Archive for the ‘Designer Phones’ Category

Nokia's remarkable 888 concept is ultrathin, lightweight, and very flexible. Powered by liquid battery, the 888 offers a touchscreen display. Full story

The Telson TWC 1150 is the world's first camera phone watch. It's compatible with a RUIM card, which can be used in GSM phones for international roaming. The TWC 1150 also features a 256 color LCD display, plug-in Camera, infared wireless earpiece, speakerphone, stopwatch, and planner. Full story

Nokia presents the SURV1 concept, a rugged cell phone that features a scratch-resistant display, shockproof case, GPS, MP3 player, and a flashlight Full story

Designer: Philips Model: Readius Price: Not available Availability: Not available This cell phone display from Philips uses electronic ink and can be viewed in broad daylight. Still in prototype stage, this device is ideal for watching movies on your mobile. When it's not in use, it can be rolled around your phone for added convenience. Full story

Designer: Lunar Design, for Pantech Model: Pivot Price: Not available Availability: Not available This handset features a swiveling screen that can be set up like an easel for easy typing, say, with a keyboard attachment. If it ever gets out of the design stage, the device is sure to be a hit with mobile TV and video-conferencing junkies. Full story

Designer: GoldVish Model: Piece Unique Price: $1.26 million Availability: U.S. Emmanuel Gueit, whose credits include items for jeweler Harry Winston, designed this mobile phone made of solid gold and featuring 120 carats of diamonds. Pushing on one of the precious stones unlocks a secret compartment that can be used for carrying medicine or jewels. Full story

Beleaguered cellphone maker Motorola has launched a hand-sculpted mobile phone 'Aura' costing Rs 1,11,000. The phone is Motorola's latest high-tier mobile device targeted at the trend-setters. Aura features hand-sculpted richness, stainless steel housing and will also be available in sundry textures and patterns. Motorola claims ‘Aura’ is the world's first mobile phone with 16 million colour and 300 ... Full story

The phone bears a Hugo Boss logo at the front and also features Hugo Boss themes, and a set of special ring tones. Also called Samsung Tocco, it sports a 2.8-inch touchscreen QVGA display, and has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, audio and video player, FM radio and Bluetooth. The phone is a ... Full story

Nokia's luxury arm, Vertu, recently launched its new Signature collection in India to celebrate its tenth anniversary this year. tr3bc2kajq Known for high-end, hand crafted mobile phones, the new collection comes in three variants -- stainless steel, hallmarked white gold and yellow gold. The phones sport a patented keypad which contains 4.75 carats of solid ruby bearings. The ... Full story

Feel iPhone's become `common'? Here's the designer version, and with the price tag it comes at, bet it can't be common. Claimed to be the most expensive phone in the world, this 3G iPhone has been designed by Austrian jeweler Peter Aloisson using solid 18-carat gold and 6.6 carat diamond. This latest model dethrones Goldvish Le million ... Full story