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I am also glad to hear that. Yes, I totally agree that white is much more elegant.

Maybe this outcome is an effect of Johnathan Ive's departure?

It could be. I don't know who designs the iPhones these days, although Jony Ive is claimed to still count Apple as a client of his new company. I don't know if his heart is.

One thing is certain to me, the black front makes the white version incomplete, and noticeably so, as if someone was inching towards "perfection", but then gave up.

I'm still sporting the white iPhone 7, btw.

Yes, I think you depict it well. Stopping just before the mountain peak. Sadly, the black front seems to be the new thing since the iPhone X.

Maybe someone will manage to switch out the new SE's black front with a white iPhone 8 front :-)

(still enjoying the classic SE in white here, along with several white iPads)

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