Motorola AURA Luxury Cell Phone Now Shipping Motorola AURA 93799XQBSA

Motorola's new AURA luxury cell phone which, according to Motorola,
boasts 'the world’s first 16 million color, circular display'
comprising of a scratch-resistant, 62-carat, Grade 1 sapphire crystal
lens, has now begun shipping though, as you'd expect, the Motorola
AURA's price tag is not for the faint hearted.

Billed as being an exquisitely performing device designed to the highest
standards, the Motorola AURA's specifications certainly impress with the
device apparently consisting of over 700 individual components whilst
its Swiss made 'assisted-opening' blade mechanism alone utilizes no less
than 130 precision ball bearings and three tungsten carbon carbide
coated main gears. Additionally you're looking at stainless steel
housing complete with chemically etched details finished with a
protective PVD, mirror finished coating (the same as used on luxury
watches, Motorola is at pains to point out).

Putting the Motorola AURA's decidedly cool (and rather classic)
aesthetics aside, in terms of functionality the AURA is a quad band
(850/900/1800/1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGEย handset measuring 1.87'x
3.81' x .7.30' with its circular LCD, 1.55 diameter display offering
300ppi resolution, offering a wholly insipid 2 megapixel camera (which
is faintly ridiculous considering the AURA's price tag - which we'll get
to in a minute), stereo Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and has a purported battery
life of up to 400 hours standby and up to 7.3 hours talktime.

A beautiful if, from a functionality perspective, a somewhat rather
uninspiring handset, the unlocked Motorola AURA will set you back a cool
$2,000 and if looks were everything we don't doubt that the premium is
wholly deserved - but if you're looking for a handset that's positively
brimming with features there's (far) better deals to be had though,
personally, its beauty certainly wins us over.