A jaunty looking David Beckham helped Motorola Korea launch their RAZR2 Luxury Edition today, seemingly the next stage in their "we're going down the pan, let's launch a wildly-overpriced special edition" strategy; the 18K gold and snakeskin-effect leather handset is otherwise identical to a normal RAZR2, which means a basic 2-megapixel camera, 2GB of memory and a 2.2-inch internal display. continued »

Genius move by stumbling cellphone giant Motorola: why push out millions of drab, feature-lite handsets (oh, wait, they already have) and claw in money dollar by meagre dollar, when you can knock up a few diamond-clad Bluetooth headsets and sell them for $17k a-piece.  The MOTOPURE H12 is a basic Bluetooth headset that's taken into the realms of ridiculous price-tags by ... continued »

Manufacturers take note: here's one surefire way to increase the average selling price (ASP) of your cellphones.  Encrust the damn things with 400 diamonds, courtesy of Tiffany's, and slap a 10 million Yen ($94,000) price tag on them.  Japanese carrier Softbank Mobile are doing just that, collaborating with the famed jeweller in the hope that their seriously eye-catching handset will ... continued »