Luxury phones; Motorola Aura

Cool looking phone, huh?

The Motorola AURA is the latest (that I know of) luxury phone that was released in the last quarter of 2008. I think it is along the list of the Nokia Vertu. It has all the basic call features you can find on any other regular phone i.e. receive calls, make them, text messages, and oh, 2 GB of internal memory.

The AURA costs $2,000 and will start shipping on December 4th. In the meantime, Motorola has started accepting pre-orders.

Below are specs for the phone ( Yes, it's all very basic, but you gotta admit, the phone is nicely crafted in stainless steel and scratch resistant)

• 16 Million Colors
  World’s first 16 million color, circular display with 300 dpi resolution in the mobile phone industry 
  
  

• 62 Carat Lens
  Created from Grade 1 62-carat sapphire crystal, one of the most scratch-resistant materials on earth

• Meticulously Crafted
  Stainless steel housing with chemically etched textures and patterns takes nearly two weeks to sculpt, etch and polish 

• Swiss-Made Main Bearing
  At the center of the mechanical heart is a Swiss-made main bearing, which serves as the foundation allowing the blade to rotate with seamless precision

• Custom-Engineering
  Custom-engineered rotating mechanism has 130 precision ball bearings that drive the assisted-opening blade — like opening the door on a high-end luxury car. On the 100,000th opening, the blade glides with the same fluidity and grace that it did on its first

• Tungsten Carbide Coated Gears
  Gears composed of Rockwell 50-55 hardened steel are protected with the same coating used in high-performance racing engines

• 700+ Individual Components
  Comprised of features including up-scaled, nickel-chrome-plated exposed screws

• CrystalTalk™ Technology
  CrystalTalkTM technology delivers supreme clarity and deep resonance to every single conversation an AURA owner has, even in noisy environments

• Mirror Polish Finish
  PVD coating, the same used when making luxury watches, gives AURA its polished, mirrored shine

• Aluminum Keypad
  Individual aluminum keys are formed, anodized, spin-finish applied and assembled

 

AURA
Messaging	MMS,  SMS, Email (POP3/IMAP embedded)1, Open Source
Audio	AAC, AAC+,  AAC+ Enhanced, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA v10, WMA v9
Video	Capture/Playback, Capture/Playback/Streaming1, H.263, H.264, MPEG4
Camera	2 MP, Fixed Focus
On Board Memory	2GB user available memory2
Connectivity	Stereo Bluetooth3 Class 1, Version 2.0 plus EDR and A2DP, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Browser	Open Source
Bands/Modes	GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
Weight	141.00 g
Dimensions	47.60 x 96.87 x 18.55mm
Display	1.55” in diameter, 480 pixel diameter, LCD round
Battery	810 mAh typical, 780 mAH minimum
Standby Time	Up to approximately 400 hours4
Talk Time	Up to approximately 7.3 hours4