UK man convicted of handling stolen Vetru phones has to repay £1 million
Narinder Sandhu, a man from Southall, London, convicted of handling 65 stolen Nokia Vetru phones back in 2007, has to repay £999,713.21 ($1,6 million) to the British Government, as he failed to prove he obtained said amount of money legally.
The 65 Vertu luxury phones, stolen during an armed robbery in 2005, have been recovered, and [...]
Vertu Ascent Ti Damascus Steel is tough like a sword
Vertu, Nokia’s luxury phone division, has just unveiled a new phone from its Ascent Ti collection: the Vertu Ascent Ti Damascus Steel.
The handset is built using an “ancient steel forging” technique that increases the metal’s hardness. Apparently, said technique was used throughout the centuries to make, for example, Samurai swords (katana) or Indian Wootz swords [...]
Mobiado Grand Line collection debuts with the QWERTY-equipped Grand 350PRL
That rumored Grand Line of luxury phones from Mobiado has just become reality, with the official announcement of Grand 350PRL – Mobiado’s very first QWERTY phone.
The Grand 350PRL certainly looks like nothing that Mobiado launched until now, somewhat resembling the Nokia E71 – but only a bit, if you consider its overall aspect.
Like all the [...]
Mobiado to launch a Grand Line luxury QWERTY phone?
Until now, Mobiado’s luxury phones have all had about the same style – candybar with alphanumeric keypad.
Well, the Canadian company is apparently getting ready to unveil a new phone that will have a full QWERTY keyboard – this could be the world’s first luxury messaging phone.
According to Mobileburn, the new QWERTY handset is part of an [...]
Mobiado Professional 105GCB Rose announced
Mobiado Professional 105GCB Rose is the latest (and arguably greatest) luxury phone unveiled by the Canadians from Mobiado.
In the purest Mobiado tradition, the 105GCB Rose comes with a case built out of sapphire crystal and plated with 18K gold – rose gold, more exactly.
It also has sapphire crystal keys that are hand-painted with the same [...]
Gresso Lady Gold and Ultramarine Gold phones launched
Two months after unveiling the Lady Diamond collection, the Russia-based company Gresso has now launched two new luxury handsets: Gresso Ultramarine Gold and Gresso Lady Gold.
The Gresso Ultramarine Gold comes in a blue case, representing “strength and serenity”, while the Lady Gold has a “brilliant red color”, being an “ode to femininity, to elegance and to beauty” – [...]
GoldVish Revolution luxury phone looks weird, costs $488,150
The Swiss company GoldVish, creator of the world’s most expensive phone – GoldVish Le Million – has unveiled another luxury handset, called GoldVish Revolution.
The GoldVish Revolution is a weird candybar that looks like a mix between Motorola Aura and a Mobiado phone.
The device is covered in diamonds, as well as pink and white gold.
Below the [...]
Ulysse Nardin Chairman phone combines luxurious looks with kinetic energy
The Swiss watch maker Ulysse Nardin has recently announced its first handset, dubbed Ulysse Nardin Chairman and coming as a luxury “hybrid smart phone”.
Unlike many other luxury phones, the Chairman has a pretty cool set of features, starting with the 2.8 inch multi-touch display and the finger print recognition sensor for unlocking the screen.
Manufactured from [...]
$5,500 Gresso Lady Diamond phone announced
It sure didn’t take long for Gresso to come up with yet another new luxury phone.
After the Skeleton Gold, the Russian company has now launched the Gresso Lady Diamond, a handset obviously designed for the ladies.
More exactly, for ladies who can afford to pay $5,500 on a phone, because that’s the price of a Gresso [...]
Secrets @ MWC09. Nokia Sparrow, Android 3.0, Luxury Android from Motorola and more
Eldar Murtazin from mobile-review.com is probably the best connected journalist covering the mobile industry, with amazing access inside almost any major cellphone maker.
And he proved that again at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
When we all were busily running around reporting on all the new mobile products , Eldar was sneaking inside the closed demo [...]