Posted by axxxr
The Concept phone that was the Sony Ericsson Black Diamond is finally being made a reality and will be available.
EXCLUSIVE ESATO NEWS
Back in march i wrote about a little known concept phone by designer Jaren Goh called the Sony Ericsson Black Diamond the design and look of the original concept was nothing but simply stunning, it created a frenzy of discussion and debate on esato forums aswell as other mobile news and tech sites.
Some said they did'nt like the design,others said its only a concept nothing more and should be left at that,but the vast majority fell in love with it including myself.I have been dreaming about this as my ideal Sony Ericsson design ever since i laid my eyes on it and prayed to the almighty that by some miracle this gets made.
Well all i can say now is that our prayers have been answered and the Black Diamond will be available from 2007 but not from Sony Ericsson but by a company called VIPN initially available in only 5 unique numered pieces but at least we can say that our dream has been realised even though it won't be from Sony Ericsson and we will proberbly never get to own this masterpiece of craftmanship.
In regards to the specifications on the handset they are pretty respectable it will have Quad band with Wi-Fi an Intel 400Mhz processor running windows mobile 5 a 262k TFT colour screen,Touch Sensitive 2"screen,it will also feature an internal memory of 128mb and will come with a 2Gb SD card for external storage and to top it all of a 4 Megapixel camera.
The materials used for the build are incredibly impressive aswell featuring Titane with Polycarbonate with mirror-finish cladding and Diamonds.Now for the scary part this will only be available in 5 Unique numbered pieces in Limited Edition for the astronomical sum of $300,000 thats about £161,000 in U.K money.
Now why Sony Ericsson did'nt take this design on we may never know but Lets hope VIPN actually mass produce these and not make them so exclusive so us common folk can have the pleasure of owning this masterpiece of unique and classy Jaren Goh mobile phone design.
http://www.vipn.ch http://www.jarengoh.com
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[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2006-07-22 15:12 ]
Posted by PeterKay
WOW, £161,000 - betta start saving
Posted by ghostfreak
Looks stunning!
Posted by Xugaa
Not from SE
Posted by 02
HHmmm interesting.... 2007!! Juz nice for me to own one too... hehe.. 2Million Pixel?? What happened to the Mega Pixel?
Posted by axxxr
It will have a 4 Megapixel autofocus camera.
Posted by fatreg
only 5 in the world?
great not a hope in hell of getting one then..
not fair.
come on some fair play please...
some of us have the money to buy it but arent celebs or multimillionaires so wont get one...
not impressed at all.
fatreg
Posted by axxxr
I am pretty sure that we will see a mass market version at some point.
Posted by PeterKay
like the supposed v3 D&G which was rare and now everyone seems to be selling em
Posted by axxxr
exactly.....I think the design and spec of this phone is too good for it to be limited to 5 handsets,no doubt the manufacturer will see sense economic sense and introduce this to a wider audience.
Posted by blasjw
To bad they put Windoze on it.
Posted by masseur
why? windows mobile 5 is a very stable and able platform and there are some very good devices out there using it
plenty of mobile manufacturers are moving towards and/or continuing with windows mobile devices too, which must say something
Posted by Vein
I'd use that to lever my foot in a shoe tbh.. Very very expensive, even more so than Vertu!
Posted by masseur
but more exclusive...
Posted by Vein
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Hmmm, I guess so.. Even a dummy phone will cost $10k probably...
Will be interesting to see who buys them up
Posted by Paul_s
It's a shame in a way that it's not gonna be and SE phone, but I've fallen in love with, I really hope that they mass produce them, and at a price that mere mortals can afford!! And, it's well specced, most fashion phones are rubbish (e.g 8800 is lovely, but a vga camera, come on!), this is going to be one hell of a phone!
Posted by shaliron
Awww, I wish SE had just made it for themselves. Still looks classy but I don't think that it would appeal to mass market (like the 8800) if they lowered the price.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
well in my opinion its a waste, they put windows mobile on which just ruins such a nice design
Posted by fatreg
i dont think so WM5 kicks ass. if only it worked with mac id use my C600 and M5000 all the time.
proper msn on the move...
you knows it.
fatreg
Posted by Cycovision
How on earth does using Windows mobile ruin a good design? What has the OS got to do with the design? You can customise the front end to look pretty much however you want it to look so I really don't see a problem here.
Besides, I agree strongly with Masseur. Windows mobile is very stable and reliable and it's arguably the most widely supported mobile OS currently available. Surely that makes it an ideal choice for an exclusive and incredibly expensive device?
Posted by Vein
Well, surely if you were paying alot of money for a phone you wouldn't want it to just be an SPV C600 in disguise? I would've thought some exclusive but easy to use UI would make more sense, a bit like the adjustment of Nokia software with bigger and more expensive sounding words, such as Vertu, e.g. instead of "Contacts" it's "Directory"
If you get my meaning...
Posted by fatreg
thats the thing though Vein, you CAN customise WM5 so it probably wont ship with the standard bliss themes etc..
fatreg
Posted by 02
atleast this phone is WAY better than the Vertu.
Posted by axxxr
Absolutely i completely agree...vertu is very dissapointing in terms of specs,although build quality is excellent but again lacks in design.
Posted by 701
Not a SE phone.What makes it special is the price.By 2007 all these features will be matched by others too and this way u'll be able to find more than 3 programs for ur beloved WM 05 which u praise so much..
Posted by ann3x10
300 usd is cheap, my videocard is more expensive than that, and you're right by that time the features of that phone would be normal to have, and it olooks unrealistic of an exclusive phone rpiced that low.
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Yeah, but USD300K ain't.
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ok i read it wrong i thought it was only 300 usd.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
the problem is just personal preference, I hate windows mobile, cant stant using it, its slow booring and far to awkward, I wish se took this one then it wouldnt use the crappy os lol
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Surely when signature first came out it was not a problem for specs?
Like 2001?
Posted by borg_
Really Nice
But expensive
Posted by axxxr
another picture this time with the windows mobile 5 screen.
Posted by garlic_bread
found another pic.
really nice phone
Posted by axxxr
well that picture is from the Sony Ericsson Black Diamond thread.
Posted by garlic_bread
oh sorry not seen that thread
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