Gresso's Las Vegas Jackpot phone costs a million dollars, seriously

When you make it your business to deliver outlandish new looks for mobile telephony, it can sometimes be a challenge to just outdo your last effort. So Gresso's decided the only way forward is to collect all the fine materials it had lying around -- black diamonds, pure gold, diamond-cut sapphire crystals, and 200-year old African Blackwood -- sprinkle them atop an otherwise nondescript featurephone, and slap on the spectacular price tag of $1,000,000. Only three Jackpots are being made, while there'll be a Las Vegas handset without the black diamonds and sapphires for the more mundanely rich among us, priced at $20,000. Oh Gresso, just one tip: next time, try to align your earpiece to your fancy designs, we hear wealthy folks appreciate some attention to detail.

[Bahumbug Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:18AM]

One million dollars cant buy you style.

That thing is ugly.

[briguy266 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:20AM]

@Bahumbug uprank for truth

[Alasdair Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:25AM]

@Bahumbug MOAR LIKE GROSSO AMIRITE?!

[Znupi Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:33AM]

@Bahumbug Way too pink man

[naz Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:36AM]

@Bahumbug

Jason is in the background!!!

[Fuzzball Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:01AM]

@Bahumbug

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[Firehazel Posted Aug 13th 2010 10:14AM]

@Bahumbug If I'm going to spend a million on a phone, at least it better be something that DOES.

[theshadow27 Posted Aug 13th 2010 10:54AM]

If you are going to make a phone 1million dollars worth, dont take the nokia 6500 classic as your model :/

[iHack13 Posted Aug 13th 2010 12:25PM]

@Bahumbug
In Ocean's 13 . Al Pacino should've used this instead of the Samsung..

[One Love Posted Aug 13th 2010 12:51PM]

@Fuzzball : ...so is a rich man. :)

[pukifloyd Posted Aug 13th 2010 6:43PM]

@naz
can anyone tell me whatsup with this jason guy? why is he on every photo and whats so funny about it? thanks : )

[d3si9n Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:17PM]

@pukifloyd

Check the date dude. This is a habit engadget has everytime friday the 13th comes around.

[InternetToughGuy Posted Aug 13th 2010 9:32PM]

@Fuzzball

...By Jason's Machete.

[kleenex Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:18AM]

you need your jackpot to buy the phone :O

[reebokshoes Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:00AM]

@kleenex Gets better reception then the iPhone 4, totes worth the money

[Luke Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:15AM]

@reebokshoes

That's actually not true, if your palm bridges the gap between the black diamonds and the sapphires....

[codepink Posted Aug 13th 2010 10:48AM]

@reebokshoes Lame.

[OJHx Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:19AM]

Its so damn ugly...

[tobsmonster2 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:39AM]

@OJHx
If it was just the black face and the wooden back it would be beautiful. The gold uber-bezel makes a million dollar phone look hella KIRF.

[jj1ggz914 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:21AM]

I would sell it after hitting that jackpot

[glassfin Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:28AM]

@jj1ggz914

to who? jewelry shop for dismantling?

[polster Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:23AM]

For a Million bucks you get a cheap candy bar phone! :(

[TheRealCJ Posted Aug 13th 2010 10:23AM]

No, for a million bucks you get an EXPENSIVE cheap candybar phone

[Wiesenlooser Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:27AM]

Can't wait for the first KIRFS of that thing.

[kchase731 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:30AM]

the entire concept of this has me profoundly confused. what exactly are you getting for a million? the right to own one of three crappy phones?

i guess its like the old saying. some people have more dollars than sense.

[Sickskillz Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:31AM]

So how is the warranty on this phone

[Fuzzball Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:14AM]

@Sickskillz
THIS

For that kind of money it should never drop a call, have 20 hours talk time, work underwater, and always get cell signal no matter where it is. Having a firmware issue would be unfathomable.

I could do better, more, and cooler stuff with a million than dress up a turd of a phone.

[brian fantana Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:37AM]

How much would I get for this as a trade-in for Argos vouchers on Mazuma Mobile? I'm considering getting a bread maker.

[Alasdair Posted Aug 13th 2010 1:04PM]

@brian fantana A thousand internets for you, sir!

[liquidmonkey1 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:38AM]

haha, jason wants one!

[DeviantmacG Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:40AM]

@liquidmonkey1

Don't f*ck around, just give jason the god daim phone!

[iservin Posted Aug 13th 2010 2:06PM]

@DeviantmacG
what's with the jason references in Engadget today?

[ReadyKilowatt Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:39AM]

This phone and $300 will get you laid in Vegas.

[orangearrows Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:14AM]

@ReadyKilowatt If you play your cards right - $300 will get you laid. Phone not required.

[IMarius Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:39AM]

so which arab oil tycoon or even american hip hop artist will be first to buy this then.

[ChrisSsk Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:54AM]

@IMarius

Probably the same people who think an all chrome SLR McLaren or a bright blue Koenigsegg and Lamborghini are nice looking

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301419/Invasion-Bling-ionaires.html?ITO=1490

[Jbionic Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:09AM]

@IMarius No american hiphop artist would rock a cheesy piece of gold plated junk like that. they would just bedazzle their iphone4.

[Bhima Posted Aug 13th 2010 10:54AM]

@ChrisSsk

Its pretty disgusting how oil robber barons flaunt the money they make from stealing the resources out of the planet while the people of their countries starve. Smells like, unfettered, free-market capitalism at its finest.

[gcims Posted Aug 13th 2010 1:03PM]

@Bhima
All right tree hugger. Move along. Getting off topic into flame territory.

[samrum Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:41AM]

Aww yeah I love Engadget on Friday the 13th

[icepop77 Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:43AM]

Can I crap in a box and charge $1 million for it too?

[gcims Posted Aug 13th 2010 1:06PM]

@icepop77
yes if you call it art.

[delicatessen lama Posted Aug 14th 2010 12:18AM]

@gcims I did that just now.

[Smug Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:43AM]

I will wait for the10 buck Chinese knock off.

[Irene R Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:46AM]

Jason was tired of being a small town serial killer. He went to the city to make it big. He needed a phone and this is what he got.

[TheRealCJ Posted Aug 13th 2010 7:47AM]

Why, hello there Jason, Friday the 13th already?

[Waltah Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:01AM]

Now that is not attractive.

[Jbionic Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:03AM]

Whatever floats yer goat but why someone would want to carry around $1 000 000 worth of that fuglyness is beyond me

[irav Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:09AM]

Does this have antenna Problem?

[Awall1987 Posted Aug 13th 2010 8:11AM]

WHAT? NO PULL OUT KEYBoArD!?!???!!?