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afp.google.com - 10/31/2008
What crisis? Japan firm sells diamond cellphones
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2 days ago TOKYO (AFP) For those not feeling the global economic crisis -- and not content just to wear diamond earrings -- a Japanese company on Thursday unveiled a line of mobile telephones encrusted with diamonds. Japan's Softbank Mobile said it will sell a limited run of just 10 of the ...

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CrunchGear:  Diamond-studded Japanese cellphone costs $130K

Phones Review:  Softbank 823SF Tiffany branded diamond encrusted handset for $130,265

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Diamond-studded Japanese cellphone costs $130K
CrunchGear — ... Another day, another diamond-studded cellphone to smash. This time, it comes to us by way of Japan, land of Japanese people. (I got nothing, obviously.) ...

Softbank 823SF Tiffany branded diamond encrusted handset for $130,265
Phones Review — ... 823SF Tiffany mobile handset will command a price tag of around 13 million yen which is approximately $130,265 and each phone when flipped open has a display also designed by Tiffany’s of New York. Japan is the world’s largest market for luxury mobile phones, and earlier this year NTT DoCoMo also launched a Prada designed handset, and fashion house Gucci has launched a website for Gucci branded products which can only be access via a Japanese mobile handset. Source – AFP ...

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