French luxury-goods company Christian Dior have eventually unveiled its line of mobile phones, that we introduced to you two weeks ago, extending beyond its traditional fashion business to boost sales.
It took around three years to design the mobile clamshell and now “My Dior” is available in two editions
The first model is available for around $5,000 usd and the second one comes festooned with 640 stones of 3251 carats of Swarovski crystals, all imprinted on the case made of crocodile skin, hence justifying its price tag of $26,000.
French luxury-goods company Christian Dior Wednesday will unveil a line of mobile phones, extending beyond its traditional fashion business to boost sales.
The new Dior phone, priced from €3,500 ($5,000) and up, comes after competitors such as Prada SpA and Dolce & Gabbana have turned their fashion-branded mobile phones into significant businesses.
The phones will be made by a small French manufacturer, ModeLabs Group.
Dior Chief Executive Sidney Toledano says the idea of creating a Dior phone was driven by demand in new luxury markets such as China and Russia. “In the same way that we have developed our watch and jewelry lines, we want to increase sales with the phone,”.
Mobiado’s luxury phone lineup gets a great new addition. Claimed to be the thinnest luxury phone in the world, the 105 ZAF measures luxury phonea mere 10.6mm thin. The entire front and back of the phone has been fabricated from large pieces of sapphire crystal, providing a modern minimalist look with a wear resistance second only to diamond.
The Professional 105 ZAF 3G luxury phone utilizes a unique and hidden sliding battery cover mechanism with the battery cover being made entirely from one piece of sapphire crystal.
The phone frame is crafted from aircraft aluminum to create a strong yet light body, polished, and then anodized to produce a ceramic surface for the toughest of uses.
The keys and bolts are elegantly placed with stainless steel polish. The revolutionary Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF can be picked from variety of six shades viz. black, blue, grey, red, black satin and silver. It features 2″ display with up to 16 million colors, 2 megapixel camera, 1GB of internal memory, Bluetooth connectivity, microUSB port, and music and video player that supports AAC, eAAC+, and MP3 audio formats.
Pricing hasn’t been disclosed for now, but this sleek luxury phone won’t come cheap.
This $276,360 cell phone called ‘Angel of the Stars,’ encrusted with 1,700 natural diamonds and white gold is featured at the Luxurious Millionaire Fair in Munich
The exclusive luxury fair in Germany is expected to feature the best of the breed starting from cars, yachts, fashion, interior design, travel and food. Targeting the filthy-rich class, you can experience the latest in lifestyle displayed at more than 3000 meters of exhibition space. This four-day long event scheduled from 15-18 May would establish itself as a global platform for luxury in association with the Internet portal and premium magazine “JETSETMARKET.”
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
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.
