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According to new color preference data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Apple's space gray iPhone 5s was the most popular choice for consumers in the United States, followed by the silver and gold models, which is unsurprising given significant supply constraints of the gold and silver iPhones.

43 percent of iPhone 5s units sold were space gray, while 30 percent were silver and 27 percent were gold. Supplies of the space gray model were more readily available than the silver and gold iPhones, but consumers have demonstrated a preference for the black iPhone in the past.

For the iPhone 5c, blue proved to be the most popular choice with 27 percent of purchasers choosing the color, followed closely by white at 25 percent, green at 21 percent, and pink at 20 percent. Apple's yellow iPhone 5c was the least popular color, purchased by only 7 percent of the 400 consumers surveyed in the month after the phones launched.

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Broken down by gender, women had a preference for the silver iPhone 5s, while men preferred space gray. Gold was equally split between both genders. Men also had a preference for the white and blue models of the iPhone 5c, while the pink iPhone 5c fared much better with women.

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Said CIRP Partner and Co-Founder Mike Levin, "iPhone 5S and 5C colors seem to confirm some traditional gender biases. In the iPhone 5C, men prefer the neutral white, and the Space Gray in the iPhone 5S. In contrast, women prefer lighter silver 5S and the brighter iPhone 5C colors. Interestingly, no one, including the women in the survey, appears to want the Yellow iPhone 5C very much."
Because multiple models of the iPhone 5s have been difficult to obtain, CIRP's data gives an incomplete picture of iPhone 5s preferences. It is possible that consumers desiring a gold iPhone chose another color when supplies ran out or have yet to make a purchase. Data on the iPhone 5c is likely more accurate, as supplies of the phone have been plentiful since launch.

Article Link: Space Gray iPhone 5s Most Popular Amid Supply Constraints, Blue Leads for iPhone 5c
 
According to new color preference data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Apple's space gray iPhone 5s was the most popular choice for consumers in the United States, followed by the silver and gold models, which is unsurprising given significant supply constraints of the gold and silver iPhones.

So you're telling me that the only color option Apple gave on launch day was the most popular?

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3rd person in line:

Person "I want the gold iPhone 5s"
Apple employee "We don't have it"
Person "Can I get the White model"
Apple "We don't have it"
Apple "Would you like the Space Gray Model?"
Person "Do I have a choice?"
Apple "Yes, you can not buy a phone today"
Person "Fine, I will take Space Gray"
Apple "Awesome, this is a very popular model, everybody wants it"
 
I strongly disagree with this article. I believe the only reason Space Grey is "popular" is because the gold model is in such awful availability that people would rather have a different color than waiting a month for gold. Also, prices on eBay prove this.
 
But there is a much higher level of stock for space gray phones versus the others so of course it's going to have a higher percentage currently...
 
I'd take the Space Grey percentage with a grain of salt. If they surveyed the one people wanted, gold would be much, much higher.

(Although I've seen the most silvers out in the wild. Huh.)
 
This survey would only be relevant in an all things being equal scenario (i.e. meaning each color option had equal availability, which was not the case)
 
Space Gray was the only color option available anyway. I tried to get on silver/white and on space gray and I was told that I have to wait for 90 days to get the silver/white iPhone.
 
I strongly disagree with this article. I believe the only reason Space Grey is "popular" is because the gold model is in such awful availability that people would rather have a different color than waiting a month for gold. Also, prices on eBay prove this.

Yup...the article is wrong. You say it's because the gold was not available that grey sold more.

And the article said...

According to new color preference data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Apple's space gray iPhone 5s was the most popular choice for consumers in the United States, followed by the silver and gold models, which is unsurprising given significant supply constraints of the gold and silver iPhones.

Oh...wait...
 
this proves exactly what i thought: most guys don't like pink, all the other colors are insignificantly different in sales numbers.
 
i wanted the space grey right from when it was announced but am very sure the rest of the world wanted a gold iPhone 5s

But then its gold - hard to get
 
Blue leads for the 5c? What about leads in all the other colours? And surely a lightning lead for the 5c would work on a 5s as well?

;)
 
Come on, "popular" should carry a meaning of "like", "willingness" and "inclined". This is "Forced".
 
Yeah, the only thing they've found out with this study is that Apple made the most SG phones, the second-most, silver phones, and the least of the gold phones.


It literally says nothing about customer preference, we knew at about 5AM in the launch day line that there was pretty much only space grey and the employees were begging us to give it a chance and that we'd be pleasantly surprised.

I love mine, but it was definitely not most people's initial preference.
 
Broken down by gender, women had a preference for the silver iPhone 5s, while men preferred space gray.

According to the chart, women also prefer space grey, just not as strongly as men do. (If by 'prefer' they mean 'willing to buy what's in stock.')
 
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