[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Ace Ryan:
I think Samsung would be to blame for this one. Especially with the "Black" models: they were not prepared to meet the demand for the phone. While black is usually the most popular color with ANY phone that has different variations, I think the Blue Coral and Titanium Silver variations are the problem. I feel like if they had added gold instead of silver(mind you, I'm aware that they have different color options for different countries but I'm referring to the USA), and a "darker" blue, those colors would have had a lot more popularity and therefore would create more of a spread. However, due to pictures making the Blue Coral look much lighter than it actually is, it's viewed as a "girly" color, and silver is just kind of... bland, so the black model is WAY more popular.

For this reason, Samsung, as stated above, is failing to meet the high demand for the black Note 7. They're failing bad. Just to give you an idea: I searched stores from New Orleans, Louisiana all the way over to Mobile, Alabama, Mississippi being in between the two. I searched zip codes in every major city in a line along the coast of those 3 states... giving a spread of a 5 hour drive in between zip codes... and could not find a single available Black Onyx Note 7. This was on a TUESDAY - and most stores got shipments on Monday. However, doing the same search for the silver and blue versions, I managed to find a few available phones.

As an unrelated side note: I think I actually got really lucky. So, I needed to start my service with AT&T before the weekend that was coming up because I use it for work and my old service was about to expire, which meant I couldn't wait until Monday to seek out the black variant. For this reason had to go with either silver or blue, the colors that WERE available. So, I decided to settle with blue with the intentions of trading it out the following Monday and paying the $45 restocking fee. So I head over to the store, somewhat sad and disappointed about the extra $45 I'd be paying, and not being able to just get the Black Onyx I wanted and be done with it.

So I get there after ordering my Blue Coral Note 7 online, and explained my plan to swap out on Monday and paying the fee. The lady in the AT&T store opens the box, and it was like a beaming ray of sunshine flowing out of the box. I have NO idea why, maybe it's my display portraying blue colors slightly lighter than they should be even though I'm using a high quality monitor with a very nice gaming PC, but the Blue Coral Note 7 looked SO MUCH better in person. It's.... dark. It's like a dark blue. It's not the "light blue, girly," color that is depicted in nearly every single picture on the internet. It is almost like a candy navy blue. It is f****ing beautiful! All the way down to the corners that are silver in high light, but appear red amber gold in low light. Needless to say, I decided that not only would I be keeping this variant, but I actually like it even more than Black Onyx. Not only that, but the Blue Coral front panels are going to look amazing with the black protective case I ordered. Moral of the story: consider getting the Blue Coral version of the phone. It looks AMAZING and is not girly at all. If you can, check it out in store just to see what I'm talking about. Was a happy ending for me, to say the least. :D