Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ulysse Nardin’s The Chairman

The Chairman by Ulysse Nardin is the world’s most expensive Android smartphone, and includes both a touch screen and a physical number pad. The Ulysse Nardin name is most often associated with luxury watches and that fact shows in the Chairman’s sophisticated design. The volume controls look like watch buttons and the crown between them can actually be wound to generate power for the device. In fact, the phone features a kinetic rotor power system visible through the backplate.

Specs:

  • 3.2" capacitive touch screen
  • Full on screen QWERTY keyboard
  • Physical numeric keys
  • Fingerprint reader for owner identification
  • 8 megapixel camera
  • High definition video replay capability
  • Android™ mobile phone platform
  • Facebook™ preloaded
  • Qualcomm 3G GSM/WCDMA
  • 2G Bands 850/900/1800/1900MHz
  • 3G Bands 900/2100MHz
  • Platform powered by the Freescale i.MX processor
  • 32 GB internal memory
  • Extensive gaming ability
  • Up to 8 hours talk time and 30 days standby time
  • Ulysse Nardin Rotor (kinetic power system)

Price Tag: $49,500