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Gresso's Grand Monaco gets wrapped in leather, credit card debt

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 30th 2009 @ 2:42PM

Here's the problem with carbon fiber phones: they're not for everyone, especially those who aren't interesting in dropping over two grand on a midrange candybar. Don't sweat it, though, because Gresso's back at it again with a leather-clad version of its Grand Monaco called the Grand Monaco LE -- "LE" apparently stands for "Limited Edition," if the badging on the back of the phone is any indication -- available in your choice of red and black. Otherwise, you've got the same pricey materials found on the basic Grand Monaco like machined titanium and sapphire (plus a few not-so-pricey materials like a 2 megapixel camera) which somehow ultimately collaborate to produce an $1,800 price tag.

Gresso's Grand Monaco, for if you're too poor for Vertu and too rich for common sense

by Chris Ziegler posted Aug 31st 2009 @ 7:08AM

It doesn't take but a few dollars (or euros, rubles, reais, yuan, you name it) to pick up a fully-unlocked 2G candybar these days. At least it usually doesn't -- unless you happen to source it from Russia's Gresso, in which case it's going to run you about $2,100. For that sum you'll have your choice of the company's new Grand Monaco model in black or metallic ceramic, featuring a 2 megapixel camera, triband (yes, triband) EDGE data, Bluetooth, FM radio, and microSD expansion up to an anemic 2GB. In other words, you're paying purely for the materials and the assembly, because the specs are south of suck and Gresso's got about as much name recognition as ZTE in most parts of the world. When's the last time you paid over a grand per megapixel, anyway?

[Via Unwired View]

Gresso's Lady Diamond is expensive, burns red with the fires of hell

by Sean Cooper posted Mar 9th 2009 @ 5:19PM

Talk about limited run, the Gresso Lady diamond which is priced at $5500 -- and out of most people's range -- will only see 8 models made. The Lady Diamond is the twin to the Skeleton Gold Phone made by Gresso, but dressed in red, and bejeweled with 4 diamonds on the nav keys -- total rock weight, for those that care, is 0.44K. Also duplicated is the 42K sapphire crystal display and see-though back, tri-band GSM, and Windows Mobile 6. The Lady Diamond is already shipping, so if you wanted to pick up one of the eight sets, you'd better hustle. Follow on for a wee gallery of this pleasant but disturbingly pricey phone.

Gallery: Gresso's Lady Diamond is expensive, burns red with the fires of hell

Gresso Skeleton Gold Phone is oddly beautiful, very transparent

by Sean Cooper posted Feb 26th 2009 @ 1:05PM

OK, OK, perhaps beautiful is stretching it a tad, but Gresso's Skeleton Gold Phone is definitely interesting, most notably the "polished 42k sapphire glass" see-thru back. While, essentially a twin to the Gresso Sol, it eschews wood for titanium, ceramic, 18K Gold, steel, leather, and baby seal eyelash shavings. Under the hood it 's a fairly vanilla tri-band GSM / GPRS (really, only GPRS) Windows Mobile 6 handset with 64MB of memory, 2GB of external storage, and Bluetooth. If you're in the mood to cha-ching your way into Gresso's world, you'd better act fast as this limited run only reaches 50 devices at a price of about $4400 each. A few more pics can be found right after the break.

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Gresso's Avantgarde Skeleton is both a limited edition and of limited interest

by Joseph L. Flatley posted Dec 15th 2008 @ 1:27PM

Gresso, the Russian company known for its luxury electronics, is back with the scarily named (and strangely apt) Avantgarde Skeleton Collection. Another benchmark in conspicuous consumption, this Windows Mobile 6.0-sporting, Bluetooth 1.2-supporting brickphone is housed in a titanium alloy case "with high-tech ceramic coverage." But no, the luxuriosity doesn't stop there -- both the 240 x 320 display and the transparent back panel are made of crystal sapphire glass. The battery case is made of stainless steel, with a leather cover and magnet release, and the back of the handset features the Gresso logo covered with 10 micron gold. Sure "elegance" is timeless, but it ain't cheap: only fifteen of these guys will be made, and they'll be available for five grand. Tough choice between this and five Kodak OLED frames, we know -- life is so hard sometimes.

Gresso unveils Avantgarde collection, pricing

by Sean Cooper posted Aug 8th 2007 @ 1:51PM

Gresso's Avantgarde collection finally sees a release date, pricing, and some sketchy product info. Starting at only €5, 000 for the Luna (roughly $6, 900 dollars) or €7, 000 for the Sol (about $9, 700) your money'll get you a pretty slick looking handset crafted from African Blackwood, steel, and lots of gold. Both handsets run Windows Mobile ( the site is decidedly thin on specs) pack a 2 megapixel camera, and a 320 x 240 screen. Pretty simple stuff considering the money you have to fork out to pick one up and sadly without some diamond encrustation going on, we'll have to pass. Look for these to land in the 4th quarter this year.

[Via SlashPhone]

New Gresso has more gold, less wood

by Chris Ziegler posted Nov 29th 2006 @ 1:02PM

We've yet to see a Gresso in the wild, but hot on the heels of its African Blackwood candybar, the upstart luxury phone manufacturer out of Russia is looking to make another splash with its 18 karat pink gold (and rather uncreatively-named, if we do say so ourselves) Gresso Gold. Like the Blackwood, the Gold is a member of Gresso's "Black Aura" series, suggesting that the guts are identical with a tri-band GSM radio (no 850) and sapphire crystal display -- though we suspect the Gold is decidedly less flammable. If everything goes according to the company's plans, look for both models to hit the streets next year. Look out, Vertu.

[Thanks, James]

Gresso hopes to claim piece of luxury phone market

by Michael Caputo posted Nov 14th 2006 @ 12:31PM

It seems like companies are jumping into the luxury market following the high profile of Vertu and Mobiado, and who can really blame them? These businesses have esteemed clientele, rare, sought after products, and the kind of prestige only an insane product margin can afford. Thus, welcome what purports to be the latest to the game: the Gresso luxury phone. Their first model, whose official name is a secret for all but those to lay over the requisite (but also unknowable) cash, is made from African Blackwood and Gold, with a Sapphire crystal display. Of course, the utter lack of tech and product specs is a little unnerving, but the fact that the only way to contact Gresso is via their Hotmail address is downright sketchwardo. Did we mention it's Russian only? So you be the judge, eh?