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Since the dawn of time, man has felt the need to compete. The Olympic games, currently taking place in Beijing, is a clear indicator of man’s desire to be the best. Today I bring you a new competition; one in which the winner will not receive anything as frivolous as a gold medal - but instead the ultimate bragging rights for being the best.

I bring you the battle of the iPhones: Black vs White.

Now you may be thinking that this post is a waste of time since they technically have the exact same options (provided they are both 16gb versions). 3G, GPS, Installable Apps from the store, beautiful and sleek features just to name a few. I assure you though, not all iPhones are created equal.

In the interest of fairness, us at 604media, choosing not to discriminate have opted for an equal number of white phones to black phones. (It actually just worked out that way and was not planned, though all the design guys got white phones and all the technical guys got black phones… hmmm).

So at this point, you may now be wondering what the difference is between the two phones - what is the big mystery?

Well, there are a number of differences - that may or may not be apparent to you, which I will attempt to point out.

If you think about the design of the phones (specifically based on color) you will notice that should you so happen to be in a dark room with lots of people (a concert perhaps?) and happen to drop your phone - the obvious choice would be that the white phone would stand out more and be easier to recognize on the floor for easy pickup before being trampled. This is actually not so, because any owner of a black iPhone would never drop their phone so recklessly. Point, black iPhone.

Now take both phones to a different arena, the car. Imagine yourself driving down the street, when all of a sudden you receive a phone call. Now if you had a black iPhone (which due to the color is conducive of being able to absorb light, you would have no problems). If you had a white iPhone on the other hand, which due to the color would reflect light, you would notice that you now pose a potential hazard to other drivers by reflecting light into their eyes. Shame on you! Point, black iPhone.

I could probably name reasons all day as to why the black iPhone is better than the white iPhone - but in the spirit of sportsmanship, I shall leave the score as is currently.

Though I will leave you with this last little bit of food for thought - If iPhones were Star Wars characters, the black one would be Darth Vader, and the white… a Storm Trooper? I rest my case.