Pantech Sky DuPont luxury phone now available
Announced by Pantech a few weeks ago, the Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone is now available in South Korea via SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier. The Sky DuPont is a full-touch candybar with golden accents, designed to remind users of the DuPont lighters’ look. The phone, which measures 106.8 x 50.8 x 11.15 [...]
Samsung Giorgio Armani W820/W8200 in press photos
First seen a few weeks ago, the Samsung Giorgio Armani W820/W8200 phone has now appeared in press photos, although we still don’t know when it will be launched. Since it’s form the Armani series, the Samsung W820/W8200 is a luxury phone. It has an alphanumeric keypad and a back cover that appears to be gold-plated. [...]
Vertu Constellation F Ayxta luxury clamshell announced
Vertu’s first clamshell phone is now official, it’s called Vertu Constellation F Ayxta and it will cost between €4,900 ($7,198) and €6,500 ($9,548) – probably depending on how you want to customize your model. Like all phones made by Vertu, the Ayxta is made from expensive materials like stainless steel, ceramic, leather, sapphire crystal (for [...]
Vertu Constellation F to be the first Vertu clamshell phone
When you say Vertu, you’re obviously thinking about luxury candybar phones, as Nokia’s subsidiary has launched only candybars until now. However, the British luxury phone maker is getting ready to launch a clamshell too, called Vertu Constellation F and made from premium materials (including stainless steel, leather and – in some versions – gold). Apart [...]
Pantech announces Sky DuPont IM-U510LE luxury phone
Like Prada, Armani and Dolce&Gabbana before it, the French company S.T. DuPont has decided to enter the mobile market by making a cell phone in collaboration with a big manufacturer. The manufacturer is Pantech, South Korea’s third largest handset maker, and the new phone is Pantech Sky DuPont IM-U510LE. The DuPont phone was announced today [...]
Nokia Erdos 8800 luxury phone appears in video
Nokia didn’t forget about its 8800 series of luxury phones, and it looks like it’s getting ready to launch a new 8800 handset this autumn. Codenamed Nokia Erdos, the phone is, according to CellPassion, an “engineering masterpiece”. Running on Symbian S60, the handset is made from a single piece of stainless steel. Apparently, a piece [...]
Gresso Grand Monaco phones are “inspired by Formula 1 racing”
Gresso, the Russian manufacturer of Luxury mobile phones, announced the release of a new collection dubbed Gresso Grand Monaco. Inspired by F1 racing, the Gresso Grand Monaco phones are made from materials borrowed from the world of racing: “titanium superalloy”, high-tech ceramic and carbon. Other materials include steel and hand-polished 42 K sapphire crystal (framing [...]
Vertu Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre collection announced
Fans of luxury mobile phones will probably be interested in Vertu’s latest collection, called Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre and available starting August this year. The Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre phones are handcrafted in England and include “the optimum amount of carbon fibers and resin”, combined in order to “achieve a flawless uniform look on both [...]
UK man convicted of handling stolen Vertu phones has to repay £1 million
Narinder Sandhu, a man from Southall, London, convicted of handling 65 stolen Nokia Vertu 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
$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 [...]
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 [...]
Gresso Skeleton Gold phone launched for $4400
Only two months after announcing the first handsets from its Avantgarde Skeleton Collection, Gresso has now unveiled the Skeleton Gold phone. Not too different from the Avantgarde Skeleton, the Gresso Skeleton Gold is, obviously, dressed in more gold. Its 23 functional keys are “executed of 18k gold”, while its QVGA screen is protected by hand-polished [...]
Vertu Constellation Pure phones have ceramic keypads
Vertu, Nokia’s luxury handset subsidiary, doesn’t seem to care about the economic downturn around the world and it keeps on launching uber-expensive mobile phones. Its latest collection is called Vertu Constellation Pure and it includes handsets in four color versions: Pure White, Pure Black, Pure Silver and Pure Chocolate. Only 2,500 units of each color [...]