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Daily Tech: The Giorgio Armani Phone Is Back. . . and Better Than Ever
- The new Armani smartphone, which was built by Samsung, comes with Windows 6.5 OS and includes a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard — Engadget
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COACH Goes Mobile For the Holidays
Normally when I mention fashion designers releasing trendy new cell phones they usually include two things: a hefty price tag and Swarovski crystals. Well here's a little holiday treat for you — even if it is only coming to Japan — the limited edition branded Christmas edition cell phone from COACH. COACH, who isn't a complete stranger to the tech world, is teaming up with the Japanese cell phone company KDDI to offer this COACH handset, which will cost $200 for the cover and designer accessories (on top of the handset price).
The New Prada Handset: Love It or Leave It?
The new and improved Prada phone by LG was recently unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Unlike the previous Prada handset, this new model is entirely silver, with a silver-user interface, earphones, and packaging to match. It also includes a slick, new qwerty keyboard on its touchscreen.
Luxurious Geek: $25,000 Ferrari Phone By Vertu
Vertu has long been one of the top names in luxury cell phones, but their most recent design may win the race against the competitors. The Vertu Ferrari phone, which is being sold by Nokia stores in London, Paris and Hong Kong, was designed in collaboration with Ferrari and costs a whopping $25,400. The release of the phone, which features a shift gate on its posterior, coincides with Ferrari's 60th anniversary.
Closer Look: Samsung's Armani Phone
I know. I know. I'm a tease.
Armani Phone Is Real And Looks Just Like We Predicted
A few months ago we turned you on to the fact that the Korea Herald claimed Samsung was teaming up with Armani to make a designer phone. The idea of a phone that could potentially join the Prada and Gucci phones on the chic meter got us so excited we even predicted what the phone might look like. When photos of the Armani device popped up online yesterday, we felt we had to gloat a little because our original mock up was pretty spot on.
Luxurious Geek: Bang & Olufsen Serene Mobile
The other night I was at a birthday dinner with my family and one of our friends whipped out her new Bang & Olufsen Serene Mobile. First and foremost, it's breathtaking. It's one of those phones that has its share of the usual features (SMS, MMS from the built-in camera, and email), but looks more like a piece of art.
Gold LG Prada Phone, That's Right Gold Baby
The Prada phone by LG is one of the most desired designer phones of 2007, touting a sleek black casing, touchscreen, pre-loaded content, mobile phone accessories and an exclusive leather case for about $780 (yes, that's more than the iPhone). Apparently, all the glam wasn't enough for the people over at Amosu, who have dipped the Prada Phone in 24-karat gold. The phone is listed for £499 or about $989.70.
Armani Phone? Will Samsung Make Designer Phone?
The Prada and Gucci phones are sooo last season. According to the Korea Herald, Samsung Electronics is teaming up with Italian clothing designer Armani to produce an "Armani phone." An online publication claims a Samsung spokesperson leaked the news, but confirmed nothing is written in stone yet.
Which Do You Prefer: iPhone or Prada Phone?
For all the iPhone hype the device may be falling behind the too-hot-to-trot Prada phone. Word is, the Prada phone by LG has sold over 300,000 units since its launch in March, while earlier this week AT&T announced it has only activated 146,000 iPhones. (Apple released its third quarter results yesterday, but that quarter ended three days after the iPhone release so there are no telling figures).
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