LG have released the second iteration of their Prada phone named the Prada II. The Prada II phone is based on the first Prada phone but features numerous improvements.

It boasts of 7.2Mbps HSDPA 850 / 2100, WiFi, TV-out, FM radio, and a 5-megapixel camera. The side-slider also hosts a full QWERTY keyboard. LG Prada II also has an FM radio and TV output, together with a full HTML browser. It uses a capacitive touchscreen, similar to that of the iPhone, but without multitouch functionality.

The new Prada mobile will be available with a starting price at major mobile dealerships (as well as Prada Stores) in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands in the end of October or beginning of November. Price: €600 (over $800).

There seems to be a lack of enthusiasm from both bloggers and commenters on this one which I’m not sure if I attribute to the high price of the phone or the design.

iPhone has been a target of haute couture brands where they grab and slap it with precious stones in order to elevate its exclusivity factor. The honor of the most expensive iPhone is bagged by Amosu Ultimo Diamond but the iPhone used isn’t a 3G version. Even so, we do have a few blinged 3G iPhones like Gold & Diamond from Goldstriker, Diamond studded Olympic iPhone and Diamond-Studded iPhone 3G by Knalihs Athem.

The latter being the most expensive jeweled 3G version till date. Today we have one more company that is aiming to revive the union of gemstones with hyped 3G iPhone. Continental Mobiles, well known for its range of luxurious cell phones, has pimped the 3G 16GB white luxury iPhone with Pigeon Blood Red rubies and white diamonds. It is exclusively and intricately handcrafted. This piece of art comes from England and retails for £3099 (about $5,550).

As we saw a couple months ago, to celebrate Boucheron’s 150th anniversary, the jeweler is partnering with other companies to create some amazing pieces.

About 2 years ago Boucheron collaborated with Vertu to make an incredibly expensive phone that dripped with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.

At the time only two versions of the phone were being made one styled after a Cobra and the other a Python. Boucheron obviously loved the collaboration pretty much.

Here we go again! Swiss luxury designer and jeweler Knalihs Athem’s newest creation is a diamond encrusted Apple Iphone 3G.

We had already the De Vere Olympic iPhone 3G caked with 88 diamonds and Goldstriker’s Gold & Diamond 3G iPhone versions, but, according to the press release, that should be the world’s first REAL diamond encrusted Iphone 3G. “Although some claim to have created a diamond encrusted iphone 3G, they are just photos of the old iphone redone in Photoshop”

This exclusive limited edition phone is encrusted with more that 475 finest quality brilliant cut diamonds that weigh 3.75 carats in total. Only 50 such handsets will be created worldwide. Each handset is accompanied by appropriate and official diamond grading report from a gemological lab.

The first 10 diamond encrusted Apple Iphone 3G by Knalihs Athem will be sold for ONLY US$10,000 post which the price will be revised sharply upwards. (Thanks Sam)

Nokia just announced a new addition to the Arte series, the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte.

Until now, there was the original variant in black metal and the Sapphire Arte with a gem in the D-pad and genuine leather on the front and back.

The Carbon Arte, as its name implies, has panels of carbon fiber in its front and rear faces, along with titanium, stainless steel, and polished glass.

Internally, the new Carbon Arte is identical to the previous two models, and the only improvement is that the integrated memory is now 4GB instead of 1GB.

The new model will be available before the end of the quarter at a price of about EUR1100 ($1600). It remains a Europe-bound tri-band GSM, which means it won’t be fully usable in the States.

Combining sapphire crystal, stainless steel, and aircraft aluminum the Mobiado Lucido limited edition takes inspiration from Mobiado Luminoso.

It will be unlocked and will work fine with any GSM operato but also across continents as it has triband GSM and WCDMA 2100 network coverage.

The Mobiado Lucido also supports MP3, MP4, eAAC+ and AAC multimedia file formats, which you can play on its built-in music player. It comes with A 2 megapixel camera and 2GB of memory.

Only 200 pieces of it will be produced. Price and availability has not yet been disclosed but as usual, that won’t come cheap!