4 were all black (note 2 was really dark grey) so for sure I didn't want black. Just so I don't dismiss the blue completely, I still went to a Tmobile store to check out the blue. There was a lot of light in the store and made the blue look baby blue and I did not like it. So I told myself, blue was not for me and left. I went home and watched several more unpacked reviews and the ones showing the blue made the phone look really good depending on the lighting, and wasn't always baby blue. So after several more videos I watched of the blue, I decided to also order it. Figure if I have more time with it I'll have a better non rushed judgement on it.
Once I received both phones, I opened the blue first and fell in love with it right away. The blue inside my office is nice. I like how it switches to different hue's of blue. Now the rose gold trim does put me off a little but in my clear case it doesn't stand out as much. But it's not ugly either, just felt too feminine.
A day later I opened the titanium one. I still like the titanium, BUT compared to the blue, I now found it boring. To be fair, I gave it a few more days and played with both phones but blue being my daily. In most places I go, unless I'm outside, the blue stays pretty dark or at least not baby blue. Unless I'm in direct sunlight. Sometimes it looks bluish dark grey (which I love). I just love the different variation of blue it produces (besides baby blue obviously). The titanium does get slightly darker but it always looked bright silver in most scenarios and does reflect more light. So in the end, chose the blue.
So my thoughts....I think had I not had a chance to play with it for at least a few days in my own environment, I wouldn't have chosen it. If you are considering the blue don't judge it based on pictures, or seeing it for a few minutes, or even what others think of the color. Your best bet if you are undecided is to take it home and try it out for a few days yourself. That goes for any of the colors, not just blue.