Impress Friends, Buy A Diamond Cell Phone

We’ve written before about how Nokia has been pushing super high-end, diamond-encrusted mobile phones, but now it looks like they have some competition. A company named DBTEL is making a name for themselves selling diamond coated mobile phones in Taiwan. They’re trying to sell the idea of mobile phones as a fashion statement, just like Nokia’s Vertu. Of course, in reading the details of the article, it sounds like the diamond-encrusted phones are more of a publicity stunt to build awareness of their brand name. It appears to be working.


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