Samsung Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition (luxury gadgets)

 Samsung Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition

Samsung has renewed its partnership with fashion brand Hugo Boss – first seen in the Samsung F480 – with the launch of a new Hugo Boss Samsung Galaxy Ace.
The phone features an overall matter black finish and the back of the device features a specially treated and textured pattern.
The user interface has been customised and the device features special edition wallpapers and screensavers along with the whole altered look of the user interface.
Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss edition features a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 pixel display. The phone also features a 5 megapixel rear camera.
It has 160 MB of internal memory and comes loaded with a 2 GB storage card (it can support up to 32 GB). It provides up to 5 hours of talktime with the standard battery.
So far the Hugo Boss Samsung Galaxy Ace has only been confirmed as launching in France and will carry an expected price tag of approximately 300 Euros.

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Vertu Constellation T – First Touchscreen Phone from Luxury Brand

The Constellation T will feature an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 32GB of onboard storage, a 3.5-inch 640 x 360 nHD(16:9) AMOLED touchscreen, and will probably run on a variant of Symbian (Anna or Belle) with a heavily-customized Vertu skin. No word on what processor will be powering the phone, but we can expect it to be carrying similar hardware to a high-end Nokia phone.

Constellation T is a dual mode WCDMA penta-band 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and GSM quad-band 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 phone. The luxurious phone is equipped with a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, as well as Bluetooth version 3.0 and Wi-Fi connectivity. Other highlight of the phone include email support via SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 email client, music player and FM Radio.

As expected, Vertu Constellation T is made with exquisite materials, including sapphire, diamond and other precious metals and jewelry. Pricing on the Constellation T is as yet unknown, but potential customers should expect the price to be very high, the current top-of-the-line model sells for around $16,500. Launch is expected this month.

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Luxury gadgets/TAG Heuer Link Full Diamonds and White Lizard Smartphone

Swiss luxury brand, has presented the Link Smartphone a few months ago and it is now available for pre-order. Existing in various luxurious designs, the latest Exclusive model, the Full Diamonds & White Lizard, is particularly glittery.
Showing a 3.5-inch gorilla glass capacitive touch screen on the front, this phone has a total of 1007 diamonds around its stainless steel body. A majority of them is on the front, but a sizable number of them adorn the back cover and sides as well. Since white has been the primary color, the battery cover has a white lizard leather cover with animal patterns, which in total comes to around 2.53 carats of weight.

The phone has optimal security and shock proof construction couple with an Android OS with flash support, Google Map, Facebook integration and a 1GHz to run it all.  Another borrowed design from watches is the crown mechanism on the side of the TAG Heuer Link, which slides out to house the phone’s SIM card. Apps can be added via the Android Market, but out of the box are customised screen designs, widgets, animations, wallpapers, icons and ring tones exclusive to TAG Heuer.

The price for now is available only by request, but if you absolutely must have it then the Smartphone can be reserved exclusively on TAG Heuer.

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Luxury Gadgets/Yves Behar & Aesir Copenhagen Luxury Phone

Yves Behar, founder of the San Francisco-based design and branding firm fuseproject has collaborated with Danish mobile phone design company Aesir Copenhagen to create luxury Yves Behar Phone. The Yves Behar phone focuses on the idea of voice, clarity and simplicity but also places value on a unique user interface while championing the idea of craftsmanship. At first sight this cellphone looks like a large watch band and in fact was designed from a jewelers viewpoint.

The YvesBehar cellphone comes in 18k gold or 316L stainless steel with sapphire crystal lenses, laser engraved keypad characters with LED backlighting, caller ID, text, calendar, calculator and Bluetooth functions and an open SIM card. The phones also include custom ringtones composed by the Master of the upright Bass, Chris Minh Doky. This decadent cell also holds a 5.2 talk time charge, lasts 220 hours on standby, is engineered for superior sound and displays 7 languages.
The phone will first be available in Europe this summer and the rest of the world this Fall. The 18k gold option is available for $63,000 and the stainless steel for around $11,000.

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