14 DAY TRIAL // Gresso, the company specialized in luxury mobile phones, has just announced the release of a sequel to the expensive Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot handset, the Gresso Luxor.
Apart from the fact that the phone is much cheaper than its Las Vegas Jackpot predecessor, which was priced at 1 million dollars, the phone doesn’t come with anything new in terms of specs.
The new Luxor phone combines the “luxury of the ancient Egyptian treasures and innovations of the 21st century.” Three main components contribute to the phone's $4000 price tag: African blackwood, ceramics and sapphire.
Gresso Luxor's back panel is made from 200-year old African blackwood, while the case of the handset is manufactured from titanium alloy and coated with high-tech ceramics.
According to Gresso, the manufacturing technology was initially used only in the space industry and makes the phone stronger and light as a feather.
The front part of the phone is decorated with a bezel made of planished steel with black PVD coating, while around the screen there are several 42-carat sapphire crystals.
As usual, the keypad is made of sapphire and each key is manually polished and laser etched.
The phone measures 116x46.5x12 mm, weighs 120g (battery included) and embeds a standard Li-ion 1100 mAh, which is rated by the manufacturer for up to 300 hours standby time or 5 hours and 20 minutes talk time.
When it comes to technical specs, Gresso Luxor fails to impress, as it features a rather small 2.2-inch display with 262k colors support and 240x320 pixels resolution.
Other highlights of the Luxor include: tri-band GSM compatibility (900/1800/1900), 30 MB internal memory, microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 2GB), GPRS/EDGE class 10, Bluetooth connectivity, FM stereo radio and 2-megapixel camera.
Gresso Luxor is now available from the manufacturer's website for no less than $4,000.