Armani Enters Designer Phone Arena

It's been a while since we last heard about a phone that has a designer label attached to it. The LG Prada comes to mind, then there's...well, I don't remember. That's enough to tell us that it wasn't trendy enough for other labels to follow immediately. Armani eventually did, as we're going to learn about today. Excerpts:

The P520 Armani is a gorgeous, well-constructed, well-thought out phone of the highest order.
The phone is dang small -- about the size of the P310 "credit card" phone -- which evokes educated guesses of what an iPhone nano might look and feel like. The P520's interface is a thinly veiled rehash of the same UI found on most of Samsung's modern handsets, though there's plenty of Armani media installed to make it clear exactly what it is that you paid extra for (not to say the extra-fancy box and brassy sheen aren't neat, too).

Engadget makes it clear that this isn't a smartphone, but with that label and look, it doesn't need to be.

Also, I'm going to call these designer phones from now on. I think there's a need to differentiate fashion phones such as the RAZR from phones with actual designer labels attached to them.

Source: Engadget

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