Godfather 2: gift from ITT to Batista.
If itâs solid gold, how does it work?
I hate to be pedantic (ok, thatâs a lie), but itâs not really âsolid goldâ if itâs only gold-plated, is it? 
Youâre thinking of âmassiveâ.
Itâs that trick language that jewelers use. Like, âOh, our pound has only 12 ounces. You didnât know that?â
At least in 12 months when it wonât run properly on the latest version of iOS youâll be able to say your phone is gold bricked!
Forgot to add âdisposableâ to the description.
Hey they come unlocked. Thatâs convenient!
Itâll look great covered in a Otter case.
except in jeweler speak, none of the parts could be plated then, because plated != solid. theyâd have to be milled or cast.
more likely this title was blogger/reporter speak for mehâŚfacts arenât as important as a cool sounding title.
yep just clicked through and the site clearly says âGold Platedâ nowhere does it say solid gold.
Itâs plated with a thin veneer of solid gold.
I was just holding an iPhone 5 case in my hand earlier today. It felt like less than an ounce (barely), but if it were made of 24k gold it would have been more than an ounce. Perhaps 3 ounces. That would be about $4000 worth of gold right there.
It also would have been a lot of fun to make, as the case is milled from a solid chunk of aluminum and has plastic insulators molded into it to separate the antenna end pieces (those small black lines you see in the top and bottom of each side).
Pimp that rahhhhhhhd!
Are there any metals or alloys less tasteful than ârose goldâ in the wild? If so, Iâve never met them.
Donât know if it strictly counts but Mercury(II) thiocyanate - Hg(SCN)2) is pretty weird when you light it:
http://www.reposter.net/2012/06/crazy-chemical-reaction-mercuryii-thiocyanate-hgscn2/
To jump on the âitâs obviously not SOLID goldâ bandwagon⌠Solid 24k in the thicknesses of your standard Iphone5 case would be incredibly weak. Youâd have to mill out a much beefier case (and presumably much much heavier due to increased weight/volume as well as overall volume) simply to compensate for a much weaker metal being used.
sod Gold, everyone in Saudi Arabia probably has one. The true cachet is obtained by owning a depleted uranium iPhone.
Its an iPhone⌠Iâll pass, thanks.
Too bad Apple doesnât make/sell these. Iâd like to see a long line of servants, in their tuxes and white gloves, camping in line the night before the next version is released.
