The Jet Black Dilemma

Garz

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Do you know what is odd, when I had an iPad 1, and near the end of its usefulness, I took out my pocket knife and showed my friends that the glass would not easily scratch. In fact I could NOT scrTch it. Then now somehow on my iPad Air and 5C I got a couple of scratches and with these newer devices I was trying to be careful lol.

I never use to use screen protectors back on iPhone 4/4s and etc. never had scratching. Now I get scratching within a couple of days if I don't use one.
 

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OK so I went to Best Buy and checked out the iPhone 7 in black and yeah it's not too slippery. Last week it was on for zero dollars if you sign a two-year contract but now it's back up to $300, but I'm in no rush I'll just wait a while. I would only get $50 for a trade on my 5C. Here are some of the cases I kind of liked and the official Apple and leather for $59 was pretty nice. If I get a black iPhone I like the idea of those clear cases…
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I have a matte and a jet black. My matte is 5 months old and has very slight marks on antenna lines from switching cases. Barely noticeable and looks brand new.

My jet black is a week old and has micro scratches all over the lower part of it from me changing cases and one longer scratch in the middle that I can see at certain angles. They didn't lie when they said it shows scratches easily.

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You should return it if it bothers you that much. Assuming you bought new you're still within return window.
 

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Well I'm not sure I really want to pay a couple hundred dollars extra for 128 GB I would be fine with 32 GB it's all I ever need. I have 55 apps on my iPhone 5c and I still have 4 1/2 free gigs left over. But I use the battery Dr. app to really keep it cleaned up and tight. So yeah I'll probably get Gold if that's the case.
 

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32 is not much... especially with that increase in MP (aka larger picture file size) of that sweet camera... the 7Plus should be 64 minimum imho
 

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I'm a cover junkie so I always spent a lot of money getting covers until I finally get the one that I put it on and never look back. I understand your dilemma as I had the same, I always use Clear cases so it can show all the phone's beauty, but there is something with clear covers and Black phones that I don't like, it seems that clear cases looks the best with White, Silver, Gray and Gold, basically with every color but black, I don't like the contrast of colors when pairing them, the next best thing is the "Clear Covers" with the Smoked Black borders or complete.

So I bought a Generic Clear one with Bumpers side, it lasted 2 minutes on, hated it, then I got a CaseLogic one that was used for about a week until I got the 2 Tozo covers (Similar to the Peel case), one Blue (loved it) and one Mocha Black (Didn't look as expected) but these 2 covers doesn't protect other than from scratches, they are basically the thinnest and lightest covers available.

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Then I got the Ringke Air Smoke Black, it looks good but like I mentioned above there is something with Clear Cover (even with Smoke Black tint) with Black phones that doesn't look good to me.

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So I got a Ringke Fusion and these 2 Ringke Covers are the ones that I'm currently using and I'll keep using for a while, of the 2, the Fusion is the prettiest as I bought it jet Black just like the phone, and I like that it keeps the same look while it protects very well the phone.

Take a look at it to see if you like the Ringle Fusion jet Black just like I do.

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I see Smoke black, Shadow black and Ink black. Which one did you buy and does it add much thickness to the phone?
Thanks.
 

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Basically the same than the rest of the Ringke and Spigen TPU case. You know it has a cover because you can feel it in the hand that is larger but still on the comfort zone.
 

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