Ludicrously expensive Tiffany mobile phone for the super-rich

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February 4, 2008

softbank-tiffany Mobile phones come in many shapes and forms. There’s your basic, bog-standard phone, your mid-range, does-more-than-you-think phone, the high-end, does-everything phone, there’s the over-the-top ostentation of the Vertu range…

And then, there’s this, a joint project between Japan’s Softbank mobile, and U.S. jewellers, Tiffany. Now, with most phones, there’s one thing that stands out. With the Sony Ericsson K850i, it was the camera. With the Nokia N95, it was the built-in GPS. Well, with the Tiffany phone, it’s the price.

$94,000.

Say that again, out loud…

Ninety-four THOUSAND dollars! I mean that’s just… it’s… ninety-four thousand dollars! Who on earth would ever want to pay that much for a phone that, I’m willing to bet, has about the same processing power as a Nokia 3310…?

I’ll tell you who. People with more money than sense! If given the choice between 400 diamonds on my phone, or a phone that, you know, actually works, I know what I’d choose.

$94,000… Unbelievable…

What do you think? Like it, and wish you could afford it? Hate it? Or can you genuinely afford it? Leave us a comment and have your say!