Posted on 01/11/2015 11:57:25 PM PST by Swordmaker
Cyrus Blacksmith, CEO of Brikk, has anounced the launch of the latest iteration of Lux — the iPhone 6 Diamond Select. This smartphone is an evolution of the Lux iPhone 6 that was launched by BRIKK in July. The Lux iPhone 6 Diamond Select is available finished in 24k yellow gold, 24k pink gold, or 950 platinum, and pushes design barriers with addition of up to 12.8 carats of handset diamonds to its enclosure.
The Lux iPhone 6 Diamond Select comes in both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models. The four sides, top, and bottom strip on the back of the phone are completely encrusted in perfect VVS clarity, DE color, conflict-free, natural diamonds. The classic Apple logo on the back of the phone is also completely set in diamonds. On the iPhone 6 model (4.7 inch screen), this customization translates into the addition of 9.24 carats of diamonds added to the frame of the phone. On the iPhone 6 Plus (5.5 inch screen), the weight increases to 12.8 carats.
Prices start at (are you sitting down? – Ed.) $42,995 for the standard iPhone 6 Diamond Select. The iPhone 6 Diamond Select Plus is available for $56,995. For an additional $5,000, the Lux iPhone 6 Diamond Select phone can be configured with the same 256 bit hardware encryption technology used on the iPhone 6 Secure.
All models are packaged in a custom fitted, 24k gold plated Zero Halliburton case with carbon fiber and suede leather, user manual, and all standard accessories. Each Lux iPhone 6 Diamond Select phone also comes with a diamond-embedded certificate of authenticity and an exclusive 1-year warranty provided by BRIKK. The Lux iPhone 6 Diamond Select is available at Brikk Authorized Resellers, and through the Brikk website. Interested individuals can also arrange private viewings in Los Angeles, Istanbul, and Hong Kong through Brikk’s exclusive concierge service.
Envisioned by CEO Cyrus Blacksmith as a luxury technology-driven brand, Brikk is rapidly redefining the meaning of opulence. The Brikk team consists of experts in Industrial Design, Engineering, Physics, Marketing, and Distribution. Brikk is headquartered in Los Angeles, with additional offices located globally.
I don’t see a problem with a $31,000 watch.
The phone for RICH dummies.
Is the Iphone the best phone? For me right now it's OK, but appears to not have the same DPI as other android upper end phones.
better touch, not tough with the wife...
Certainly not if I'm selling it. To bilk the rich is great sport!
I had a Rumor before it wore out (loved that phone) the phone that was the cheapest slide-out keyboard (i wanted the slide-out)offered by our provider was the Motorola 4g. I got that and I liked it pretty well and became hooked on the iheart for my talkies but it in no way stayed connected as well as my husbands iphone.
Then, not long after I got my droid phone it slipped out of my pocket while jogging with my dog—it shattered. My husband said no more of that junk and bought me the iphone like his. I am now an iphone fan now but I STILL favor the slide-out keyboard to the touchscreen keypad. It’s just a personal preference.
It is amazing to me that the Iphone 6 costs nearly $800. I paid $299 for a 64GB and I have a 3GB a month plan for $60 for two years and then they comp the other $500 of my phone.
So, if I deduct the other $21 a month being used to buy my phone, my plan costs me $39 month for unlimited talk/text and 3gb of roll over data a month. Not the worst.
Those diamonds are not worth much at all. The labor to place all the diamonds to the phone are the real cost.
To be honest I would never have bought a cell phone without my husband nagging and prodding me to do so. I only ever used mine to text with my son and the occasional phone call until I discovered iheart.
I would be just fine without a cell phone and actually sometimes I wish they didn’t exist. I would probably suffer some withdrawal losing the mobility of listening to my talk shows. I guess I would would go back to listening to music. That would probably be lower stress, too! hahaha!
LOL, I was embarrassing my wife by using a $14.99 go phone for my 15 year old service.
She gave me a Christmas gift of $250 to buy a new phone. (hint hint)
I gave her a purse by some late named Kate Spade.
I had to go look to see what a Kate Spade purse is, they’re nice. Not too crazy looking and of good quality, bet your wife was a happy woman.
I’m hoping for a new back door for my birthday or a new compound miter saw...both would be better. (why not dream big)
Bling phones just aren’t for me, I’m a klutz! I just need something that holds well up and gets the job done. :p
Nah, try this one on for your wallet size. . . Opus 11, by Harry Winston, $250,000. . . but how in hell do you tell time on it?
When the Apple App Store first opened, there was an App that sold for $1000. The creator sold 11 of them. . . it merely flashed the screen stating “I am rich!” The creator made it as a joke! Didn’t think he’d sell any at all. . . and made $7,700 from morons. Apple took home $3,300 from the morons. It just proves you don’t need to be smart to be rich. . .
Above a certain level which is around 350 pixels per inch, the human eye cannot discern any difference at all. . . none. You simply cannot see the pixels. That is the level of retinal resolution at the distance one would hold a phone to view it. Anything above that is merely advertising hype to claim bragging rights.
Above that limit, the companies claiming it are only adding overhead to the phone to move those pixels around, changing colors, and consuming power, eating battery life, and processor time, and graphics resources to handle the often doubled pixels and color space (for no added benefit). In fact, those huge, high resolution screens often stutter and skip on streaming replay of video.
There is even a new phone that's been announced claiming 4K resolution (which is really only 3820 horizontal x 2880 vertical pixels and not really 4K across). . . in a 6 inch phone! Talk about extreme overkill!
The ORIGINAL iPad had more pixels than a 60" 1080P big screen HDTV. . . in just 9.7 inches. . . and that was not even the Retina iPad! That's how ridiculous this resolution hype is getting.
What IS important beyond pixels per inch beyond the retina point is how true to life are the color gamut being presented on the screen. The AMOLED screens on the Android phones use supersaturated color gamuts to make their screens look super-bright, but the gamuts are WRONG and not true to life. Apple uses correct color gamuts so that photography is true to life, not supersaturated. Nokia Lumia does the same thing as Apple. . . that's why their phones get rave reviews as well (it helps they use Zeiss lenses) and Apple also uses Sapphire lenses made to a similar quality.
Oops. . . error snuck in. “350 Pixels per inch” should read “250 Pixels per inch”
I used to like nice costume jewelry but haven't bought anything in years. I indulge in enough other stuff as it is. And I can't take any of it with me.
I wouldn't know, I use the day clock you got your mother.
Since i am somewhat semi-retired now, I find I am now finding myself losing track of what day it is. . . I'm going to have to go get it from my house and bring it here. . . LOL!
My wife loves her mostly black purses and mostly black shoes. She wants a Prada purse but knows we have to win a lottery for that one.
I hear you, but have also had people tell me you can’t see the difference between a 720P TV or the more advanced ones if they are under 32”. Then I went and got a 1080P 32” for one of the back bedrooms and I noticed it was much clearer to my eyes.
I felt the same way about the phones. Samsung and LG had much clearer screens according to my eyes.
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