Dialing For Dollars. Russian Bejewelled Luxury Mobile Phone Goes On Sale.

Seems we can't get enough of luxury mobile phones and Russia's Isse is yet another player in that arena. And right now their newest model, The Monaco, is reduced in price by over $1000 each. And PS. each comes in an exotic wood music box.



ISSE was established in 2005 and unites the efforts of specialists from Europe and Russia in design, jewelery art, marketing and high tech. As a result they offer exclusive limited edition jewel encrusted mobile phones.

The newest addition to their line is the Monaco.
With the efforts of the best specialists from Milan, Moscow and New York, four original models of the Monaco were created.

The front panel of the phone is entirely done of gold and silver. The design of the metal is done by applying the technique of “heated enamel”.

A real 1.5 carat diamond, natural ruby, garnet and topaz are embedded in the phone. The display is protected from bruising by a specially created sapphire glass. A multi-step hand grinding, engraving, polishing of the corpus and different ways to apply the platinum, gold, silver and color-stable enamel, stress the individuality of each model. In total 60 technological steps are needed for the creation of such a phone.

For each ISSE “Monaco” phone, adhering to the age-old Italian traditions, a bejewelled hand-made case is created. Each is made from different pieces of rare woods. Inside there is an original Swiss musical mechanism.

When the case is finished it is being locked by an individual key and the music dies away until its owner chooses to replay it.

“Monaco it’s our third collection of exclusive phones,” – says the ISSE’s general director Vladislav Mukhin, -“for its creation we were inspired by the atmosphere of the European paradise – princedom Monaco.

Each model has preserved the emotion and beauty of Monaco: its azure coast, fashionable villas, snow-white yachts, burring in verdure gardens and the excitement and profusion of Monte Carlo. And even the midday sun shines as if it was diademed (sic) in a golden crown, surrounded by diamonds and rubies.”

The Monaco Exclusive (blue or gold):



The front panel is entirely done of white gold
Heated black enamel
130 diamonds of a 1,5 Ct weight (VS1 quality), topaz.
Sapphire glass
The corpus is covered by a resistant turquoise enamel
Colors: blue and gold

Price
 was :$ 3,900 now on sale for: $ 2,100

Monaco Sun (red, white, black or gold):


The front panel is entirely done of white gold
Heated black enamel
45 diamonds of a 0,5 Ct weight (VS1 quality), topaz.
Sapphire glass
The corpus is covered by a resistant turquoise enamel
Colors: White, red, black and gold


Price:
 was $ 3,500 now on sale for $ 1,990

Monaco Goldkin (gold or red):


The front panel is entirely done of white gold
Heated black enamel
45 diamonds of a 0,5 Ct weight (VS1 quality), topaz.
Sapphire glass
The corpus is covered by a resistant turquoise enamel
Colors: red and gold



Price
: was $ 3,400, now on sale for $ 1,900

Other models:



Each bejewelled hand-made Monaco comes with:
▪ ISSE mobile phone
▪ Charging facilities
▪ Extra accumulator
▪ Soft cover
▪ Hands-free
▪ Instruction
▪ Guarantee stub
▪ Owner certificate
▪ Certificate on precious stones and metals
▪ Certificate of the Ministry of communication of Russian Federation

You may order the phone or get additional information contacting by:
+7 (495) 585-9655


learn more here.

It's Karma Calling. Buddha Mobile Phones On the Market

above: Well Wishing's Zen Mobile phone has been blessed by real Buddhist monks

above: various Buddha inspired mobile phones on the market

If you read the gadget, tech or mobile phone blogs, you may have noticed a lot of blogs and sites (like newlaunches slipperybrick and 2dayblog) writing about the release of a cheap ($123.00 USD) compact Buddha flip phone, the C91.

What you may not know is that the phone is a cheap knock-off (actual copy) - of the more ornate and higher priced versions of the only actual Buddhist blessed mobile phones from a company named Well Wishing.

Yes, I will show you all the photos in this post, as well as the prices and places to purchase, so you can compare.



These phones come on the heels of two other Buddha inspired mobile phones sold only in China; the special gold-plated version of the Nokia 73 and the "pray on the go" Odin 99. Granted, the idea of a shelling out money for a gold plated phone seem to fly in the face of zen philosophy, but that aside, let me clearly share with you the products and options if this is your Nirvana.

To start with, the special Chinese version of the Nokia 73, was based on the Shaolin Buddha theme. It is 24k gold plated stainless steel, has diamond and jade accents, features a touchscreen, microSD support, a camera and comes complete with Buddha wallpapers. The Raw Feed says it's a Nokia N70, but Dvice says its's a Nokia 95 and yet on eprice in Hong Kong, where the photos came from, it seems to be a Nokia 73. It was only available in China and no longer seems to be sold.


Nokia Gold plated Shaolin Buddha Mobile:














Next, the Odin 99 phone allows Buddhists to pray to Buddha anywhere, anytime. By pressing the Lotus button, an animated Buddha emerges from the Lotus. There are built in Buddha chant ring tones and Buddha wallpapers. There’s also interactive lighting and animated incense sticks. The phone comes at an undisclosed price but it includes a Buddhist metal talisman and a spare battery.

What most other articles didn't mention is, that in addition to music and video playback, the phone has 2 cameras (one in front and one in the rear), and 2 sim cards. Odin is an electronics manufacturing company in China that usually sells to others.

The Odin 99 (images courtesy of CNET Japan:)












To see a video of the phone in use and hear the ringtones, go here.
The Odin 99 is only available in China.

The Real Thing
Well Wishing seems to be the only REAL Buddhist phone in the sense that The Chinese characters of Well wishing are autographed by Yi Cheng Master, president of the world’s renowned Buddhist Association of China and one of the Four Old Masters in modern China.


above: the zen blessing on Well Wishing phones

The Well wishing · Zen Mobile
Wellwishing’s first product——was co-developed and produced by what they claim to be the world’s renowned mobile phone solution company and the top design company- although they do not tell us the company. The name was given by Master Miao Hua, special researcher at the Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and former deputy director of the Department of the Senate of Buddhist Association of China.

In addition, the one hundred year old Master Ben Huan, one of the Four Old Masters (previously as the abbot of the third generation of Bi Mountain Temple, Nanhua Temple, Guangzhou Xiao Temple and Shenzhen Hongfa Temple) also gave valuable suggestions to the mobile, whose accessory the Bluetooth headset is given the name Clairaudient by Wu Sheng, abbot of Changsha Buddhist Temple.



The Buddhist culture of Well wishing ·Zen Mobile is executively produced by Changsha Xixin Buddhist Temple.

The Zen Mobile comes in three different models; the Reserve, the Platinum and The Collector's editions. The product description is as follows:

Wellwishing·Zen, with the inspiration from water drop, has a sleek and round shape, every connection is a prey from your heart; it's a symbol of auspicious, harmony and peace.Giving you a noble, dignified, kind and joyful image and brought human craftwork and intelligence to an unprecedented altitude.

Glowing gold and sleek jade - which signify honor and virtue in Chinese culture have been unveiled as the two key elements in the design of Wellwishing·Zen:


Rhythm LED light --- Mystic breathing light endows it with breath of life, switching from flare red to gloomy blue ceaselessly:


And the flip design symbols opening the gate to wisdom and harmony:


The mysterious breath light of Wellwishing · Zen Mobile adds more liveliness to our products. When it is switched on, we can see the auspicious Buddha's halo in the interaction of fire red and blue, which carries a great will of happiness and peace and highlights the peaceful human elements:


The clamshell of the mobile is designed to carry the meaning of “Open the doors to spiritual beings”:


And the matching bluetooth earbud is beautiful:

above: The Bluetooth headset is given the name Clairaudient by Wu Sheng, abbot of Changsha Buddhist Temple.

Well Wishing Zen Mobile phones and Accessories:


above from left to right; the Reserve, the Platinum and the Collector's Editions

The Reserve Edition on docking station:

detail:


The Platinum Edition detail:


The available matching charging dock also has an LED colored changing light ring:


prices vary depending upon model, check out the products and availability here.

The Knock-Off
As for that cheap knock-off, the c91? It comes in a gold version and a silver version. Clearly the jade is not real and the presentation is hardly akin to that of Well wishing, but it is only $123.00.

The c91 Compact Buddha Mobile phone:





C91 Dual SIM Card Phone With Bluetooth (Golden) - 1GB (also in silver and gold):
tech specs:
Dual SIM card dual standby phone.
2.0 inch display screen.
MP3 / MP4 multimedia player.
1.3MP camera.
FM radio.
GPRS.
Bluetooth function.

Buy it here.

And there you have the dogma on Buddha mobile phones.