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[Galaxy S III General] xxnoelziexx:
Still waiting for my CPW blue but will be calling first thing to cancel, I prefer the original blue. I bought a White 32gb version last night for £470, I will be taking delivery monday. I have also noticed ever single case I have looked at go much better with the white version.
[Galaxy S III General] speedfreak228:
Blue looks pretty good too. Sales rep at verizon ordered me the blue one instead of the white one that I wanted. Guess I'll try the blue one
[Galaxy S III General] FIREONHIGH:
i hate the home button.im a mechanic,i know i will fill the gap with grease and oil:eek:...why didnt the just make it have all hardware buttons? i know every one loves that physical home button...i f@#$#ing hate it:D....oh well maybe winter will bring the note2:cool:
[Galaxy S III General] qasdfdsaq:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27067295#post27067295

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The button is the same colour as the rest of the front, but looks slightly different at certain angles as it does not have a glossy/glass coating.

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Dunno about everyone else's but mine looks the same as the "original" pictures published a month ago.
[Galaxy S III General] kirdroid:
Even mine...not sure what everyone is talking :)
[Galaxy S III General] Wirelessgirl:
I prefer Grey because it matches most of my clothes. I wear mostly black, charcoal grey and for low tank tops is usually a neutral colour like white, black, etc. I need my phones to match my clothes and purses! lol
[Galaxy S III General] hansonator:
I think it's just lame blog sites taking pictures in different lighting to get page hits. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] amb1gu0us:
Hi

For those who received their devices, can you tell where your Blue Galaxy is made in ?
[Galaxy S III General] LLStarks:
Is it a fair assumption that all Pebble Blue in the US will be Metallic Blue?
[Galaxy S III General] dbzgod:
Maybe... Maybe not. It's hard to tell. If you saw the news article about the manufacturing issue they had with the blue ones the greyish ones could of been a quick temp fix to fulfill the massive European orders. We can only wait and see on NA launch day :)
[Galaxy S III General] onslaught86:
Got mine yesterday - Made in Korea.
[Galaxy S III General] -A-P-M-:
IMO this new colour looks great. I didn't like pebble blue, but I prefer this new blue (grey) over white.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EwlPN3dlJz0
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
I saw it too yesterday. Looks awesome :-)
[Galaxy S III General] ImARaptor:
it has a mutlicolor LED, I'm sold :D
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
Same here... Oh and my shoes and/or nail varnish too :D I think if I can be bothered, I might get several replacement battery covers and skin them in different colours. I too would have preferred a good old plain black option for the phone though, just goes with everything.

As for the blue, I'm not convinced that they've changed the colour, just that the press shots are lit in a way that really shows off the blue (I'm a photographer... You can do a lot of things with careful lighting)

Sent from my CM9 TouchPad
[Galaxy S III General] braintheboss:
Depending on the angle ... is to lilac
[Galaxy S III General] hefonthefjords:
I think the store demo models are the old lighter colour.

I saw a blue for the first time in a store yesterday under bright fluorescent lights and it seemed like it was a metallic (read: "sparkly") sky blue. While still better than owning a white device, it didnt excite me as much as the pictures i had seen of a much deeper richer coloured device. While playing with it i was told by the store assisstant that they have no blue stock at all untill the 30th because, quote; "all of the blue ones have been recalled by samsung so we've got none right now" which leads me to believe that the display models are from the original runs from which the defects in colors arose.

Praying for darker blue.
[Galaxy S III General] katamari201:
It's like a chameleon, keeps on mutating! Not just the color. Even the brushed texture and amount of gloss changes! It can go from really really ugly (super glossy and black) to sophisticated (bluish gunmetal with fine lines and laminate thin gloss) to kind of unique but kind of tacky (thicker chewier looking lines and happier colored kinda gaudy milky blue). Okay, at least that's how all these pictures and videos are showing it on my computer. If it really changes so much just by the type of lighting and the angle, gonna drive me kookoo! The white always looks the same to me, barring dim and dingy fluorescent lighting.
[Galaxy S III General] The Smoking Man:
The "old" blue in my opinion looked weird. The "new" blue looks even weirder. LOL

It's nice that Samsung decided to choose a different color than black this time, but this blue doesn't look exactly as you'd expect. It's tricky. Depends on the angle/lighting.

One thing that truly irritates the hell out of me on the blue version is the home button. It sticks out too much and is probably the oddest looking part of the phone. I also don't fancy the back. Thanks to the texture/Hyperglaze the blue has become darker, grey-ish, almost black-ish and there's something about it that seriously bugs me. As if I knew from first glance that this isn't metal. It doesn't look premium to my eyes. Actually, I'd say the blue version looks very confusing and cheap.

I'd also say that the blue one is aimed at the older users (30+) and business men, whereas the white one is mainly aimed at younger users (17+) and women.

Personally, I prefer the Marble White. Instantly fell in love with it.
[Galaxy S III General] Intratech:
Played with one of the new blue ones when I went to exchange my phone and decided to exchange for the same white one as I did not like the blue. What was wrong with black Samsung? Phones should be black!
[Galaxy S III General] obionenairobi:
Oh wow, if Intratech also thinks this I am getting worried about getting it myself :-(

I also would have prefered a black one

On the other side what is the alternative ? A white one ? Sticking to my S2for a full year waiting for a S4 ? Thats kind of difficult when there is brand new toy out

Don't you think that in some time you can buy replacement back covers ?

Blue front with black back might be nice
[Galaxy S III General] rocketpaul:
what was wrong with your old s3, out of curiosity ?
[Galaxy S III General] leftheodo:
Blame Apple for the lack of the black color! The "black border" was a part of Apple's lawsuit :eek: ! Read here:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...irst-smartphone-designed-entirely-by-lawyers/
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
is the blue one too shiny or whats the reason ?

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hmmm its the rotten fruit company again!!!
[Galaxy S III General] aydc:
I wish Apples sues them for the physical home button so we can get rid of this stupid obsession of Samsung with home buttons.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Why? The home button is why I bought the International GS2 over the AT&T one here in the States. Having the home button makes for a more pleasurable experience in my opinion.
[Galaxy S III General] tekhna:
Agreed. Stupid physical buttons. I would have much preferred on-screen buttons. Or at the least capacitive.
[Galaxy S III General] Fro1ex:
I have the pebble blue and the way I see it Samsung never changed the way that the Pebble Blue color looked. When in the store (with much lighting), i noticed that the phone seemed very bright blue, almost purple, and it looks like in the ads. At home it is however darker like in the video. My conclusion is that the phone pretty much changes color (as seen by the eye) depending on lighting. I find this very cool!

If you want a black S3, buy the blue one because it looks pretty much black when used in regular circumstances (very dark grey). The only exceptions are the home button which is purple and the edge which is a weird light blue/greyish color.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
agreed i played around with one today which was on display in the shop when i was getting my replacement phone after my phone was stolen :mad: and it does appear to be more gunmetal grey alright i still prefer the white one
[Galaxy S III General] MrMrMr111:
From where please, good price that. What are you going to do when you get your blue, sell it?
[Galaxy S III General] kulzboy:
Why not? In the past, having capacitive buttons just made everything a little more complicated in porting roms from other devices. Having everything all at sync could mean that we would be able to use 1 universal form factor for accessories. This is what makes me jealous of Apple. Their products are all the same which makes it easier for companies to design accessories.
[Galaxy S III General] tekhna:
Oh for sure. I love that they're using one design, that part is awesome for exactly the reasons you said. I just wish that design had included on-screen buttons so that the total size of the phone could be smaller, or if they had to include buttons, that they're capacitive.
[Galaxy S III General] Intratech:
There was a weird yellowish glow at the bottom right of the screen so I exchanged it.

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Yes it was too shiny on the back, the off colour home button just makes it look weird and fingerprints just showed up like a giraffe in a park.
[Galaxy S III General] Wirelessgirl:
BTW, could you please return my nail varnish that you borrowed from me. It was expensive! :p

I guess most of us will know on June 20th. that's if there isn't another delay. We will see if the phone is blueish/greysih/blackish/pebbleish/glossish.....ok I'll stop......for now. :p

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I totally agree about the home button. Now that we know the North American model will have the physical home button, that's why I decided to get the Rogers one. I find with the four capacitive keys I accidentally hit one of the keys which is annoying. With the one physical button and 2 capacitive keys I am less likely to accidentally hit a key, like the S2. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
Who cares about the button? Lol what I plan on doing is disabling the buttons altogether and use on screen nav (when an aosp rom is available) with a 4.8 inch screen I wouldn't mind giving up the little bit of screen RE and won't have to worry about accidentally hitting one of the cap buttons when I hold the phone in landscape like I do now on my gs2
[Galaxy S III General] Rytkonen:
Capasitive home button is pure horror. I hate it when playing games it is easy to press capacitive home button.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
glad i chose white earlier ;)
[Galaxy S III General] kirdroid:
I had white before and have the pebble blue now. The white definitely looks better and it's an eye grabber compared to the blue.

Blue looks more professional and is a more neutral color than white :)
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
So you'd rather have everything shifted off center to the left? No thanks. :)
[Galaxy S III General] CB620:
Im getting white that's a no brainer
[Galaxy S III General] GIR:
Not only that but having a dedicated button for search doesn't make any sense at all. I never use it and I can imagine it's probably the least used button among the 4.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
only on tablets and phones(that are modded to run ICS in tablet mode) it is shifted over to the left. On the Galaxy Nexus and if you run AOKP (at least on the att GS2) the nav is centered. But yes, I would rather have the on screen nav then the cap buttons. If my GS2 wasnt a 4.3 inch screen I would use on screen nav and disable the cap buttons but it eats up too much space on a 4.3 inch screen. But as I said with a 4.8 inch I'd be willing to give up the screen RE for it. I read you like the buttons, so to each their own. I will def be modding that when I get it though.

Here is a SS of the on screen nav on my GS2, doesnt look shifted to the left to me ;)
[Galaxy S III General] tietherope:
Also, holding the menu button brings up search.
[Galaxy S III General] Moh_Jay:
does anyone with a white sgs3 have any problems with the phone getting dirty? or is it all easy to brush off without coloring the white

"All this knowledge is giving me a major brainer!"
[Galaxy S III General] Wirelessgirl:
I totally agree. I never use it and that's the damn button that I hit by accident all the time! Plus I think with ICS there's the dedicated "Google Search Bar" that you can't get rid of on the homescreen. With my Galaxy Nexus I can't get rid of the Google Search Bar on any screen. We don't need that many search tools. It's not like we'll ever find Waldo! :p
[Galaxy S III General] drbveb88:
White is a no Brainer without the case. Once you add a case it just stands out like an eyesore. This phone is too nice to not have protection.
[Galaxy S III General] h3llboy911:
Ignore
[Galaxy S III General] phoenixno:
GSM Arena posted that video a week ago, someone had posted it to them saying its a new grey colour S3 samsung may use in the future
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
Really?

You have some serious issues if you are referring to the white s3. And the white of the iphone is not so much different than other whites.

First off... gay? You must be pretty insecure about your sexuality.

Second... iphone white? I hope you realize that iPhone also sell black phones and did so before their white, so I hope you never get a black phone or never have owned a black phone either because that would be 'gay' according to you.
[Galaxy S III General] rambo8987:
I'm getting white s3. <<<<not gay. Silly how these comments get made. Who else is excited!!!!!! Its like Christmas in June come the 21st
[Galaxy S III General] kirdroid:
Already had christmas :) ... Started with white and now have blue. White looks better than blue but im going to stick with blue since it's not an eye grabber compared to white....like to lay low :)
[Galaxy S III General] kulzboy:
The first time I saw the blue one, I thought it was weird personally and white was pure awesomeness. Till now, I still couldn't decide between the two
[Galaxy S III General] pratik_91:
Just a joke.. dont mind it.. laugh over that lil hate :p
[Galaxy S III General] rambo8987:
Lol its like driving a Corvette, no matter the color its still a eye grabber
[Galaxy S III General] kirdroid:
That's true...every time i take my phone out of pocket, people will be like what phone is that :-)
[Galaxy S III General] rocketpaul:
think i might switch mine for a blue one, im not sure yet. The white looks nice but it stands out slightly too much for my taste
[Galaxy S III General] Totòòò:
Cool story;)
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
The physical home button is functionally much better. It gives you a wake up the screen button besides the power button. Sometimes it is more convenient to use the power button and sometimes the home button depending on how you are holding it. This is one of the major advantages of the GS3 over the One X, this and the Micro USB port location that reviewers seem to ignore for some reason.

Ergonomically the physical home button is much better. Also, for OCD people like me that is afraid of wearing out the power button by constantly using it as a wake up button can allocate 50% of the wake ups to one button and the other 50% to the other. :p
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
Someone has something against the word Gay don't we? Gay gay gay.

Relax its a word, live and let die.
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
How old are you?

Out of my post, only one sentence was knocking him for calling the colour of a phone gay. Nice try though. If you also feel that white is gay, than you must be an idiot too

Oh and you must not have read the post i quoted, because if you did then you would understand that it was a stupid thing to say. Read the post again to understand.

Or let me summarize in case thats difficult for you.

Hes knocking white...because iphones are white... But iphones are also black too.... Thus black phones must be gay as well
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
Double
[Galaxy S III General] kmoore11:
This is why I'm sick of black phones:

Ever since the iPhone came out, nearly everything has been a black phone. Why are phones 'supposed to be black'? Before smartphones, you could find red, blue, gold, silver, green, etc. and not think twice about it. I miss the variety, gave people a chance to be more individual. I've seen so many Android users get asked if that's an iPhone they're carrying just because it's a square, black, touchscreen phone.

That being said, I clearly like the more saturated blue version over the grey. I do remember seeing a statement from Samsung (can't find it at the moment, though) saying that the color for US versions has not been changed from what they originally said it looked like. If that's the case, good news for me.
[Galaxy S III General] dbzgod:
Exactly, black black black and more black isn't my idea of good phone color choices. Hell its not even a color, its a damn shade lol. Was sooo excited when Samsung announced the SGS3 with pebble blue as a color option!
[Galaxy S III General] aydc:
I disagree. You must exert force to press the physical button. It's not a great force, but think about how often you press it in a day. What's worse, since it's on the bottom, when you press it, bottom of the phone moves back and the top moves front. After pressing the button, you have to correct the phone in your hand every time.

Anyway, the reason Samsung does it is not ergonomics anyway, they are simply copying Apple, as always.
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
I don't know about you but it really doesn't take much more force to hit the physical home button compared to a capacitive button. If the phone moves, it will move the same regardless of what kind of home button it is. Besides, I don't see how what you are saying puts the phone in any kind of danger. I am sure you can move your phone a lot more violently than that without any consequences.

Well, let's say if you are holding the GS3 in landscape mode watching a video and it goes into sleep. Where would your thumbs be? One of them would be right next to the physical home button so you can wake it up with ease.

With a capacitive or on screen keys you have to wake it up with the power button which is sometimes in a pretty crappy area.

Sorry, I see absolutely no advantage of not having a physical home button.
[Galaxy S III General] gofmarat:
Where did you buy it, is it unlocked?
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
I read over this thread and I'm confused by all the answers on which color blue they are shipping out. If I was to go down to best buy tomorrow and pre order a blue Galaxy SIII would I be getting the light blue or a darker grey/blue phone?
[Galaxy S III General] Lorimere:
No one really knows! LOL

Some say its a diffrent color. Samsung says they have not changed the color at all, it always been the same and the "diffrent" colors you see all depend on the light the video/pictures were taken in.

I choose blue and will be happy with whatever shows up. Just want something diffrent from black and white.

Do wish some mobile blog would eventually get a blue North American version to review/preview before release though (its only 8 days).
[Galaxy S III General] XxAndroid:
I agree, it would be nice to see the version I'm going get before I pre order it. I am almost tempted to just order the white, it doesn't look bad and atleast I know what Ill be getting. I would rather not get a phone that's blue with a purple home button.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Ok. I've now had the Pebble Blue for a few days now. I can confirm it is blue but the colour changes depending on lighting. At times it can look black, blue or grey. Must have some pearl in it. Personally I love it. Really glad I chose it.
[Galaxy S III General] Lemonhead8890:
I wanted the red one :(. Course Verizon wouldn't get that...

I think the blue one looks sweet, and the white one will always be labeled an iphone or and iphone copy... id rather avoid the sterotyping lol.
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
Black phones were always around though. All my phones since 1998 have been black with the exception of a silver Samsung A300, I don't remember ever having a choice of colour with the ones I bought. This time I'm going for the blue "by default" because I really don't like white.

Sent from my CM9 TouchPad
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
Do not be calling me and idiot as I didn't call u any names. It's obvious u have some personal issues to work out so start a thread in off topic and come out of closet princess.
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
You must be one, because you've clearly proven you cant read entire posts. Again... How old are you? Must be early teens.

I hope your mom knows you are on here instead of studying or playing hooked on phonix. (shes a little busy atm though)
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
You have trashed this thread enough with your BS. If you feel the need PM me and I would love to be entertained by your wisdom :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Wond3r:
hey genius, i replied on here about why people should not be afraid to choose white. Your reply was just stating that the word gay is just a word...

Oh man, this kids parents need to get him outside on a jungle gym or something.
[Galaxy S III General] bbgt2:
Jungle gym ? Oh wow you are just so mature. And BTW no one here is afraid to choose white especially after your explanation that white is not gay, LMAO. Again stop cluttering thread with your posts against me and PM me if you dare. I have a whole lot more to tell you but wont stoop to your level on here as its a Pebble Blue thread and not a "should i chose white over blue SGS 3" thread. And the word gay is a word its not a symbol. Look it up.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnuig:
I must be gay now :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] benefit14snake:
Errmm so yeah back on topic before this thread gets shut down.... I for one am excited to get my blue black or grey phone!

Sent from my Axiom MAXX!!
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
It was a tough choice between the Blue and White. Had both for 2 days then decided to choose blue. Sold the white.

Why? Because it was different. Once the back plastic was removed its beauty was revealed. It is blue, sort of, yes, no. It's a very different colour. Even in low lighting you can tell it's not black. Grey actually.

Another thing, I was leaning towards white initially because it would show less fingerprint marks. To my surprise, I can say that the Blue is excellent at hiding them as well. I rarely need to wipe it as opposed to any recent black phone I've owned / still own (S1, S2, i4). Sort of like how a grey car can hide dirt compared to a dark or black coloured car.

I felt the white looked sexier side on because the silver bezel stood out more against the curved back. But front on it just reminded me too much of an S2 white. Don't know why but it did. The blue seemed like a different phone front on. The curved glass, the different new colour plus the brushed effect pushed me to its corner.

Either way, I don't think anyone will be disappointed. Both are beautiful.
[Galaxy S III General] hefonthefjords:
Yeah i would never buy a white phone or any white electronic device like a phone or laptop for that matter. Think about the old white macbooks and how distgusting with dirt and grime they all looked after only a few months.

White devices also attract attention from muggers/pickpockets and the like.
[Galaxy S III General] hbk19:
I ordered a Pebble Blue, and I seriously hope it's this new blue that people are getting. The colour is absolutely gorgeous.

It'll be a nice sight, at least until my card-case gets here.
[Galaxy S III General] djkinetic:
stick a black case on the phone and that solves the attracting too much attention =) then again the phone regardless of what color you have will attract attention.