Chinese-owned luxury mobile phone maker — Vertu
— have just launched their latest “flagship” — if not for the price — cellphone
named SIGNATURE Cobra limited edition on the online shopping site Jingdong
Mall.
The Vertu SIGNATURE Cobra limited edition will be
available in only 8 units of which just one will be sold in China. The
cellphone — yes, because it’s not even “smart” — has been made by the French
royal jewelry brand Boucheron and it’s based on the original Vertu SIGNATURE.
The phone integrates precisely cut gems and is
created with a mosaic process. It’s body is crammed with 439 rubies which
create the cobra shape, the eyes are instead composed of 2 emeralds.
The SIGNATURE Cobra is made of 388 different parts
and assembled in the UK by hand and now the best part: you need to leave a down
payment of 1000 Yuan (US$ 145), then when you pay the full 2.47 million Yuan price
(about US$ 360K), you can get it delivered by helicopter, just make sure your
area’s air traffic allows that.
