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Wouldn't be surprised if the bulk of the gold phones are shipped to Oriental countries, where the color is far more popular and sought after with much greater e
by ctdonath 13y ago
Wouldn't be surprised if the bulk of the gold phones are shipped to Oriental countries, where the color is far more popular and sought after with much greater earnest (bordering on social imperative).
- mikeash 13y agoPurely anecdotally, a ton of the people in my line wanted gold, but only the first ten people actually got one. It seems plenty popular here too. It will be interesting if we ever get a color breakdown to see if this "gold is for Asian countries" thing actually holds up, or if it's just another instance of bizarre cultural misunderstanding.
- ctdonath 13y agoFrom https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6430779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6430779 seems they did send most of the gold phones to Asia, and all sold out first day. Still may be a bizarre cultural misunderstanding, as sounds like it's crazy popular everywhere else too. Expect every smartphone maker make & push gold phones hard after today. ETA: Note "seems". That's my impression from the link, no hard data seen yet.
- mikeash 13y agoI can't find anything in that link that indicates most gold phones went to Asia. Did I miss it?
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