EUR120,000 iphone sold

Austrian designer-jeweler Peter Aloisson has been commissioned to cover an Apple iPhone in diamonds for an unnamed Russian businessman.

The modified phone has a commission cost of EUR120,000 and will be made of 18 carat white gold and will be encrusted with a total of 318 diamonds of best quality of which 138 will be princess cut diamonds.The phone was finished late January 2008 and handed over to it’s owner a Russian businessman who has ordered the phone already in October last year.

In 1998 the controversial designer released his first diamond-encrusted cell phone and earlier last year Aloisson debuted a record-breaking $1.3 million dollar diamond crypto smart phone for Russian encrypting specialist company JSC Ancort.

Total diamond weight is between 16.50 – 17.75 carats.