iPhone 4 Diamond Edition: white, unlocked, and $20k
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 5th 2010 3:21PM
posted July 5th 2010 3:21PM
Looking for something a bit more eye-catching than a iPhone 4 with a wooden veneer? Then it looks like you can once again thank Stuart Hughes for throwing any subtlety to the wind and going all out with the so-called iPhone 4 Diamond Edition. As you can see, not only does the phone pack a smattering of diamonds (including a bedazzled Apple logo), but it's a white iPhone 4 (32GB, naturally), and unlocked for good measure. Of course, there's no guarantees you'll actually get it before white iPhone 4s become commonplace, but we're pretty sure this is $20,000 well spent either way.
and hey, it comes with a bumper
@lockstockedd
i bet it still won't fix that pesky antenna issue
@dgtlber
Most... expensive... bumper... ever.
@lockstockedd
thats one really really costly bumper. but hey atleast I can make calls with this.
And wheres my DroidX DE.
@lockstockedd I'd like to wait for an N8 Diamond version ;) that would actually be pretty cool. Or they could even use ruby sapphire and other jewels to get those different colors! LOL
@dgtlber
Actually i don't see any antenna there
more like iPhone 4: Arab Oil Swine edition.
like who are they kidding.
@lockstockedd
I was laughing this off as a joke, then it hit me; this is the Iphone. More people buy this phone based on pop culture than substance. So, of the 1.7 million owners there's gotta be a few thousand super-morons that will think this diamond joke will improve their self worth. Don't believe me? Read this thread and see a few Apple fan-boys use words like; HOT, AWESOME. Gosh, and you wonder why the rest of us don't take you seriously.
@Roger Moore: protip - short and witty. maybe you'll get em next time.
@Mister Warmth C'mon now. You didn't really think celebrities would be rockin the same phone that you can buy anywhere, did you?
@Mister Warmth
Sorry. I was not going for laughs. The clown convention is to the right.
@Roger Moore
heed his advice, keep it short for the rest of us at least.
@Roger Moore Youre post shows why we can't take you're kind seriously
@Plazmic Flame Smallest markup on a bumper ever.
@lockstockedd What's a bumper? Rubber case you mean?
@lockstockedd Well, they can't refuse to give one to you, so at least they have a one up on Apple...
@intros
Good observation. The original antenna would not function properly with diamonds covering it. They must have designed an alternative.
The permitivity of diamond is 5x that of air, meaning EM waves travel considereably slower through it. Bordering the antenna with diamonds thus has the effect of being electrically longer, thus, will function for a lower frequency than necessary.
So, its not a bumper, its a 20k fix to reception issues without a case. Huzzah?
@lockstockedd
Hey these diamonds are blocking my antenna!
- Bill Gates
@lockstockedd Unbelievably, the percent markup on this bumper is probably less than the one on Apple's bumper.
How many bars?
@MVMNT Comment of the year.
@MVMNT hmmm paying for diamonds or paying stupid ETFs? I would go for the diamonds!
@Eli Haj
it has diamonds on it so expect to find it in a club or strip-joint if you get my thinkin
@manofchao5 I'm hoping someone accidentally misplaces this one too... :P
Seriously?
bling!
@adrenalynn
HAHA, That's amazed !
Just I find some "iphone 4 in HD", OK ,share to all : http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/iphone/iphone-4g-hd-is-coming.html
Only 20k, then next year the new iPhone comes and you gotta buy a new one. Hmmm wonder what the resale value of this is lol
K1ll yourself. It's a damn, TELEPHONE.
@Failbait
Lady GaGa wouldn't mind this Te-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh Telephone.
@Hoppesangen
Best comment ever. I will have to kill you for putting that damned song in my head again. It took surgery to remove that tumor from my memory...
@Hoppesangen with reception issues, she wouldn't get service in the club with that phone either.
At first I thought her video was an ad for Virgin, until 'i ain't got no service in this club'
EVO still rapes the diamond iPhone.
@ProdigyOfGaming Having used both quite extensively in the last week+
It's quite the opposite.
@MiddleFinger Hmm..yep..pretty sure its the iPhone that's having hardware problems genius...in fact it has aLOT of problems..silly fanboy us jealous of my EVO LOL
@Ecoteric I still don't think the Java based games on Android come anywhere near the quality of iOS games.
Besides the EVO is only useful in a VERY limited geographic area, there's a whole CDMA free world out there.
@hill60
should be comparing quality of calls and the number of drop calls instead of game quality imo
@hill60
Correction. Cdma free Europe and Japan
Canada Korea China Russia all have cdma networks
@rmbrown09
that's you on the right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJzI0tQdD0
@DefPoet
Every provider in Canada is switching to the GSM side of things (hence why every network carrier has the iPhone). The CDMA networks are still up, but give it 10 years and they'll be gonezo, in Canada at least.
@peacecrafts
ahahhahahahah +1, its just damn funny no matter which side you're on.
@peacecrafts Didn't want to waste time watching whatever that was sorry.
Cha ching.
FAIL
If you think this is $20k well spent then you sir are a douche bag above the rest.
@dissident75
This or ed hardy?
@dissident75
So what would you do if you had millions in the bank? Continue shopping in the bargain bucket?
Hardly, eh?
@intros This. Ed Hardy is just regular douche since regular douche bags can afford it.
To afford this you must a incredible douche.
@suicidebob
Even if you have millions in the bank, spending 20k on a diamond studded phone makes you not only a douche but a tasteless douche at that.
@suicidebob I would invest it in things to make more money, duh. I'd buy toys of course, but I still wouldn't buy a diamond encrusted iPhone.
Now a EVO with a custom machined titanium casing or a mat black carbon fiber casing for RF freedom, now that idea has merit. I don't mind showing off money but understated is better than bling any day.