All in the best possible taste: Ian Rush with one
of the £1,490 limited-edition phones
Liverpool
have launched a must-have mobile phone celebrating the
club's glorious history - there's just one catch. You have to be as
rich as a footballer to afford it.
And you have to have the taste of a WAG to even want the
monstrously indiscreet 18-carat gold handset which retails at a
recession-busting £14,490.
Just 250 have been made and they are adorned with 18 diamonds
marking the number of the club's league title victories.
At the bottom of the sapphire crystal screen ‘Liverpool FC’ is
engraved. It's definitely a phone you'll never want to walk alone
with in some of the city's less opulent areas.
The' Liverpool FC Legends Edition' phone is designed by Galentia
and the club with the aim of honouring their proud history and
heroes past and present.
Classy: The shiny handset, complete with
diamond-encrusted Liverpool badge
Get it while you can - their record haul of championships is
about to be matched by Manchester
United any day now.
Nice medallion: The phone complete in its
presentation box.
Hands up if you want one: Steven Gerrard's wife
Alex Curran might fancy one of the new phones.
It comes in a North African black walnut box, lined with
red velvet. Alongside the phone, within the presentation box, is a
limited edition 22-carat gold-plated commemorative medallion,
carefully crafted to include Anfield stadium on the
face.
Each medallion is numbered to match the limited edition phone it
represents. It is claimed that many of them have already been
reserved, including a special design by Anfield legend Ian
Rush.
Additional players’ numbers have been offered to the current
team. The company boastfully explains their ethos on their website:
'Unlike the major manufacturers, Galentia focuses on bespoken and
individualized cell phones.
'Galentia is capable of producing customized limited editions,
and focuses attention as much on aesthetic values as on
technological innovation.'
Really? You decide...
