Guest zen123 Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 What's your preference? I have the black one, bcoz I'm too poor to sign up for a premium tariff, & I actually prefer it to the silver. The design of the phone itself is quietly smart & elegant but wont win many design awards. The black version makes it stand out from the normal silver crowd. Only problem I encounter is it shows up greasy fingerprints too easily. The wife thinks it looks boring & is still bugging me to change it for that new Nokia, which I personally hate the design (loud & supposedly trendy) that will date after Xmas. Still trying to get my brain around that MS operating system :x . Infact I'm gonna ask a whole heap of questions in another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr Who Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 I thought I wanted the silver but having got it in black (but not having seen silver) it looks really, really nice. I was considering the Nokia 7610 (is that the one you mean?) but the massively increased spec of the C500 over any Nokia phone convinced me. My missus is slowly coming round to the charms of the C500, although she was going to swap it in for the Nokia the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tedblight Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Same here, I really really wanted the sliver one, but now I've got the black one, you couldn't pay me to have a sliver one.... the black one looks great and the feel of it is like pure quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zahid Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Black for me too! The black makes it stand out from the crowd. Have you noticed that televisions are moving away from silver too! Marketing cycles, always come full circle. Well impressed with the phone - feels well put together too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neilied Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 love the black version but as stated shows up fingerprints really easy. also the slightest scratch to the case takes the black off leaving an ugly silver mark. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TigerNet Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 ...agree...prefer the black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dj_sea Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 i prefer the black one as the silver one reminds me of the original spv for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pjam001 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 After looking at all the black ones on ebay and thinking "nice", I came across a silver one and thought "Very Nice". Since Orange are offering both for the same price I have to make a difficult decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cr0bar Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 I prefer my silver one. but it's personal pref really =) My bro has a black one and i like that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pjam001 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 So just getting one is the important thing! Does the silver one stand up to knocks and scrapes as well as the black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stugee Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 I had the silver one, returned it due to dust on the screen. It was replaced with a black one, which I do prefer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mavisdavis Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 The silver one is actually a light grey plastic sprayed silver where as the black one is all black plastic. Ive seen both and do prefer the retro black one (as it's the one I own). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pjam001 Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Thats what I guessed would be the case with the silver one. Neilied stated that if scratched, the black one showd a silver mark. How come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest argh Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thats what I guessed would be the case with the silver one. Neilied stated that if scratched, the black one showd a silver mark. How come? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, I dropped my black C500 (oops!) and the small scratch was silver. I don't think that it is solid black plastic. Actually, I've dropped it a few times on to hard surfaces - seems to hold up better than my T610 did (dropping phones seems to be a bad habit of mine), and that was pretty well put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Silver for me :D It's only the back of the phone that is plastic as the front is metal as the small dent in mine shows :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scottishdave Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 The plasticy black for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest all3dman Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 ALL c500 have metal front made of some molded alloy. The black ones are painted black and the silver ones are painted silver (obviously...) if you scratch a black phone the silverish metal alloy underneath the paint appears. for the silver ones you will not notice the scratch because it has almost same color as the paint. usually dirt accumulates in small scratches and the silver on black effect will go off soon. I still like the black one more since it looks even smaller (because of the dark color) and it is different to the boring silver trend on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dj_sea Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 who cares as long as you at least own a bloody c500! lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RabNeo Matrix Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 U're rite as long got the Mobile phone SPV C500 lol and i love this fone better than SPV E200 :D i got both Black and silver in one mobile fone i brought was Blank SPV C500 off Ebay and also i brought off from Ebay Silver Fascia I've replace by plastic card and unscrew metal thing for keypad and change to make from black to Silver Fascia look nice but i need the back of side its black so i need silver that all i need its would have look full Silver all over the mobile nice look and if im fed up with same silver that i can go back to Black Fascia 8) i hope in near future they company make muilt colour just like Nokia Fascia anyone who know abt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scream Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 black for me. thought the silver looked to tacky in my opinion. mates got one and i instantly thought yeah the black is better!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moosery Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 black is the new black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scream Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 just got a silver replacement and it is very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSmith4285 Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 The black looks better due to the black and silver contrast on the keys. The silver one is just a lump of silver which doesn't work as well imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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