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For a certain kind of person, a cellphone is more than just a phone–it’s a form of self-expression. Which means a certain kind of jet-setter wants nothing to do with a cheap plastic gadget.

And a certain kind of company is happy to accommodate them, with high-end fashion handsets that feature diamonds, gold plating, antique wood and lots and lots of jewels. One more feature: Hefty price tags.

Geneva-based GoldVish holds the distinction of selling the world’s priciest phone so far: a $1.3 million handset made of 18-carat white gold with some 1,800 diamonds totaling 120 carats. Last September, a Russian businessman reportedly bought the phone, nicknamed Le Million, for his wife at a luxury goods fair in Cannes, France. Want a peek? Head to Basel, Switzerland, next month for the annual Baselworld jewelry and watch show.

The Nokia 5310, which also comes in blue, won’t take up very much space. The phone should be available in the fourth quarter and will be in the $250 to $300 range.

Credit: Nokia

Will Apple’s iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.

Gadget aficionados will no doubt have heard that Apple is launching the iPhone, its first mobile phone, in the US on 29 June. Here in Australia, though, we’ll have to wait until next year to get our grubby mitts on the sleek multimedia device. Apple recently published information comparing its hot little handset with the already available Nokia N95, Samsung BlackJack, Palm Treo 750 and the Blackberry Curve 8300 (this last one hasn’t been released locally yet).

Apple also recently upped the stated battery life of the iPhone from five to eight hours of talk time, 250 hours of standby, five hours of Internet browsing, seven hours of video playback and 24 hours of audio playback — 10 hours longer than Apple’s hard-disk based iPods.

Image credit: Apple

But why is the iPhone generating so much hype? It’s just a phone after all, isn’t it? While it does have an elegant design and attractive interface, what could be in this device that’s revolutionary? We compare it side-by-side with the N95, the top-of-the line handset from the world’s No. 1 phone maker, at the moment, Nokia. We’ve also colour coded our table to indicate in green which device’s feature, in our opinion, comes out on top. - Jeremy Roche, CNET.com.au (28 June 2007 09:00 AM)

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The iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled quad-band GSM EDGE-supported mobile phone designed and sold by Apple Inc. The iPhone’s functions include those of a camera phone and a multimedia player, in addition to text messaging and visual voicemail. It also offers Internet services including e-mail, web browsing, and local Wi-Fimulti-touchvirtual keyboard and buttons.

Specifications

• Screen size: 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
• Screen resolution: 320×480 pixels at 160 ppi
• Input method: Multi-touch screen interface (the “Home” button is the iPhone’s only physical front panel button)
• Operating System: Darwin OS X
• Storage: 4 or 8 GB Flash memory
• Quad band GSM (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900)
• Wi-Fi (802.11g), EDGE and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
• 2 megapixel camera
• Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery with up to 8 hours of talk, 6 hours of internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and up to 24 hours of audio playback, lasting over 250 hours on standby.
• Size: 115×61×11.6 mm (4.5×2.4×0.46 in)
• Weight: 135 g (4.8 oz)
• Digital SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) of 0.974 W/kg

“I think this is one of the best because in Iphone you can store mp3 song and in the same tit can send and receive text messages and call. And now according to what I heard this gadgets is cool and exciting to use and I’m craving to have one but the price is very expensive and it cost $399. It’s only available in US and it will be available in Asia in year 2008.”