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Remember that $6,000 gold-plated iPhone from a few weeks back? If you thought that was outrageous, what would you say about a model that will set you back about $300,000? Yes, high-end line Vertu sells customizable phones that can fetch prices well into the six digits -- a price tag that Forbes to create a roundup of some of the world's most ludicrously expensive handsets.Prices range from the merely outrageous $5,000 Christian Dior multi-faceted phone all the way up to that aforementioned Vertu retailing for roughly the same price as two very nice Ferraris or Lamborghinis (or perhaps one of each). What does that level of extravagance get you? Scratch-proof crystal sapphire screens, for one thing, as well as wear-resistant ruby hinges and outsides swathed in the most exclusive of leathers -- surely all from nearly extinct critters.
According to Vertu, the goal is a phone that will last and look like new for at least 20 years, like a fine watch. However, the thought of someone using the same handset for 20 years seems even more outrageous than the price. [Source: Forbes, via Textually]
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Subscribe to commentswakoJun 8th 2008 4:23AM
That phone is made out of a combination of depleted uranium and platnium right? :P
I hope some rich bastard buys that phone. It would be hilarious to laugh at that guy because at that price of 300,000 USD, we can laugh at him because we spend less than 1% of what he spent and we have a phone 1000x better than his could ever be.