Fashion meets Technology once again!

I always love when fashion collaborates with another discipline as it excites me to see what designs they have come up with. Fashion powerhouse Christian Dior has decided to mix fashion and technology with the creation of the Dior Phone following fellow design peers - Prada and Giorgio Armani. The phone comes in two styles Diamants and Cristal Saphir. Diamants ultra sleek exterior is made from stainless steel and features Diors signature black sapphire crystal marquetry pattern, 640 diamonds (3.251 carats), and engraved "Dior" and CD" logos. Cristal saphir has the same exterior sans diamonds however, it comes in a choice of 5 different colours, perfect for those who need some colour in their lives.

Images: www.diorcouture.com/us/colldiorphone_us.html

Technical specs of this phone include an ultra thin electroluminescent keyboard, camera, and touchscreen display. What differentiates the Dior phone from other couture phones is the mini-phone accessory called "My Dior" which is an attachment linked via Bluetooth that can be clipped to the outside of your handbag or held in your hand so that the frantic rummaging can be avoided when locating your phone amongst your life that you carry around on your shoulder aka your purse.

Verdict: Really sleek design but kind of reasembling the Motorola krzr and I like how CD stays true to their signature style looking very much like a Christian Dior compact. However, with an approximate price tag of $5000, (USD? and that might be for the Cristal Saphir) I would hope it came with a mirror and lipstick palette somewhere!

Since I know there are a lot of smartphone users and fashionistas/fashionistos out there I ask you, would you trade your current smartphone/blackberry for a couture phone like the Dior phone? It's the classic: Function over fashion? Fashion over function? debacle.