Elite Traveler March-April 2016

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Object of desire

Savelli Genève smartphone We are aware that our headline – the fact we are calling this extraordinary feat of design a simple “smartphone” – is an understatement. The headline should, in fact, be: “Uber-bling smartphone”. Or, more frankly: “An insane composition of 18K white gold, 900 diamonds and 75 baguette-cut emeralds, made in Switzerland that just happen to come together to form a smartphone”. The kicker is the unscratchable screen made of sapphire. Designed by Savelli Genève in collaboration with Gemfields, the phone combines technology, elegance and downright decadence. Just don’t drop it/leave it on the jet/feed it to the fish/or do whatever terrible thing you did to wreck your last smartphone. Emerald Insane, $149,705, selfridges.com

Words: Laura Powell