I thought that this new titanium cased Android smartphone was an interesting little study in consumerism. For the real point and purpose of this phone, from Gresso, is not to be a smartphone at all, but to be a Veblen Good. Technically it’s a fairly unimpressive phone if we are to be honest:
Not too shabby, but the downside is that they don’t necessarily come with the flagship specs you might come to expect from phones that cost a third of the price: The 219g (7.73-ounce) Radicals come with Android 4.1.2, a 4.5-inch qHD screen, dual SIM support, an 8MP rear camera, 36GB internal storage and a quad-core 1.2GHz processor.
That’s not exactly a high end spec in this day and age. However, the price tag of $1,800 is most certainly high end. So what’s the great attraction of the phone?
The bottom-line model, the Radical R1, goes for $1,800 and is made of grade 5 solid titanium,
Read also:
Android smartphone made of solid titanium now available for $ 1800 (Engadget)
Gresso reveals Radical – Android-powered luxury smartphone (GSMArena.com)
Gresso Radical smartphone runs Android 4.1.2 and quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU (SlashGear)
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