Giorgio Armani phone released
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Sporting a racy 2.6-inch touch screen, the phone is wearing a 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and USB in 2.0 flavors, FM Radio, microSD slot for memory, multimedia player and A2DP for stereo music over Bluetooth headsets; data networking by EDGE.
It’s a shame it says Samsung on the back, because this is one of the nicest looking phones on the market right now and even more expensive than the phone Prada and LG recently released.
As thin as a 19-year-old with a $600-a-day cocaine habit, the Giorgio Armani/Samsung phone is a serious attempt at the iPhone consumer’s dollar, and I wonder if it comes with a free pack of Marlboro Lights?
It looks like “skinny” is still top of the European designer’s wish list with the Armani phone weighing in at a wallet-busting 3.6 ounces, and 88×54x9.9 mm dimensions. ( Got to be under 10mm thick apparently.)
Price? A cool 650 euros, which translates to $950, but there are no plans to ship this one across the pond to the U.S.A at the moment, so you will have to live vicariously through the galley images. If you absolutely, HAVE to have one, darling, no doubt there will be a few private imports cropping up on Ebay over the next few weeks.
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Laura | Nov 16, 2007 | Reply
nice! very fashionable… does this cell phone work with any company?
Mark Knowles | Nov 16, 2007 | Reply
It should do, yes.
Rash | Dec 6, 2007 | Reply
Where can it be purchased from , where was this one purchased ?
Mark Knowles | Dec 7, 2007 | Reply
This one was purchased from an East European gangster in downtown Marseille. there are no plans to ship to the US as yet.
Rash | Dec 7, 2007 | Reply
lol , ok i dont want to know where that one came from.
And im not in the US.
Is there anywhere in th UK that is selling them that you know of ?
Mark Knowles | Dec 8, 2007 | Reply
I am not sure about the UK - I only know the czech gangster dealers. My best bets would be:
Flawless & Co, New Bond Street London
Armani Emporium London
Harrods London
You can find all these retailers online.
Samsung Armani | Jan 16, 2008 | Reply
It is available in the UK on O2, Orange and Pay As You Go.
Maureen | Feb 25, 2008 | Reply
this phone is for sale in Sint Maarten for US $ 650,00 only and it is a cool phone .
I am a gadget woman so for me it is a better feel in my hand than the I Phone .
Nikki | Mar 1, 2008 | Reply
Where can I get this phone in Australia
grouse | Apr 3, 2008 | Reply
I have to say I have NEVER been so disappointed and furious with a phone in my life. It is SUCH a disappointment. I have hummed and harred about it for my seven day trial period with orange but now it’s boxed up again, with all it’s myriad of cases etc.
The phone looks great, it feels great and the cases are lovely. The weight is nice, it feels solid, the colour is good. But once you turn it on! Oh good grief. Its user interface is SHOCKING, absolutely shocking. The person(s) who are responsible for it deserve to be rounded up and forbidden from ever going near any software development again. The haptic thing, is pointless, the touching itself is utterly unreliable, many a time simply phoning someone took far too many failed taps. And as for getting yourself involved in a phone call that requires automatic responses on the keypad (such as phoning up Orange and trying to return the blessed thing!).. forget about it.
If you have no need to phone or text anyone, I guess it’s possible that you might just about be able to live with it. In fact as long as you NEVER turn it on. you’ll be fine.
But other than looking at it as a mantelpiece item… I really can’t advise strongly enough against buying or even getting it free. Yes, that’s right, I got it free. They couldn’t even PAY me to use the damned thing. Seriously. It’s awful. STAY AWAY.
I would be EXTREMELY surprised if anyone at Armani has been near the phone since they filled it up with it’s appalling interface. The icons look nice, I’ll give you that, but once again they are utterly incomprehensible.
I’m not a luddite and I’m not a tech head, but I’m no fool and I’ve mastered even Motorola’s interfaces over the years. but this.
It makes me weep just to think about it.
Anyway, it’s boxed up and I shall go to the post office tomorrow and return it finally. And stay with my Gold D & G old Razr. And buy an iPod touch.