World's most expensive phone also world's tackiest

[the_jimmy_james]

Crossposted from WTF News Organization

Okay, so we should've seen it coming. Try to sell a telephone to the "Luxury" crowd and it's tastelessly bad, right?

RIGHT.

Ulysse Nardin, makers of fine timepieces decided to make fools of themselves by coming out with what looks like a run-of-the-mill cell phone with gold bits on it. Add to that the ugliest phone home screen ever (At this price point, you likely can't change it since you're paying for the luxury of a fake watchface), a silly little watch-winding thing on the side, and some clockwork showing through on the back.

I guess that by leaving the clockwork out, it wouldn't cost enough?

Anyway, it's bad. It seriously looks like something that Roger Moore would have had back in the 1970s, had the concept of tiny phones with full-color screens existed.

Oh shush.

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From Engadget

 

[PurpleStyle]

I'm still waiting for my $7,000 brick-shaped, golden iphone.. 🙁

 

[Duke Diablo]

Money can't buy everything... it seems taste is included.

 

[tallbuckeye]

well at least they got the anchor logo at the top of the phone right... since the phone itself looks like kind of a boat anchor.

OTOH, my personal (non-work) phone is 6 years old, still works, and I probably won't replace it until it dies. Let others spend on that stuff.

 

[kopfhorer1]

Oh, wow! All that gold trim! It's soooooo claaaaaassssssyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!I want one! Oh, I can afford it! All I'll have to do is cash in all my AIG stock! 😀

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

definitely unique