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[Jeremy Sikora]

This thread would have been started sooner rather than later by someone so I figured I would kick it off. Which do you prefer, matte or shine?

[jamesus]

Matte - less fingerprint smudges...

[Shangraham]

I have to go with matte too. I would think it would help hide scratches too.

[Justin]

The matte looks nicer, plus less scratches, more grip, etc. etc.

[Entertainment72]

Matte for sure.

[c0mpguru]

I like the shine of the 3G, but I would probably prefer matte since it will give you more gripe and show less scratches.

[Jeremy Sikora]

I was thinking, some of the matte cases currently out for the 3G scratch really easily... hopefully this will not be the case for this.

[Dooks88]

Originally Posted by jamesus

Matte - less fingerprint smudges...

Less scratches too.

[llofte]

Matte. I think the fingerprints on shiny black iPhones make it look dirty... all the time.

[bmfan]

matte finish i guess, but mine is always in a case. so it doesn't really matter either way