To Ruby or Not to Ruby
It seems that Vertu (a subsidiary of Nokia) found a way to steal my latest get rich quick scheme.
The idea is simple enough, to make a cell phone that is the digital clone of either Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. Check out the Vertu Signature Cobra, priced at $310,000, it is actually a regular girl, I mean, phone with an exquisite set of jewels lining its case. The cobra is itself made up of 439 rubies, with two emerald eyes, a pear-cut diamond (for the tongue), and one round white diamond at its base. Pricing depends either on the personality of the phone, or the $12 pink paint job (I’ll leave that up to you to decide).
But in all seriousness, the phone is really more of a well put together piece of art than a communications device. As far as functionality goes, you would be better off buying a phone with a color LCD screen with similar functionality to the iPhone or HTC Diamond. And if you must spend a quarter of a million dollars on your phone, there are certainly better phones on the market for the desired price range.
Vertu has a limit of of only 8 slated for commercial purchase. Trust fund babies waiting on their allowances need not worry, though, you can always spring for the cheaper, ruby-free Cobra for a mere $115,000.
But c’mon, you know you want the rubies.
Blog Contributor: S. H. K.
Mr. Bling -- Love the post, love the phone. I have it on good authority that the operations team at our parent site crazytoe.com have getting a Vertu phone listed on the site in the works!! Stay tuned!
Hi, got here from Urban Pink. Did you see these phones? You're right: they are absolutely works of art.
What a fun site. Nice to get away from politics for a second. Thanks, I needed that.