Motorola's Aura Celestial Edition soon taking "giant leaps" for "mankind"

Here's a fact: the world really doesn't need another mildly tweaked Aura. Sorry, it just doesn't. That being true and all, we're still pretty jazzed to see Motorola giving the ultra-luxurious handset another go with the moon-themed Celestial Edition. Word on the street has it that this here handset won't deviate much from the predecessor, but it will come pre-loaded with multimedia from the original moon landing mission, a laser etched quote honoring the 40th anniversary of the journey and a price tag that's far, far beyond stratospheric. We're told that it's all set to go on sale next month, but good luck finding one.

[Via phoneArena]

[trainwrecka @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:31AM]

Just in time to upgrade from my last Aura.

/sarcasm

[BAWWW @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:35AM]

is that a phone?
:/

[)ROFL( @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:40AM]

There are no pictures of children on it, please, go away!

[Doug @ Jul 2nd 2009 9:01AM]

@ROFL

Good call Michael Jackson...

[mocax @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:47AM]

i'd murder kittens to get this phone.... if it has 3G....

[jimmywash @ Jul 2nd 2009 8:59AM]

When can we see the next razor?

[whoawhoa @ Jul 2nd 2009 9:43AM]

Good luck finding one? Who really wants to find one?

[tamoghno @ Jul 2nd 2009 9:45AM]

If this aura can aave motorola then its surely a big leap for mankind,o.






But , it probably wont .

[G @ Jul 2nd 2009 9:50AM]

motorola please go bankrupt already and do the world a favor

[silverblackvoid @ Jul 2nd 2009 10:27AM]

fuck you

[Agent .25i @ Jul 2nd 2009 9:56AM]

Ultra mega lame. I stopped giving a shit for Motorola when they released all those stupid Hello Moto commercials. That gayness may fly in Europe, but that Spanish/Brazilian tween rock bank commercial for the rokr, the worst.

[murmermer @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:10AM]

@agent

It's true, if a corporation wants to have hardcore gay commercials they deserve to collapse

[Ineed911 @ Jul 2nd 2009 10:27AM]

Shame on Motorola for wasting R&D on this pointless device. Double shame for wasting time on a refresh.

[marty @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:04AM]

it's a nice phone if it wasn't so outrageously priced... buy an iphone, way more bang for the buck!

my 3GS kicks and motorola phone's ass! ... my 3GS kicks ANY phone's ass!!

[Valicore @ Jul 2nd 2009 11:40AM]

Motorola, you're gonna get bitchslapped pretty soon if you don't stop messing around. Between this and the Android device pics that were leaked, your borrowed time is about to get called in.

[smash579 @ Jul 2nd 2009 12:23PM]

has motorola completely lost its mind?

[Kamaraderie @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:18PM]

No.

[tuna @ Jul 2nd 2009 12:29PM]

This is really nothing new. 9 years ago I had the misfortune of working for a complete tool and shady character. He had bought the phone from his travels in asia and was eager to show it off to anyone who did or didn't give a rat's ass. The phone was a Moto, same pivot design, same finish. Moto merely pulled it out of their bin added a couple of things (like 3G) to make it current.

[Victor Stuber @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:25PM]

geeze motorola. When will you learn? Stop making crappy phones from 2003 and start innovating. or better yet just use android

[jjbecerra909 @ Jul 2nd 2009 1:39PM]

Dang the Aura is a pretty sikk phone my Motorola Rep Won an Aura and it was pretty crazy but he is going to try to sell it on Ebay so Ehhhh.

[wupolo @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:15PM]

v70 all over again, and im pretty sure it doesnt have 3g