Vertu's Signature Cobra claims "world's ugliest phone" throne

What's there really to know here? Small luxury phone manufacturer goes insane, slaps a pair of hugemongous diamonds, two emeralds and 439 rubies on to an absolutely garish cobra, glues it to a lame-ass phone and sells the setup for $310,000? Pretty much. We can only take solace in the fact that only 8 of these Signature Cobra phones will be made by Vertu and its partner in crime, French jeweler Boucheron. There's also a "cheap" version, the $115k Signature Python, which is due for a production run 26 strong, but if you're actually going to spring for something this ridiculous, why not go all the way, right?

[Via SlashPhone; Thanks Trae M]

[shmengie @ Dec 21st 2006 11:44AM]

[prays]let this be the next engadget giveaway, pleeeeeeease![/prays]

[Antemeridian @ Dec 21st 2006 11:44AM]

Wow

[Deadturtle @ Dec 21st 2006 11:51AM]

ummm.... damn.... that would last.... maybe 30 seconds in my current mode of smash and bash strap everything to my belt or stuff it in my pockets and the crawl around in the floors and ceilings running CAT5 or fixing stuff... course I don't have a plush Gucci purse, that might help protect it, and if I could actually afford that phone I'd proly not be crawling around on the floor or anything... still looks like a cheap piece of plastic.... *shakes head*

[Marc D. @ Dec 21st 2006 12:08PM]

"Get these Mother F&^%ing snakes off my Mother F@#%ing cell phone!"

haha.

Samuel Jackson +1

[Elizabeth @ Dec 21st 2006 12:25PM]

Even Paris Hilton would say, "What a gaudy piece of s**t." That's truly hideous.

[Rick Lyon @ Dec 21st 2006 12:29PM]

hahaha

[hugoliva @ Dec 21st 2006 12:32PM]

Not even rappers will like this...

[M. Rod Von Hugenstein @ Dec 21st 2006 12:36PM]

The more insanely expensive you make something, the more people think they have to have it. Because, sadly, way too many people base their self-worth on the value of their material things.

I'm just as guilty of it as anyone, but at least I can admit I have a problem. And don't ask me why I have 3 computers, and a fourth on the way....

[Z @ Dec 21st 2006 2:38PM]

I think the wealthier you get, the stupider you get.

I say that, because it's amazing what the wealthy will waste their money on. They have all that money and therefore could have access to so much knowledge regarding the latest technologies and so on, yet they still waste their money on some lame-ass phone with old technology from the 90's.

Vertu, please wake up from your slumber. If you're going to slap jewels and ugly crap like this gaudy, stupid looking snake on a phone, at least choose a phone with the latest technologies.

If this is all it takes to make hundreds of thousands of dollars from the rich, then I should come up with something similar. Like jewel encrusted garbage cans.

[aalaap @ Dec 21st 2006 3:15PM]

More high res pics here... http://www.tech2.com/india/news/mobile-phones/boucheron-for-vertu-snakes-on-a-phone/2156/0

[Kip HT @ Dec 21st 2006 7:16PM]

Oh, there is a Vertu store at the airport here. I have never gone in but the phones all look like that. That is also one of the ugliest phones I have seen. At least its not a motorola. Then it could be worse

[NATO_Duke @ Feb 8th 2007 1:15PM]

This seems like a great idea to me. Can you think of a better way to pick rich people out of the crowd who should fall victims to Darwinism? If you see someone with this (standing next to their super dupper ricecar with the 8ft wing) - you should lock & load.

(I'm kidding - don't hurt people just cause they're morons.)

[Paul @ Feb 8th 2007 6:33PM]

Will they sue me of I glue a bunch of "diamels" to an old Cobraphone from back in the day? Because, ya know, that would be hawt.

[Asim Fareed @ Dec 24th 2008 5:21PM]

CoooooooooobrAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!