Mobile phones have evolved over the years into smartphones that are capable of performing several tasks. The features of these smartphones are usually available according to the cost of the gadget. Whereas a low-end phone might be designed to have one or two optimum features with other features not so optimized, a high-end phone might be designed with more than a few optimized options. However, there are world class mobile phones that are on a level of their own, whose costs are mostly dependent on the material they are made or designed with. These gadgets are made up of, exotic skins, gemstones, and prehistoric materials. Of course their prices are no where near what you think a mobile phone could cost.Here’s the list of the most expensive mobile phones in the world in ascending order: 10. Ulysse Nardin’s the ChairmanPhoto: EngadgetThis device features a touch screen and number pad. It’s made of rose gold and diamonds. With an Android Operating System and Linux, it’s battery capacity lasts for up to 30 days. Phone Specifications & Price
OS: Android OS
Memory: 32GB
Network type: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Touchscreen: Yes
Price: within the rage of $12,000-$50,000
9. iPhone Princess PlusPhoto: Top 10 Wiki
This smartphone has 18 carat gold plated panel and bezel. The smartphone is studded with 318 diamonds of which 138 is princess cut.
Phone Specifications & Price
Video: Yes
Price: $176, 400
8. iPhone 6S 24ct Gold EditionPhoto: Luxury Launches
This phone is a special edition of iPhone 6S designed by Stuart Hughes. The chassis of the smartphone is made up of solid gold. It’s embellished with fine crafted 24ct gold which was precisely polished for a luxury look.
Phone Specifications & Price
Price: $300,000
7. Gresso Luxor Las Vegas JackpotPhoto: ZDNET
The design of this phone came from Egypt inspiration; it’s made from African black wood and gold. This phone has a 240*320 pixels resolution and comes with a hand polished sapphire crystal glass that frames the screen.
Phone Specifications & Price
Network type: 2G
Memory: 30MB RAM microSD up to 2GB
Camera: 2MP
Price: $1million
6. iPhone 6 Amosu Call of DiamondPhoto: Mike Shouts
The device is designed by Alexander Amosu with 18 carat gold plated body. The smartphone packs 6,127 VVS1 diamonds all over its body.
Phone Specifications & Price
Display: 4.7 inch screen
Price: GBP 1.7 million
5. Vertu for Bently Sky BluePhoto: GSM Arena
The smartphone has a solid look with red-gold feature for the volume control keys, power key, pillow trim, screws and back plate rails. It’s encased in quilted calf leather which imparts an ostentatious and exotic look.
Phone Specifications & Price
Network type: 2G/3G
Music Player: Yes
Price: $2.4million
4. iPhone 4 Diamond RosePhoto: Goobjoob
The button of this phone contains 7.4 carats of pink diamond and the Apple logo has 53 engraved gems decorated with beautiful diamonds. The phone is made using rose gold and 100 carats of flawless diamonds.
Phone Specifications & Price
Camera: support front and rear
Button: contains 7.4 carat pink diamond
Storage: 32GB
Camera: 8MP
Price: $6.4million
3. iPhone 4S Elite Gold EditionPhoto: YouTube
This is another Stuart Hughes design. This smartphone is studded with about 500 diamonds, 24 carat gold back panel, while its logo is made up of 24ct gold, and 53 individual diamonds.
Phone Specifications & Price
Camera: 8MP
Video Camera: 8/16/32/64GB 512RAM
Memory: 1GB
Display: 640*960 pixels
Bluetooth: Yes
Price: $7.6million
2. iPhone 5 Black DiamondPhoto: Rajinikant
This device is designed by Stuart Hughes. It has a rare 26 carat black diamond fitted in its home button. This luxurious smartphone is embellished with 24 carat gold as back panel and a sapphire glass set on the screen.
Phone Specifications & Price
Network type: 2G/3G/LTE
OS: Windows CE
Storage: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB versions
Display size: 1136*640 pixels
Price: $15million
1. Falcon Supernova iPhone 6Photo: luxurylaunches.com
The Apple iPhone is fully embellished in 24 carat gold, rose gold or platinum case. This is a special edition iPhone 6 brought by US luxury brand Falcon.
Phone Specifications & Price
Kofoworola Omotayo is a freelance writer, a lover of tech and a literature monger. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and a member of Nigerian Institute of Management. He enjoys approaching issues from logical and empirical perspective. His twitter handle @heir_ptahyor and Gmail: kofoworolaomotayo[@]gmail.com.
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