Vertu Constellation T is the newest luxury touchscreen smartphone in town
Vertu (wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia) is about to introduce its very first luxury touchscreen phone. Called Vertu Constellation T, the new handset is presented by the Bluetooth SIG as “the epitome of luxury elegance in a mobile smartphone.” Surprisingly – since most luxury phones are more about being luxurious than offering nice specs – [...]
Mobiado Grand Touch with Android Gingerbread is the company’s first luxury touchscreen phone
Traditionally, Mobiado has launched only candybar phones – but not anymore. The Canadian company has announced its first touchscreen handsets: the Mobiado Grand Touch and the Mobiado Grand Touch GCB. The Grand Touch has a case “precision CNC machined from solid aircraft aluminum”, while the Grand Touch GCB is made out of brass, and plated [...]
Gresso iPhone 4 Time Machine costs $6,000, brings you six watches
If you’re disappointed that Apple didn’t unveil a new iPhone at WWDC 2011 earlier this week, maybe Gresso’s new iPhone 4 will get your attention. Meet the iPhone 4 Time Machine, which should be available sometime later this year. The name has nothing to do with Apple’s homonymous backup utility, and neither with H.G. Wells’ [...]
Luxurious Nokia Oro announced. No, it doesn’t run Windows Phone (video)
While being busy testing Windows Phone Mango handsets, Nokia has found the time to introduce yet another Symbian Anna-based smartphone, namely the Nokia Oro (“oro” means gold in Italian). The Oro is nothing more than a luxury edition of the Nokia C7, so it has the same features: 3.5 inch AMOLED display, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, [...]
Mobiado Aston Martin luxury phones coming soon. CPT002 transparent phone concept unveiled
In case you’ve missed Mobiado, we’re (sort of) happy to inform you that the Canadian company has big plans for this year, and some of them will be accomplished in collaboration with British sports cars maker Aston Martin. Yes, you’ve guessed it: Mobiado will make Aston Martin luxury phones. There are no details on the [...]
TAG Heuer Fuchsia MERIDIIST GMT luxury phone unveiled
TAG Heuer is back with a new edition of its MERIDIIST luxury mobile phone. Called TAG Heuer Fuchsia MERIDIIST GMT, the new handset comes with a back cover dressed in Acrochordus arafurae skin. In case you don’t know (I didn’t until a few minutes ago), the acrochordus arafurae is a water snake from New Guinea [...]
Mobiado’s Classic 712MG Mokume Gane phone rediscovers old Japanese traditon
Only one week after introducing the Classic 712 Stealth, Mobiado has now announced another new luxury phone, the Classic 712MG Mokume Gane. Meaning “wood-grain metal” in Japanese, Mokume Gane is a technique of “bonding mixed-metal” invented in Japan in the 17th century and initially used for sword fittings. The phone’s Mokume Gane frame includes a [...]
Mobiado Classic 712 Stealth is the latest luxury phone in town
Mobiado has announced its umpteenth luxury phone, the Classic 712 Stealth, a handset “inspired by military stealth aircrafts.” The new phone is made out of aluminum and large sapphire crystal plates, and each unit is “assembled using gun-metal black stainless steel screws.” Customers can choose to have their keypad in English, Arabic, or Cyrillic. Feature-wise, [...]
Mobiado Professional 105 Damascus: new steel-made luxury phone
Mobiado has announced yet another new luxury phone – the Professional 105 Damascus. The handset’s frame is “precision CNC machined from Damascus steel”, this giving every phone a “different and unique” look. Damascus steel, as Mobiado is happy to inform us, is “a technique of hot-forging steel, originally used in 1100 to 1700 AD to [...]
Vertu Constellation Quest hits the FCC, Symbian confirmed
Announced by Vertu last week, the Constellation Quest QWERTY smartphone has been approved by the FCC today. The FCC posted the handset’s Users Manual, which confirms that, as we assumed, the Constellation Quest runs Symbian – although it seems to be a slightly customized version of it. Other known features of the Quest include: Wi-Fi, [...]
Vertu Constellation Quest launched. QWERTY smartphone with Symbian?
Vertu has announced the launch of Vertu Constellation Quest, presented as the company’s first smartphone. The launch party (held in London, UK) gathered lots of stars, including Vertu Brand Ambassador Seal, Kevin Spacey and Holly Valance. Unfortunately, Vertu doesn’t say much about the Constellation Quest. We know that it has a full QWERTY keyboard, an [...]
Gresso Luxor World Time unveiled as the world’s first phone with world time function
Yes, the title of the news is a bit redundant, but I couldn’t help it. In a press release that would make any Engrish speaker proud, luxury phone maker Gresso has announced its latest creation: the Luxor World Time – which, as you’ve surely noticed by now, comes with a “world time function.” More exactly, [...]
Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot. A phone for a cool $1 million
Here’s another phone that you will never buy. Why? Because you won’t ever be able to afford it. This phone comes from a traditional purveyor of a luxury handsets – Gresso, and is called Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot. And this time it costs a cool $1 million. So what’s so special about Gresso Luxor Las Vegas [...]
New TAG Heuer Meridiist luxury phones announced
Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer has announced three new models of its Meridiist luxury phone, all sharing the same features and overall design, but having different finishes. The Tag Heuer Meridiist Black Diamond is PVD-coated and is made out of 316L stainless steel, 18-carat pink gold, lizard leather, and 1.34-carat diamonds. The Tag Heuer Meridiist [...]
Gresso solves iPhone 4 death grip. For $10,000
Sure, Apple may have announced they’re giving free bumpers to everyone, but perhaps you’re in search of a more extreme solution for your death grip-related woes. Extreme in its pricing, that is. Well, if you feel that anything other than 200-year-old African wood is simply not trying hard enough, Gresso has you covered. For a [...]
Bellperre launches new “affordable” ultra slim luxury phone
Luxury phone maker Bellperre has announced it’s launching a new handset that has a price level meeting “sincerely wider audience compared to current luxury phone brand offerings” – and I assume it’s referring to Mobiado and Vertu. The phone is an “ultra slim”, highly customizable candybar: you can choose from brushed steel, polished silver, 24K [...]
Mobiado Classic 712EM luxury phone brings exotic wood into your pocket
One month after unveiling the Classic 712 ZAF in “dream colors”, Mobiado has announced a new luxury phone: the Classic 712 Executive Model (EM). The new handset is “the evolution” in Mobiado’s wood series, being made out of exotic wood, sapphire crystal and aluminum. The exotic wood pieces (which are “inlayed into an anodized aluminum [...]
iPhone 4 in African Blackwood/Gold from Gresso. Only $3500 a pop
If you have an iPhone 4, got tons of money, and want to show off, how would you do that? Now, that Apple has sold 1.7 million of darn things in a single weekend, soon everyone and their grandma will be carrying iPhone 4 around. Don’t worry, luxury phone maker Gresso is rushing to the rescue. [...]
Mobiado intros Classic 712 ZAF phones in dream colors
Luxury phone maker Mobiado announced that it has extended its Classic 712 ZAF series – unveiled earlier this year – with three new colors, dubbed “dream colors.” Reportedly conveying “a sensation of brightness and inspiration”, the new color versions are Sky Blue, Aurora Pink and Porcelain White. The Mobiado Classic 712 ZAF phones available in [...]
Versace Unique luxury phone announced, made by LG and ModeLabs
Back in January, ModeLabs and Versace announced they’re working on a luxury phone, and now the companies are introducing the Versace Unique, a handset presented as “the first luxury touchscreen and full-featured multimedia creation” that will be available through Versace’s flagship boutiques and other jewellery networks. The Versace Unique is hand-assembled in France and it’s [...]