Wednesday, March 31, 2010

$3.2 Million Solid Gold iPhone


Now, I'm not usually a huge fan of gold, but this $3.2 million gold plated iPhone is a work of art! I cannot believe the rare 7.1 cts diamond home button on this baby! I would be afraid to touch it! Who is going to buy this? You can drop it off at my house any day! WOWZA! This is insane--that's all I have to say!!!!

Gold plated iPhone article is courtesy of cellular-news:


The $3.2 Million Solid Gold iPhone


This gold cased iPhone was designed by UK based jeweler, Stuart Hughes and was 10 months in the making, the whole casing was created with 271 grams of 22ct solid gold.
The front bezel houses 136 flawless diamonds colour F ,which total to a massive 68 cts . The rear logo in solid gold has 53 flawless diamonds amounting to 1ct and the front navigation button is home to a single cut very rare diamond at 7.1 cts.
The extraordinary handset was commissioned by an anonymous Australian businessman from the Gold mining industry.
If that wasn't enough, the chest which houses this unique handset is made from a single block of Granite, in Kashmir gold with the inner lined with Nubuck top grain leather , which weight is a massive 7kg.
All told, it cost £1.92 million (US$3.2 million).
Check out the storage case:

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