Good try, but if you want to make it authentic you need more misspellings and a whole ******** of exclamation points.
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Gold Version of iPhone 12 Pro Apparently Has a More Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Frame
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Why doesn’t that surprise me, what you have manufactured in your head, about “proper” protective coatings 🤣 🙄
What I heard was that Apple was able to pioneer a new technique for depositing the gold finish, which will make it more durable and less susceptible to showing fingerprints.
Will the new process ever come to the other colors? Who knows? But having one new and improved finish doesn’t make all other finishes “improper”; that’s ridiculous isn’t it. And for all you know the new process is not only better, but less expensive.
So much for what you “heard”.
I do? I never use cases I like using the phone and feeling the phone. But hey you can think nobody cares about the edges? Smudges don’t bother me much though.
hmm...
that gold one looks pretty enticing
like having a gold bar in my hands
i would rather have the gold bar though
that gold one looks pretty enticing
like having a gold bar in my hands
i would rather have the gold bar though
I have 11 pro max and polished it with no problem.
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im dying to know if silver is raw this year.. when I google PVD coating it kind of sounds like it what makes the colored ones colors.... I’m hoping silver is raw. Cape Cod Polish is amazing And being able to fix phone ourselves of micro scratches is an awesome option... hoping theres no PVD coating on silver
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im dying to know if silver is raw this year.. when I google PVD coating it kind of sounds like it what makes the colored ones colors.... I’m hoping silver is raw. Cape Cod Polish is amazing And being able to fix phone ourselves of micro scratches is an awesome option... hoping theres no PVD coating on silver
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There is most certainly exposed stainless..
lol the sides are stainless steel...
the whole phone is glass and the sides are stainless.. I’m so confused by your question...
Poster is referring to the surgical grade stainless steel on the silver models of iphones x to 11 pro, which were simply polished stainless steel that a person can polish themselves to buff out scuffs and scratches. Makes the device look brand new and is unique to the silver colours as they have the pure stainless steel edges
I just sold a silver iPhone x and polished it...went from scuffed up and dulled stainless steel to pristine as it looks brand new and the micro scratches can be buffed out. Can do this with pure stainless steel products, but the concern is if the silver model this year has a PVD coating (it does look extra shiny) vs the pure stainless steel like iPhone x/xs/11 pro all were.
If it has a pvd coating, it would help with micro scratch resistance and be superior to the raw stainless steel of the past specifically in that regard but, but it would also prevent from properly polishing, which many people enjoyed of that colour option. Polishing can buff out the micro scratches as well so it isn't really a trade off
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To those commenting on the coating: The previous PVD (physical vapor deposition) process, although still a good process for thin film coating and colors, was replaced with this new type of PVD coating...the processes occur in the same vacuum coating environment. The difference is the use of High Impulse Power (high impulsing of ions) of the power supply that provides a higher density film product that is not achievable with traditional power supplies. This is a game changer that will undoubtedly migrate to other applications...screens, other colors, etc.
So..I have both a Gold and a Pacific Blue iphone12Pro on order. I stopped by a Best Buy today..(the only place I found them on display) and held and played with a gold one. While it thankfully did not look like a 1970's Delta brass faucet, it did look nice, I determined that it was just not my first choice. I canceled my Gold order and still have the blue one coming.....hopefully any day, as it says "preparing to ship". I will use a clear case anyway, so I'm good with my choice.
Well, the first thing I noticed was all the smudges and fingerprints on it, which I suppose is to be expected on all of them. The back was like a cream color and somewhat bland. It is not that I did not like it as much as it did not overly impress me. I think I will like the blue better. This world would be horrible if we were all exactly alike, so I would not fault anyone who really liked the Gold over the Blue....Honestly, I am going to be more excited to finally be able to use my new iwatch6 w/cellular, once my new phone comes in and I have a phone that works with the new watch. Going from an old iphone6+ to this new one I think I will notice a difference.
Cancelled my gold phone, and my blue one just shipped, but still in China. UPS says Tuesday, Apple says next Friday.Can't wait!
Yes, but that's a different story (and a whole another can of worms, but it is what it is - more space, more hardware)
Interesting, so they did start charging more for colors on the iPhone after all? 😅well, it is gold...
in some countries they even cost more
Yes, so I've read. Rather unpleasing to see not all phones had the same treatment when I have a non gold one being shipped to me as I type, tho.
i don't think apple does, it's the resellers. i know this was happening in russia during the times of the 5s, and as there aren't any official apple stores in russia, i'm assuming it wasn't apple's doing.
The gold phone is manufactured using a different process, that isn’t to say that it’s better, or that the outcome would be better for other colors.