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The gold iPhone was the best gimmick Apple has come up with recently to sell more phones, because there are people that would buy gold anything just to show it off and look cool, even if the case is going to cover it up.

I don't think it was Snookie. In fact, I think it is marketed at those who prefer rap and R&B music, to whom the gold trimmed Nexus's were also marketed. It sounds racist, but African Americans are a market, and many of them like gold things. It's not only African Americans, but I'd be surprised if that wasn't the intent.