Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition is expensive, gold plated

If we know you (and we think we do), your idea of class isn't a modest candybar dipped in gold -- no, it's a modest candybar made from hand-cut and polished solid gold. But just in case you feel like slummin' it, the Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition is, as the name suggests, a 6700 Classic handset with a limited edition 18-carat finish, some special wallpaper (to compliment the phone's Fort Knox-esque new look), and a €370 (roughly $550) price tag. Tempted? You have until Q1 2010 to come to your senses.

[TT Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:17AM]

370 euros is actually somewhat reasonable.
At least it's better than Vertu (it sure looks a lot better, and at least it's got some acceptable specs) even though Vertu is owned by Nokia, right?

[chrisyz Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:21AM]

@TT Yeah, I was about to say that ~$550 isn't that terrible compared to other 'luxury' phones... Still would never get this though.

[Almo Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:26AM]

Don't forget these gold versions retain value. 8800 Scirocco gold are still quite expensive.

[tommy2468 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:42PM]

@Almo I wonder how much those pawn shop and cash4gold places will offer you for this Nokia

[Boyo Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:20AM]

NO MR. BOND I EXPECT YOU TO... ah hold on my phone is ringing...

Yellow....ah dude WAAAAAZUUP, no not yet, no. I was just about to when you called, had a great speech too. Whatever, any fool can shoot somebody, I got a FREAKING LASER!

[Thunderbuck Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:55PM]

@Boyo

Freakin GENIUS, dude!

[MarkAnderson Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:28PM]

@Boyo

Your post is full of win.

That is all.

[Siddharth Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:20AM]

eww.. tacky!

[an0nymous Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:20AM]

looks really cheesy

[sinaplenty Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:21AM]

Oooh, "special wallpaper".

[Wwhat Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:25AM]

Gold when used by a classy person can be classy, swarovski crystals are always tacky.

[Luffy Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:36AM]

Persians everywhere just came buckets

[shadowj0 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:48PM]

@Luffy

The phones wouldn't be gold anymore then, would they?

[Jomba Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:37AM]

I like it. although it might be hard to use openly.

[technognu Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:39AM]

this is tacky

[SnoopyWG Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:49AM]

Try to get out of the store with it...

[tazmond Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:53AM]

Scene: Deep in a secret Norwegian phone factory...
"Hey Bjorn, wut can we do wis da blacklog uf old pohones? Just schlapping 'Classic' ondem izn't sexy enoof.

Both men pause a beat, then look eachother, very excitedly in the eye and exclaim in unison-

"Gold Schpraaay Paint!!"

[Mr Death Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:47PM]

@tazmond: Pssst, Nokia is a Finnish company.

[Phreakazoid Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:47PM]

@Mr Death the accent is the same =))

[RaZe42 Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:42PM]

@Phreakazoid

No, the accent is not the same.

[GeekGirl Posted Dec 9th 2009 11:53AM]

Any Gold=Ghetto Gold!

[jol Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:11PM]

How can I get a gold plated phone for less than the iphone when it csme out? I expected a hand-crafted gold plated phone to be just a tad more.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:16PM]

Electronics in the EU are priced higher than their US counterparts, so it won't even come out to $550. But what good a luxury good is if it's not expensive or functional I don't know.

[Paullll Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:41PM]

@YpoCaramel
Yep, under 400$ is closer to real price. Nice.

[iroydude Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:58PM]

i'd hate to drop this on a rainy day

[jep10221 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:05PM]

i should buy this just so i have a reason why ATT always drop my calls...now i could blame it on the gold plating

[Pdexter Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:10PM]

Wow that's actually pretty cheap. Looking at "Nokias 8xxx and Vertu line".
It's tacky, but it actually looks ok. Thought i would get the normal 6700 classic that looks better, is made of metal and cost fraction of this ;)

[jakeZ Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:43PM]

The Nokia flasgship stores carry a wide array of phones like this. S40 phones with tons of bling. Don't understand it myself, but they sell like crazy.

[o29 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:44PM]

*complement

Sorry, it always bothers me when I see a compliment/complement mistake.

[KAL326 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:55PM]

It's the phone for those that have lost something in an unfortunate smelting accident.

[iroq d mullet Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:13PM]

it's unbelievable that they actually make this, meaning, there has got to be people who actually buy them...yikes.

[pika2000 Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:35PM]

@iroq d mullet You would be surprised. A lot of people buy phones for their looks, to get attention, and phones like this fit the bill.

[iroq d mullet Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:21PM]

rumor has it that this is actually what was in the suitcase in the movie "Pulp Fiction". true story.

[NotZura Posted Dec 10th 2009 10:31AM]

@iroq d mullet
Cool story bro.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:35PM]

a gold plated tiny screen slider that would have been cool in 2001?
who buys this crap anyway?

[Llnx Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:47PM]

@(Unverified)

People who live off benefits and refuse to work. They love to flaunt this shit to the taxpayer.

[GV2811 Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:25PM]

@(Unverified)

A slider? It's a candybar phone. Where did you get educated?

[soupisgoodfood Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:12PM]

A pity the GUI is still an eye-sore.

[Jehr Posted Dec 9th 2009 5:18PM]

I want to get this so I can spend another $100 getting a cheap polypropelene cover to protect all that gold that no one will ever see!

[nevarDeath Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:21PM]

Why does one image show the area around the call/hangup buttons as gold and another picture show that area as white?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 9th 2009 8:39PM]

GROSS. I'll take my nearly-black E71-2 any day. You couldn't pay me to use that ugly thing.