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It turns out that 18 carat gold is slightly too soft to be a sensible material for smartphones. We’ve been hands-on with one of just five MOBO-branded gold HTC Ones, which are evidently a lot less subtle than the gold iPhone 5s (shown top right). While the exclusive $4,500 handset definitely wasn’t …