The original BeoCom quickly became renowned for it’s superior sound quality and ease of use. Bang & Olufsen upped the ante with the release of their BeoCom 2. It’s everything you loved about the original handset, but with an aesthetical flourish: They come in cool colors. The units are created from a single piece of aluminum and are beautifully designed to match the shape of a human face. They cost about $800 and are available at the company’s website now.
Designer Alexander Amosu has had a long history of covering BlackBerrys with all manner of rare antiquities. This new project, however, may take the diamond-encrusted cake. He has formally announced the creation of the world’s most expensive diamond-encrusted BlackBerry. This magnificent beast, shown above, is crafted in solid 18 carat yellow gold and encrusted with 4,459 brilliant cut diamonds (weighing 28.43 carats). The handset is personalized with your name or company logo and comes with a 24-hour global concierge service. Amosu says only three will be made, so you had better get on it .The price tag? A paltry $200,366!
British luxury phone manufacturer Vertu has been on quite the roll this year. Well, they have one last ace up their sleeve for 2009: The Constellation Ayxta. This high-end phone has one obvious selling point, the inclusion of a full featured GPS system. This system has several Vertu-centric functions. The first is called “City brief” and, upon entering a new city, automatically directs the user to the best shopping and dining that city has to offer. There is also a function called “hot key” which basically acts as a 24-hour concierge service no matter where you are. Pretty astounding. The aesthetics are pleasing as well. The phone features stainless steel, ceramic and leather crafting. It’s currently selling for around $7,200. Hmm, I wonder where the best shopping is to be had in Zurich? Or Abu Dhabi?
Sony Ericsson has revealed the newest member of their Xperia line of high-end cell phones. The Xperia Pureness is being touted as a “fashion phone” and it’s easy to see why. The thing is sleek and beautiful. It features a transparant screen and a hidden keypad that reveals itself only when in use. A member of the Sony Ericsson PR team has this to say about the unit:
“The company’s designers aimed to sculpt an object of design that reflected the purity of water and a sense of calmness when not in use.”
The phone costs around $874 USD. Watch below for a video of the phone in action:
The world of racing and high-end phone technology collide with the new Grand Monaco LE. Russian company Gresso has patterened the phone after all things Formula 1. Formula 1, for the uninitiated, is like Nascar but with better music and slightly less product placement. The phones are adorned with genuine Italian leather and the case is made from titanium and a high-tech ceramic coating. The surface is scratchproof due to more titanium and a polished steel sheet. The phone features a hand-polished 42K sapphire crystal that acts as the frame for the display. The phone also includes a 2-megapixel camera, Wap/GPRS/Bluetooth/SMS/MMS/email/EDGE, and Java. It’s available now at showrooms for the reasonable, compared to other luxury phones, price of $1,800.
There once was a luxury brand named Christian Dior. This brand, never content to rest on it’s laurels, released a phone that made folks the world over coo and gasp with glee. However, the luxury brand soon grew bored. Another luxury phone was needed to sate the public. Actually scratch that. Make it two luxury phones. Well, Christian Dior has delivered.
Dior has readied it’s second generation of luxury phones, named Zelie and Zenaide. These phones are gold plated and encrusted with sapphire crystals. Don’t worry. It’s not just sapphire crystals. That’d be so gauche. Dior also throws some diamonds into the mix.
The only difference between the two is Zelie’s casing has a red hue and Zenaide’s is white. They are available now through special order only, ranging from $7,900 to $13,400.
They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, so this new Motorola high-end phone makes perfect sense. The Motorola Aura Diamond Edition is set to become the new “must have” luxury phone on the block. The unit is plated with 18 carat gold and includes 34 diamonds embedded along the circular display. To quote Paris Hilton, this thing is hot.
In addition to looking like something a famous jewel thief would swap, it also features the usual communication bells and whistles: quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, CrystalTalk technology, stereo Bluetooth, music and video playback support, a 2-megapixel camera and 2GB of internal memory. Oddly, it doesn’t feature 3G connectivity. Diamonds are forever, and this phone can be yours for $5,700.
Canadian high-end phone manufacturer Mobiado is readying their flagship phone, the 350 Pioneer. This luxury-phone is actually crafted from spacecraft aluminum and features a sapphire crystal inlay. The infrared window is made from a solid piece of ruby crystal, and the buttons are a combination of sapphire crystal and stainless steel. It also comes equipped with the usual bells and whistles: Multimedia capabilities, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2.36″ 16 million colors display, integrated GPS, and Bluetooth and micro USB connectivity. It can also make phone calls. They are only making 37 of these beasts, to signify the number of years the Pioneer has been in space. A pricepoint has yet to be established.
Also, in case you havn’t noticed, that is one gorgeous phone. Bring it home to mother level gorgeous
Finally a solution to the phone watch is here. And I am happy to report that its thorough. This cost effective set rings up at a scant $200. But good luck finding one. This tri-band GSM kit comes with a bluetooth headset, touchscreen watch, microSD, and camera. Impressed? Me too. Way to go Kempler & Strauss, the W PhoneWatch is the solutions we have expected plus more.
Vertu Ascent Ti Damascus Steel is the latest addition to the Ascent Ti collection. This phone is hand etched and made of forged steel made with a unique ancient method of metal hardening. This process is also used to make Samurai swords and Indian Wootz swords. This phone features a QVGA screen, s40 GUI, 3.2 MP camera w/flash, and 4 gigs of storage. Like other Nokia Vertu phones, these are limited in quantity.
