Motorola goes for the gold (and diamonds)

(Credit: Amosu)

Peter Aloisson had a hard act to follow: himself. After all, it's not every day that a designer is so inspired to come up with something like the "Diamond Crypto Smartphone," which went for a cool $1.3 million.

So rather than try to exceed his already-over-the-top standard, he apparently has decided to go for a broader market with the Motorola V3i "Stainless Steel Gold" handset. The phone still has plenty of diamonds--855, to be exact, weight 3.8 total carats--but it's far more reasonable in price: Just $10,000. And if you're looking for a stripped-down phone, there's a plain stainless-steel version for a mere $4,000.

[myth90045]

Why Moto?!?!

Of all the phones to "ice out" why did they pick the razr!! Come on, please lets get with the times. Lets put diamonds on the blackberry or treos. Or maybe the enV!! haha that will get people talking. or, just give us a bag of diamonds and let us "pimp out" our own Cells!! :)