The best color of Apple’s new iPhone XS is gold

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• The new iPhone XS comes in three colors: black, white, and
  gold. 
• While all three colors are beautiful, the gold version is the
  best. 
• The gold iPhone XS looks so premium and luxurious, it’s quite
  possibly the best-looking phone on the market right now. 

So, you’re ready to buy the new iPhone XS. 

You’ve been psyching yourself up for weeks, debating whether you
really should drop over $1,000 on a new phone. You’ve hemmed and
hawed, trying to decide between the less expensive iPhone XR and
the pricier iPhone XS. Finally, you’ve decided: you are in for
the top of the line, the XS.

Now comes the hard part: what color do you buy? 

I’ve been using the iPhone XS Max in gold for the last week or
so, and if you ask me, there’s no contest: buy it in gold. 

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Now, I’ve used last year’s iPhone X in both black and white in
the past — which are the same colors as this year’s iPhone XS —
and they’re beautiful phones. Apple did a nice job making them
feel high-end and different enough from iPhones of the
past. 

But the gold is special. 

The phone’s stainless steel edges aren’t a cheap-looking yellow
gold. They’re a deep, brassy gold that looks pricey and rare.
It’s a color I’ve never seen before on an iPhone, and the closest
thing I can think of on any other smartphone are the gold accents on the Essential
Phone.

Take a look for yourself: 

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The back of the phone is no less impressive. It’s an iridescent,
rosy, pearly gold that has a slightly mirrored finish — in a
pinch, you can check your reflection in it.

The color isn’t exactly yellow gold, and it isn’t exactly rose
gold, but somewhere in the middle. It’s not in-your-face, or
gaudy, or any sort of cheap-looking bling; it’s not overtly
feminine, or overtly masculine. It’s just … luxurious. 

It’s hard to capture the color in a photo, but this image gives a
hint of how gorgeous the device is: 

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If you’re not able to go to an Apple store to see the phone in
person, this can be an understandably tough choice. It’s easy to
wonder if you’ll get sick of the more adventurous color over
time, or if it will turn out to look different in real life.

But as someone who’s lived with the gold iPhone XS for going on
10 days now, I can tell you that it’s exactly what you’ll hope
for, if not better.

So while the black is nice, and the white is tempting, when it
comes to the iPhone XS,  there’s no question: buy the
gold. 

You won’t be disappointed.