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"Rose Gold" Doubters
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Rose gold is tacky. Just like gold is tacky, in my opinion. While I appreciate the need to customize and create options for the consumer. Rose gold and gold? Give me a break. Are these phones? Or are they jewelry?
It's just tacky.
I would have preferred Apple mix and match their traditional monotone colors/materials like: black, white, aluminum, glass, slate, spacegray, even a matte white (or "space white") option.
Imagine a phone like the iPhone 5S's design. Two panels at the top and bottom, a back, and a side bezel. You could mix these options into phones to create more options for consumers:
black and slate
all black
space grey and black glass
space white and aluminum
silver and space grey
silver and black glass
all space white
space white and black glass
and so on
From there, they could customize to their own liking (maybe Apple could have provided gold and rosegold skins for the phones, but at their barebones, they could remain neutral).
It's just tacky.
I would have preferred Apple mix and match their traditional monotone colors/materials like: black, white, aluminum, glass, slate, spacegray, even a matte white (or "space white") option.
Imagine a phone like the iPhone 5S's design. Two panels at the top and bottom, a back, and a side bezel. You could mix these options into phones to create more options for consumers:
black and slate
all black
space grey and black glass
space white and aluminum
silver and space grey
silver and black glass
all space white
space white and black glass
and so on
From there, they could customize to their own liking (maybe Apple could have provided gold and rosegold skins for the phones, but at their barebones, they could remain neutral).
I'd agree that real gold/rose gold on the iPhone would be gaudy, but anodized gold and rose gold-colored aluminum aren't that tacky.
That's meaningless because 1) everyone knows about the 6s Plus being in short supply due to backlight module production issues, and 2) they could've simply made fewer units of the rose gold model.
So when did Apple state the 6s+ is in short supply due to the backlight module production? Oh it's a rumor.
When did Apple release their production numbers? Oh it's your speculation.
The white bands is the most horrid thing about the Iphone, not the rose gold.
You still can't use the rose gold being the first to sell out to counter an argument that it's somehow tacky, implying that it's more popular. They could've just made fewer rose gold units and it was specifically the rose gold 6s Plus that sold out (or rather, result in a longer wait time).
Apple fanboys arguing about what defines the color pink and some people are getting upset.
MR does not disappoint.
MR does not disappoint.
One thing I've noticed on this forum is that the phone color is taken way too seriously. The colors came out, I thought the rose gold looked good, I decided to order. No contemplating about variations of pink it may or not be.
This is true. When I was trying to figure out why the silver looked better to me (even though I ordered rose gold) it finally dawned on me that's it's because the white bands are missing. If the RG gets here and I hate it (I'll actually know tomorrow; I ordered the matching dock and it will deliver tomorrow) I'm going back to silver.
I don't mind you thinking it is tacky. I think it's fun. I have been formal and somber in my tech choices for a long time. And now I want to have some fun and match my phone to my jewelry and other accessories. I'll leave the space grey to silver to those who still embrace it. I wish we had the IPod Touch colors, too.
The thing is that Apple is now a majority world wide consumer company. Many Apple users and even people on these forums are not the early-adopting minimalists who understood the importance of things like intricacy, neutrality, minimalism, monotone, subtleness.
Late adopters of today, in my opinion, are driving the company in to the ground. Everyone from young unknowing consumers who request things like "black and gold striped iPhones" becoming an available option... to sophisticated Wall Street investors who couldn't care less if the phone was shaped in a perfect circle - as long as it sells and makes them money, they want it.
But I can't in good conscience claim that offering these products in gold and rose gold as BASE COLORS is a very Apple thing to do. I know that he's gone and his opinion doesn't drive the company (at least not fully) today -- but can anyone honestly tell me that they think that Steve Jobs would have approved of gold iPhones or rose gold iPhones? That's perhaps the most laughable thing ever.
I understand people wanting "fun" products... but that's what cases are for. Customizability. In it's most core form, though, the colors seem distracting and seem like added noise. iPhone 6, 6S, 6+ and 6S+ are a very confusing bunch of phones for me.
While I adore the functionality of the devices and their specs, and computational abilities, I'm absolutely appalled with their designs. I honestly think that the white iPhone 5C is more aesthetically pleasing than, say, a space gray, or silver iPhone 6S.
Late adopters of today, in my opinion, are driving the company in to the ground. Everyone from young unknowing consumers who request things like "black and gold striped iPhones" becoming an available option... to sophisticated Wall Street investors who couldn't care less if the phone was shaped in a perfect circle - as long as it sells and makes them money, they want it.
But I can't in good conscience claim that offering these products in gold and rose gold as BASE COLORS is a very Apple thing to do. I know that he's gone and his opinion doesn't drive the company (at least not fully) today -- but can anyone honestly tell me that they think that Steve Jobs would have approved of gold iPhones or rose gold iPhones? That's perhaps the most laughable thing ever.
I understand people wanting "fun" products... but that's what cases are for. Customizability. In it's most core form, though, the colors seem distracting and seem like added noise. iPhone 6, 6S, 6+ and 6S+ are a very confusing bunch of phones for me.
While I adore the functionality of the devices and their specs, and computational abilities, I'm absolutely appalled with their designs. I honestly think that the white iPhone 5C is more aesthetically pleasing than, say, a space gray, or silver iPhone 6S.
It's kind of upsetting to see a new message in the inbox expecting an engaging response, only to be met with such a low quality post.
Oh well, we don't always get what we want.
I do welcome constructive, thoughtful responses, though.
Would you have said the same thing to Jobs himself when he changed the colour of the IIe to the colour of the IIc? Colour of the Mac Classic to the Quadras? Centris? Oh my bloody hell, what should we have done when he made the PowerBooks and Duo Docks BLACK?!?!
ZOMG! Sell our stock now!!!!! Steve would never have allowed that!!!
BL.
Why bring up machines that weren't involved in Apple's global dominance in the smartphone markets? Don't be such a drama queen. Please. Apple's success surged with monotone minimalism (à la iPhone and Macbook Pro/aluminum iMac) -- not the beige boxes that, while integral in their transformation, weren't ingredients for their recent day success.Would you have said the same thing to Jobs himself when he changed the colour of the IIe to the colour of the IIc? Colour of the Mac Classic to the Quadras? Centris? Oh my bloody hell, what should we have done when he made the PowerBooks and Duo Docks BLACK?!?!
ZOMG! Sell our stock now!!!!! Steve would never have allowed that!!!
BL.
My point: colour changes were made, and the consumers supported them and bought the products anyway. Like with relationships, colour does not matter. If one is concerned about something as esoteric and shallow as colour, there's bigger issues to deal with than colours and "Steve wouldn't have allowed it".
If Steve wouldn't have allowed it, there wouldn't have been a White iPhone 3G, nor would he have gone through painstakingly long delays to get the colour right for the iPhone 4.
BL.
Oh man. If you don't like the color then don't buy it.
My problem is that all of my favorites have been either removed or replaced. No longer are there sleek and beautiful pure black iPhones available for purchase. No longer are there sophisticated all white iPhones available for purchase. It's a head scratcher that pink and gold and grey phones are offered but not your typical black or white. Bold move on Apple's part. Adding pink to a traditionally monotone color theme for products doesn't make sense to me.
If you're going to offer pink, why not offer colors like blue? Or green? Or red? Black/white/aluminum/grey makes sense, thematically.
I swear, Apple could offer a chrome iPhone next year and people would think it's cool. Would you buy a rose gold Macbook?
Probably in an attempt to prove me wrong, but you can't pretend like you don't have at least somewhat of an understanding of what I'm saying here.
I got my spigen clear case today in the mail. Eagerly waiting for my rose gold iPhone. It's gonna
look good.
look good.
You mean like they did with the 5c? Shudder the thought!
I swear, Apple could offer a chrome iPhone next year and people would think it's cool. Would you buy a rose gold Macbook?
My order for the 6s is in Gold, at 128GB.
One of my 300 rings from bowling:
I'm working on an 800 ring:
Bloody hell, my high school colours were Black, White, and Old Gold.
Yes, I would buy a Rose Gold Macbook.
My point: you're upset because you aren't able to get the colours YOU want. That doesn't mean that others don't like what Apple is releasing now. To each their own, and it isn't for you, me, or anyone else to judge.
BL.
Okay, so you'd be content if Apple no longer offered their aluminum Macbooks? What if they discontinued that, but now offer space gray, gold, and rose gold Macbook Pros? You would be okay with this? Why? Is it because you'll just buy whatever Apple throws at you?You mean like they did with the 5c? Shudder the thought!
My order for the 6s is in Gold, at 128GB.
One of my 300 rings from bowling:
I'm working on an 800 ring:
Bloody hell, my high school colours were Black, White, and Old Gold.
Yes, I would buy a Rose Gold Macbook.
My point: you're upset because you aren't able to get the colours YOU want. That doesn't mean that others don't like what Apple is releasing now. To each their own, and it isn't for you, me, or anyone else to judge.
BL.
Products need thematic integrity. Lack of plain black/white phone options is unsettling at best. While I'm not going to throw a temper tantrum about it, I'm still going to be vocal about it, call it out, and question it.