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Well someone must be buying these ridiculous luxury mobiles, otherwise why would they keep making them? Gresso — the company known for covering the iPhone in crystals — has just launched its first Android models, Engadget reports. And as you can see, they’re as ludicrous as the rest of the range.
The entry-level (ha!) Radical R1 is made of grade five solid titanium, which is commonly used for jewellery and to make aircraft. It’ll set you back $1,500 (£919). It also comes in 19-carat yellow gold or white gold, for a completely reasonable $2,300 (£1,408). And people say the iPhone 5S is pricey.
As ever with these showpiece phones, the specs are less than stellar. All models come with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 4.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 960×540 pixels, and 36GB internal storage. They can each take two SIM cards, too.
On imaging duties, they each have an 8-megapixel camera, though there’s no word of a front-facer.
As you’d expect, they weigh a fair bit as well. 219g, to be exact. Which is a lot more than the Nexus 5, which tips the scales at 130g. Then again, the Nexus 5 doesn’t have buttons made of titanium, or a faux-crocodile skin case to carry it in.
Only 999 of the Radical range will be made, so best snap one up now, if you’ve got a spare grand lying about.
Still, Gresso’s range is cheap compared to the Tonino Lamborghini Antares. As well as having a name that’s a bit of a mouthful, the Antares costs £2,500, though its specs are closer to the Motorola Moto G, which costs £120. As Kevin Bacon would say, no brainer.
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