$5,000 Dior phone: so upscale it doesn't require specs

by Thomas Ricker, posted May 21st 2008 at 3:48AM

Look, we're not Russian oil tycoons with a taste for trophy wives one-third our age. That's true. Nevertheless, no matter how hard we try, we just can't understand how spending $5,000 on these new Christian Dior phones will substantially increase our lot in life. Then again, we're afraid of robots. The new line of boutique phones manufactured in partnership with ModeLabs feature a touchscreen display, camera, and novel, mini-phone extender dubbed My Dior (pictured after the break). About the size of a USB key, My Dior is meant to clip onto the outside of your wo/man bag thus avoiding any frantic rummaging when the favorable divorce settlement call finally arrives. Sorry, that's about as detailed as the specification list gets... not that specs matter when couture is at stake.

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Filed under: Handsets

Tags: christian dior, ChristianDior, dior, modelabs, my dior, MyDior

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Juice @ May 21st 2008 9:09AM

I would take it if you gave it to me but I wouldn't use it. Anyone who is ultra rich isn't going to settle for a phone(tech) that no one wants. They'll get a Gold iPhone or a Diamond encrusted Diamond :) first. This is D-U-M-B dumb.

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Juice @ May 21st 2008 9:10AM

I hope their stock dips.

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D or Not @ May 21st 2008 3:57PM

dumb with a capital duh ...

the only way I could see selling / buying a phone like this would be if a case designer / maker (Dior) had an agreement with a cell phone manufacturer (Moto / Nokia) that the case would fit a new phone with new features every 1-2 years for a guaranteed period of 7-10 years. NOW you'd be getting something for your money.

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