World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Phones
10. Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco: Price £500
Lamborghini has partnered with Nokia to
provide a mobile telephone for lovers of the Italian car maker. This
phone has the famous emblem engraved on the front and back of the phone.
It is a limited edition model and only 500 will be made. The phone also
comes with Lamborghini wallpapers, screen-savers and ring-tones.
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9. Bang & Olufsen Serene: Price £675
Another partnership between a luxury
brand and mobile phone manufacturer takes the form of Bang & Olufsen
and Samsung with the Serene which is on sale for £675. It has a sleek
design with an inbuilt motor to open and close the telephone. There are
some design issues however as you have to use a screwdriver to get to
the battery and SIM card which is inconvenient.
8. The Gresso: Price £1,000
It seems luxury telephones are becoming
more like fashion accessories than actual mobile phones. The Gresso is
made of gold and African Blackwood and will come in five models. This
particular phone has been designed by a well known Italian designer. The
Russian based company also has other models made of crocodile skin.
7. Mobiado Professional EM: Price £1,027
Another wood luxury mobile phone has
entered the market with titanium buttons and a host of functions
including a camera, FM radio and Bluetooth capability. Apparently they
are only making 200 of them which make them very rare.
6. Nokia 8800 Gold Edition: Price £1,500
Nokia has launched a 24 carat gold
version of its 8800 mobile phone. The gold edition phone comes with a
camera, radio and MP3 player as standard. As well as these features the
telephone also has a special edition box and charging dock.
5. Motorola V220 Special Edition: Price: £28,000
Motorola has also decided to release its
own ultra expensive mobile phone and commissioned well known jewelery
designer Peter Aloisson from Austria, who has also designed several
other phones. The phone itself has 1,200 diamonds and its buttons are
made of 18 carat gold.
4. Vertu Diamond: Price £50,000
Vertu is a British based company that
specialises in luxury mobile phones. The Vertu Diamond is one of its
handsets which is made of platinum and encrusted with diamonds. One of
the benefits of owning a Vertu telephone is the special concierge button
which allows the owner to use the concierge service 24 hours a day to
book fine dining and travel whenever they need. Only 200 have been made.
3. Sony Ericsson Black Diamond: Price £162,000
Only 5 of these mobile phones have been
made it is a Windows mobile with WIFI, camera and a SD memory card to
store photos and other media. Jaren Goh which is a design company based
in Singapore created the phone which is made from various materials
including diamonds, titanium and polycarbonate.
2. Vertu Signature: Price £167,000
Another Vertu mobile phone this time
designed by French jeweller Boucheron. This particular telephone has one
pear cut diamond along with two emerald eyes and 439 rubies. Only 8 are
being made and if you can not quite afford the £167,000 price tag there
is a cheaper version available without the rubies at just £62,000.
1. Goldvish: Price £540,000
The most expensive mobile phone in the
world is the Goldvish. It is a one off which has an incredible 120
carats worth of VVS-1 grade diamonds which are very high quality.
Emmanuel Gueit had the pleasure of designing this mobile phone who
usually designs watches for a living. The specifications of the phone
include a radio and 2GB memory for storing media. The phone has already
been bought by a Russian businessman for his wife.
Post written by Louise Goldstein
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