Behold: The $6800 Android Smartphone

01.07.2011

I guess you can at least have some peace of mind that, if you drop the thing, there's less of a chance of your screen busting up and really making you feel guilty you just dropped a few thousand on what's essentially a bedazzled run-of-the-mill Android phone.

The phone will come in both CDMA and GSM flavors, so no matter what carrier you're on, if you got the funds you're in luck. Tag Heuer hasn't announced availability; I'd venture to guess this would probably only be a special order phone and if available at retail, it would only be in the classiest of Tag Heuer's dealers (read: places 99 percent of us would never step foot in), whenever the phone is publicly released, likely later this year.

As you can see I'm obviously a little confused as to why anybody would want to spend this kind of money on something as disposable as a mobile phone. But I guess when you're making the kind of money that people would be in order to afford this type of luxury, what's a few thousand going to do?

And it turns out it's among the more economical of pricey cell phones; British designer Stuart Hughes unveiled last year of the Apple iPhone, bedecked with diamonds. Also, some custom BlackBerrys have been offered with

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