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iPhone 5S to Be Available in Gold with 128 GB Option?
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Ming-Chi Kuo said:
Does anyone else find it odd that someone named "Ming-Chi Kuo" uses the word "reckon" in an analyst statement?
My girl would tear though any GB amount with the photos/1080p recording. I have to backup her phone monthly because its always out of space.
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To everyone else the "champagne" iphone will be a flop
To everyone else the "champagne" iphone will be a flop
I see NO WAY Apple would charge $399 for a 32GB iPhone 5S unless the S line has some major upgrade we know nothing about yet. I mean something that would get people to pay an extra $100 compared to the 32GB iPhone 5. If it recorded 4K video, had a fingerprint sensor, NFC an A7 and read your thoughts, MAYBE.
Thus, I think your pricing scheme is probably more accurate. The storage has been stuck on each price point since I believe the iPhone 3GS with the exception of the new 64GB model for another $100. The extra $100 for the 128GB iPad made sense because it was made for pros who needed a ton of space, basically bridging a gap between a MacBook and an iPad.
I see those prices and really still wonder if I would pay $400 for a phone. I paid $300 for my 3GS and 4 with 32GB with no trouble at all. I thought I could get by on 16GB, and it has stunk.
Here's a quick mockup I made of what the color could look like. Its not a 5S obviously (no dual LED Flash, etc.) but a decent look at what it may look like.
EDIT: Editors feel free to add it to the article as an example or something...
That's actually pretty nice!
Not sure about the gold/champagne colour, but I don't think it would be the colour I would go for, but I'll reserve judgment until I see it. I would rather Apple make the black & slate available in black & silver.
128 GB storage I think is a good decision especially if you have massive amounts of music. But I think doing away with the 16 GB model is a bad idea though. In the UK its an extra £70 to get the 32 GB over the 16 GB. Not everyone needs more than 16 GB of storage and having to pay £70 for more storage that you won't use seems a bit pointless.
128 GB storage I think is a good decision especially if you have massive amounts of music. But I think doing away with the 16 GB model is a bad idea though. In the UK its an extra £70 to get the 32 GB over the 16 GB. Not everyone needs more than 16 GB of storage and having to pay £70 for more storage that you won't use seems a bit pointless.
This has never been about how much you need. What matters is how much you can have!!! Also, how much cash you want to throw down Apple's jaws
It's not gold - it's just spray tanned. 
I don't think that Apple would make a product that results in something like the sensation of pulling out a boldly golden iPhone. While pulling out a boldly yellow (or blue, or red) iPhone makes you smile, a golden-anodized one is a different matter. Champagne, sure, but definitively not gold.
On a completely unrelated matter, there's something about yellow. I don't know what it is, obviously, but of all colors, if you pull a boldly yellow object out of your pocket, it makes people happy, and that just doesn't work with neither blue, red, green, white, black, cyan or magenta, nor gold, silver or gunmetal, at least for the sole cause of the color. It appears that Chinese people are right when they associate it with happiness, glory and wisdom.
But the twentieth-aniversary Mac has a great color, which is neither gold nor champagne yet closely related.
Your milage in downtown Riyadh may vary.
I don't think that Apple would make a product that results in something like the sensation of pulling out a boldly golden iPhone. While pulling out a boldly yellow (or blue, or red) iPhone makes you smile, a golden-anodized one is a different matter. Champagne, sure, but definitively not gold.
On a completely unrelated matter, there's something about yellow. I don't know what it is, obviously, but of all colors, if you pull a boldly yellow object out of your pocket, it makes people happy, and that just doesn't work with neither blue, red, green, white, black, cyan or magenta, nor gold, silver or gunmetal, at least for the sole cause of the color. It appears that Chinese people are right when they associate it with happiness, glory and wisdom.
But the twentieth-aniversary Mac has a great color, which is neither gold nor champagne yet closely related.
Your milage in downtown Riyadh may vary.
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I could put most of my music on it.
But of course nobody needs it, because you don't.
There are people who are so suppressed that they don't buy what they want, but they buy according to what they think people will think about them. Some of them might be influenced by posts like yours. Others just enjoy their lives.
Yep, got a Denon AV amp and availability in gold was one of the main factors in choosing. The phone looks great.
PLEASE NO GOLD
I would prefer neon green instead
What does it matter? IPhone owners just shove them into a tacky, cheap rubber case anyway.
I had a horrible thought - Instead of pushing the base spec of the cheapest iPhone 5S to 32gb -What if the 128 gb just comes in at a higher price point ($100 more or whatever) while the 64 and 32 gb prices stay the same - increasing the base price of the 'premium' iPhone. That means the 16 gig is restricted only to the 5C - giving it a more flexible (I.e. potentially higher) price point.
If I recall, that's basically what happened when they introduced the 64gb iPhone (At least in the UK) and although it was a mid-cycle update, what they've done with the 128gb iPad.
If I recall, that's basically what happened when they introduced the 64gb iPhone (At least in the UK) and although it was a mid-cycle update, what they've done with the 128gb iPad.
Apple must not be satisfied with only making twice as much revenue per square foot of retail store compared to Tiffany's, the nearest competition. Now they want to go more head-to-head with expensive bling, and pull even farther ahead. Gold phones with Sapphire buttons. Are iDiamonds next?
Might work...
Might work...