During development, Apple's gold iPhone 5s was jokingly called the 'Kardashian'

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  • Reply 21 of 39
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member

    I don't know who Kim Kardashian is, someone famous for being famous sounds like. I wonder how long the gold iPhone will be produced, if it's a permanent fixture or just until the iPhone 6? Because gold doesn't have the timelessness of black and white, it seems like something that might come and go in popularity.

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  • Reply 22 of 39
    ascii wrote: »
    I don't know who Kim Kardashian is, someone famous for being famous

    She's originally famous for her "water sports" s3x tape.

    Her entire family is pulling a train behind her fame. Literally "behind", as in her mountainous one . . .

    Apologies for TMI. I haven't seen the vid in question, but apparently it's up on pirate bay . .
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  • Reply 23 of 39
    charlitunacharlituna Posts: 7,217member
    Until Tim Cook confirms it I don't buy this.
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  • Reply 24 of 39
    Hmmm.... I am sure all the snotty product/marketing geniuses here must be devastated and dumbstruck that they aren't the ones making decisions at Apple.

    All I can say is, thank God. :rolleyes:
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  • Reply 25 of 39
    Originally Posted by Mac_128 View Post

    That kind of says it all. Even Apple realized this was just pandering to the masses, and not typical to their usual standards.

     

    Oh, come on.

     

    I guess Apple was “pandering to butt head astronomers” when they released the Power Macintosh 7100, huh? :no:

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  • Reply 26 of 39
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by vaporland View Post





    She's originally famous for her "water sports" s3x tape.

    Ah thanks, now I know. It's amazing that someone can get famous just for that.

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  • Reply 27 of 39
    ascii wrote: »
    I don't know who Kim Kardashian is, someone famous for being famous sounds like. I wonder how long the gold iPhone will be produced, if it's a permanent fixture or just until the iPhone 6? Because gold doesn't have the timelessness of black and white, it seems like something that might come and go in popularity.

    Not sure anything is timeless.
    This is the first time the iPhone has not been available in black.
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  • Reply 28 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BuddyRevell View Post

     

    Conan called it:


     

    That is the best Apple video parody.  It starts out so sincere, until Raffi Jaharian shows up.

     

    Have you seen the followup video?

     

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    ww.GiveMeGoldPhoneNow/okIGotYo­u/ThanksRaffiYouTheMan_YouGotI­tMan\GoldIsBest.Yes#

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  • Reply 29 of 39
    haarhaar Posts: 563member
    That shows what crap the development team has become after Steve Jobs left :wow:

    Yucks that Kartrashian SUCKS!  

    Apple product developers- Look at her sex tape, her body is so ugly. Could not find some beauty? :p  

    Better not name Bigger Screen iPhone 6 Donald Trump :lol:

    actually IMO speaking about that tape, she is not all ugly, her "va-jj" is beautiful...
    problem is (barring meeting her in public) she is ironically low-class... not sure if she is doing this for her fans... to make them feel better.

    who puts out a sex tape and expects to be thought of as high-class?. Porn-star's want respect, but they don't think that they are high-class...

    whereas Kim coud be high class, but everything she does that is reported by the "gossips" and by TMZ and on that Insipid show makes her look un-classy....
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  • Reply 30 of 39
    How many of you are so good looking that you can judge others to be ugly?
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  • Reply 31 of 39
    Originally Posted by stelligent View Post

    How many of you are so good looking that you can judge others to be ugly?

     

    Wait, this is just the “critics have to be chefs” argument worded differently.

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  • Reply 32 of 39
    auxioauxio Posts: 2,796member

    As someone who has a deep hatred for the vacuous world of celebrity culture as well as those who derive their self-esteem from making off-hand, scathing comments about celebrities (and in doing so, simply end up fueling the absurdity), this thread makes me sick to my stomach.  Maybe Jobs was right...

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  • Reply 33 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stelligent View Post



    How many of you are so good looking that you can judge others to be ugly?

     

    I think you miss the issue. Talking about women's looks and body parts is beneath contempt regardless of one's own looks.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    Wait, this is just the “critics have to be chefs” argument worded differently.


    Personally, it is a tasteless stereotype for a group of men (let's not pretend otherwise) to sit in front of their computers and talk down women based on the size of their body parts. It is just as bad as the racial stereotypes mentioned here whenever Samsung or other Asian companies are mentioned. I wonder how many of you speak like this when you are in public or around your wives, sisters, daughters and mothers.

     

    Grow up. 

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  • Reply 34 of 39
    akqiesakqies Posts: 768member
    I'd think the rumoured 5" iPhone would be called the Kardashian because a 5" phone is a [I][U][B]big ass[/B][/U][/I] phone.
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  • Reply 35 of 39
    Originally Posted by StruckPaper View Post

    I wonder how many of you speak like this when you are in public or around your wives, sisters, daughters and mothers.




    Originally said about Kim Kardashian by My Mother


     Her butt is too big.


     

    *shrug*

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  • Reply 36 of 39
    auxioauxio Posts: 2,796member
    Quote:
     Originally Posted by StruckPaper View Post


    I wonder how many of you speak like this when you are in public or around your wives, sisters, daughters and mothers.




    Originally said about Kim Kardashian by My Mother


     Her butt is too big.


    *shrug*


     

    Yup, some women do it to others as well (including those who should know better from life experience).  I never let cr*p like that go by in a conversation unchallenged -- even when my late mother said it.  The more we *shug*, the more we're passively accepting the concept that women's bodies should fit some nonsensical "ideal".  Which, of course, changes depending on the culture and time period (i.e. is arbitrary and largely based on groupthink).

     

    And yes, I do have personal preferences -- I just don't feel the need to beat my chest and try to convince others of them in order to feel more secure (or whatever the reason is that some people think everyone else needs to hear about it).

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  • Reply 37 of 39
    Originally Posted by auxio View Post

    The more we *shug*, the more we're passively accepting the concept that women's bodies should fit some nonsensical "ideal".


     

    Yeah, that’s nowhere near the point.

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  • Reply 38 of 39
    auxioauxio Posts: 2,796member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    Yeah, that’s nowhere near the point.


    How not?

     

    It pisses me off that it's ok to say a woman's butt is too big without even a second thought about it.  And then fein shock and awe when young girls commit suicide because they were born with a body type that others around them feel the need to make such comments about.  Or when mothers consider the same after their body changes due to having a child.

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  • Reply 39 of 39
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    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post



    Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac disputes this claim





    My sources who provided in-depth, accurate details about the iPhone 5s say they never heard the "Kardashian Phone" name in any form.

    7:16pm - 18 Oct 13

     

    At any company I'm fairly sure it would be impossible to prove someone DIDN'T have a nickname that wasn't necessarily the Company policy.

     

    Source for nickname; programmers and support.

     

    Source for "we have no knowledge of such a reference or policy"; executives and lawyers.

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