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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

To be fair, Continental Mobiles’ diamond-encrusted Nokia N95 is a real bargain at £10,000 ($19,813) when compared to Amosu’s £12,000 alternative, but seriously, real richies should be holding off for the evolutionary N96, anyway. For those with enough cash to care, this particular handset / status symbol packs a Sterling silver front-panel stacked with “4.42ct of brilliant-cut, VS1 quality, color G-H, naturally mined diamonds.” If you’re craving one, you’d better get your order in at this time, as it takes the British craftspeople crazy enough to sell these things three full weeks to whip one up.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

To be fair, Continental Mobiles’ diamond-encrusted Nokia N95 is a real bargain at £10,000 ($19,813) when compared to Amosu’s £12,000 alternative, but seriously, real richies should be holding off for the evolutionary N96, anyway. For those with enough cash to care, this particular handset / status symbol packs a Sterling silver front-panel stacked with “4.42ct of brilliant-cut, VS1 quality, color G-H, naturally mined diamonds.” If you’re craving one, you’d better get your order in at this time, as it takes the British craftspeople crazy enough to sell these things three full weeks to whip one up.

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM

So IDNES appears to have revealed a reasonably serviceable new rugged candybar from Samsung for the European market featuring an integrated compass and barometer / altimeter, FM radio, Bluetooth, a 220 x 176 display, and IP54 certification, which promises resistance to dust and the occasional splash of H2O. That’s all well and good, but the real story in this place might be the phone’s full model number — GT-B2700 — which appears to signal a move away from Samsung’s longstanding SGH / SCH / SPH naming convention that has its roots in the early days of Samsung’s mobile business. Is it just us, or is anyone else getting just a little emotional about the thought of the stalwart “SGH” prefix going away? The memories, Samsung, the memories! Anyway, back to the B2700, IDNES expects to find it on local shelves later in the summer for about 5,000 Czech crowns (roughly $336).

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