A SOLID GOLD,
DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED DONALD TRUMP IPHONE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET
Goldgenie, a luxury
goods company famous for gold-plating just about anything for its wealthy
clients, has recently launched a unique Donald Trump-themed iPhone 7 made out
of solid 24K gold and encrusted with diamonds. And the best part is that this
gem costs only $151,000.
The Goldgenie retail
store in Sharjah, a city near Dubai, came up with the idea for this unusual
product after it was specifically requested by a Chinese woman, last
month. Frank Fernando, managing director of Goldgenie, declined to
identify the customer by name, but said that he believes her family wants to
give it to Trump himself after his inauguration, as a present. Anyway,
Goldgenie loved the idea so much that they made it available to their other
clients as well.
I guess I can see
some of the world’s super-rich spending a whopping $151,000 on a gold iPhone
7 embellished with over 450 VS1 white diamonds within the Apple logo
and around its edges, but who would want Trump’s grinning face stamped on it?
Well, it turns out that the idea was very inspired, as Goldgenie claims that it
has had nine more orders for its unique Trump iPhone.
Not
only that, but Emirates 24/7 reports that the Goldgenie sales team is
actually receiving several inquiries per day from people asking to have Trump’s
face engraved on their own devices. The guy is apparently really popular among
the uber-rich.
The company’s team of
artisans spend 180 man hours working on the custom iPhone 7, but that’s not the
only justification for the scary price tag. The device also comes
with military grade encryption as well as call privacy features, among
other perks. Still, $151,000 sounds insane.
And if you’re still
wondering what kind of person would buy something like this, Frank Fernando is
more than glad to describe their typical client: “very wealthy,
high-net-worth individuals for whom it is very difficult to buy gifts because
they have everything.”
Goldgenie
started out in London, in 1989, and made a name for itself by gold-plating
anything their clients desired. Even today, Fernando admits that they will
sometimes take their special gold-plating machine to wealthy people’s homes to
cover their bathrooms in the precious metal.
After developing a
massive Arab client base, they decided to make their outrageously expensive
goods available to the entire Gulf region, and opened their first retail shop
in Sharjah. It’s been doing so well that they now plan on opening a new one in
neighboring Qatar and another in South Arabia. READ MORE
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