…because they have diamonds, simple as that. Forbes has compiled a list of the five most expensive phones in the world, and some of them were already covered by us. Not one of the phones gets to this list thanks to it’s component features, but they all have jewels and durable construction on them, for example: Vertu phones are so durable that if you run a car over it, it will work as normal, and that reminds you of the Motorola i335.

The world’s most expensive phones are:

• A diamond-encrusted Apple iPhone from London jeweller Amosu, which goes for US$39 600;
• A Nokia 8800 Arte with 680 pink and white diamonds, from Austrian designer Peter Aloisson, which goes for US$134 000;
• Christian Dior phone, which goes for US$5 000;
• Tag Heuer phone, which also goes for US$6 000;
• And of course, all Vertu phones.

Picture: English People’s Daily Online

Source: Yahoo! Finance Canada via SMS Text News

After the not one, but two rumour posts about the Tag Heuer watch, we have confirmation that it is happening.

The Meridiist is engineered by Modelabs once again, that makes two of them this week, as yesterday we spoke about the MTV phone released under SFR. What is so exciting about this phone is the external appearance, and not the internal features and components, as it is usual on exclusive phones. When I say exclusive, I mean it costs 3900€, and it will be available in the end of Q2 of 2008.

The features as follows:

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