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Default Anyone else thinks the fake carbon fibre battery cover is ugly?

I love the form factor of the device but i just cant stand that cheassy looking carbon fibre for the battery cover! I will most likey paint mine til aftermarket options become available, what do you guys think?
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I think I will need to see it in person before I can make a decision.

I'm also pretty sure there will 3rd party options soon after its release.
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What you saw was actually just plastic protection. The actual cover is so;id piano black.
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I think Bob is right, its just the plastic that you peel off.

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I agree that i will need to see it in person before i make my decision. I hope Im wrong about it!
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It's not straight black. Have one in my hand right now. It's not really carbon fiber either. It's more like straight black with little blue dots. It actually looks pretty nice. Subtle. Bit of texture. In hand it really doesn't give off the impression that it's trying to look like carbon fiber...it's just doing it's own thing.
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i want a metal back cover for the niagara like the storm :\
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Have one in my hand right now.
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im just jealous
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It's not straight black. Have one in my hand right now. It's not really carbon fiber either. It's more like straight black with little blue dots. It actually looks pretty nice. Subtle. Bit of texture. In hand it really doesn't give off the impression that it's trying to look like carbon fiber...it's just doing it's own thing.
Whatever it is, I agree... it doesn't look pretty.
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From the pictures and video I've seen, it does look ugly; but I would have to see it in person
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It's not straight black. Have one in my hand right now. It's not really carbon fiber either. It's more like straight black with little blue dots. It actually looks pretty nice. Subtle. Bit of texture. In hand it really doesn't give off the impression that it's trying to look like carbon fiber...it's just doing it's own thing.
I agree, it looks much better in person. That said, there will be aftermarket battery door covers for the 9630. So you can change it if you don't like it.
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I agree, it looks much better in person. That said, there will be aftermarket battery door covers for the 9630. So you can change it if you don't like it.
We heard that covers like that were going to come out for the Storm, as well, but they never came out. Engadget had different colored backplates in their "Storm Preview" but we never saw them hit market. Lets hope this does not happen with the Niagara backplates.

As for the look of the "carbon fiber", I really cannot say. I do not like it as much as the metal Storm back because this plastic backing looks cheap, but I will keep my opinion (mostly) clear until I have one in hand this weekend.










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I like it, its something different...

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Its pretty tacky I'm going to wait until they have them on cnn
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I think the phone looks great
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