Apple to offer 'iPhone 5S' in new gold color and 128GB storage option, insider says

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  • Reply 21 of 84
    jonoromjonorom Posts: 293member
    pooch wrote: »
    just try proofreading what you write. just a little. c'mon. but you won't. it's obvious you & ai don't give a rat's behind about the quality of what you spew ... just get those page views and ad impressions. i would certainly never hire you, and i know at least two other tech writing establishments that would not either. so don't quit your day job.

    He did apparently tweak the "Minor tweak..." non-sentence (nonsense?), so whiney little missives do seem to be working.
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  • Reply 22 of 84
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nzhong168 View Post



    Gold color is a color preferable by Asian and Arabian so learn to be thinking globally.


    I don't think that's the reason. I think they are releasing the cheaper 5C, but don't want people to think they're taking Apple low-end, so are releasing the Gold iPhone at the same time to counter that perception.

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  • Reply 23 of 84
    rot'napplerot'napple Posts: 1,839member
    Will they ditch the 16 GB iPhone ($649.00) and make the 32 GB iPhone the starting model or make the 128 GB the $949.00 phone?

    You think as much as Apple touts its app store quantity of apps, they would update the storage capacity to contain those apps.
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  • Reply 24 of 84
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member


    I hope they make the low end 32gb and keep the 128gb at $849- what the 64gb is currently.  But that is almost definitely wishful thinking....


     


    Edit: and just as I posted, so did Rot'n.  :)

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  • Reply 25 of 84
    Bling! Bling!
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  • Reply 26 of 84
    jonorom wrote: »
    He did apparently tweak the "Minor tweak..." non-sentence (nonsense?), so whiney little missives do seem to be working.

    I wanted to threaten the writer for the use of "colorways" but I've heard you shouldn't threaten someone if you aren't willing to follow through. Whiney little missives are the extent to which I'm willing to follow through. But as you point out they can be effective.
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  • Reply 27 of 84
    You call that a headline? Here's your AppleInsider headline!
    [B]"Apple to offer 'iPhone 5s' in new gold color [I]as plastic Samsung Galaxy sales climb[/I]"[/B]
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  • Reply 28 of 84
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Someone on MacRumors mocked up what a champagne colored 5 design would look like. It actually looks quite nice.

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  • Reply 29 of 84

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post



    Someone on MacRumors mocked up what a champagne colored 5 design would look like. It actually looks quite nice.



    13600131.jpg


    Does look nice. If it's anything close to this, I can't wait to see what this looks like with iOS 7.

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  • Reply 30 of 84
    pscooter63 wrote: »
    Can someone provide justification for the odd expression "colorways"?
    Why use an obscure (and arguably less correct, according to Wiktionary) term, when a simpler one will do?

    "Colorways" comes from the apparel industry, AFAIK. It's dumb. Really dumb. I had to do a double-take when I first heard it. No one should use it when describing consumer electronics, IMO.
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  • Reply 31 of 84
    chris_cachris_ca Posts: 2,543member

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    Originally Posted by mesomorphicman View Post



    If true, I look forward to buying a 128GB iPhone 6 next year. Great for large audio/video library folks and movie storage and streaming. Nice.


    Why do you need 128GB if you stream movies?

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  • Reply 32 of 84
    Dan_Dilgerdan_dilger Posts: 1,584member

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    Originally Posted by Chris_CA View Post


    Why do you need 128GB if you stream movies?



     


    Because if you don't have an Android phone you have apps. And you might buy music. And take photos you might want to keep, including nice panos that are huge. 

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  • Reply 33 of 84

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post



    Someone on MacRumors mocked up what a champagne colored 5 design would look like. It actually looks quite nice.



    13600131.jpg


     


    That's a very tasteful color. I approve of this wholeheartedly.


     


    It makes me want Sparkling Jell-O. Remember that? I say remember that because I'm reading right now that it's off the market, which sucks. I'm just now remembering it after however many years it has been, and how I loved it. I saw that iPhone and remembered the taste of it… Haven't even thought about it for, what, a decade?


     


    … Great. I'm depressed enough about my memory as it is without remembering that I've probably lost everything I've ever actually liked in my life.


     


    Anyway, I like this mockup.

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  • Reply 34 of 84

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    Originally Posted by Michael Scrip View Post



    128GB... cool



    Gold body... dumb


     


    The gold iPhone will be sold only in upscale jewelry stores along with a similar version of the iWatch... Only obtainable in places Oprah shops and $32,000 purses are offered. 

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  • Reply 35 of 84

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Chris_CA View Post


    Why do you need 128GB if you stream movies?



     


    Because some people don't want to ever... EVER see or deal with a memory low message...

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  • Reply 36 of 84
    Because if you don't have an Android phone you have apps. And you might buy music. And take photos you might want to keep, including nice panos that are huge. 

    So what do you think, more money for 128GB? Or last years 64GB price.
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  • Reply 37 of 84
    iqatedoiqatedo Posts: 1,846member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by blackbook View Post









    From all the leaks the"gold" color doesn't really look gold.



    It looked to me more like a champagne color which could be nice and high end when paired with white glass.


     


    Very few metals look as (pure) gold, the colour of which results from the arrangement of valence electrons and apparently, relativistic effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold). This diagram from Wikipedia illustrates. A gold plated finish would look spectacular but anything else, less so. Gold finish is very popular in parts of the world, whether another finish with the appearance of gold will hold up is yet to be seen.


     


     


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  • Reply 38 of 84

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    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post





    "Colorways" comes from the apparel industry, AFAIK. It's dumb. Really dumb. I had to do a double-take when I first heard it. No one should use it when describing consumer electronics, IMO.


     


    Colorways is a colorist term. Since apparel is the fastest color changing segment of all products it get the most attention, however color trends affect home furnishings, carpets, drapes and paints, linoleum, tiles, and even door hardware... although these colorways change much slower. The color "red" of today's car is not the same as "red" was a few years back.


    It's hard to believe that the changing colors of tableware is not random, but are actually forecast years in advance. The same applies to the colors Apple choses for iPods and iPhones... it is a secretive and viable industry and anyone that isn't in step with the flow looks ridiculous. Remember the brown Zune? 

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  • Reply 39 of 84

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    Originally Posted by Doctor David View Post





    So what do you think, more money for 128GB? Or last years 64GB price.


    Good question... Apple may up the price just to hold out that option for people to whom price is not a consideration. You see them walking down Rodeo Drive wearing $5000 jeans with the knees ripped out.

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  • Reply 40 of 84
    I will admit... the champagne color looks pretty good.

    But that's not what I thought of when I heard the word "gold"
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