Gold Version of iPhone 12 Pro Apparently Has a More Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Frame

[C7 POWER]

Of course, you could just buy the Escobar Gold Phone and get the REAL DEAL.

At least send the money to them and get no phone in return lol

 

[citysnaps]

Holy sputtering magnetron, Batman!

 

[C7 POWER]

Anyone who knows when the reviewers get the pro max?

Id assume the week of launch just like this week they got the regular pro.

 

[Return Zero]

So what I'm hearing is that Apple cheaped out on providing proper protective coatings for the majority of these phones?

Where did you hear that? It certainly wasn't in this article. I'm not just blindly backing Apple here, either. There are many reasons why this isn't necessarily just a cheap-out.

 

[Jong875]

There’s seriously no gold reviews or pics other than what Apple provided? It def doesn’t look like the pics they showed they are heavily edited

 

[Cmd-Z]

So, is the same coating not applied to Pacific Blue???

No, as the article states Apple uses "high-power, impulse magnetron sputtering" for gold which is more durable, and wipes clean easier than physical vapor deposition used on the other Pro finishes.

Very glad that I went with gold this time 👍

 

[Menthol]

I like the idea of a gold camera peeking out from the navy blue case.

 

[sean+mac]

So there is phone that's "more Pro" than the other Pro's in the lineup just because of a color? Disappointing

Keep in mind that the Pro Max is more "pro" than the Pro, due to camera differences. So I guess that makes the Gold Pro Max the Pro to rule them all!

 

[Pipper99]

Great, I don't use a case, and I don't like gold.

 

[gelie]

Was going to order the pro max in Pacific Blue. Seeing that the gold shows less prints I might switch to that. I rarely use a case. Also never had a gold phone. Might check out the Pro next week at the Apple store.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Man, that gold looks GOOD in photos.

It'll be like carrying a mini gold ingot in your pocket!

I almost wish it had a black back, like the iPhone 4. THAT would be dopelicious.

 

[MacStreamer]

Gold is a girly thing.

Men don’t wear gold watches?

 

[BornAgainMac]

This Gold Phone would match the people wearing the Apple Watch Gold Series 0 that sold for 17K with a band.

 

[jonnysods]

I have to say the gold models this year look spectacular. I'm too much of a scrubber to roll with one, but wow they look sharp.

 

[Roller]

Would Auric Goldfinger's prints show up on one of these?

 

[az431]

So what I'm hearing is that Apple cheaped out on providing proper protective coatings for the majority of these phones?

As it clearly states in the article, if you had bothered to read it, this coating is only necessary on gold phones because the other phones use stainless steel and do not have color applied over the stainless steel.

 

[az431]

So, is the same coating not applied to Pacific Blue???

read the article and the answer will be magically revealed

 

[AlteranX]

So, is the same coating not applied to Pacific Blue???

“Gold Version of iPhone 12 Pro Apparently Has a More Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Frame”

 

[Justin51]

I like the idea of a gold camera peeking out from the navy blue case.

Or the Cypress Green..... That's what I'm going with!

 

[Sam in SoCal]

I love how all the people who didn’t order the 12 pro gold like me are trying to make excuses that it doesn’t matter. Face it. You messed up and didn’t get the one with the superior coating process. You’re paying the same as me, but for less. Let that sink in. Enjoy your more fingerprinty-scratchy-inferior coated stainless steel phones!


EDIT: Muhahahahahahahaha

 

[adamjackson]

Space Black Watch (DLC) and Gold iPhone 12 Pro = Most scratch resistant combo....and also look great together.

 

[citysnaps]

So what I'm hearing is that Apple cheaped out on providing proper protective coatings for the majority of these phones?

Have a source?

 

[davidjearly]

I really hope that they’ve not drastically changed the materials from the 11 Pro.

My midnight green 11 Pro has been used caseless for a year and the steel and glass backs have absolutely zero blemishes despite multiple drops.

 

[gelie]

Im just surprised that if the finish is different on the gold pro vs the other finishes that Apple wouldn’t have mentioned in the specs?

 

[Craptastic]

An entire thread of complaints from people who have probably already purchased the phone, or will soon.