KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new research note claiming that the iPhone 5S will be available in gold and have a 128GB storage option.
We also forecast the new model will add a new look, a golden casing, and a new option for larger 128GB storage, to offer greater differentiation from iPhone 5.
A new 128GB storage option would double the currently available storage for the iPhone 5. This would be welcomed improvement for those who store a lot of media on their devices. Notably, Apple has already increased the storage on its iPad to a max of 128GB.
Kuo also says the new iPhone will get 1GB DDR3 RAM.
We reckon A7 will upgrade memory bandwidth spec to LPDDR3 from LPDDR2 adapted by A6, in an effort to improve system performance. Since Apple is in charge of both hardware and OS design, it is capable of minimalizing memory capacity at an optimized state. Therefore, A7’s RAM will likely be unchanged at 1GB.
In a previous note, Kuo predicted the iPhone 5S would have a convex sapphire home button with a built-in fingerprint sensor.
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5S on September 10th.
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radfan957 - August 18, 2013 at 2:03pm
"Colored" is a racist term. You're supposed to say "African-American."
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justabrake - August 18, 2013 at 1:05pm
Which color will bring more $$$$ in a year when I go to sell it is the ? I'll never see it during the year because it's always cased
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Captjgvex - August 16, 2013 at 1:44pm
I don't know but gold doesn't seem to jive with Apple's current color scheme. Perhaps this would go well with the iPod line and not for iPhones.
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Simon - August 16, 2013 at 1:14pm
Wow! The gold one is ugly.
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commonsense - August 16, 2013 at 11:26am
nothing says "rob me" like flaunting a gold phone.
totally has to be fake.
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Andy 9 - August 16, 2013 at 10:43am
Fake !!
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Gg2012 - August 16, 2013 at 8:36am
Samsung will do something better, spects: (4 GB of memory ram, 256 GB of storage and a 3 Ghz quad core CPU ) but you can get it for FREE on a Frosted Flakes box.
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Yea - August 16, 2013 at 8:23am
Yea i bought one one of those decals and it totally covers the phone! Hers looks like its gold!
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Oh snap! - August 16, 2013 at 8:21am
You can buy a full body gold decal for less than 20$ on Amazon for those who do not want to fork over the $
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6italia0 - August 16, 2013 at 8:58am
Why not just buy an anodized bezel instead? Their $63 from mengtor.com covers are cheap and shitty
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Zack soule - August 16, 2013 at 7:46am
I like to showoff when I'm driving with my parents Lexus this gold iPhone is just what I need I'm going to look so cool and rich
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Steve Gator - August 16, 2013 at 7:06am
Same, different color!!
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Nitro Junkie - August 16, 2013 at 7:10pm
Hey Steve. I love apple as much as you do. Always have and always will. But dude. Sometimes You make no sense when you talk. Just slow down and explain yourself better man.
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Nitro Junkie - August 16, 2013 at 8:50pm
I don't know dude. You just don't make sense sometimes. Your explanations are all over the place. I ain't fighting with man. And to prove you wrong the iPhone 4 and 4S were made with stainless steel. The iPhone 5 is aluminum.
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Nitro Junkie - August 16, 2013 at 11:35pm
Like I said I'm a lifetime apple fan just like you are. Always have been and always will be. And to let you know you can't always believe everything you see on these sites. They've been wrong many times before. I don't believe anything until its officially announced on stage. That's something you need to understand.
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Nitro Junkie - August 17, 2013 at 2:22am
Honestly I don't understand what you're saying. Your comments are all over the place. What are these things you are talking about?
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0a7f47d - August 16, 2013 at 6:58am
I just use iCloud storage. No need for that high memory
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6italia0 - August 16, 2013 at 6:34am
I really do hope this option become available, I often find myself having to delete stuff from my 64GB iPhone 5 because there is just not enough room, so a 128GB option would be perfect.
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