Toshiba’s Luxury Cellphone Not Likely Coming To A Store Near You

The latest weird phone from Toshiba

I know this is a bit off topic, but this “dumb phone” from Toshiba was just too “interesting” looking to pass up.  Of course, with that hefty price tag of $4,000, I doubt that most of us will get our hands on it (not that many of us will likely want to either).

From: CNET Asia.

Toshiba may not be the best-known manufacturer of mobile phones, but it certainly keeps things interesting. When it’s not making Transformer wannabes, it’s churning out peculiar combo devices with strange circular dial pads.

So it really should come as little surprise that its latest offering is anything but conventional either. The “Cosmic Shiner” is a luxury handset with diamond accents presented in a handmade lacquer box, but that’s not the unusual aspect of this phone: “Buyers will be required to purchase the April issue of Seven Hills magazine to get the required unique ID codes that will initiate the credit-card only purchase process for the US$4,000 luxury cell phone,” according to BornRich, “which will include various agency arrangements such as hotel and restaurant bookings as well as other special privileges.”

What do you think?  It sounds to me like an awful lot of effort for the “privelege” of spending $4000 on a phone.  I think I’ll stick with my $400 “smart phone.”  How about you?

Continue reading at CNET Asia.

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