[mikeash]

Purely 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]

From 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]

I can't find anything in that link that indicates most gold phones went to Asia. Did I miss it?