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iPhone 7/Plus So, ACTUAL Jet Black owners...how are they holding up?

Its kinda funny cause I had a matte black that I just sold after scoring a jet black. I find it just as slippery most of the time. I live in Arizona and its damn dry here. Dry hands + jet black = just as slippery as matte black. If Im a little sweaty, the grip is great though.
 
woodynorman said:
Its kinda funny cause I had a matte black that I just sold after scoring a jet black. I find it just as slippery most of the time. I live in Arizona and its damn dry here. Dry hands + jet black = just as slippery as matte black. If Im a little sweaty, the grip is great though.
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Agreed. Had a black 7 and ended up with a jet black 7. Both aren't exactly gripping wood grain steering wheels. You will lose grip at some point.

The jet black also shows fine scratches if a fly breathes on it. Within 5 minutes from factory new I could see scratches under the right lighting. Do I care? I always go naked with my phones. Don't care. It's just a damn phone and I'll dump it when the. Edit best thing comes out. It's a disposable item. Thug life.
 
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woodynorman said:
Its kinda funny cause I had a matte black that I just sold after scoring a jet black. I find it just as slippery most of the time. I live in Arizona and its damn dry here. Dry hands + jet black = just as slippery as matte black. If Im a little sweaty, the grip is great though.
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Excellent point. The Jet Black is likely as grippy as ones hands are. If your hands are dry, it will affect the overall texture of the Jet Black model. I find the same be true with the aluminum models in other colors. If your hands are moist, then the texture is likely to adhere to your skin better.
 
I had a matte black 7 Plus for a couple of days and returned it when I was able to reserve a jet black 7 Plus. 10 days later and I've had it in a Apple silicon case for 5 days and naked for the last 5 days. I'm actually extremely surprised how it's holding up. I've got one 1/8" hairline scratch that showed up right when I took the phone out of the silicone case. Since it's been out of my case, not a single scratch anywhere. The antenna band lines will scratch no matter what you do I've figured out, but other than that it still looks like the day I bought it and the gripability compared to matte black is insane! I'm in Texas so that may have something to do with it but matte black was most certainly a bar of soap. The 7 Plus jet black feel in the hand is perfect, if only those bezels were shrunk too!
 
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Has anyone tried to polish their phones? Just curious. If I can buff out small marks, then I'd consider going case free for the most part, with some kind of sleeve/pouch for when it's in my pocket or whatever.
 
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Anyone saying this thing is more resistant to scratching than black is trying to sell you ocean view property in Idaho.

Same thing about grip. Lol smh internet.
 
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CYKBC said:
Anyone saying this thing is more resistant to scratching than black is trying to sell you ocean view property in Idaho.

Same thing about grip. Lol smh internet.
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Born in raised in Boise, you should see some of the lake front property's in Coeur d'Alene, ID. It's definitely not more scratch resistant than black, but I don't understand how someone can't see how much more grip jet black provides.
 
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I have had the jet black for 3 weeks and man it is scratched. I had the 6 plus in space gray, the 6s plus in rose gold and neither had any visible scratches. But I do love the feeling of jet black compared to the regular finish, which would always slide off my hands.
https://imgur.com/gallery/yP8Zf Here is some pictures of my 3 week no case jet black!
 
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lemonviking said:
I have had the jet black for 3 weeks and man it is scratched. I had the 6 plus in space gray, the 6s plus in rose gold and neither had any visible scratches. But I do love the feeling of jet black compared to the regular finish, which would always slide off my hands.
https://imgur.com/gallery/yP8Zf Here is some pictures of my 3 week no case jet black!
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Looks like you are rough with your phone. I've had mine just as long, and take extra care. I have 1 small scratch seen only under bright lighting.
 
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ajscorpio69 said:
Looks like you are rough with your phone. I've had mine just as long, and take extra care. I have 1 small scratch seen only under bright lighting.
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Do you ever wipe it with a cloth? I would not say i am rough, i just use it and no babying it.
 
mine is in a saddle brown leather case.....even so I look at the exposed bottom for scratches every now and then!
 
Mine's naked and has plenty of very fine scratches on both the front and back, just like my previous space grey iP6. Don't think they really that much more noticeable on the JB iP7 unless you're angling into some light to show them.

I'm still very happy with my choice, and think it's probably the best looking iPhone they've made. I also love the extra grip over my iP6.
 
nawoo said:
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Are those only available in EU? Is that brown or the gray?
 
Jetcat3 said:
Born in raised in Boise, you should see some of the lake front property's in Coeur d'Alene, ID. It's definitely not more scratch resistant than black, but I don't understand how someone can't see how much more grip jet black provides.
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Smh since when is a lake an ocean. Stay in Boise for life pls.
 
I love the grip of the jetblack.. anybody have dent on it already?
Can i see how does the dent looks like on jet black.
Its better to have apple care + if you plan to use it naked... after a year you can exchange for new one
 
gui0312 said:
Are those only available in EU? Is that brown or the gray?
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It ships worldwide. I'm in Singapore and they shipped to me via FedEx

Mine is grey in color, but there's brown too I think
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mackie8 said:
I love the grip of the jetblack.. anybody have dent on it already?
Can i see how does the dent looks like on jet black.
Its better to have apple care + if you plan to use it naked... after a year you can exchange for new one
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What's the exchange policy for iPhones? Does it have to be totally unusable before you can change for a new one?
 
mackie8 said:
I love the grip of the jetblack.. anybody have dent on it already?
Can i see how does the dent looks like on jet black.
Its better to have apple care + if you plan to use it naked... after a year you can exchange for new one
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That's what I'm thinking about doing if I don't just trade it in to Apple for the next iPhone.

nawoo said:
What's the exchange policy for iPhones? Does it have to be totally unusable before you can change for a new one?
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Doesn't matter. You can just toss it and let it hit the ground if Apple won't let you swap it in the condition it's in.
 
Had my iPhone for 2 weeks and although I haven't been looking too hard for scratches I did notice one tiny micro scratch by the speaker grill at the bottom.
 
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