Barbie P520 cellphone turns up in China
By Donald Melanson 
posted Dec 12th 2008 2:06PM
posted Dec 12th 2008 2:06PM
Now, it's entirely possible that this isn't an official Barbie cellphone (or even an actual cellphone) but, if you're looking for something that's more Barbie-ish and, well, less cellphone-like than your usual phone, you may want to consider this new P520 model that recently turned up in China. Apparently, this one includes 2-inch,176 x 220 display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, "up to 2GB of expandable memory" (we're guessing a microSD card slot), built-in Bluetooth, not one but two SIM card slots and, yes, an actual mirror. Sold? Then you can apparently pick one up now for 780 yuan (or $114), although getting one over here will likely take a bit more doing.
[Thanks, Daniel]
[Thanks, Daniel]
I grew so tired taking pictures of myself to see what i looked like.. that mirror is so definatley for me!
Bring on action-man phone
I bet you uploaded them to your myspace profile. Even the ones where you missed your face
Dude this thing makes so much sense. A chic designer in the US should do this for a "women's fashion" designed phone.
Yes, charge $1999 for it and you have a serious product on your hands.
Why don't you just slap a Barbie logo on the AURA, and call it good?
The price tage would be the same.
where's the dial?
or, perhaps this is a touch screen phone that runs windows mobile or android or symbian?
I'll wait for the Bratz version.
I think they waited until Mattell won their lawsuit against the Bratz line. There has been an order to halt production on all Bratz merch due to Barbie winning the lawsuit. After the holidays, all remaining merch will be recalled from the stores. Appearantly, the guy behing the Bratz idea came up with it while he was working at Mattell. Unfortunately, that means that Mattell owns Bratz now and that guy owes Mattell a LOT of money. And you thought anti-piracy judgements were tough!
I was sold when I read "Barbie"
I was sold when I saw P520.
I was sold when I saw that this would attract young children.
ignoring the color scheme, this reminds me of the communicators the ninja turtles used on the `90's cartoon.
Ahh, the memories...
The mirror is used to make sure you have cleaned all the puke off your face after purging. How else do you get that glamorous figure?
Liposuction, silicon, plastic, and botox! ;o)
That was supposed to be @ grabbydad...
Why, is grabbydad fat or something?
My eyes !
iPhone Killer spotted !
What? No iComments complaining about the rectangular screen and metallic border?
Go back into the past about 3 minutes from when you posted, then post
If it wasn't so manly, I'd get it. But I'm afraid I'll scare off the ladies with such a gangsta design.
And proportionately, if this was a real phone, it would be 8 feet tall and have a 38D rack.....
I'm still waiting for them to release an actual Star Trek communicator phone...
Voice dialing only, touch screens are SO 2007...
Gizmodo caught this last Friday - Fake Chinese Barbie Phone Better Than the Real Thing. Or at least, something that looks awfully similar, 'cept for the buttons/stickers on the bottom half of the device.
Hey, this is a copy of INNO Design's official Barbie MP3 player! http://www.barbieb2.com
Duh, we knew that when it said "China".
Where's the Bob Builder phone?
I have nothing left to puke! Make it stop!
That phone is the most horrible thing I have ever seen. Including Manbearpig!
South Park: worst animation ever = ha ha hilarious!