Is the Givori Serendipity the world's ugliest cellphone?

We've never really understood the luxury cellphone market, but color us flat-out confused (and nauseated) by Givori's latest ultra-high-end handset, the Serendipity. We're not certain what upgrades you get over a standard Nokia N76 for the $3,077 asking price, but let us just suggest that you save the money and hand your existing phone off to a kid with a Bedazzler. No one will know the difference.

[Via Luxurylaunches]

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Feb 7th 2008 8:51AM]

Looks like it belongs with Davy Jones' crew from the "Pirates" movies . . . Gross.

[Magallanes @ Feb 7th 2008 8:54AM]

I have the same impression.

:-P yuck

[josh @ Feb 7th 2008 9:12AM]

Now you can text "Parley" when you seek the captain.

[prateeko @ Feb 7th 2008 12:28PM]

It looks like it needs to be put out of its misery.

Steve, you're ruthless - sic your army of iPhones on this thing and let's end the suffering.

[Luigi193 @ Feb 7th 2008 8:54AM]

I barfed that up last night...

[Fernando @ Feb 7th 2008 8:59AM]

That's not a N76, that's my wife!

...ahem, I say, that's a 8800 arte

[Michael @ Feb 7th 2008 1:34PM]

If you go to the read link, you see that they mention this is being done to the 8800 and the N76. They just chose to show the 8800.

[Nubaeus @ Feb 7th 2008 9:04AM]

Scraping off layers of skin is a feature now?

[farfisa @ Feb 7th 2008 9:15AM]

I think they found that in Liberace's colon.

[CanCar @ Feb 7th 2008 9:20AM]

The real name is Uglydipity

[CanCar @ Feb 7th 2008 9:20AM]

The real name is Uglydipity

[NHAnimator @ Feb 7th 2008 9:24AM]

At least no one would steal it from you.

[Ellianth @ Feb 7th 2008 11:39AM]

But they'd beat you up for carrying it. And they'd tell everyone to keep an eye out for your ugly phone. I'd rather have it stolen.

[Jacqueline @ Feb 7th 2008 9:30AM]

You know how folks tell you *not* to Google images of venereal diseases but you do so any way? Well, that phone looks like a combo herpes/gonorrhea disaster!

[Blaktornado @ Feb 7th 2008 2:12PM]

Herpes? Gonorrhea? Google images? Disobeying adults?


Sounds fun!

[Kizorblade @ Feb 7th 2008 9:32AM]

"Givori's 'Serendipity' collection is a truly unique product. The use of genuine rare vintage stones, some of which are over eighty years old"

Waste of gems.

[MMalecky @ Feb 7th 2008 12:02PM]

Um, is there such a thing as a non-vintage stone?
It's not as if parts of the world suddenly came into being just recently.
God, I hate advertising that assumes people are retards. But if a single person were to buy this, who can blame them...

In other words, ALL ROCKS ARE OLD.

[jax @ Feb 7th 2008 1:29PM]

volcanoes produce new igneous rocks

[Josh L @ Feb 7th 2008 9:38AM]

My favorite part is the little dangle thing. It's like they got done gluing all those gems to the phone and then realized they had a few left over and no more room to stick any more on.

[Generic @ Feb 7th 2008 9:50AM]

the good news here is that you will be sure that nobody else in the world has a similar phone, for visible reasons

[James Yopp @ Feb 7th 2008 9:52AM]

See? This is where Engadget needs the new Slashdot-style tagging system!! Then, I wouldn't even have to comment, because as I scrolled by, I would have seen:

> yes, hellyes, ohgodyes, myeyesmyeyesmyeyes, fugly (tagging beta)

Get on the ball, guys! You need snarky tagging.

[brokenkeyboard @ Feb 7th 2008 10:02AM]

"We've never really understood the luxury cellphone market"

basically, you get a normal phone, cover it in this kind of crap, and sell it to rich idiots who apparently like to spend thousands of dollars on useless stuff like this to show off their monies and lack of taste.

On a totally unrelated note, I have a $4.2b gem-coated Saturn I'm bringing to market.

[tadghostal @ Feb 7th 2008 10:57AM]

In a word? Oh HELLZ yeah!

[Spiderpig @ Feb 7th 2008 11:06AM]

> Is the Givori Serendipity the world's ugliest cellphone?

YES!

[Ethan @ Feb 7th 2008 11:08AM]

Don't really want a phone that'll make me look like I had severe "chine acne" as a child.

[o_rita @ Feb 7th 2008 11:14AM]

One of those things that should not have been done at all

[tasand @ Feb 7th 2008 11:15AM]

What the f?

[Bob @ Feb 7th 2008 11:23AM]

Who's the idiot that designed this thing

[whowhatme @ Feb 7th 2008 11:57AM]

ow, my eyes.

[Pdexter @ Feb 7th 2008 12:04PM]

They murdered 8800 Arte.

[Fraggle.Rock @ Feb 7th 2008 12:04PM]

Wow, it really does look like someone puked on it during production... eww

[Tiff @ Feb 7th 2008 12:19PM]

where can i get one?!?!!?

[Lyle Goodwin @ Feb 7th 2008 12:28PM]

Didn't I just see this in a Verizon commrcial? One with a father talking to a daughter who tells him his phone is "hot"?

[Allen @ Feb 7th 2008 12:46PM]

Somewhere, some loser ditzy-heiress/trust-fund-windbag is probably calling all of us "classless masses" because we hate this thing. But lets face it, its a N76 that has indeed had a Bedazzler taken to it. At least no one would ever steal it.

[skulldriveshaft @ Feb 7th 2008 2:44PM]

what the fuck?

HULK SMASH

The victorian era just won't fucking die

credit to the person that said BEDAZZLER - LOL!

[Miguel @ Feb 7th 2008 3:32PM]

"Is it the world's ugliest cellphone?"

Uh, yes.

[Mike @ Feb 7th 2008 3:33PM]

I can't see the phone because of those barnacles all over it; can someone please scrape them off so I can see what everyone's talking about?

[Cubicalsound @ Feb 7th 2008 3:43PM]

This phone makes me want to vomit. Actually, the phone already looks like vomit.

[Rocket Scientist @ Feb 7th 2008 5:47PM]

It reminds me of the one episode on adult swims Metalcolypse when they have their own mobile phones made with all kinds of spikes, chains, and other dodads.
But this one here, is much fuglier.

[elias @ Feb 7th 2008 6:02PM]

you people don´t undestand good taste. i like it

[ugg.tryptophan @ Feb 7th 2008 6:14PM]

looks like something from the end of akira

[Marcus @ Feb 7th 2008 10:21PM]

MY EYES

THE GOGGLES, ZEY DO NOTHING

[farnarkle @ Feb 7th 2008 11:01PM]

Girls in Japan have been customizing their phones (and ipods) using glue and stones like that for a while now. I suspect that's where their great idea came from.

[farnarkle @ Feb 7th 2008 11:07PM]

Come get your Deco everybody:

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/laugh-life/bcabcaaca4.html

[Austin @ Feb 8th 2008 2:21AM]

Looks like it's time for an "Ugliest Phone" competition (or poll).

[raven @ Feb 8th 2008 11:40AM]

You missed the whole point
They designed these phones for ladies and ladies only (unless your gay) and i've noticed that there are guys who critisized the phone when it isnt targeted to you
Gems stones are popular on phones right now and obviously this company wanted to do something unique with the idea by adding bits and pieces of gold and dangles
I see these phones as more likly as jewelry than phones, in which you use them on special occations

[catieq @ Feb 9th 2008 11:28AM]

ohmigosh, like I'm as blonde as they come and even I don't want any of my boyfriends to give me this! the only special occasion I'd use it for, is like, to call the noob who gave it to me and break up with him !

[Delphi @ Feb 11th 2008 9:57AM]

Gaud...that is just bloody ugly. I am of the right gender market, but that is just an example of way too much money and not one whit of sense!!!