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Time to upgrade your iPhone 7: Go bold, go gold

If you’re thinking of a style upgrade, perhaps it’s time to customize your brand new iPhone 7. Studio Karalux in Vietnam offers 24K gold-coating for the iPhone 7 and 7 plus for those who think Apple’s choice of colors are not flashy enough.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, September 23, 2016

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Time to upgrade your iPhone 7: Go bold, go gold The gold-coating process takes about six to eight hours through 20 steps. To protect the gold from scratches, a nano coat is applied after the gold-coating process.  (antaranews.com / Karalux/-)

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f you’re thinking of a style upgrade, perhaps it’s time to customize your brand new iPhone 7. Studio Karalux in Vietnam offers 24K gold-coating for the iPhone 7 and 7 plus for those who think Apple’s choice of colors are not flashy enough. 

The gold-coating process takes about six to eight hours through 20 steps. To protect the gold from scratches, a nano coat is applied after the gold-coating process. 

Another option of personalization is to engrave your name, logo or signature on the iPhone’s new golden surface.

(Read also: Overnight queues for new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in Singapore)

Prepare to shell out US$ 1,900 for a 32GB iPhone 7, $2,400 for the 128GB version and $ 2,600 for the 256GB version. The iPhone 7 Plus will set you back an extra $ 100 for each version.

Still not satisfied with the gold coating? Karalux also offers a diamond addition to the Apple logo on the back of the phone, GSM Arena reports as quoted by antaranews.com. The addition will cost you $ 4,000 for the iPhone 7 128GB. For the iPhone 7 Plus, there’s an extra charge of $500. (asw)

 

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