British luxury products company, Gold and CO, has revealed that it has an order to from the Nigerian government to deliver 53 customised gold iphones for the celebration of the next independent celebration.
The founder of Gold and Co, Amjad Ali, told the UK’s the Independent newspaper that the Nigerian government has made an order of “53 gold iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of independence from Britain next month.”
Ali also told The Independent: “We strip the units down and then plate them in copper, nickel and then pure gold.” The Nigerian order will reportedly be engraved with the coat of arms, a shield and two horses.
“We will engrave them with the coat of arms, a shield and two horses,” he said.
The Bristol-born businessman based in Dubai is bracing himself for a flood of orders for iPhones clad not in the gold-effect finish of the new iPhone 5S, but the real stuff.
Amjad Ali supplies royal families, governments, and minted customers across Russia, China and the Middle East with gold-plated devices that cost up to £50,000.
The 42-year-old entrepreneur, who grew up in Glasgow, has pre-ordered hundreds of new iPhones. His team at Gold and Co. will set to work the day after launch before delivering the devices to luxury retailers.
“We strip the units down and then plate them in copper, nickel and then pure gold,” he told the Independent. “We have limited units per region and each is numbered and placed in a handmade wooden box with a certificate of authenticity and wax seal.”
Ali typically delivers 50 devices a month, including Blackberries and iPads, but orders rose to more than 300 a month when the iPhone 5 was launched last year. The firm expects greater demand still for the sixth-generation device, announced today.
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