$4,500 iPhone X? Russian luxury brand touts crazy solar-powered device
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A Russian luxury brand has turned the iPhone X into solar-power marvel – for a price.
The “iPhone X Tesla” by Russia-based Caviar has a shock-resistant solar panel, a carbon fiber case, and gold accents.
The phone is sold as a package – with the solar component affixed to the phone – rather than as a separate case.
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Being a luxury brand, the price will make you wince: the iPhone X Tesla with 64GB of storage goes for about $4,560 (284,000 rubles), while the 256GB model costs about $4,800 (299,000 rubles). And that does not include taxes and customs duties.
But wait, you get more than just the phone for all that money. The purchase “is accompanied by a personal consultant,” according to Caviar. And you only pay “after a detailed inspection,” though Caviar doesn’t explain what that means.
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The solar panel recharges the phone, the company noted, with the promotional copy calling it “the purest energy.”
Which brings us to the inspiration for the phone: Elon Musk and U.S.-based Tesla, thus the Tesla name.
Caviar cites the development of solar batteries, smart homes and electric vehicles, which are all “carried out by Elon Musk today – the main mastermind of the Tesla Company; in honor of his great innovative developments, the new Caviar phone was named.”
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A video posted on the iPhone X Tesla sales page also shows images of Nikola Tesla, Steve Jobs – along with Elon Musk.
And if a $4,500 iPhone doesn’t sate your appetite for luxury devices, the company also has a stable of other embellished Apple products.
Caviar also offers Apple Watch 3 models that sell for over $3,400 and there's an iPad Mini that sells for about $3,700.