Mobiado Grand 350PRL

Mobiado's Grand 350PRL is a fancy E71 remix, the automotive world, coachbuilding is the age-old business -- recently making a resurgence among the extraordinarily wealthy, interestingly -- of taking established, off-the-shelf production models and turning them into totally customized, bespoke works of art. Commissioning a coachbuilt car is one of the most excessive displays of materialism known to modern man, but at the end of the process, at least you've got a functional keepsake and an heirloom that can be kept in the family for generations. Cellphones, though -- let's just say they don't have the same staying power that an exotic car has, which makes luxury manufacturer Mobadio's new Grand 350PRL a tough sell. Thepreviously-rumored phone represents the first model in the company's new Grand Line, which introduces a new industrial design distinct from its other two lines, but let's concentrate on what's really going on here: it's a dressed-up E71 . Mobiado has taken a great (and great-looking) smartphone that can be easily had for under $300 and applied enough sapphire, stainless steel, and mother-of-pearl to raise the sticker well into "if you have to ask" territory. Sure, if that's your thing and you've already put a couple coachbuilt Ferraris in the garage, be our guest -- but don't come running to us when you realize that the E71 has a better keyboard anyway for a trivial fraction of the price.

 

Frequency	Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Display	2.36-inch QVGA display with 16 million colors to view the photos and video that users record
Languages	English, German, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese
Phonebook	Capacity of 300 contacts, supports incoming call with big head sticker, grouping ring and individual rings
Ringtone	64-chord polyphonic, MP3; 25 built-in ringtones
Music	MP3 player
Video	Fullscreen MPEG-4 player, 3GP, MP4
Camera	3.2M pixel camera
File formats	MP3, MPEG-4
Memory	support microSD card extension, Document management
Data transfer	Bluetooth, USB slot, Data jack 10 pin mini USB for earphone and, I/O connection,wifi, GPS
Internet	WAP, GPRS,edge, hsdpa, wcdma, wifi
Phonebook	Memory Phone: 300 numbers w/ Voice-Tags
Messaging	SMS / MMS, Message multi-sending
Battery	1050mAh Li-ion
Power switch	Timer ON / Timer OFF
Games	Built-in Games
Dimensions	114mm x 57mm x 12mm (4.5in x 2.2in x 0.5in)
Weight	217g (7.6oz)
Miscellaneous	STK, Photo & Ringtone Download, Voice Recorder, Games, Notebook, Agenda, Calendar, World Clock, Calculator, Currency Convertor, Health Management, Key-lock, PC-Sync Tool
Comes with	2 x Li-ion Battery (1050 mAh), 1 Charger, 1 USB cable, 1 USB adapter, 1 Headset