Incrudo Phantom: "Mobile Phone with a Man's Character"
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Oct 6th 2008 6:37AM
posted Oct 6th 2008 6:37AM
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posted Oct 6th 2008 6:37AM
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Chris Ziegler, I applauding for you! :)
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(Before any English professor pops in!)
It seems that Chris is borrowing his writing from the dudes at www.woot.com ... nothing wrong with that!
Should have moved the phone image up a little so it looks like the cowboy is leaning on it.
Huh?
You mean stereotypically?
Like texting you football news all the time and spitting once in a while?
Copied and pasted from an article that actually provides real information about the product it is attempting to comment on (unlike this Engadget article posted here.):
We all know that Russians have many new billionaires in recent years due to the oil boom, and here's a handset that might appeal to them due to its relative rarity - it has been reported that only 10 of these phones will be released via the Euroset mobile network. The Incrudo Phantom as it is known comes in a minimalist design that is fashioned with luxurious materials, where both the apparatus body and buttons are made out of high strength titanium alloy while the display uses sapphire glass that is virtually scratchproof. A blue sapphire acts as the OK button, and the other features of this rather brick-like handset are :-
GSM/GPRS network compatibility
240 x 320 resolution display at 16 million colors
3 megapixel camera
8GB internal memory
Don't think the well-heeled will find this to be as desirable as something cheaper and more common IMHO. I personally think it looks butt ugly - what about you?
I'would'nt be surprised if that thing only sold on Arab or Russian market: they don't care what they're buying, as long as the prive tag is hefty.
I don't recall Engadget making an oath to always provide specs when talking about a phone/gadget/bla. After all, that's why the Via and the Read link are. Via and Read links which, by the way, give more info than your copy/paste.
Well it looks like the poor oligarch's Vertu
In Soviet Russia, phone makes you thick.
Thanks that makes a lot more sense than the story above. There's loads of newly rich millionaires in Russia, and they only have to find 10 tasteless enough to buy this. I am betting they'll sell out in no time. The ability to stop bullets is valued in Russia as well.
It's funny that the page about their Flash Drive is total fail. A company boasting about quality and reliability should at least be able to run the brand website.
I'm not liking it's looks either, but I'm betting that the near scratch-proof Incrudo will look better than any standard cheap beat-to-crap techno-bauble-gadget in white (or whatever) after about 2 years of real-world use.
Tim: Thanks for posting real details.
Engadget: a little commentary goes a long way. A whole, fabricated back-story with no relation to the source is boring.
That's pretty lame to come on Engadget as I usually do and see a big Cancer ad. Thanks guys. :-(
-Scott
Wow. Imagine what would have happened to your head if they had a tampon ad. Grow the hell up. Its a damn joke.
iFat.
that's nice
I got to the first line of the second paragraph of that ad, before I was disgusted by the flagrant pathetic attempt at dignity and actually having revere for such a POS phone...
Thats like me making a hat out of poo covered rat hair and then having the audacity to try and sell it off as a Top Hat...
How?
I am not a violent person in anyway, but if someone tried to sell this to me it would take a few marines to pull me of the salesperson...
I am'nt profesor, I applaude by you!
A bubble-blowing double iPhone baby doesn't belong out here .. in man's country.
It looks...well...inCRUDible
that's what she said
I know I'm probably wrong, but these slots on the right side look like USB ports.
If that would be true then I could maybe overlook the thickness and the bad looks of this thing (probably not the price though); I'm still waiting for a cell phone where you can download or upload files directly from an usb key or external HD.
Why not a single phone maker in the world has ever thought of offering this possibility is beyond me
If those were USB ports it would make the phone proportionally even bigger.
You are looking for a device with USB Host. The HTC Advantage has that, but its probably a but big for your pocket.
http://www.htcamerica.net/products/advantage7501/default.html
The XDA Flame also has USB Host
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=673
There's an odd one or two more, but I think WM is the only phone OS that supports that function (when the OEM sees fit of course)
So is 2-3mm casing the actually casing thickness, and not the depth? I would think so seeing as thats less than 1/8" Iphone is 12mm thick. Pretty good review though.
Reminds me of a 1970s - 80s tv remote- it's kind of retro-chic...
"The owners of INCRUDO PHANTOM will possess indeed an exclusive gadget since the handset is produced in a limited edition of only 10 pcs."
The whole page for this thing reads like a badly localized Japanese videogame, but TEN units? For reals?
Is that a branding iron in your pocket, or are you just happy it makes phone calls?
Hey the 80's called, and they want their cellphone back...
Reminds me of the good ol' days
http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/Telephones/SouthWestern_Bell_Motorola_Brick_Cell_phone_web.jpg
for some reason after reading the name of the phone i dont think its gonna get released, and theyll come out with something a bit simpler...
Not all men are grunts.
It's a phantom. It reeks of suckcess