Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Luxurious Cell Phones

(Above: Chanel "Coco" Phone - concept)
(Above: DIOR Phone - $5,500 - $26,000)
(Above: Vertu Phone - $7,900 - $30,000)
Most people consider Blackberry's and iPhones to be ultimate luxury phones, but that is certainly not the case. I found a few over-the-top glamorous phones via the internet.

Chanel Coco Phone (concept):
Designed by Fred de GARILHE. It works by "integrating an optical fiber that display image between two glass parts. There are 12 micro lighter fibers, that throw image components to the glass, that offer a quite good luminosity, and keep the mobile phone concept as light as possible. All lights only appear when you open the phone, by pushing removable part on the side of it." (newlaunches.com)
DIOR Phone ($26,000 for a full Swarovski-studded version):
Dubbed the "Lady Dior," the crocodile skin exterior is inlaid with 640 stones of 3251 carats of Swarovski crystals. The handset includes a 2.6-inch touch screen with QVGA resolution, 2.0-megapixel camera, ringtones. Users can pick up or make calls with a miniature phone the size of a USB key, and use the main phone for more complicated functions - ideal for women who don't want to rummage through their bags to find their phones. (mobiledia.com)

Nokia's Vertu Phone:
Made of solid gold, the $30,000 device is claimed to have taken 2,200 man-hours of workmanship to create. The keypad is made of sapphire and it comes with a walnut case made by Reuge. (boingboing.com)

Dolce & Gabbanna, Giorgio Armani, and Prada also have phones for around $950.

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