The rumored copper gold iPhone 8 may be called “blush gold,” according to a supposed Foxconn insider. The report, initially posted on China’s Weibo microblogging app, suggests that’s the internal name used to refer to a new iPhone 8 color.
Mobile reporter Benjamin Geskin noted the possible name for the new color in Twitter.
Foxconn’s internal name of the new #iPhone8 color is “Blush Gold” (腮红金)
Barcode says “Blush Gold 64GB / 128GB” pic.twitter.com/MZPTfVAr2P— Benjamin Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) August 12, 2017
It’s worth noting that the report actually cites the Chinese characters “腮红金” rather than spelling out the English words “blush gold,” suggesting that (even if this is a legit source) it still runs the risk of being a translation failure, rather than a confirmation of Apple’s new name.
A report last week from reliable Apple KGI analyst Ming Chi Kuo suggested that the new iPhone 8 will come in three color options. These will reportedly include black, silver, and gold. Prior to this, other reports had suggested the new iPhone would also come in a mirror-like color option, although Kuo claims this won’t happen.
From the look of things — and from previous “leaks” we’ve seen — the new gold iPhone may be a pinkish-copper type of gold, a bit like a combination of the existing rose gold and champagne color options, albeit darker and with more of a brownish hue. Given that Apple likes to release new iPhone colors most years, a new color seems a reasonable bet for Apple’s biggest iPhone refresh in years.
With that being said, I’m not sure about the specific blush gold color that’s been shown off. And nor do I think it looks particularly blushing. What does you think? Leave your comments below.
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
3 responses to “New iPhone 8 color could be named ‘blush gold’”
More importantly it looks like the nice camera is coming to the non-huge model.
Blush gold? This looks like it would be more aptly named “Chinese buffet diarrhea brown”…
doo doo brown