Today I returned my gray note 2 for a white note 2. All I can say is the quality is much better. It doesn't creak at all and it's very solid and much tighter. Feels like a completely different model phone. I've read the same thing other places too. So if you're about to get the note 2 I advise you to get the marble white. Even my benchmarks are much higher with this one. Both at&t.
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I'm not a fan of white phones. I love the brushed aluminum look the titanium gray has. And mine doesn't make any noises and is plenty solid.
I have the titanium grey and its solid. No creaking, nothing that would even suggest inferior build quality. Plus gets a quadrant benchmark of over 6000 stock, i don't see how the white would do better considering the hardware is exactly the same.
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I'm not a fan of white phones. I love the brushed aluminum look the titanium gray has. And mine doesn't make any noises and is plenty solid.
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I concur!!
I saw no difference in build quality between the two colors when I compared them. I went with titanium because frankly the white looks cheaper to me. With this being such a large device I didn't want it be be more of a bright beacon either.
As for the performance of your white being better? Post your benchmarks to prove it, because I think that claim has no merit.
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I saw no difference in build quality between the two colors when I compared them. I went with titanium because frankly the white looks cheaper to me. With this being such a large device I didn't want it be be more of a bright beacon either.
As for the performance of your white being better? Post your benchmarks to prove it, because I think that claim has no merit.
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This. Although benchmarks don't matter, I don't think my titanium gray suffers, lol. And this is without forcing it to run at 1.8. Even stock though I was 6500+
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I am happy with the gray one
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The gray one is so much more sexy! They have the exact same hardware, so they have the exact same performance.
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If one scores slightly better than the other, it's because not all chips are created equal. Every single chip is gonna handle things differently.
Yes, your experience means all white phones are higher quality to all gray phone. Makes perfect sense.
I have the white one and it looks great.
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Is this a joke or is the op serious?
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The white one is bland, ugly, and most of all... looks cheap as hell. I've seen these same sentiments stated many-a-time on different reviews of the Note II. I owned the ceramic white original Note, and I thought it was gorgeous. Much better looking than the black. But for the Note II, the positions are reversed. The white is just dull but the titanium gray is pure sex. It has this sophisticated, premium look to it.
BTW, this is probably one of the most asinine threads I've ever read on XDA. For anyone to seriously suggest the quality of a phone is based on what COLOR it is, is as misguided and stupid as a person who thinks that each different color M&M has a different taste, despite the fact they ALL have the same taste. Did a 12-year-old iPhone tween write this claptrap??
My titanium does not creak and i preffer the look of the dark titanium bezel than a regular chrome. I think chrome is out of style and look cheap on a phone.
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It doesn't look cheap or bland at all. I should know, I owned both.
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And I get 6200 score on quadrant. Thing is so inaccurate. Lol @ people claiming to get 7000 score stock note 2.
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I also couldn't stand the gray one bcuz it shows dust and fingerprints so badly. The white doesn't show the dust at all
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Btw, kiddo, the white and gray ones are made by different factories or whatever you want to call it. I read the gray ones get made in Korea or some ****.
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The most shocking thing about this " awesome" thread is... why is this nonsense not closed already?
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And I get 6200 score on quadrant. Thing is so inaccurate. Lol @ people claiming to get 7000 score stock note 2.
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I saw nobody claim over 7k on stock. I claimed it in it's current state, but out of the box mine did a hair over 6400. I guess that now makes the titanium superior.
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Do you guys think there will ever be a black s3? I'm pretty bummed that they didn't go with black and I might be even more so if they come out with it later and I'll be forced to buy it off contract.
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Nope. Don't think so. I may paint mine...idk yet.
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maybe you can buy a black case for it
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Do you guys think there will ever be a black s3? I'm pretty bummed that they didn't go with black and I might be even more so if they come out with it later and I'll be forced to buy it off contract.
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Maybe you can buy a black case for your phone.
Doubt it. It would like damn sexy tho.
Iduno, would probably look cheaper like the white one imo.
Pearl blue IS the new black dude! Get with the times.
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Iduno, would probably look cheaper like the white one imo.
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I have to agree here. I looked at the White S3, and just thought that it looked too plain. I mean yea... there's nothing special about giving a brushed aluminium look to plastic, but at least it's an added bit of depth. Didn't really want such a smexy phone to look like... uuh... another popular white phone that's not nearly as smexy.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3375181/samsung-galaxy-s3-in-black-gets-shown-off/
According to this there just might be...
I have the otter box commuter so my phone is black now
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Yea those pictures + screenshot of a listing in phone arena's database for a black s3= there's probably one coming. But not for awhile is my bet. Kinda a bummer though. I like my blue and all but black would be so much easier to match up with cases.
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I have the otter box commuter so my phone is black now
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mix and matching the black and white commuters looks pretty sweet if you feel like buying 2 otterboxes...
been thinking about painting mine black (just the back).
buy replacement back cover, paint it, party on!
I like my white it looks great with cases especially the Neo Hybrid
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I don't think there will be, due to the lawsuit with Apple. Trade dress. Google it.
Sammy has already hinted that there will be one. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/sam...51/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Trade dress for iPhone:
http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2011/04/4820.html
It's a joke, some of the stuff they claim is patented.
According to Android Police as of yesterday, car phone warhouses' inventory states that it could be possible. As an owner of a white one, I'm jealous of people that get the black one no homo
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Black would be nice, but not like a ash black, more like jet black would be awesome. I have a white one. looking to buy a skin for it.
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Trade dress for iPhone:
http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/2011/04/4820.html
It's a joke, some of the stuff they claim is patented.
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It's even worse that they're claiming that the ICON'S infringed on their patents. Going by their actual patent information in that document, and looking at the side by side's later on... wtf are they on? Well, we could easily say that the white phone on a green background is NOT at a 45-degree angle. And most of the others don't look remotely similar. I mean... thinking that Samsung's smiley in a speech box looks similar to Apple's own speech bubble? The Settings icon... what... because it has a gear in it? And WTF are they on with the photo gallery icon? NOT EVEN CLOSE!
Apple just seems to have the patent office in their pockets, as well as the judges they use for this sh*t, cause they are granted so many patents for the most ridiculous stuff it's unrealistic.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3375181/samsung-galaxy-s3-in-black-gets-shown-off/
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Its photos off of facebook, there the pebble blue, just at a angle where you dont see the lines
Is it my or does the titanium grey look more appealing than the marble white note? On the og note the white one looked much elegant than the black one ... but now I'm debating whether the grey one looks better or I simply just like white :/
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buy a white one, it's $30 cheaper. can always get the titanium-grey book cover
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Is it my or does the titanium grey look more appealing than the marble white note? On the og note the white one looked much elegant than the black one ... but now I'm debating whether the grey one looks better or I simply just like white :/
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Normally I buy dark phones but I really hated the grey note 2 when I saw it in store. However it's all a matter of taste, you have to see both colors and make your own opinion.
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buy a white one, it's $30 cheaper. can always get the titanium-grey book cover
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Yeah, I got the white from Newegg after the $30 coupon ($649). Also, go to fatwallet.com, click on cash back, find newegg, and click-through from there to purchase. In about 45 days, you will have an extra (up to) 4% back. Best deal going.
Use the savings to buy a genuine flip cover - this way you get the color you want (minus the front, which is not a big deal at all).
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Is it my or does the titanium grey look more appealing than the marble white note? On the og note the white one looked much elegant than the black one ... but now I'm debating whether the grey one looks better or I simply just like white :/
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Titanium Gray is more appearing and this is why I am not upgrading to 32 GB version and sticking with my gray 16GB. In my market 32GB note 2 is available but only in white. When I bought my phone there was no 32 GB available. Now it is available but only in white. Had it be gray and I would have upgrade it in blink of an eye but white one looks cheap from bazel and the back. Titanium gray looks cool and different from other regular colors.
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Does the white have light leakage on the from bezel buttons like the SII did? That is what steered me to preorder it in grey. Looks more professional IMO.
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Titanium Gray is more appearing and this is why I am not upgrading to 32 GB version and sticking with my gray 16GB. In my market 32GB note 2 is available but only in white. When I bought my phone there was no 32 GB available. Now it is available but only in white. Had it be gray and I would have upgrade it in blink of an eye but white one looks cheap from bazel and the back. Titanium gray looks cool and different from other regular colors.
Where is your market? A 32GB is what I've been looking for. I need one like yesterday.
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I got the grey model because, while the white model is gorgeous and eye catching, I think it's novelty of having a white device would fade shortly after or I would get tired of putting it on the table or taking it out in front of people. I don't want to look "metro cool" at work, haha. I just want something classy, which the white is, but it's just not for me. I'm used to having BLACK phones and I'm tired of black phones. So when I saw Samsung has the SGN2 in TITANIUM GREY! I thought "whoopie!" hehe. But to be honest, the white is really nice, but I think in the long run the grey version will serve me better . This is of course 100% an opinion.
any color will do
Thanks, Color doesn't bother me as much, I just need more than 16gb. So there is hope that the 32gb might be in the states sometime. Since there in your area already.
Get a microSD card?
My SIII died and had to be repaired...I lost everything I had stored on internal memory (though I had a backup made days earlier, phew!)
Just a thought
I guess I will. I was hoping for 32g internal and a 64g sd card. But I don't think I can last until it comes over here. But I've waited this long, perhaps one more month will not kill me.
Thanks for your input guys and yes when og note came out I knew right away that I wanted the white one. Now with the note 2 I wasn't sure about whether I wanted the white because I was always attracted to white phones or because it looked better than the grey one. Looking closely at many pics and videos of people actually holding the device upclose I've decided that I will go with the grey one. Two reasons, when I had the white note the slightest scratch on the back was able to be seen and because there's something about those tiny little stripes on the grey one that intrigues me lolll
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Isn't it classy?
My sexy beast...
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Isn't it classy?
My sexy beast...
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LOL! I think what makes that picture sexy is that your phone is surrounded by rose pedals and other nice objects xD haha. Very classy!
But your Note 2 looks exactly the same as my note 2! haha. It's a gorgeous device Yes indeedy do!
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LOL! I think what makes that picture sexy is that your phone is surrounded by rose pedals and other nice objects xD haha. Very classy!
But your Note 2 looks exactly the same as my note 2! haha. It's a gorgeous device Yes indeedy do!
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Yeah I know but you can't get that look on marble white.. titanium grey is awesome..
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To answer earlier question, no white doesn't leak light to screen. And damn that Grey looks good but i love my marble white!
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White phones are designed for people who just care about the looks.
Anyone who is a tiny bit technically competent who never ever put a white bezel around a screen. It is stupid because you lose precious contrast on the gorgeous screen.
Apple should really patent the white bezel so that everyone stop copying it.
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Apple should really patent the white bezel so that everyone stop copying it.
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Lmao. :thumbup: If there's one Apple patent that would make sense... that'd be it!
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Lolento said:
White phones are designed for people who just care about the looks.
Anyone who is a tiny bit technically competent who never ever put a white bezel around a screen. It is stupid because you lose precious contrast on the gorgeous screen.
Apple should really patent the white bezel so that everyone stop copying it.
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Epic... thanks for a good laugh...
- Bobo
I loved the titanium grey. But the prints and dust over time would annoy the hell outta me. Just ordered my second one in white with a grey hard case.
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Hi I've recently got my s3 perhaps 4 months ago and I want to kill myself now that this beast is released. Just asking those Who have moved over from the s3, is the screen really that less clear compared to s3? I've heard that alot from many readings, and really hope to hear some feedback from you guys!
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I ditched my S3 three days ago. Note 2 has by far a better screen. Both great phones, but I prefer the Note 2. The battery life is ridiculous. I swear, it's powered by a fusion reactor.
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I came from the s3 last week and the difference of performance is like night and day. It must be the ram and optimized software. I like the screen is this note better because the colors are nicer and there is no tinting. True, it might be a bit less sharp than the s3 but you'll only notice it if you have both devices side by side.
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Hmm okay ~ dang i had a white s3 and not sure if i want a white or gamble with the grey note 2
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Hmm okay ~ dang i had a white s3 and not sure if i want a white or gamble with the grey note 2
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Titanium Grey, all the way
Frostyeo said:
Hmm okay ~ dang i had a white s3 and not sure if i want a white or gamble with the grey note 2
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Go for the gray one! My s3 was white and I loved it, decided to try something different this time. I love titanium gray as it looks really classy but it's kinda hard to match cases with it. The white one is easier to pair in that aspect but the gray one looks more professional.
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Can u plz gives me or old s3
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Note 2 is better in all aspects if u like bigger screen..
Fired From My Fire Device.
prinzhernan said:
Go for the gray one! My s3 was white and I loved it, decided to try something different this time. I love titanium gray as it looks really classy but it's kinda hard to match cases with it. The white one is easier to pair in that aspect but the gray one looks more professional.
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Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949977
Why do people say the screen isn't as good as the s3?
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forget about those biased reviews, you'll never go wrong with Note 2
What did you get?
Got a white one because #1, it's the only one they had on display and didn't have titanium. #2, I've had grey/black phones before in the past so white is something new.
What about a little titanium white?
Lol, Bob Ross reference
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My mom and I both got it in white
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Titanium since I noticed, to me, that white attracts more attention. The size alone will attract attention. A white one, IMO, will attract A LOT more attention....
That's just me though.
Got titanium, but in retrospect, wish I would have gotten white....
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I got white. I think it looks cleaner.
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+1 white
Have titanium with a dark blue aluminum back cover. Looks sweet. Best phone I've ever had.
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Got titanium and really love the brushed look and dark color. Have too many other white devices and really like the dark a lot better.
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Titanium. White looks sexy tho..
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I got white, my brother got titanium, and my hubby wants titanium. But best buy may only carry white in store.
Everyone and their mamas!! got the white one on GSIII they look to much alike with the white GNII wanted be different so got the sexy titanium grey
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One of each
Hubby got the titanium mine is white
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After years of black phones I went white crazy with the EVO LTE, GS3 and now Note 2. Now that I got white out my system my next phone will be anything but white.
BTW...I also think white phones just look better in black cases, giving them a nice two tone look.
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Got titanium. Wanted to try white but I was worried it would look yellowed after a while. I saw a YouTube video of a guy with a white gs3, comparing it with another phone and the white looked like it had a slightly yellowish tint to it.
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Titanium Grey with a black slim cover.. Very sleek and sophisticated
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I got white, my brother got titanium, and my hubby wants titanium. But best buy may only carry white in store.
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Last I looked they had both showing up online. Why would the store only carry white?
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Got titanium. Wanted to try white but I was worried it would look yellowed after a while. I saw a YouTube video of a guy with a white gs3, comparing it with another phone and the white looked like it had a slightly yellowish tint to it.
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What fools. How in the hell will white oxidize? Maybe in 10 years.
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I settle for white again. As the Titanium is the same finish as the metallic blue of an S3. I feel it makes it look cheap.
I have had the white S3 since launch day and it's whiter than my room mate.
It's glass and the back covers are cheap if it does ever change color. I don't mind paying the $8 for a new battery cover or a aftermarket one. It's been what like 5-6 months now and my battery cover is like new.
An extra $8 every 6 months for a white battery cover is nothing. I'll probably have this phone for 6 months to a year and a half.
The bezel is silver, so you really have to do some damage to ruin the "white".
Thanks for the input guys.
I'm thinking the white Note 2 looks better than the gray and was wondering if anyone regretted their color choice with white? The gray looks nice too, but I think the white just looks more professional and elegant. Anyone switch colors or regret their choice?
Nope love my titanium gray N2. No regrets.
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I have white because I always choose white devices... but I got to say the texture of the gray one just looks super bada$$
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I really like the finish on my Grey note 2. I don't really think it matters if you have a white note 2 though, since you'll probably end up putting a case on it anyway.
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I love my white note 2
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The texture and look of the grey note 2 is just awesome.....
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I got white and I hate it wish I could get Gray.
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I got white note 2. I thought the white on the OG note looked better.
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I absolutely love my white Note 2. There's one thing that does slightly bother me, not a deal breaker though, if you get the white battery cover with the front flip cover the inside felt of it can get a bit dirty.
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There was something about the gray that I couldn't resist.
White just feels right
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I had a white s3 and loved it but the titanium grey is fantastic! I wish they made a titanium grey s3 in the states
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I had a white s3 and then got a gray note 2 but returned it for the White note 2. The return was because of an issue with the first phone. Glad I got white! Love it! The gray was nice but too dark for me. :thumbup:
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I have a white one and it looks good but if I had an option of a grey I would have picked it up. Only con is if its dirty it would show more than an grey one. Other then that I'm enjoying my white note 2.
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Im jealous of the ones they released in Korea, reddish copper, very slick.
But like someone said above : no regrets on the titanium gray!
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Many people have made the same points I have made in the past. White looked good on the OG Note 1 (which I once had) but it looks lackluster on the Note 2. The titanium gray is absolutely gorgeous! I find myself staring at my phone a lot lol. And when any source of light hits it in a certain way, the brushed aluminum finish pops drastically! The white Note 2 just looks really boring, plasticy, and kind of cheap. That's just my opinion.
Had a white skyrocket and the white Note II and very happy with phone and color.
Once you put a SP and Case you can have any color or metal case color you want.
The white doesn't show scratches and looks like a new phone.
Good luck great phone.
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As someone else previously mentioned if you end up putting a case on it then it really doesn't matter. In fact I don't even know what my Note2 looks or feels like without the case on.
But yes I am very happy with my white note2, great looking, and great in general.
I got a white one because when I ordered the Retentions rep told me the grey could be backordered by the time my order was fulfilled. I like the white, havent had a white device yet. I would have MUCH rather gotten black, as the displays on Samsung phones look amazing in a black bezel.
The gray looks way too good