Mobiado Professional 105 EM / GCB handsets: too luxurious for our fingers

Heads up, affluent sect. The immensely pricey Professional 105 line is expanding, as two new members slip in to tempt your stuffed wallet. Mobiado's Professional 105 EM is available in Cocobolo and Ebony, and the frame is even constructed from anodized aluminum; you'll also notice sapphire crystal buttons and a black finish. As for the Professional 105 GCB, it's layered with a 5-micron thick 24-karat gold plating and jazzed up with a fancy logo 'round back. Both candybars feature quad-band GSM support, a measly 1GB of internal storage space and a ho hum 2-megapixel camera, but fret not, as it'll (very likely) be the most expensive lackluster cellphone you'll ever pay for.

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[Niki @ Jun 12th 2008 12:39PM]

what happens when you drop it in the toilet?
O_o

[Dan Davis @ Jun 12th 2008 1:11PM]

You have your manservant fish it out for you.

Duh! :P

[Magallanes @ Jun 12th 2008 1:56PM]

expensive "shit" ever.

[nDee @ Jun 13th 2008 6:49AM]

Under the shell it's only a nokia 6500 classic

[happy_penguin @ Jun 12th 2008 12:39PM]

What a POS.

[Green Koi @ Jun 12th 2008 12:44PM]

eww... is that a phone for the blind?

[eggothewaffle @ Jun 12th 2008 12:46PM]

"...but fret not, as it'll (very likely) be the most expensive lackluster cellphone you'll ever pay for."

Well, there's always that $1600 to $2000 touchy device made by that fruity company...

[happy_penguin @ Jun 12th 2008 12:53PM]

Or that $2,419 Treo from Verizon.

[eggothewaffle @ Jun 12th 2008 12:55PM]

Very true.

The big difference is that I didn't have any expectations or hopes for the Treo.

[Zak @ Jun 12th 2008 1:10PM]

Sorry, your expectations of a product do not enhance or reduce the value of said product. It doesn't work that way.

[eggothewaffle @ Jun 12th 2008 1:16PM]

You're absolutely right.

The lackluster product does all the work for me.

[Zak @ Jun 12th 2008 1:33PM]

Does all what work for you? Reduce the value? Do you even read the posts you respond to? And didn't we already go over how your opinion doesn't affect the value of a product?

[happy_penguin @ Jun 12th 2008 2:32PM]

If you read through his posts you will see that he is obviously obsessed with iPhone. Jobs must have murdered his family. You can't reason with blind obsession.

[mkeough23 @ Jun 12th 2008 12:47PM]

iphone......................................... this has no meaning but every engadget article has to have the mention of the iphone somewhere

[eggothewaffle @ Jun 12th 2008 12:52PM]

It's the Walt Mossberg of tech blo...Oh wait.

[phanbouy @ Jun 12th 2008 12:55PM]

uh... yeah. unless they've revised this post you're the only one bringing it up.

[Sim @ Jun 12th 2008 12:57PM]

I imagine you mean "affluent set"...

Rather than a rich cult of typically religious extremist persuasions.

[fourthletter @ Jun 12th 2008 1:03PM]

UGLY buttons, look like Paris Hilton's tits !

[Danakin @ Jun 12th 2008 1:12PM]

hey now, lets not say things w can't take back...literally, there is no "delete post" button.

[Quentin @ Jun 12th 2008 1:06PM]

I like the look of this phone. And lets be honest, a person who buys this isn't getting it for the 'techie specs'. Love the hardwood sides!

[Dan Davis @ Jun 12th 2008 1:17PM]

No diamond-studded case?

Pass.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/nokias-8800-outdoes-itself-again-with-diamond-studded-edition/

[Toby Shorin @ Jun 12th 2008 1:23PM]

It's official. Some people just have WAY too much time on their hands.

[Magallanes @ Jun 12th 2008 1:55PM]

you are welcome to.

[Cornelius @ Jun 12th 2008 1:59PM]

Or WAY too much money on their hands.

People who buy these phones have far more money than brains, and kudos to Mobiado for finding new ways to milk these rich retards.

[phanbouy @ Jun 12th 2008 2:48PM]

he's welcome to what?

[Magallanes @ Jun 12th 2008 1:54PM]

but why PROFESSIONAL ?.

[Greg Mcp @ Jun 12th 2008 6:22PM]

I noticed that too.
I'd be more tempted to buy it if it said "RICH BASTARD" in gold along the bottom of the phone.

[gerbick @ Jun 12th 2008 2:11PM]

Isn't this just a gussied up Nokia?

[marnix @ Jun 12th 2008 2:13PM]

Thats a lot of money for a pimped-up nokia 6500 classic

[Jesse @ Jun 12th 2008 2:32PM]

I think products like these are made simply to have a good long laugh at the people who buy them... seriously, WTF?

[Graviola @ Jun 12th 2008 3:07PM]

Fascinating, its one the most expensive ugly things I've ever seen... shouldn't products made for only-looks-costumers be...you know.. pretty and sparkly ?

[Jimmy @ Jun 12th 2008 3:49PM]

DO NOT WANT!