Leronza Classic Collection: What Gets Plated on Each Gold Phone, and What It Costs

Classic is the collection most people walk past on the way to something louder. There’s no engraving and no stones, and the back isn’t plated all over. On most phones Leronza leaves the colour the manufacturer chose and puts precious metal only on a few edges, such as the camera rings, the frame or the logo. That restraint has a practical side, because on most Classic phones the phone keeps working the way it did out of the box, wireless charging included. It’s also the cheapest way into a gold phone on most of the range.

The Classic name covers less consistent work than it suggests, though. On some phones Leronza doesn’t touch the factory finish at all. On others the atelier refinishes the colour itself, and on the iPhone 17 Pro the back glass is replaced with leather or mother of pearl. This guide sets out what Classic actually means on each phone that carries it, what each colour costs, where it is and isn’t the cheapest option, and when sending in your own phone saves money. All prices below come live from the shop.

What “Classic” means, phone by phone

Every Classic product page lets you choose between the same three metals, 24K Gold, Rose Gold and Platinum, and on every one of them the metal doesn’t change the price. After that, the phones go their own ways. The table shows what is actually changed on each phone, based on the wording of its product pages.

On both Galaxy Z Fold8 models the frame and the hinge are never plated, so the phone folds exactly as Samsung designed it. On the iPhone Duo the hinge, both displays and the Touch ID side button are also left as Apple built them. The Classic pages for the iPhone Air, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo and all three Samsung phones say the internals aren’t touched either: the display, chip, cameras and battery stay as the manufacturer installed them.

Three kinds of Classic

When you put the product pages side by side, Classic splits into three different kinds of work. Which one your phone gets matters more than the colour name, because it decides how close the result stays to stock and, on one phone, why the black version costs more.

Classic prices, colour by colour

On five of the seven phones the colour doesn’t change the price. Storage and screen size do, and on the iPhone 18 Pro so does the choice between Pro and Pro Max. The iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone Duo are the exceptions, because on both the Black edition costs more than the other three colours.

“From” is the smallest storage with a new phone supplied by Leronza. “Top configuration” is the largest storage the page offers: 2TB on the iPhone 18 Pro Max, 17 Pro Max and Duo, and 1TB on the iPhone Air and the three Samsung phones. On the iPhone 18 Pro the top price is for the Pro Max at 2TB. Where a page also offers a “use my own” option, it isn’t counted here; that route is covered in its own section below.

Why the black edition costs more on two phones

On the iPhone 17 Pro the product page gives the reason. The Black Classic doesn’t keep Apple’s finish: its unibody is plated in black rhodium before the gold accents go on, which adds a full layer of work that the Silver, Deep Blue and Cosmic Orange editions don’t have. Each 17 Pro storage tier costs the same amount more in Black, from the 256GB Pro up to the 2TB Pro Max.

On the iPhone Duo the Black edition is also priced above the other colours, but its product page doesn’t say why. It describes the same process as the other Duo colours: the enclosure is refinished in colour, the camera rings and logo are plated, and wireless charging stays. If the reason matters to you, the Dubai team can explain it before you order. Leaving it unexplained here is better than guessing.

Is Classic always the cheapest way in?

Usually, but not on every phone. Comparing each phone’s whole catalogue against its Classic line gives this:

So on the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone Duo, the cheapest gold phone isn’t a Classic. It’s one of the matte colour editions from the Rhodium collection, where the body is refinished in a satin colour and only small details are plated. If the lowest price is the main goal on either phone, compare both lines. The Rhodium collection guide lists every matte edition, and the Prime collection guide covers the fully plated designs on the next tier up.

Sending in your own phone: where Classic allows it

Five of the seven Classic lines have a “use my own” option on the product page. You send the phone you already own, Leronza does the Classic work on it, and you pay only for the customisation. Because Classic involves so little metal, this is where the send-in route makes the biggest difference relative to the total.

The send-in price is a single figure because your storage doesn’t change the work. A 1TB phone and a 256GB phone get the same plated rings. The two columns aren’t directly comparable, though. The “new phone” price includes the handset, so the real saving depends on what your own phone is worth to you and whether you’d buy a new one anyway. Customise your own or buy ready-made? goes through that calculation, and the send-in guide explains how the phone gets to Dubai and back.

The Classic line at a glance

iPhone Air, Space Black: Apple’s darkest glass with a plated frame and lens ring.

iPhone 18 Pro, Silver: camera rings, buttons and logo detail only.

iPhone 17 Pro, Black: black rhodium body under the gold accents.

Galaxy S26 Ultra, Black: Samsung glass with a metal outline.

Galaxy Z Fold8, Graphite: two lens rings, nothing else.

Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Jetblack: a GoldPrivé matte black with three rings.

How to choose a Classic

Whichever phone you choose, the standard Leronza terms apply. Plating is 5–7 microns. Each piece is made to order, which takes roughly one to two weeks, and because it’s made to order it can’t be returned. The customisation carries a two-year warranty; the warranty guide lists what voids it. Shipping is insured, tracked and complimentary, and needs a signature on delivery. If charging is your main concern across the whole iPhone 18 range, this MagSafe and Qi2 guide covers every family, not only Classic. The Wireless Power Consortium publishes the Qi standards themselves.

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