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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Disposable Income...

I was reading in CNN about a High End cell phone. This is not your usual $600 or even $1000.00 uber phone.. we are talking a phone for the rich and famous (or infamous).
The phone made by Nokia subsidiary Vertu is going for $84,000.

From the CNN report -
Cased in precious metals such as platinum and gold and boasting features such as a sapphire crystal screen and jeweled bearings under each key, Vertu phones, the company says, are handmade to "set the standard for exquisitely crafted, high quality, luxury mobile communication."

Verto also sells a slightly less expensive model, sans the jewels, for $31,850.00. This model, the Signature Standard Platinum is described by one high end retailer as, "With its deep cool lustre and distinctive weight, platinum exudes substance and style. Rarity and beauty matched by strength; there is simply no substitute for the ultimate in precious metals. "

With it being GSM and a 1000 number phone book, I guess its a steal if you have the money. Not to sound mean, I actuall think this is quite funny, the Vertu line starts at $4900.00. But, accroeding to CNN, the Vertu line isnt that impressive as a phone, But despite its obvious glamour, Vertu has done little to impress phone experts. "They are basically nothing more than a bit of bling," Dan Maudsley, a journalist for Britain's What Mobile magazine told CNN.

There is a Vienna-based craftsman who plans on creating the first One Million Dollar cell phone. "It will feature solid gold parts with an exterior covered with 2,590 natural blue diamonds, some of the rarest jewels on Earth," he said.

Good luck on that one... Lord knows I wont be spending money on it... $500.00 is bad enough, and FREE is better.

posted by Glenn H at 11/08/2005 02:08:00 PM

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