Designer mobile phones

Designer mobile phones in depth

Cutting-edge looks, collaborations with world famous fashion houses and incredible build quality make designer mobile phones among the most desirable around for style-conscious users.

Often available only in limited editions, designer mobile phones are a brilliant way of standing out from the crowd.

Fashion brand collaborations

Prada, Giorgio Armani, Mandarina Duck, Levis, Dolce & Gabbana, Juicy Couture and Tommy Hilfiger are just some of stylish fashion brands to have collaborated with mobile phone companies on designer mobiles.

Other high-end marques have also created designer mobile phones, including sports car company Lamborghini and luxury eyewear manufacturers Bang & Olufson.

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Are designer mobile phones expensive?

Some designer mobiles are designed more as collectors’ items than as practical mobiles to be used everyday. Take, for example, the Goldvish Le Million. Priced at a million pounds, this was produced in conjunction with the famous designer Emmanuel Gueit and featured 120 carats of high grade diamonds. Meanwhile, Nokia has produced special gold plated editions of some of its most popular mobiles, such as those in its email-focussed Eseries. Price points for these have run into thousands of pounds.

However, designer mobile phones are often actually very affordable. LG Prada mobiles are very keenly priced, but still boast the great looks you’d expect from a collaboration with the famous Italian fashion house.

Just as impressive are designer phones in the Samsung Giorgio Armani range. These also brilliantly designed handsets and feature high-end features to match their good looks.

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Why choose a designer mobile phone?

Looks aside, designer mobile phones offer a host of other great features. These include:

Build quality

Phone manufacturers reserve only the very best materials for use in their designer mobile phones. Instead of the plastic construction that lower end phones offer, designer mobiles feature stainless steel finishes, titanium and chrome. This means that designer phones are some of the hardiest handsets around.

Small dimensions

Small is beautiful in the designer mobile phone world, with designer mobiles among the smallest around. Therefore, if you’re looking for a handset that won’t take up a lot of room in your pocket and create an unsightly bulge in your pocket, it’s definitely worth taking a look at designer phones.

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Designer mobile phone branding

As well as sharp exteriors, designer phones often also feature specially designed screensavers as well as ringtones and applications – all of which add to the exclusive feel of a designer mobile phone.

Selected models in the Samsung Giorgio Armani range boast music and ringtones created by the head of the company himself. Meanwhile, Nokia commissioned renowned pop musicians Kruder & Dorfmeister to create music for some of its high-end handsets.

Future of designer mobile phones

The huge sales of LG’s Prada mobile phones and Samsung’s Armani range suggest that designer mobiles are far from a fly-by-night fad. In future, expect to see designers get more and more involved in the collaborative process, making designer mobiles more and more unique and sought-after.

uSwitch also anticipates the arrival in years to come of high-end watch phones, with marques such as Rolex collaborating on handsets that team a luxury watch with a cutting-edge mobile phones.

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