World’s Most Expensive Cell Phones
Most
people enjoy having a quality cell phone, but 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.
Ulysse Nardin’s The Chairman – up to $49,500
The Chairman by Ulysse Nardin is the world’s most expensive Android smartphone, and
includes both a touch screen and a physical number pad. The Ulysse Nardin name
is most often associated with luxury watches and that fact shows in the
Chairman’s sophisticated design. The volume controls look like watch buttons
and the crown between them can actually be wound to generate power for the
device. In fact, the phone features a kinetic rotor power system visible
through the backplate.
Nokia 8800 Arte with pink
diamonds $134,000
Designed
by Peter Aloisson, this solid 18k white gold phone features over 680 pink and
white brilliant cut diamonds totaling over 21.5 carats. Some of the phone’s
features are a 3.15 MP camera with autofocus and video, a music player,
Bluetooth and voice memo.
Peter Aloisson’s iPhone Princess Plus
$176,400
$176,400
The
Princess Plus got its name from the Princess cut used on 138 of the 318
diamonds on its surface. The other 180 diamonds on the phone were
brilliant-cut. In total, the phone has 17.75 carats of diamonds set in 18k
white gold around its rim. The iPhone Princess Plus is worth $176,400 while the
somewhat more pedestrian “Brilliants only” version sold for $66,150.
Sony Ericsson Black
Diamond – $300,000
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. OLED
technology underneath the polycarbonate skin that covers the phones entire face
gives the 4 megapixel screen a borderless look. The mirror finish gives the
phone a sleek, futuristic look.
Vertu Signature Cobra
$310,000
$310,000
This
gaudy phone is so exclusive that only eight will ever be made. Designed by
French jeweler Boucheron, the Signature Cobra is made with two diamonds, two
emeralds and 439 rubies. For buyers who are only filthy rich, rather than
obscenely rich, twenty-six of the less flashy (read: no rubies) Signature
Python phones will be available for a mere $115,000. Both phones will feature
the real draw—they have frikkin’ snakes on them. Awesome.
Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot – $1 million
This ultra-exclusive phone, limited to only three units, truly
lives up to its name. Not only is it extraordinarily expensive, but its
Egypt-inspired design will look right at home in the hands of a Vegas
high-roller. The phone features 45.5 carats of black diamonds decorating the
bezel and a back panel made from 200-year-old African blackwood—the most expensive wood in the world. As if
that weren’t enough to ensure the Jackpot a place among the world’s most
expensive mobile phones, each key is cut from a hand-polished sapphire crystal.
All of these luxurious materials are set in a 180-gram solid gold frame.
The Diamond Crypto
Smartphone – $1.3 million
Created
by luxury accessory producer Peter Aloisson of Moscow-based JSC Ancort, this
luxury smartphone’s price stems from the platinum body, the cover adorned with
50 diamonds—including eight that are rare blue diamonds. Additionally, the
Ancort logo and the navigation key are made of 18k rose gold. 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.
GoldVish ‘Le Million’
Piece Unique
$1.3 million
$1.3 million
Guinness
World Records certified GoldVish SA’s ‘Le Million’ Piece Unique on January
29th, 2008. The Geneva-based luxury communications company’s expensive mobile
phone was designed by Emmanuel Gueit as an addition to the Illusion Collection.
The phone is made of 18k white gold and set with 20 carats of VVS1 (only
microscopically flawed) diamonds. The phone also features Bluetooth, 2 GB of
storage, FM radio, a digital camera and MP3 playback. This expensive cell phone
is available only by special order.
Peter Aloisson’s Kings Button iPhone
$2.4 million
$2.4 million
The
Kings Button iPhone is, surprisingly, a jewel-bedecked iPhone. This time,
however, Aloisson had the iPhone 3G to play with—and, apparently, a bit of a
bigger budget. One hundred and thirty-eight brilliant-cut diamonds line the
sides of the phone, but the real prize is the home button—a rare 6.6 carat
white diamond.
Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme – $3.2 million
Stuart
Hughes of Goldstriker International is known for giving luxury devices such as
phones and video game consoles the “Supreme” treatment—covering them with gold
and diamonds—and the iPhone is no exception. The iPhone 3GS Supreme features a
casing made from 271 grams of solid 22k gold and a screen trimmed with
fifty-three 1-carat diamonds. The home button is covered with a single rare
7.1-carat diamond. That’s not all, though—the iPhone 3GS Supreme comes in a
chest carved from a single block of granite and sports Kashmir gold and an
interior lining made with Nubuck top grain leather.
Stuart Hughes iPhone 4 Diamond Rose Edition – $8 million
If you
thought his iPhone 3GS Supreme was impressive, check out the latest iPhone from
Stuart Hughes–the iPhone 4 Diamond Rose Edition. Hughes has recreated the
infamous antenna band that wraps around the sides of the latest iPhone, as well
as the backplate, using rose gold. The band is adorned with 100 carats of
flawless diamonds, and the Apple logo is formed with fifty-three more diamonds.
Once again, the home button gets the most love–it’s made of platinum and
features a rare 7.4-carat pink diamond.
The
phone comes in an imperial pink 7-kilogram chest cut from a single block of
granite and lined with nubuck top-grain leather. It also comes with an 8-carat
flawless diamond that can be used in place of the pink one.
