Ulysse Nardin Chairman "hybrid smart phone" unveiled
By Paul Miller 
posted March 26th 2009 10:42AM
posted March 26th 2009 10:42AM
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Reminds me of a longer and gaudier Nokia E71 with a hybrid keypad. Replace that hybrid keypad shit with QWERTY and I wouldn't mind stealing it.
That's simply a gorgeous chronometer. I'm just trying to figure out how to strap it to my wrist as a fashion statement. All that's missing is an Apple logo for the final step in trende dejour.
HORRIBLE
That's what c.e.hoes are buying with your 401K. :)
Agree. Even more ugly than those KIRF phones.
It looks like it should be waterproof. That would be interesting.
I have to ask. How much?
You can't afford it.
(If you have to ask...)
And the Nokia candy bar series reminds us all of the old Ericsson series... doh!
This piece is actually better looking than all those Vertu Nokia is offering.
It is beautiful but it is not a watch.
All electronic devices will lose value and not really be something that one would want to collect.
A real Ullyses Nardin watch is a mechanical work of art that never loses its appeal.
I would no sooner buy a Ullyses Nardin cell phone that I would buy a Ullyses Nardin quartz watch, if such a thing existed.
I'm guessing that you could afford a Ulysse Nardin you would be able to spell it correctly.
BO-YAH!
No, I dont like it... but yes I do! Why the heck iPhone isn't like that?
This is the anti-Apple, design wise.
Apple always goes for minimalism (which is great, dont get me wrong). They did it right with the iPhone, unlike HTC which did it wrong with the G1. Both are minimalistic designs, only one was sexy.
The steel-blue phone is Beautiful. Looks just like a really expensive Swiss watch.
You have to leave it to the Swiss to turn a phone into a real collectors item.
"a 2.8-inch multitouch screen..."... WHY? So the phone holder could say "it has a multitouch screen" ???
Completely useless on a phone of this size and form factor. But yeah the design looks EXTREMELY GOOD, imo. OS?
You have an iphone, don't you?
No, and I never will.
@Ellianth
TareX has a picture of an Android phone, so uh...?
No, it's not useless. I have a G900, and I sure could use multitouch on it.
Hold on a second, what's so ridiculous about a 2.8" touchscreen? You have heard of the Samsung Tocco haven’t you and how much a success it has been around the world?
I would love to get the Ulysse Nardin Chairman and it looks amazing in black. I also want to get a Vertu, as there are free component upgrades for life. Well worth it in my opinion.
That device is the surest example that there is another world and a sensibility that I'll never experience or fully understand. I'm honestly not sure what to think of it.
indeed sir i would have to agree
Think of it as an excess so extreme that it reveals a true dislike for humanity. Unbelievable how much we loathe people but cherish this crap. Maybe not this particular piece of crap mind you, but crap none the less.
It looks like it came out of a luxury dark chocolate box.
Whats with the anchors? Its just ruins the phone.
Except for the fact that the anchors are their logo. Freakin' peasants, only good for field work!
I like the design..bit too much for a celly though..
a lot of gangstaz are gonna get got over this phone.
close but not enough anchors
I think it's gorgeous and prectical looking but the price is going to be very unpleasant for anyone not living through a trust fund. love the kinetic rotor system, first time I've seen that on a phone. Are there other phones that have a 5 megapixel camera on it?
There's a bunch. We're on 8 or 9 now...
Screw Vertu. THIS is luxury!
you're all nuts. it's pretty awesome!
In this mobile there is a same as technology and software (Sagem :D) as Porsche Design P'9522... :(
Pics are bunkspeed renders
Ill take three (of each color) please
Hurt me, hurt me, touch me... I am ready :)
Beautiful, reminds me of a time when phones were phones and you wore a watch for the time. Now my phone is barely a phone.
omg its gorgeous, im buying one. i dont care what it takes, i want one of those :D
What's good about this phone is that you can strap it with duct tape to your luxury prostitute's wrist while she bee jays you, so you can charge it.
i'll take two, please.
Umm, the camera in it looks pathetic and weak. I bet it's a not even a glass lens.
If you are going to pay a lot for a phone nowadays, it better have a camera with a huge lens and a great sensor.
There is no excuse for not including a quality lens and sensor system.
now THIS is how you do a luxury phone!
take note vertu and quit producing the same ugly looking shit over and over.
http://www.uncells.com/ is selling the phones for 10,500 Euros
I know it's wrong but I like it a bit, just because it's a change from the standard.
This is the FIRST ever cell phone that I actually want to own. I mean, I'm panting.
OMG I can't believe I'm so superficial!! So fraken awesome, has the watch options I want and its a cell phone.
Not sure if I'll even get over this moment!
Wants.
This will eat Vertu's market in a heartbeat. Not just that - it will create a new market for luxury phones. This is the first luxury phone that actually makes sense, and that is actually desirable.
this is beautiful,..we need one in the recession giveaway! LOL
crap