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 [...]
Nokia Royal comes with 1160 diamonds and 8 platinum screws
Those of you in need of a special Nokia Carbon Arte should be happy to find out that a so-called Nokia Royal will soon be launched. The Royal resembles the Carbon Arte, but brings more luxury to the table. It’s not covered in carbon, but in solid platinum fixed with 8 handmade platinum screws. On [...]
$2.41 million iPhone 3G Kings Button is the epitome of luxury
iPhone 3G Kings Button – this is the name of Peter Aloisson’s latest blinged iPhone that’s on sale for a whopping $2.41 million. Darn, it’s like the world has never heard of the term “financial crisis”, isn’t it? I’m not sure why this is called Kings Button and not King’s Button, but that’s not really [...]
Nokia 8800 Gold Arte surfaces, dressed in leather and (of course) gold
Nokia’s Arte series of luxury phones now has a new member: Nokia 8800 Gold Arte, a device that comes dressed in 18-carat gold and white leather. Apart from its color and the materials used in its creation, Nokia 8800 Gold Arte is similar to the other Arte phones (the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, for example). So what [...]
Gresso intros Avantgarde Skeleton Collection for the well-endowed
One look at the handsets from Gresso’s Avantgarde Collection and you won’t know that they’re actually Windows Mobile-powered mobile phones. Take this, for example. The Gresso Avantgarde Skeleton. From the outside, it looks as fine as any other luxury mobile phone that’s ever been produced. But you know it’s just the same old story underneath. [...]
Vertu / NTT DoCoMo MVNO officially launches as Vertu Club
That Nokia & NTT DoCoMo virtual mobile network operator that was announced several weeks ago will actually be established between the Japanese carrier and Vertu, Nokia’s luxury handset division. The new MVNO’s official name will be Vertu Club. A perfect moniker for an operator that plans to sell exclusivist handsets like the recently-appeared Vertu Boucheron 150, [...]
Vertu Boucheron 150 – beautiful or just crippled?
Luxury mobile phones have always had controversial designs, and this is also the case with Vertu’s latest masterpiece: the Vertu Boucheron 150. Created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Boucheron French jewelry house, the handset does look like a Vertu, but a crippled and weird one. And if it’s beautiful or not, it’s up [...]
Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold: a mechanical watch mobile phone
Canada’s Mobiado has just announced another luxury mobile phone, called Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold and presented as “the expression of mechanical perfection, mastering of aesthetic details, and the integrity of consistent craftsmanship.” Keeping the Mobiado tradition, the 105GMT Gold is made from large pieces of sapphire crystal, Ebony wood and a CNC machined frame that’s [...]
Samsung to stroke your ego with luxury Samsung Ego GT-S9402
Samsung’s earlier forays into a luxury cellphone market in partnership with Bang & Olufsen weren’t too successful. It’s unusual design did not help Samsung B&O Serena find many willing customers, and earlier this year B&O announced that it is leaving the handset business altogether. So for the next try on luxury market Samsung has decided [...]
Motorola: Don’t expect Aura to be available on eBay, ever
What kind of mobile phone company wants to mess with your rights and dictate what you can and can’t do with your phone after you’ve bought it? I don’t know, but Motorola sure looks like one. Recently, Motorola announced the Aura, a $2,000 luxury handset with a unique design. In all, there isn’t really anything [...]
Motorola announces crazy-designed AURA luxury phone with circular display
Motorola AURA: a name predestined for a fashionable handset, isn’t it? Well, such a handset exists, and Motorola has officially unveiled it today. What first gets your attention when seeing the Motorola AURA is its circular display and its stainless steel front pattern inspired by luxury watches. The display is a 1.55-inch one with 16 [...]
Mobiado intros Professional 105 EM Special Edition and 105 EM CLB luxury phones
As if there weren’t enough Mobiado luxury phones already, the Canadian manufacturer has announced today the release of four new handsets: Professional 105 EM White, Professional 105 EM Red, Professional 105 EM CLB Black and Professional 105 EM CLB Silver. The first two phones are part of the Professional 105 EM Special Edition series and [...]
INCRUDO Phantom luxury handset, more like a dinosaur than a phantom
Following the footsteps of Mobiado’s luxury handsets, a new INCRUDO Phantom phone has recently showed up, presenting itself as the most durable mobile phone in the world. To make us take these words seriously, the Russian manufacturer INCRUDO has armored the Phantom with a 2-3 mm coating made from titanium alloy. The coating turned the [...]
Sagem/ Porsche 9522 candybar coming soon
Somehow, after a flood of luxury car branded mobile phone announcements a while ago, there was nothing interesting to report on this front for several months now. Well, except of Asus canceling it’s own top end Lamborghini ZX1 phone, but that ain’t the good news we were looking for. Well today we have some good [...]
Nokia’s Vertu to set up shop and market high-end models in Japan
Nokia-owned Vertu, known for handsets so expensive you are likely to live through your whole life without ever seeing even one person using one, is going to set up shop in Tokyo’s Ginza district in December. This will be the brand’s first store in Japan, while it works on opening even more stores elsewhere in [...]
Nokia N85 gets official in private online meeting, no mention of the N79 or Tube
Earlier this week, we reported about a private online meeting that Nokia is going to use as a venue to announce two devices they will officially launch next week. Well, the event is finally over, and what exactly was announced? The Nokia N85 and the 8800 Carbon Arte. OK, so we didn’t quite get what [...]
Mobiado comes out with Luminoso Lucido for 200 rich geeks
Looking for yet another way to show people just how rich you are? Keeping the price tag on every expensive item that you buy won’t help, but the newly announced Mobiado Lucido would. The Mobiado Lucido takes cues from the oh-so-exclusive Mobiado Luminoso, and is fashioned-just like every other Mobiado phone we’ve seen so far-with [...]
Ralph Lauren launches mobile web site for tech-savvy patrons, geeks without briefs
Who would’ve known? The tech bug is so big, it’s gotten out of its own industry and infected others, such as that of fashion. Becoming the world’s first luxury retailer to launch its own mobile commerce web site, Polo by Ralph Lauren is riding a wave that’s going to last for quite a while more, [...]
Christian Dior’s Dior Mini walks the FCC runway
If you think you could use a lesson in spending your money wisely, have a look at the recently FCC-approved Dior Mini clamshell phone from Christian Dior. It has all the inner workings of a mid-to-low-end cellphone, doesn’t have an elegant-enough design, and yet the manufacturer looks ready to charge at least a couple thousand [...]