So, your friend has a new iPhone, the most stylish phone of the market? Or maybe you colleague is boring you with his new Nokia Lumia with its distractive coloring and cutting edge looks?
Here are three phones that you may want to consider that will put your friends, colleagues and probably everyone in your town’s phone into the shadows, Beware, though, reading on may cause you to become light of wallet very quickly.
Gresso Regal Titanium:
Designed to be the most durable phone on the market, the Regal Titanium boasts its ability to resist dents, twits and being crushed whilst remaining on and working. The phones case is made from a single piece of titanium – each phone takes hours to polish before being allowed to be released and, perhaps most importantly, it is limited to 333 units. The titanium gives the phone a warm feel, thanks to the metals inherent low thermal conductivity.
The phone looks sexy – but under the hood, your iPhone actually smashes it out of the park. For the Gresso Regal Titanium is a phone – not an all singing smartphone. Internet is limited to EDGE speeds, the built in camera is 2 mega pixels and, whilst there is an FM stereo radio, there is no MP3 functionality.
If you are looking for a stylish, but limited handset, the Regal Titanium will set you back around £3,000.
Vertu Signature:
A subsidiary of Nokia – Vertu have been offering stylish phones for years, with custom designed models tied in to big-label brands. The Vertu Ferrari, for example, features a housing that was made from the same leather that could be found within a Ferrari Enzo.
Vertu are all about the materials they use in building the phone – and the Signature range. There are a number of options, including the 18ct yellow gold edition, inlaid with a 0.33carat princess cut white diamond which in is set in the 18ct white gold select key. Each time you call up the menu screen, you’re pressing on diamonds and white gold.
Functionality is as limited as the Regal Titanium – though Vertu does include Bluetooth functionality for hands-free calling….
Found in stores such as Selfridge’s and Harrod’s, Vertu are aiming to attract those with more than spare change in their pockets – unless you count £28,000 as spare change – the cost of the platinum edition.
Ulysse Nardin Chairman Diamond Edition:
Finally, we introduce the telephone world’s ultimate King of Bling – the Ulysse Nardin Chairman Diamond Edition.
Ulysse Nardin is famous for their watches – and they have developed this phone to incorporate a lot of the functionality found on one of their watches. The battery, for example, can be charged using its mechanical rotor. Visible through the crystal cover on the rear of the phone, movement creates kinetic energy – if this isn’t sufficient, the phone also features a hand-wound rotor for manual charging.
And the bling? 3,100 cut, hand-set diamonds set within the case. These diamonds surround the sapphire keys to produce a phone that stands out a million miles.
And… The phone has 3G functionalty, a touch screen and can help manage your emails.
The price? £90,000, but be quick, they’re only making 100.
