Goldstriker, the UK company known to clad mobile phones, amongst many other things, in obnoxious 24ct gold and other precious metals, has announced it is now offering a new iPhone edition, the Solar Star.

Both the front bezel of the handset and the Apple logo on the rear comes plated with 24ct gold. Rest of the casing, including the antenna cover, touts the Balloon White paint, which you might spot on a Lamborghini Gallardo. To top the features, this is a 16GB version and has been updated to firmware 1.1.4 and unlocked for worldwide GSM use.

“The $1,477 price tag is not for everyone. Some of us would rather save the money for a 3G iPhone, despite how beautiful this one looks.”

This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K gold plating, a Buddha on the back and intricate carvings and religious symbols all over. It also has custom Buddhist wallpapers and prayer ringtones that carry on with the theme.

Release date of the Nokia 8800 arte 24ct gold Firefox editon is 1st of May 2008. Beautifully struck with 24ct gold now has been uniquely enhanced with 40 individually set AAA grade ultra white synthetic diamonds.

Goldstriker’s director Katherine Hughes recently quoted ‘ I have been lucky over the last few years to be involved and witness so many different customisations of mobile phones but this handset seems to stand out from the rest. It is for sure the most sunning to date’.
Exclusive Limited Editon with only 500 to be made - Priced : £899.95

Available from www.goldstriker.co.uk

To the trailing list of fashion house branded cell phones, we have one more add on from Tag Heuer. Dubbed as Meridiist, it doesn’t come with the usual luxury frills like gold, platinum or diamonds. Not even Swarovski!

However its has used the crocodile to dress this baby. That too on its back. So the front of this cell phone looks practically mundane except for its metallic key pad. As for its functions, its packs the usual features like 1.9″ QVGA main screen, monochrome OLED on its outer rim, 2-megapixel camera and MP3/AAC/MPEG-4 playback. It cost $7,000.

Here is a budget alternative to Peter Aloisson designed iPhone Princess Plus. Available on Ebay for $10,000 you get solid white gold iphone skillfully enhanced by 5.65 carats of VS Brilliant Cut Diamonds. The approximately 6 carats of diamonds are pave set around the screen of the iPhone as well as the Apple Logo on the back.

Alcatel has introduced the OT-V770A Playboy branded handset. It will be made available in three variants pink which will be the cheapest in the line up followed by the much more expensive gold and platinum versions. Specs remain the same for all the variants which include 1.3 Megapixel camera. 10MB onboard memory and full screen video playback. The metallic rear panel is embossed with famous Playboy bunny logo. Pricing and availability is not known for now.