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 In the modern world, a cell phone is not a luxury item
but a means of communication and a gadget facilitating business dealings. However,
not everyone may agree with this statement. Though most people enjoy having a
quality cell phone, they also recognize that cellular phones are a consumable
good and will have to be replaced within in a few years. For this reason,
people often do not purchase the most expensive cell phone when they purchase
their mobile. Some, though, must have a costly mobile phone. The world's most
expensive cell phones were made to satisfy just that type of person. However, an
expensive cell phone can both an exclusive piece bejeweled with diamonds or a
cutting edge technology solution packed into an irresistible design, without
any superfluities.
While everyone else is plagued by the global
crisis,
the manufacturer of a new luxury phone is expecting to find a buyer for
its
iPhone 3G Kings Button, which is a jewel-bedecked iPhone, a brainchild
of the luxury
accessory producer Peter Aloisson of Moscow-based JSC Ancort. Aloisson
is known
for his creative approach to smartphone design. This time, however,
Aloisson
had the iPhone 3G to play with - and a bigger budget. One hundred and
thirty-eight brilliant-cut diamonds line the sides of the 18 carat
white,
yellow and pink gold phone, but the real prize is the home button - a
rare 6.6
carat white diamond. However, a mystery remains why the designer chose
the iPhone
for his creative efforts, but, hopefully, the features of this device
come up
to customers' expectations and one expects a lot from a phone worth
$2.41
million.
The previous most expensive cell phone cost one
million dollars less and went to the customer from Russia. For $1.3
million, he's
got Diamond Crypto Smartphone. This luxury smartphone's price stems from
the
platinum body, the cover adorned with 50 diamonds, including eight that
are
rare blue diamonds. Built on the Windows CE, this expensive cell also
features
a high-resolution color TFT display and a 256 bit cryptographic
algorithm. This
expensive mobile phone features SMS, MMS, E-mail and Internet
capability, WAP,
JAVA support and even a media player.
The third claimant for the title of World's Most
Expensive Cell phone is the "Le Million" from the Swiss manufacturer
Goldvish. The Geneva-based luxury communications company's expensive
mobile
phone was designed by Emmanuel Gueit as an addition to the Illusion
Collection.
The curved form of the phone's body is reminiscent of 1001 nights and
the
expensive materials remind prospective buyers that to attain one of the
prestigious phones, they would need to have at least one million euro
spare for
the pleasure. The phone is made of 18k white gold and set with 20 carats
of
VVS1 (only microscopically flawed) diamonds. The phone's technical
aspects
match its beauty. Besides a camera with 8 setting zoom, radio and
MP3-player,
the phone offers infrared Bluetooth and a high-speed data transfer via
EDGE
technology. A two-gigabyte memory card is included in the seven-figure
cost
price.
A new GoldVish Revolution phone comes with 369 000
Euros price tag and combines not only the visual beauty, the case of
white and
pink gold, diamonds weighing 29 carats, but smartphone features and the
excellence of a genuine Swiss watch. It would seem that this combination
is
absolutely unnecessary, because any modern cell phone displays the time,
but on
the other hand, a Swiss watch is more of a style and status marker than
anything else, and if combined with the phone ...
When speaking of the world's most expensive phones,
one
cannot leave out Vertu (the British division of Nokia, specializing in
luxury phones
design and production) and the Vertu Signature Diamond Collection,
limited
edition of 200 pieces, each worth $350 000. The golden case is decorated
with
diamonds. Unlike the Vertu phone, the Black Diamond from Sony Ericsson
worth $300
000 is not made of gold though limited to only 5 pieces.
The price of this phone comes from actual state of
the
art technology instead of a bunch of shiny rocks - but that doesn't mean
it
lacks visual appeal. The phone's interior is also well appointed: The
color
display, at 5 cm is more than big enough to display the photos from the
integrated 4 mega-pixel camera. Thanks to quadband technology the Black
Diamond
can be used in almost all corners of the globe. The VIPN cell phone
supports
Internet telephoning via W-LAN and its possible access Excel, Word and
PowerPoint. Entertainment features include a music and video player. The
mirror
finish gives the phone a sleek, futuristic look.
Mass produced luxury and remarkable phones are also
worth mention in this context, as they are much easier to purchase than
those limited
series gadgets. Diamond-bejeweled iPhone is not uncommon, and if you're
enthusiastic enough, you can find a phone with 527 diamonds for $14 000.
In
case of Blackberry, the cheapest bejeweled model will cost you as much
as $5 700,
while diamond-free Platinum Vertu Signature Platinum costs $70 000, and
its
specifications are already obsolete.
In general, the most expensive luxury cell phones
in
any case will be decorated with diamonds. Somehow, cell phone designers
are
reluctant to use other precious stones. However, regardless of the
sophistication and visual appeal, the phone still must perform on the
technical
level, which becomes more and more challenging every year. Its
specifications
outdated, the diamond-splattered luxury cell phone becomes merely a
plaything,
a piece of jewelry, ill-suited for communication, and one has to buy
another
phone.
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