$300,000 phone!!!!

[Hammerhead]

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This spring, an industrial designer named Jaren Goh unveiled a concept design for a truly bleeding-edge, luxury smartphone. Because this device would so expensive, no one really expected him to find any customers. Surprisingly, though, a European company has put in an order for five of them.

These will go on sale early next year for $300,000 U.S.

 

[Ika]

Good, so there ARE diamonds.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

how is that worth 300k?

 

[j00fek]

worthless

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
how is that worth 300k?

See your sig.

 

[loup garou]

Damn, that thing looks sweet. Why don't they take the freaking diamonds off the thing and sell it at a reasonable price? I bet they would sell more than the $1.5 million worth they are going to sell now...

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: j00fek
worthless

:thumbsup:

 

[LordMorpheus]

Looks cool. If it was in the lineup of free phones when I signed onto a plan I might choose it.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
Looks cool. If it was in the lineups of free phones when I signed onto a plan I might choose it.

Just wait a year or two, Verizon will have it for $49.99 AR

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
Looks cool. If it was in the lineups of free phones when I signed onto a plan I might choose it.

Just wait a year or two, Verizon will have it for $49.99 AR

Or even Free with a 2 year commitment

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
how is that worth 300k?

...diamonds... adds part of the value.

 

[Thraxen]

How is it "bleeding edge"? Seems like a rather mundane cell phone with diamonds embedded in the case.

 

[feelingshorter]

very cool looking phone...

I would like to see a phone with bleeding edge technology and let it cost as much as it cost to produce it without all the fancy diamonds that just inflate the price. I wonder how good the camera is.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
Looks cool. If it was in the lineups of free phones when I signed onto a plan I might choose it.

Just wait a year or two, Verizon will have it for $49.99 AR

"Free with a two millenium agreement."

 

[OSX]

With a cancellation fee of 300,000$.

 

[chuckywang]

Vertu = pwned

 

[skace]

"The Black Diamond, as it is called, will include features found in no off-the-shelf model, like a mirror-finished polycarbonate casing studded with diamonds."

Wow glad they consider the mirror finish a "feature"

 

[bigrash]

anyone have any coupon for it? I didn't see anything in Hot Deals.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: bigrash
anyone have any coupon for it? I didn't see anything in Hot Deals.

Paging RossMAN... paging RossMAN...

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: skace
"The Black Diamond, as it is called, will include features found in no off-the-shelf model, like a mirror-finished polycarbonate casing studded with diamonds."

Wow glad they consider the mirror finish a "feature"

So it's shiny? Wow, that's like taking a Honda, wrapping it in Diamonds, polishing the crap out of it and selling it for $600,000.

 

[ModeEngage]

I'll take the cubic zirconia model, please.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Damn, that thing looks sweet. Why don't they take the freaking diamonds off the thing and sell it at a reasonable price? I bet they would sell more than the $1.5 million worth they are going to sell now...

Guess the designer got that a lot.

$1500 is still too steep, though!

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: loup garou
Damn, that thing looks sweet. Why don't they take the freaking diamonds off the thing and sell it at a reasonable price? I bet they would sell more than the $1.5 million worth they are going to sell now...

Guess the designer got that a lot.

$1500 is still too steep, though!

that is nice!

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: spherrod

Originally posted by: j00fek
worthless

:thumbsup:

QFT.

300K?

Give me a break.