2 Colorware iPhone 3G's arrived at my doorstep today!

[CarbonFly]

Alright guys and gals, the 3G iphones have arrived.

There was a problem with the Blue/White iPhone. Colorware forgot to include the SIM card tray when they shipped it. So they are shipping a new one overnight. It should be here tomorrow morning. Bummer i know, but they were very quick to correct the mistake.

http://carbonfly.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/colorware-custom-iphones-arrived-todaysorta/

I will try to get better pictures taken soon!

[Saverino]

They look great! :)

[Youngbinks]

Very awesome! I still need to send my v1 in to Colorware before they decide to stop painting them again. They look great.

[nobopyon]

they both look great!
did they emboss the apple logo or something?

now i'm thinking to do it to mine.... i like the red one!

color your phone doesn't void the warranty...right?

[lady_bugz22]

they both look great!
did they emboss the apple logo or something?

now i'm thinking to do it to mine.... i like the red one!

color your phone doesn't void the warranty...right?

It does void your warranty.

[CarbonFly]

Yes, it voids the warranty, but Colorware gives you a year warranty anyways. I don't really care who the warranty comes from.

[nobopyon]

Yes, it voids the warranty, but Colorware gives you a year warranty anyways. I don't really care who the warranty comes from.

That's awsome!!!

Still like your Red one!
Is it solid red? or metalic red?

[CarbonFly]

Better shots!

http://carbonfly.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/higher-quality-colorware-custom-iphone-3g-shots/

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[CarbonFly]

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[psylichon]

lol... great pics. I can just see you behind the camera, shouting "work it! work it! Yeeeeeah baby! That's it! That's... NO! NO!! Give me sultry! Yeah, that's the one!"

:D

Beautiful work. I'll take the red one, please.

[iPhone-v2]

In steevo's own word... "Awesomeee":laugh2:
How about the durability of this paint job? Btw.. red one looks hot..

[Lincoln]

Very nice! My V1 is quite scratched up, so I really should send it in to these guys. Question.. any way to avoid the Colorware Custom text at the bottom? I'm sure it's not that noticeable - looks pretty out of the way - but I'd rather not have it there if possible.

[iPhone-v2]

Very nice! My V1 is quite scratched up, so I really should send it in to these guys. Question.. any way to avoid the Colorware Custom text at the bottom? I'm sure it's not that noticeable - looks pretty out of the way - but I'd rather not have it there if possible.
I would call them up and find out

[chris]

Looks great. Great photos by the way and good luck with Canon. Looks like a nice camera kit you've there.

[Witness]

Wow , that metallic blue looks amazing. How long were you without your phone for?

[CarbonFly]

Wow , that metallic blue looks amazing. How long were you without your phone for?

It took exactly 3 weeks to the day turn around time. I was using my 2G iPhone while I waited.

[nobopyon]

I don't think I can live without my3G iPhone for 3 weeks!! :P

[Luckykelleyk]

Looks beautiful! My next one is definitely going to be red!

[Witness]

I would send it in , but I can't wait that long, I would die. lol

[Webby]

OMG!!! The red one is beautiful!!! I want one!!

[_JHK_]

Its Pretty Cool!...hmnnn is it possible if we can have our own customize color with our own design and done by them? RED and Black Looks pretty Hot!...

[Kentucky]

You know.. if you cover a case which has an antenna in it (BTW the iPhone has separate antennae (around 10 I believe)for the receive, transmit for 2G and 3g , bluetooth, wifi ,gps ) with metal powder paint, you have to be blocking some of the RF transmissions to a degree ! . Don't think so ?.. some new car windshields have a very very thin metallic coating in them to help block heat and sunlight and because of this, a dash mounted GPS can thus suffer from poorer signal strength. True , the windshield coating as well as metallic paint on the iPhone won't completely block signals but with ,it seems everybody complaining of wide spread poor cell signal strengths, why would you want to take the chance and make it even a little bit poorer ??!!

[CarbonFly]

why would you want to take the chance and make it even a little bit poorer ??!!

because it looks cool....LOL! :2cool:

[Witness]

because it looks cool....LOL! :2cool:

They even made the apple logo like embossed?

[Webby]

It's beautiful. I might send mine in. I can't get over how hot it looks.

[VALET dude]

You know.. if you cover a case which has an antenna in it (BTW the iPhone has separate antennae (around 10 I believe)for the receive, transmit for 2G and 3g , bluetooth, wifi ,gps ) with metal powder paint, you have to be blocking some of the RF transmissions to a degree ! . Don't think so ?.. some new car windshields have a very very thin metallic coating in them to help block heat and sunlight and because of this, a dash mounted GPS can thus suffer from poorer signal strength. True , the windshield coating as well as metallic paint on the iPhone won't completely block signals but with ,it seems everybody complaining of wide spread poor cell signal strengths, why would you want to take the chance and make it even a little bit poorer ??!!

did you know i put 19" wheels on my lexus and i feel every bump now :tounge:

because it looks cool....LOL! :2cool:

and this is why i did it :wink: :laugh2:

BTW i love both of them. i wish i have both colors. whenever im bored with the other color, i can sport the other one :2cool:

[inksim]

Looks great. Chrome molding on the front side of my iphone has many scratches thanks to Agent18 case:angry:, and I love to have it painted. Wish the price is a bit cheaper, but I might do it anyway.

[Kentucky]

did you know i put 19" wheels on my lexus and i feel every bump now :tounge:





and this is why i did it :wink: :laugh2:

BTW i love both of them. i wish i have both colors. whenever im bored with the other color, i can sport the other one :2cool:

Being a Lexus (a Toyoto) you probably felt every bump even before 19" wheels. lol

[Luckykelleyk]

The paint doesn't affect my signal at all (my V1).

[Kentucky]

The paint doesn't affect my signal at all (my V1).

The V1 's antenna is only in the bottom black plastic piece. The rest of the back is metal and has no antenna behind it . Also the V1 does not have a GPS antenna nor a 3G receive and transmit antenna all of which are very much higher frequency antennae. If you painted the V1 lower black plastic piece with metallic paint , you will block some rf signal , if you did and don't notice a drop in signal strength then you probably have a very good signal to begin with, but... you may see the signal degradation when in fringe areas where a little loss of signal may matter a whole lot when it counts .

[kokogirl]

Your phones look great! Good choices on the colors!

[Luckykelleyk]

The V1 's antenna is only in the bottom black plastic piece. The rest of the back is metal and has no antenna behind it . Also the V1 does not have a GPS antenna nor a 3G receive and transmit antenna all of which are very much higher frequency antennae. If you painted the V1 lower black plastic piece with metallic paint , you will block some rf signal , if you did and don't notice a drop in signal strength then you probably have a very good signal to begin with, but... you may see the signal degradation when in fringe areas where a little loss of signal may matter a whole lot when it counts .

Yes, I am aware that the V1's antenna is just in the bottom black piece. The whole thing is painted, and there is no difference at all. It has been painted for 2+ months now.

[darkslayer1231]

whats the names of the colors from colorware that you used on the blue iphone?

[Tug]

The V1 's antenna is only in the bottom black plastic piece. The rest of the back is metal and has no antenna behind it . Also the V1 does not have a GPS antenna nor a 3G receive and transmit antenna all of which are very much higher frequency antennae. If you painted the V1 lower black plastic piece with metallic paint , you will block some rf signal , if you did and don't notice a drop in signal strength then you probably have a very good signal to begin with, but... you may see the signal degradation when in fringe areas where a little loss of signal may matter a whole lot when it counts .

If paints going to affect the signal whats a silicone case going to do?

Personally I like the red one but 3 weeks without my iphone isnt going to happen. It'd be nice if they could increase their turn time.

[Kentucky]

If paints going to affect the signal whats a silicone case going to do?

Personally I like the red one but 3 weeks without my iphone isnt going to happen. It'd be nice if they could increase their turn time.

Ordinary paints have no metal powder in them , of course 'metallic' paints do !. Silicone does not hinder RF ; silicone is NOT metallic . Sure , metallic paint won't make a real BIG drop in signal , but it will weaken it some . Sometime that little bit extra might make the difference between good transmission and reception , dropped calls ,etc. so.. when you want the best signal why sacrifice it any at all just to get a hot rod paint job?! If you think about it , why do you think Apple voids the warranty on a metallic painted phone !!??!!1,...Ford won't void your warranty on a customer metallic painted car !... because it won't affect the performance !! And for a final little bit, a metallic paint job could under some circumstances shorten your battery charge up life. How ?... because when your cell phone is in an area of poor signal strength , ex: down in the car seat , in your pants pocket, close to a lot of large metal object, etc.etc, (all this if you are in a weak area anyway), the cell towers are always polling the phones and have the phones automatically send them back a signal so that they, the towers, know where you are in order for the cell co. to connect you with incoming-outgoing calls. When your signal is weak or weakened , they have to poll you more often and thus your phone polls them back more often. Also when you are in a weak signal area ,for whatever reason, your phone automatically 'pumps up' the output power somewhat to try to make the best connection possible because of the weakened signal. When the phone has to do that ..of course the battery runs down much faster .

[Tug]

I have to admit your explanation makes sense BUT anytime you modify your iphone in any way shape or form your going to void the warranty and yes if you painted your Ford and started to develop body rust soon after Ford would tell you their not responsible due to the paint job.

When I first bought my phone I asked if a leather case with a magnet on it would have a negative effect my phone, my train of thought was the magnet would have an adverse effect on the battery and or the sim card, his reply was absolutely not. Beings I wasn't to sincere about purchasing a leather case I didn't see any reason in pursuing the matter.

If I were to use your logic wouldn't driving around in my truck cause me to lose signal strength?

[Kentucky]

I have to admit your explanation makes sense BUT anytime you modify your iphone in any way shape or form your going to void the warranty and yes if you painted your Ford and started to develop body rust soon after Ford would tell you their not responsible due to the paint job.

When I first bought my phone I asked if a leather case with a magnet on it would have a negative effect my phone, my train of thought was the magnet would have an adverse effect on the battery and or the sim card, his reply was absolutely not. Beings I wasn't to sincere about purchasing a leather case I didn't see any reason in pursuing the matter.

If I were to use your logic wouldn't driving around in my truck cause me to lose signal strength?

Driving around in your truck WILL reduce your signal as compared to riding around on your bicycle in the same area ..
I brought up the Ford paint as to mean a ciustom paint job may void the body rust warranty but not the alternator or the piston or the heater or anything else . In the iPhone , the metallic paint does block some signal and thus can cause more battery discharge , dropped call ability etc. ...Apple would be stupid NOT to void the warranty under those circumstances ! The iPhone case encloses all electronic parts ---the antennae of which there are 10 or more in the iPhone can be blocked . Would you expect to wrap your phone in aluminum foil and get a good signal ? NO . Granted , metallic paint is not as dense as aluminum foil but it is still composed of metal powder. Compare it another way if you will. ...when you put on sun glasses , you can still see out of course but NOT as sharp and good as without them ...same as with metallic paint blocking the rf signals into and out of the iPhone.
As for the magnetic latch cases, I've used several and the ones I used had the magnets adjacent to the FRONT of the iPhone whereas the antennae on the V1 and 3G are in the back of the iPhone so there is very little if any blocking rf .The iPhone front has the mike, speaker , home switch , etc etc and that's why the antennae were located in the back .
As a Final , don't you think that if the metallic paint did NOTHING to the operation of the phone that Apple themselves wouldn't have come out with all sorts of metallic paint jobs to sell even more phones ?? No , do what you want but if I want a bright cherry red metallic -racing striped -flamed Tonka Toy, I would buy one of those , I sure wouldn't spend $300-500 for one .

[Tug]

Rather than go round and round around about this I called Apple technical support and she said that anytime you modify your phone be it hardware or software would void the warranty, she also stated the amount of metal flake used would be so minuscule that it wouldn't affect the reception on the phone.

[CarbonFly]

whats the names of the colors from colorware that you used on the blue iphone?

Midnight and Smoke White are the 2 colors.

[jsntrenkler]

Wow both phones look incredible, however my favorite is the blue one. I am not sure that I could go three weeks without my phone to do this. There is also the question about warranty, but it does look very cool. Thank you so much for sharing these pictures with everyone, I am truly impressed.

[aaronsiphone]

Wonder how they done this (take of case? cover up with tape) Im wonderering as my dads a spray technician and could do this with ease if we could figure out how to cover up certain parts so they dont get sprayed and how and where did they get the apple logo to replace the one they sprayed!

[Kentucky]

Rather than go round and round around about this I called Apple technical support and she said that anytime you modify your phone be it hardware or software would void the warranty, she also stated the amount of metal flake used would be so minuscule that it wouldn't affect the reception on the phone.

Then I guess you could probably use Mrs. Butterworth in your transmission too if that's what you really want, ....!!!

Wonder why, of all the hundreds of hard, soft, leather, silicon ,etc etc cases out there for the iPhone, NONE of them , (at least not the case people with any sense) have metallic painted cases for sale ? Must not be a good idea huh? since if they were alright, they could sell a lot more to the Tonka crowd .
I remember seeing in the beginning someone selling an aluminum case for the iPhone.... the price was around $50-60 .... the other day I saw it for $5.00 !!!!!!! Hmmmnnn???

Better find an Apple engineer ..... not a tech rep !!

[Tug]

Then I guess you could probably use Mrs. Butterworth in your transmission too if that's what you really want, ....!!!


I dont know why you would want to make this personal, I certainly didn't. Rather than turn this into a slam fest and stoop to your level Im just going to do the adult thing and no longer respond to this thread

Cheers

[Kentucky]

I dont know why you would want to make this personal, I certainly didn't. Rather than turn this into a slam fest and stoop to your level Im just going to do the adult thing and no longer respond to this thread

Cheers

Cheers !!! ...but when someone or anyone can't accept scientific or any kind of fact and decide their baloon is busted, then I guess, as so often happens in those cases, 'take their marbles and go home " . Sorry if you were offended , that wasn't my intent, but ..the world isn't flat either .! ....fact !