My brother runs a auto body shop, and decided to paint his nexus. Gonna do the battery cover next week. What do you think?
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I'm not a fan of white for phones personally but I appreciate cool customization. Nice work!
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The ole tight white.
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U got a pic of the front too?
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Can I haz custom painted nexus??????
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U got a pic of the front too?
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that's what he said?
Looks good! IMHO, I'd leave the battery door as is. The contrast is pretty cool.
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From the front. He's gonna paint mine crimson red ( alabama crimson tide fan) put a A sticker on the battery cover and clear coat the whole thing.
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That looks awesome you should have him open a business
for me, by me and I love you
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
That's so cool... this should be a service... id pay to get my phone painted... how much would he charge???
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what paint did he use ? and did he sand it before painting it or used adhesion promoter?
How does it feel in the hand? and how many clear coats? Trying to imagine it like the paint on your car.
zephiK said:
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
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Your kidding right i feel it looks like a carbon fibre car wing mirror off a farrari or something from the back haha
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zephiK said:
It looks nice but the carbon fiber backcover doesn't really match with the rest of the phone.
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i guess it's really a matter of personal opinion but i would agree. for me the carbon fibre back cover is a little off. i'd go with the stock back
I like it a lot. Looks great
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Dude that's so fn sick! Awesome!
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i would just get rid of the back cover all together and let the battery hang out.
Anyway, looks good. he did a good job with the paint.
ÜBER That's so cool... this should be a service... id pay to get my phone painted... how much would he charge???
Don't know, I'll ask if he's willing to do a few and see what he would charge.
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what paint did he use ? and did he sand it before painting it or used adhesion promoter?
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Don't know much about the car side ( I work for Sherwin Williams), but all I know is its car paint ( had a Honda in for painting) but didn't sand. I have a few dings in mine and he said they could fill my scratches ( read bondo).
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Sorry for the double threads but I figured this will be better to get opinions. Can everyone say their favorite case for the lte version gnex? Pictures would be great. Also is it a dust magnet? My last case actually scratched my phone a lot by drawing dust into the case.
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For future reference you can change your thread title.
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For future reference you can change your thread title.
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True. Its never seemed to work for me though like the posts never really jump in the direction I want. Sorry if this bothers some people I just need to find a new case in >3 days.
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No one likes cases?
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Gahh Its Lee said:
No one likes cases?
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my favourite is .....
this is called case mate creature case. this is pure silicon(high quality..not like your usual cheap eBay silicon cases)...lil bit of dirt magnet....the best part is the design engraved on the back of the cover...protects the phone very well...no scratches whatsoever...
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afma_afma said:
my favourite is .....
this is called case mate creature case. this is pure silicon(high quality..not like your usual cheap eBay silicon cases)...lil bit of dirt magnet....the best part is the design engraved on the back of the cover...protects the phone very well...no scratches whatsoever...
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That actually looks nice I just saw case mates ones like a half hour ago
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This: http://www.tridenteer.com/products/...alaxy-Nexus-With-Holster-Bundle--(Black).html
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This: http://www.tridenteer.com/products/...alaxy-Nexus-With-Holster-Bundle--(Black).html
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That's a great work case I'd imagine. I can't seem to find a nice small case
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Unfortunately it seems that the case makers jumped on the gsm version and assumed the lte version would be close enough.
Even with its problems, the ultra hybrid is still my favorite. It's pulled away a touch at the top and the back does get a little loose when hot, but it's not really that bad. I like how it doesn't have cutouts for the buttons, which I like. It feels the least like a case of any I've seen.
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Unfortunately it seems that the case makers jumped on the gsm version and assumed the lte version would be close enough.
Even with its problems, the ultra hybrid is still my favorite. It's pulled away a touch at the top and the back does get a little loose when hot, but it's not really that bad. I like how it doesn't have cutouts for the buttons, which I like. It feels the least like a case of any I've seen.
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Would you mind posting pictures of the case? I wanna see just how bad the sides are and can't find a single picture
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Would you mind posting pictures of the case? I wanna see just how bad the sides are and can't find a single picture
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Please? Lol
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Come on someone has to be able to show an lte one in the ultra hybrid.
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Was about to buy the ultra capsule. It seems bigger than I thought. Seems about the size of my active. The search continues.
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Noticed that everybody and their mothers prefer black for their phone...anyway to make that happen for the full phone or is it limited to just back plate replacement at this time?
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you could try black full body skin I had a white carbon fiber one in my evo 4g that was nice but I like the smooth and shiny look of the s3
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Use plastidip. If it doesn't come out good peel it off.
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Gost armor has a new carbon fiber skin.. very thin that will turn your phone into a diffrenet color they have a life time warrenty... i looked at it to day and it was awsome it covers the front and back and even includes the sides of the phone.. it comes in every color ... but the best color is gun metal ... i compared black and gun metal and the gunmetal is smokn hot!!!!
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Use plastidip. If it doesn't come out good peel it off.
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I've done this before, about the best option there is.
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spodie said:
Gost armor has a new carbon fiber skin.. very thin that will turn your phone into a diffrenet color they have a life time warrenty... i looked at it to day and it was awsome it covers the front and back and even includes the sides of the phone.. it comes in every color ... but the best color is gun metal ... i compared black and gun metal and the gunmetal is smokn hot!!!!
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Got pics?
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composi said:
Noticed that everybody and their mothers prefer black for their phone...anyway to make that happen for the full phone or is it limited to just back plate replacement at this time?
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Here's what I did and I just got it today. It's awesome! very grippy and a perfect fit. The best part about it is that it leaves the camera lens cover very very slightly depressed so when you lay the phone down on its back, you're not laying it on the glass.
Thumbs way up.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008KXVSZU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
So I got a spare housing from ebay and painted it red along with the original battery door.
Lemme know your veiws guys
Pictures here
http://imageshack.us/g/442/dscn3475r.jpg/
Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
Take 2
pictures attached.
used - Duplicolor Vinyl/Fabric spray and adhesion promoter.
Steps
wet sand the body and battery cover with 800 grit sandpaper until all paint on the housing is gone (will take some time) and the samsung and google logo on battery back is black (will also take some time).
A layer of adhesion promoter, left to dry for 10 minutes
followed by 5-6 layers of Duplicolor at interwals of 20 mins each.
after final coat leave to dry for 4 hours and we are good.
Credits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715806
Looks dope
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Would look good with my red theme. JK looks good.
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Looks sick nice job.
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Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
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Looks dope
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Thanks ....
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ÜBER™ said:
Would look good with my red theme. JK looks good.
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Please link to your theme ...am on JB Bamf
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diabloking said:
Looks sick nice job.
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Just a lil spray painting .....
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munchy_cool said:
So I got a spare housing from ebay and painted it red along with the original battery door.
Lemme know your veiws guys
Pictures here
http://imageshack.us/g/442/dscn3475r.jpg/
Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
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OK. Not my thing, but ok.
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Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
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Will take pictures with my t3i tomorrow around the same time and report back to you dude ....enjoying beer as of now ....
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Foxy Roxy said:
Not bad - though I wish I could see more detail since most ( if not all ) of the pictures are out of focus.
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Here are some pictures of the housing only painted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769290
Last page of above thread .....
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dyingearth said:
OK. Not my thing, but ok.
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Ha ha ....I know not everybody would like a red phone ....but personally I love the color red ..
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it may be out of focus but it looks sick! (i mean sick in a nice way OP)
good job. even the buttons are painted red
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Please link to your theme ...am on JB Bamf
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Lol it's in themes and apps. Should be at the top.
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thephantom said:
it may be out of focus but it looks sick! (i mean sick in a nice way OP)
good job. even the buttons are painted red
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Yeah ....the buttons were a pain after painting as there wasn't enough room for them to move freely ....had to scrape off some paint using a knife and now they are perfect ....
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Lol it's in themes and apps. Should be at the top.
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Roger that ....will try it tomorrow....
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Glad to see a lot of members finding this cool ....thanks guys
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Maybe it's because of the blurry pictures, but the paint looks a bit dull. Other than that I can tell you took great care in painting it, I mean, it certainly looks like it is very well done.
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Maybe it's because of the blurry pictures, but the paint looks a bit dull. Other than that I can tell you took great care in painting it, I mean, it certainly looks like it is very well done.
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Ha ha ....the pictures maybe blurry but I can assure u it looks good ....wait till I get up some pics from my t3i tomorrow
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Anybody needs help painting there gnex , feel free to ask here.
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I have a week of vacation coming up and am thinking of trying this as part of stuff I wanna do over that period.
How do I get started? I want to paint it BLUE or RED
Thanks in advance.
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The Gnex got another paint job, this time a black red look.
Pictures below
That looks sick. Great job
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Yeah looks sick! Love the buttons. :thumbup:
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The Gnex got another paint job, this time a black red look.
Pictures below
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That's similar to what I'm going to do with mine.
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Thanks Guys ...
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That's similar to what I'm going to do with mine.
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cool..show us the pics once u are done ...
LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:
What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
Damn! When I read the title I thought it would look hokey and not good - but I gotta say, that looks great - awesome job :good:
If only you could paint mine :/ paint a body for me and I will buy it off ya! Lol
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LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:
What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
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thts what i wanna know, what kinda paint and is it chipping like some of the other ppl who have painted theirs say they are getting...??? Cus id like to paint mine but not if its just gonna start chipping/peeling ya know...
Munchy do you usually go caseless with the custom paint jobs?
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Wow,that looks great.i would paint mine to matte black and mettalic blue,the back and buttons would be blue,but i am afraid to dissasemble it.btw my dad us a car painter,so it would be painted professionaly.
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dogredwing1 said:
LOOKS SICK:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good:
What kind of sandpaper and paint did you use?
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Details here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820875
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davidc23 said:
If only you could paint mine :/ paint a body for me and I will buy it off ya! Lol
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I will be doing one for a member here this weekend ....can do for u also ...lemme know
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thts what i wanna know, what kinda paint and is it chipping like some of the other ppl who have painted theirs say they are getting...??? Cus id like to paint mine but not if its just gonna start chipping/peeling ya know...
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Plasti dip peels the next day ....this one lasts good ....u just need to take care when placing it on hard surfaces ....
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mendezj666 said:
Munchy do you usually go caseless with the custom paint jobs?
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Yups I stopped using cases since I did my first custom paint job ....
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D3HuM4NiZ3D said:
Wow,that looks great.i would paint mine to matte black and mettalic blue,the back and buttons would be blue,but i am afraid to dissasemble it.btw my dad us a car painter,so it would be painted professionaly.
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6 screws and some patience ....that's what it takes to take the housing off
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This look awesome. Can't wait for mine. BTW , when I get my housing, the buttons will remain stock color won't they?
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This look awesome. Can't wait for mine. BTW , when I get my housing, the buttons will remain stock color won't they?
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I got buttons with the housing I bought for you as well, I'll go ahead and paint them as well as u already have stock buttons ..u can swap the buttons easily ...
Im jelly
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Here is my attempt at painting my galaxy nexus. I did 4 coats of vinyl & fabric paint from auto zone. I used 400 sandpaper on both the battery cover and frame. This is in no way perfect, it was my first time and I plan on redoing it again. With a clear coat.
I learned: MASKING IS KEY!
and for my results:
I will re paint it when it starts fading or I get chips. I will most likely keep the back cover white and do the frame red and buttons white or black. But for not its fine. If anyone has any question I will do my best to help =]
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Very nice
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If i send u a case and back how much will u charge me to do it white?
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Pretty cool! Nice result too!
you could sell your Galaxy Nexus as a rare white one on eBay and get a good amount of money for it lol.
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RegKilla said:
you could sell your Galaxy Nexus as a rare white one on eBay and get a good amount of money for it lol.
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Lol I don't play like that. I don't like eBay anyways, for phones at least.
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Very nice I would love a white Gnex
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It looks terrible
i'm usually not a fan of white phones, but crikey, that is beautifully done. excellent work.
Nicely Done.
Looks pretty good. I did mine metallic blue like a few people did on here. I only did one coat for starters because I wanted to see how long one coat would last with a layer of lacquer before it started to chip a bit, only took three weeks and now I have two nicks. Gonna pick up some bright blue rustoleum at Advance Auto today and probably repaint on friday with two or three coats. That last picture does make the battery cover seem buldgy though, is it actually like that or just a bad angle?
You need to use a softer sandpaper,and when you spray primer (if you sprayed it)brush it with a soft 1000 sandpaper under water,and use much much less paint. Car painter here
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there is a TON of orange peel. but good try. more wet sanding!
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Thanks, lol there was no detailed guide. At least that I could find. And it doesn't look that bad in person up until half arms length
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there is a TON of orange peel. but good try. more wet sanding!
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No orange peel lol.
Ya I'll do 800-1000 grit with a layer of primer, then 2 coats of red and then 1 clear next time
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You need to use a softer sandpaper,and when you spray primer (if you sprayed it)brush it with a soft 1000 sandpaper under water,and use much much less paint. Car painter here
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Thanks but there are still some parts on the case I can't remove and I dont think it would work well if I dip it under water lol so I'll just dip the sandpaper in water
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Looks almost like white GSM variant I personally love the look of white border around black glass/screen when looking at front of this device
Kudos!
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Not bad @ all..
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Looks almost like white GSM variant I personally love the look of white border around black glass/screen when looking at front of this device
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So sad that Verizon never came out with white. I know what your saying it looks sexy even if its not perfect.
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Here in Singapore white is the default colour I believe, I can post up pictures of my factory white gnex if anyone is interested for reference.
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That's something great
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