Phone makers target the safari set

Motorola's latest luxury handset features a faux snakeskin wrapper.

December 4, 2007 10:22 AM PST

(Credit: Motorola)

Maybe they're just freaked out over the iPhone's success, but other handset makers seem to be getting even a little nuttier than usual lately with their designs. The latest is Motorola, which not only applied the Midas touch to its Razr2 V8 Luxury Edition, but is now making it even more exotic with a faux snakeskin wrapper to complement its 18k and 24k accents, according to BornRich. We're holding out for ostrich.

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