“I go back to black” sang Amy Winehouse, and it’s pretty much the same way in the electronics world: fashions for champagne, silver and chrome may come and go, but we always end up back with slick black tech. Now reflection-hating iPhone owners (I’m thinking vampires and the grotesque) can throw away the shiny rear cover of their precious handset and replace it with an OEM black metal version.
In theory it’s a simple swap, but a MacRumors forum member who tried it himself it took about three hours with a dinky screwdriver. Still, despite the fact that it’ll void your warranty at least it’s not too expensive a part: just $48.99
[via Crave]
This is the beauty of Apple’s product — spawns a whole slew of businesses! Just look at the industry behind the iPod and multiply that by 10 times. That’s what we can expect from the iPhone in five years. It may even be higher when the iPhone nano is released. Wow!