For the idiot who has everything comes the latest in unbridled extravagance: fashion house Christian Dior is set this month to launch of line of luxury cellphones costing a ridiculous amount of money. The phone will come in two versions, a “basic” one for $5,000, and a “Lady Dior” one for $26,000. The latter’s pricetag is justified by 640 stones and 3,251 carats of Swarovski crystals embedded in a crocodile skin sheath. Both models will feature touchscreens, integrated media player, bluetooth, blah blah blah, but they do have one actual innovation. The phone comes with a “My Dior,” a USB key-sized version of the main cellphone that communicates with the mothership cellphone via Bluetooth and clips to the outside of a bag. Christian Dior says this way you don’t have to go digging through your purse to find your phone. We think it would also come in handy if you don’t have time to set up a full security perimeter every time you want to make a call.
Another rendering of the life you will never lead.
Vitals:
- 640 stones of 3251 carats of Swarovski crystals
- 2.6-inch touch screen with QVGA resolution
- 2-megapixel camera
- ringtones (possibly with Dior’s voice himself)
- USB-sized miniature “My Dior” auxiliary cellphone
New Dior Phone Targets China, Russia [WSJ]
“My Dior” Mobile Phone [Luxist]
Swarovski Dior Phone Inlaid with 640 Crystals, Costs $26,000 [Mobiledia]
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Why does buying expensive things if you can afford them make you an “idiot?”
I bet the new iphone is way better.
Get jobs instead of posting on the consumerist in the middle of the day and you could afford phones that cost as much as I presume most of you bring home in a year.
What a bunch of whiners.
As my sainted mother used to say: More money than brains.
@Trai_Dep: “And, wanna bet that more Republicans than Dems buy these?”
What the hell are you talking about?
@The Count of Monte Fisto: Because I said so, that’s why! Any other questions jr.??
Looks ugly!
@Trai_Dep: Sorry to disappoint you, but all of your Hollywood elites are liberal crackpots. Republicans spend their money on prostitutes. For once, both parties can buy a product with the same name!
All these comments and no one makes a GTAIV joke?
I am so buying one of these and putting a VIP luxury ringtone on it. And then being profiled on I’m Rich.
Swarovski crystals – Got a mundane product you want to make into THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD, just glue a bunch of these to it. It’s much cheaper than actually engineering the shit out of the product to make it THE BEST IN THE WORLD as well.
Its like buying a expensive phone to show the world how stupid you are. Priceless!
Its like buying one of these to show the world how stupid you are. Priceless!