Ten most expensive phones in the world

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May 13, 2015 1:05 PM

Opulent designs and luxurious interiors of diamonds and gold are the menu for this list of most expensive mobile phones. Rest assured not everyone can afford this level of extravagance.

iPhone Diamond Rose Gold Edition costs $8 million.

1. iPhone 4 Diamond Rose Gold Edition - $8 million

The iPhone 4 Diamond Rose Edition is the most expensive customized phone ever. The phone features a bezel handmade from rose gold with around 500 individual flawless diamonds. The back is also made from rose gold and features 53 embedded diamonds on a special Apple Logo.

2. Supreme Goldstriker iPhone - $3.2 million

Created and designed by Stuart Hughes, this phone is encrusted with 136 perfect diamonds and 271 grams of 22 carat solid gold. The home button is set with a 7.1 carat diamond to complete the look. In addition, this phone flaunts rare kashmir gold and its inner lining is designed with top-grain animal skin.

3. iPhone King’s Button - $2.4 million

Designed by Peter Aloisson, this particular phone is made of solid 18- carat yellow, white and rose gold all covered with 138 brilliantly cut diamonds. Its home button carries 6.6 carats of white diamonds for a splendid and luxurious finish.

4. GoldVish Le Million – $1.3 million

This phone may be the most over the top looking phone ever. The entire phone (except the screen) is made of 18- carat white gold and layered with 120 karat diamonds.

5. Diamond Crypto Smartphone - $1.3 million

This phone prides itself on “powerful encryption technology” and was developed by Russian firm JSC Ancort in 2006 to “provide secure protection of information against kidnapping, technological blackmail, financial racketeering and so on.” As a bonus, the phone carries 50 diamonds on it.

6. Luxor Las Vega Jackpot - $1 million

Gresso’s Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot features 45.5 carats of black diamonds decorating the bezel and a black panel made from 200-year-old African blackwood. All of this is set on a 180-gram solid gold frame.

7. Vertu Signature Cobra - $310,000

Only eight units of this phone were produced in the entire world. The phone carries a snake wrapped around its front edge. This snake is not just some plastic design, it is made from pear cut diamond and wear a white diamond earring. The eyes are made from small emeralds and the snake has nearly 500 rubies on its body.

8. VIPN Black Diamond Smartphone - $300,000

This phone is designed by Jaren Goh. Only five were made by the Swiss company VIPN for Sony Ericsson. There are two diamonds on the phone, a smaller one in front and a larger one in the back.

9. iPhone Princess Plus - $176,400

Designed by famous Austrian designer Peter Aloisson, the phone comes with 138 princess cut and 180 brilliant cut diamonds.

10. Savelli Jordan Secret - $120,000

This phone is made of precious metals, diamonds and exotic animal skin. Each unit is handcrafted to render aesthetics that are bespoke to this phone.

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