We’ve previously heard of plans to bring out a 24 carat gold version of the HTC One M8, and even seen one gifted to T-Mobile CEO, John Legere. Gold-plating business Goldgenie, however, has their own plans in mind and now have available for purchase either a gold, platinum, or rose gold HTC One M8. And that’s 24 carat gold, of course. This isn’t the first time that Goldgenie has thought to modify HTC phones with precious metals having previously worked with last year’s HTC One and the HTC One Mini.
Naturally, these modified M8 devices are not cheap: the “cheapest” of the three, the gold HTC One M8, comes in at $2560.95 USD and the platinum one will set you back $2,830.95 USD. While that might seem a bit steep, you do get the bonus inclusion of a cherry oak finished box to store your M8 and its accessories, which seems entirely worth it. While the phone may be different on the outside, there have been no modifications to the hardware itself and the phones are fully unlocked so they can be used anywhere in the world.
To be honest, it doesn’t seem like there’s that much difference between the default chrome finish of the M8 and the platinum version, but that might just be my wallet talking. Let us know what you think about these Goldgenie plated devices.
