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FCC Filing Confirms Apple Planned on Launching Gold iPhone X

A gold iPhone X. A red iPhone 8. New jokes for Siri. New watchband colors.
... an upgradeable Mac Pro with a new cool looking case.

Can't innovate my ass

Arran said:
A gold iPhone X. A red iPhone 8. New jokes for Siri. New watchband colors.

Where's the innovation gone?
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JohnnyW2001 said:
Great. Glad to see Apple are focussing on what's important, instead of trying to make their software experience less *****.
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And also:

23. Inspiring legions of keyboard warriors to complain about people complaining while not actually addressing the original complaint
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Whatever "original complaint" there was isn't even worth addressing. People around here act like Apple is literally Tim Cook sitting in his office by himself hammering computers together and writing code. As if some iPhone hardware engineers changing the externals of an iPhone has anything to do whatsoever with supposedly "*****" software that by and large works fine for the majority of people.
 
"Apple plans on launching a gold colour iPhone", i'm guessing from the content of the article.
 
I can’t understand why Apple is so stuck in the idea of the same boring colors. Black, Silver for the iPhone X (I have the silver) and refuse to be creative and do a blue, or other colors that are eye catching
 
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Apple is a little bit late on this. I was asking for the red + black, blue + black and the gold + black since the iphone 5. I would prefer a 14k gold color though.
 
nwcs said:
Looks more copper than gold to me.
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It looks like some dirty shade of coppery pink in real life (on the 8 and 8+). Like nicotine stained white/cream. The previous gold was fairly awful. This is a new level of awful.
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AngerDanger said:
Plot twist: this was Apple’s nearest attempt to make a red iPhone X; they just couldn’t get the red to stick.
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Maybe the should do a iMac Pro (RED).

At that price, the % to charity should be huge.
 
Brett1203 said:
I can’t understand why Apple is so stuck in the idea of the same boring colors. Black, Silver for the iPhone X (I have the silver) and refuse to be creative and do a blue, or other colors that are eye catching
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As much as I want a set of nanochromatic colored iPhones, in reality, many markets do tend to only prefer certain colors. Western markets in particular do only prefer black or silver/white. Case in point the era of Sony portable players, PSP, etc. In Asia, Sony released a slew of colors, while in the US, the color selections are slim, if at all. When Apple saw the growth of iPhone sales in China, they realized that that market does like gold color, and voila, we have gold starting with iPhone 5S.

It's not like other OEMs are doing any better for the US market. And having a whole production line for a specific color do cost something, and Apple is the king of efficiency in the supply chain.

Luckily, iPhones are so popular that there will always be a case or skin that can make our iPhones to look as close as we want them to be personally.
 
The edges of that phone are fantastic; hope the plus version of the phone announced this year will have it. I would put my iPhone 4 in a drawer and buy that phone, and buy for the first time an apple watch if they would release a watch with the same gold
 
Brett1203 said:
I can’t understand why Apple is so stuck in the idea of the same boring colors. Black, Silver for the iPhone X (I have the silver) and refuse to be creative and do a blue, or other colors that are eye catching
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A blue iPhone X is an instant purchase from me.
 
Apple has no problem doing Red special color when they need to..... yet they have issues with Gold ?
Particularly when Gold was available with other model phones.
 
Tech198 said:
Apple has no problem doing Red special color when they need to..... yet they have issues with Gold ?
Particularly when Gold was available with other model phones.
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I think due to the way the iPhone X is manufactured, Apple didn't want to incur costs of producing a third color for that model, given it is an all-new design. I expect Apple to offer a gold-colored iPhone for the 2018 models, now that the production equipment costs have been amortized. And we may see a Product (RED) version in April 2019, too.
 
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Would love a gold iPhone X





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Apple appears to have designed a gold iPhone X, according to documents filed with the United States Federal Communications Commission.

When releasing a new device, smartphone companies must share details with the FCC, which Apple did for the iPhone X in September of 2017. In the document, Apple appears to have used an iPhone X in a gold colorway that was not ultimately released.

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The document in question, which again, was filed back in September, includes several images of a gold iPhone X from multiple angles to outline included features and the device's dimensions. The gold shade of the iPhone X appears to be similar to the gold color of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

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Other documents indicate Apple had prepared its FCC filing in July, suggesting the photos were taken as much as several months ahead of the iPhone X unveiling in September. While many of the documents in the filing were available soon after submission, external photos and other sensitive details were subject to a six-month confidentiality clause that only recently expired.

Given the timing of the document, it's likely Apple planned on releasing the iPhone X in three colors - gold, silver, and space gray - but was ultimately forced to shelve the gold color option ahead of release due to production issues.

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Prior to the launch of the iPhone X, most rumors did indeed suggest it would come in three colors. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, for example, said that Apple was experiencing problems manufacturing a "Blush Gold" iPhone X, and he suggested in September that the gold version could go on sale at a later date to give Apple time to work out the problems.

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It's possible that the stainless steel frame of the gold device was causing issues, as Apple was able to release the iPhone 8 - which uses an aluminum frame - in gold. Whatever the reason, Apple ended up only launching the iPhone X in silver and space gray.

It is not clear if Apple still has plans to debut a gold iPhone X, but recent rumors have speculated that Apple may be aiming to introduce the new color in an effort to boost mid-year sales of the device. If that is the plan, it could perhaps make a debut at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

It would have been logical to introduce the new shade alongside new spring Apple Watch bands or alongside the recently announced (PRODUCT)RED iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, so it's also possible that Apple is going to hold off on debuting the new color.

Provided manufacturing issues have been worked out by this point, we could see Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup in the traditional gold, silver, and space gray options, regardless of whether or not Apple releases a gold iPhone X ahead of when those devices debut in September.

Article Link: FCC Filing Confirms Apple Planned on Launching Gold iPhone X
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Why is the third picture saying iPhone with LCD display I’m sure the iPhone X use OLED unless this is September version phone
 
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