Temptation won. I returned my 38" s3 gold aluminum with pink sand sport loop and picked up the 42" Space Black SS Milanese but.............
............ I don't think I like it either!!
I think I still prefer with silver stainless steel with white strap. The black feels quite dark(!), big and chunky in a way that the 42" silver ss didn't in store. It might be look better on in the 38mm size but having tried the 38" aluminium for a week I think the 42mm is a better size to use and look at.
I'll keep it on for a few days and see how I feel but so far I have't got the wow I was hoping for given the big step up in price.
Interestingly because I had already added the first LTE s3 to my EE account I had to call up to get them to 'remove' so I could replace with the new one during pairing. So if I change I'll have to do that again though it wasnt a massive deal - just needed to read out the 32digit EID sim number over the phone which is printed in tiny grey text on the back of the box.