Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte gets a diamond makeover

Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:33PM EDT

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The Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte is an already luxurious handset designed for style-conscious consumers, but Swiss designer and jeweler Knalihs Athem is taking luxury to a whole new level by making the Sapphire Arte a one-of-a-kind limited edition handset. By adding 1,000 brilliant-cut diamonds all around the handset's face, which already contains a genuine sapphire gem stone as a navigation key, Athem is turning an ordinary handset into an expensive piece of art.

The phone itself isn't too shabby either. It includes a 2.0-inch QVGA OLED display, a 3.2-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, 1GB of built-in memory, and anti-fingerprint coating. This sophisticated handset has a few neat features like an ambient light sensor that adjusts the screen brightness according to its surrounding and a "turn-to-mute" feature that quiets the ringer simply by turning the phone face down.

A total of 20 diamond-encrusted Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte slider handsets will be shipped worldwide, accompanied by a diamond grading report, according to Slashphone. The exclusive beauty is not for everyone though, as it comes with a $20,000 price tag that includes a personalization option.

Athem has also made a limited edition diamond-encrusted creation out of the first generation iPhone, so I'm sure a blinding version of the iPhone 3G will soon be in the works. 

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  • 1 Posted by g111na on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:15PM EST Report Abuse

    Ok that is an insane amount of money to spend on your phone appearance! Do you know how many times i drop my phone?! I just got my first diamond bracelet from http://www.GoldAndDiamondSource.com and i'm nervous to wear it a lot because I don't want anything bad to happen to it. I think i would freak out if i had a phone covered in diamonds to protect!

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