Bling it on

Written by TJ Lim

Thursday, 25 October 2007

Nokia N95

We’ve come a long way since having a mobile phone as a communication tool. These days, the mobile phone has become a revered fashion accessory. Of course, there are those who want no more than for it to make voice calls and handle text messages, but more and more want devices that aid them at work, entertain them while on the go and most recently, look good while doing it all. Thumb through women’s glossies and mobile phones are striking a similar pose between the pages of designer jeans, lipsticks and perfumes.

Manufacturers who have their ears to the ground have responded and paid a lot more attention to the ‘bling factor’ of users wanting their phone to be an extension of their personal fashion and style. By investing heavily on design with colour and material specialists to revolutionise patterns, shapes, fabric textures, mirror like surfaces and figuring out if the silver is the next black? Or um, is black the next um black? Pertinent questions to tempt the fashion conscious and best keep up with the Sweeeetie! Dahhhling! Crowd of air kissers for they as many fashion houses would attest, have the spending power and their love for fashion and having the right look is of cardinal importance to their well being. After all, the mobile phone does get flashed around a lot more than any other accessory in the handbag.

So what are the latest that you can expect in the upcoming season? Apart from the obvious fashion label and phone tie-ups like Prada with LG, and Armani with Samsung, we look at three other contenders that would get the instant kudos without the fashion label tag.

Nokia N95 (8GB)
www.nokia.com.sg

Apart from the usual telephony, the N95 comes with a 5 megapixel camera, radio, music and video playback and inbuilt GPS. Just about all the connectivity bases are covered and the quadband phone will work with your usual jet setting lifestyle. With the GPS aiding your getting to the hotel and other attractions, its classy sleek black body will enhance any outfit or style.

Samsung Ultra Edition 12.1 (U700)
www.samsung.com.sg
You’ve probably seen supermodels as slim as the U700 and at 12.1mm it will barely create a crease in your pocket. It’s not all just looks as it cramps in 3G, HSDPA and a 3.2 megapixel camera into its slim slider form factor. Its 2.2 inch screen doubles up as a mirror when idle and its four way rotary wheel controls how else you use the phone. Perhaps, like entertaining your thumb on the wheel as you wait for your friends who are understandably fashionably late.

Motorola Razr 2 V9
www.motorola.com.sg

Probably a design as timeless as the 1970s Chanel suit, the white collar brigade at Motorola decided to keep most of the old Razr’s good looks. This time round, they tweaked just a little for its new Razr 2 V9. The micro SD card carrying V9 flaunts an 11.9 mm thin body with well-crafted aluminium, stainless steel and magnesium for extra classiness and durability. The quadband HSDPA enabled phone also comes with a 2 megapixel camera and a three hour fashion gossip chat time.

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