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Whichever appeals more to you. Personally, I don't worry much about the back color, though I do prefer a white bezel. Not necessarily for aesthetic reasons, but for practical ones: I use mostly light-themed apps, browse a lot, write a lot. The white bezel is much easier on the eyes for me. If I mostly watched movies or worked in a dark room, or at night, I'd prefer a black bezel. So for me, the bezel choice is mostly a matter of how I use a device.

Anyway, my iPad Pro is gold with a white bezel. I would have been happy with the silver one also, but gold was available and so I went with that (my Air 2 is silver/white).

I Agree with your views on the differences with the iPad colors and bezels. I personally choose whatever iPad is widely available and colors only superficial to me, no matter if it's a black bezel or white bezel. I have used both colors over the years and you eventually adjust to what you have. It really comes down to the experience with the iPad over the color after so long. (Unless someone strictly prefers one color only.)
 
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I have used both colors over the years and you eventually adjust to what you have. It really comes down to the experience with the iPad over the color after so long. (Unless someone strictly prefers one color only.)

Yep, it's pretty much how I see it, too. My first iPad had a black bezel, the second one a white one, and my current one has a white bezel again. It was a deliberate preference only with the 12.9 model because I sketch on it and I felt the white bezel would be ideal for that. But overall I'd be fine with any iPad.

Storage space usually gives me a bigger headache, though. I went from 32 to 64 to 256 GB, though if a 128 GB Pro had been offered, that would have been my choice. In 2.5 half years with the Air 2, I never used more than half of its 64 GB. With the Pro now it'll be more, but I doubt I'll ever get close to 256 GB (I don't download HD movies on it, which would change things).
 
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