Anyone thinking of buying one should remember Ebeneezer Scrooge and how that story ended.
Dixons selling £68k gold, diamond, ruby and sapphire iPhone for Xmas
Anyone short of ideas for the stocking filler this Christmas and with a spare £68k down the back of the sofa can look no further: it's time for a Gold iPhone from the Dixons Retail concession at Harrods. The Jesus mobe, made by one of Harrods' commercial partners, is housed by a 24 carat case with over 300 22 and a half carat …
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Friday 29th November 2013 14:54 GMT FartingHippo
Obvioulsy not a jeweler
"300 22 and a half carat VVS1 diamonds - the clearest ones know [sic] to humanity"
1. VVS1 - very very small internal inclusions. Internally flawless (IF) and flawless (F) are both better grades.
2. A half carat VVS1 of a reasonable colour (D to G say) would set you back a grand plus. I suspect that there are 22 and a half carats in total.
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Monday 2nd December 2013 12:30 GMT JayB
Re: Obvioulsy not a jeweler
Sounds reasonable.. and if my numbers are correct..
300 stones with 22.5ct total weight - if they were all diamonds, they'd be about 2.75mm dia each (ish - 0.075ct per), with a height of approximately 1.9mm - so the case thickness would need to be 2mm up to avoid cutting through. Which sounds a bit thick to me... I mean... if this is all done properly and it IS 2mm all round (assuming stones around the sides), we're looking at almost 21cm3 of case material. That's nearly 400g of metal.....
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Sunday 1st December 2013 10:06 GMT Destroy All Monsters
Re: £68k for a phone
But it's not easy to make a pot to piss in from the useless crap that is "Das Kapital".
I can, however direct you to Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's "Karl Marx and the Close of His System"
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Friday 29th November 2013 16:17 GMT Goldmember
What I want to know...
...is what happens to these things next year when the inevitable new shiny comes out. And, diamond encrusted or not, according to fanboi law this model instantly becomes an ancient, outdated piece of shit. Is there any demand for the complete product to be resold, or is it simply ripped apart and the diamonds and gold scrapped/ sold off?
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Sunday 1st December 2013 17:17 GMT carrera4life
Capitalism.
If sold to an oil sheik, Russian oligarch or premiership footballer, then cheap at half the price. What other way is there to extract money from these people so as to ensure that funds spread downwards through society?
When individuals horde their wealth, we all become poorer as a consequence. I say double the price.