Hi @Wahaha360, I'm in the pre-orders for the late December batch. Just created this account to thank you for your hard work recently and very happy to see there's progress!
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Echoing others opinions, it's a shame that the E-White might have to go! Thank you for the update though, I think we can all agree that we appreciate the updates and transparency.
Really cool to hear the manufacturing process. That's an interesting bit of knowledge knowing the E-White had to be downscaled to accommodate the thickness of the white coloring. The coloring is stunning and would be really neat to see continued, but if the reject rate is that high, I can understand why it might need to be retired. (As someone who ordered E-White, hoping for the best! If not, I am okay switching).
Happy to see that you've found another manufacturer and are "grinding away the problem". Hopefully you won't have to eat the costs of those cases that the other manufacturer withheld...
Glad to see some good news as well. Really hoping this will move the production along. Waiting on a silver case myself for the December 1-4 batch.
Will those who ordered the white model be contacted seperately with their options for their orders, or do they have the same options as the previous email?
2020-12-16: EOL for E-White and Gunmetal, introducing anodized Titanium color.
* from left to right: Black, Gunmetal, Titanium
* from top to bottom: Silver, Titanium, Gunmetal, Black
In light of the problems we had and still having, FormD team has to be more conservative with colors, to increase yields and thus ship on time.
E-White color is at 25% passing rate, it's impossible to make E-White at our current scale (maybe next year Q3). We plan to stop making E-White and notify the customers ASAP.
Gunmetal color we picked is uncommon, which turned out to be difficult to color match compare to other colors, so we will also discontinue this color to increase our yield.
We are introducing Titanium color, it's a new color that replaces Gunmetal.
* from left to right: Black, Gunmetal, Titanium
* from top to bottom: Silver, Titanium, Gunmetal, Black
In light of the problems we had and still having, FormD team has to be more conservative with colors, to increase yields and thus ship on time.
E-White color is at 25% passing rate, it's impossible to make E-White at our current scale (maybe next year Q3). We plan to stop making E-White and notify the customers ASAP.
Gunmetal color we picked is uncommon, which turned out to be difficult to color match compare to other colors, so we will also discontinue this color to increase our yield.
We are introducing Titanium color, it's a new color that replaces Gunmetal.
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2020-12-16: EOL for E-White and Gunmetal, introducing anodized Titanium color.
* from left to right: Black, Gunmetal, Titanium
Really liking the look of the Titanium
I also ordered an e-white as part of the dec 1-4 shipping group.
E-white is a nightmare to work with and even though it carries a premium in the keyboard community, it doesn't hold up as well compared to anodized - it's just really pretty.
I know that usually e-white gets defective because it comes out more yellow than white in the process and then color matching becomes super difficult. Trust me guys, if you guys have mismatched white panels, it'll irk you like crazy.
Is there any thing they can do with the rejected cases? With it being electrophoretic, I think painting over it also doesn't hold up very well right?
E-white is a nightmare to work with and even though it carries a premium in the keyboard community, it doesn't hold up as well compared to anodized - it's just really pretty.
I know that usually e-white gets defective because it comes out more yellow than white in the process and then color matching becomes super difficult. Trust me guys, if you guys have mismatched white panels, it'll irk you like crazy.
Is there any thing they can do with the rejected cases? With it being electrophoretic, I think painting over it also doesn't hold up very well right?
@Wahaha360
the new colors look cool. My only wish is that you guys get some matching colored mesh panels or matching alu panels to go along with it.
I really want to order the silver or Titanium, but it just looks a bit off with the black mesh panels for matching purposes.
the new colors look cool. My only wish is that you guys get some matching colored mesh panels or matching alu panels to go along with it.
I really want to order the silver or Titanium, but it just looks a bit off with the black mesh panels for matching purposes.
Wait, so are you discontinuing gunmetal after the November batches or are you scraping it before even going into production?
So actually you are running limited editons of the case to increase value hahah 
It's pretty obvious that unfulfilled e-white and gunmetal orders will get an option to pick one of the 3 colors; will unfulfilled black/silver orders get the option to do the same?
The photo is quite blurry and has a lot of jpeg artifacts, but I kinda like how the titanium looks over the black one now
@Wahaha360
With the new manufacturer, are you expecting more pre-order slots next month ?
Keen to get one ordered, in titanium would be great, if they are ready by then
With the new manufacturer, are you expecting more pre-order slots next month ?
Keen to get one ordered, in titanium would be great, if they are ready by then
Sad to see both the E-white and gunmetal options go!
I placed an order for the gunmetal T1 (December batch), would I have to pick between the newer colors since it's been discontinued?
If so picking between titanium and plain black will be difficult!
I placed an order for the gunmetal T1 (December batch), would I have to pick between the newer colors since it's been discontinued?
If so picking between titanium and plain black will be difficult!
YES! We can match the new Titanium EK Torque Fittings!!! 
@Wahaha360
First of all, thanks for the open communication with users in the forum.
I wonder that if its still possible to get left or remaining 25% of white batch? If not, what is the next step to apply for color changing and expected shipping date for the updated order?
First of all, thanks for the open communication with users in the forum.
I wonder that if its still possible to get left or remaining 25% of white batch? If not, what is the next step to apply for color changing and expected shipping date for the updated order?
If I ordered a two-tone silver/black (Dec 28-31 batch) are those still on track? (color and date)
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