HTC Legend

Sculpted from a single piece of aluminum

The body of the HTC Legend is cut from a single piece of brushed aluminium. Which not only looks and feels great in the hand, but gives you a strong device that can take what life throws at it.

Make it yours

With an expanded selection of widgets and an online widget library, the HTC Legend takes personalisation to the next level. Put the live content you want on any of the seven home screens and set different scenes for when you're at work, home or travelling abroad.

Stay in touch with different groups of friends

The new People Widget lets you create any group of friends and bring them to the surface of your HTC Legend. So you can have all your party friends in one group and work colleagues in another. Plus, you can choose if you want to text, call or email your groups and get in touch with a single tap.

"Plain and simple, the Legend is the most well-built phone I've ever had in my hand. You just know when you feel the weight of it, the cool curved exterior of the unibody aluminum shell and touch the ultra-responsive touchscreen.”

"A cool and capable phone that's great for texting and social networking."

"From its rigid, one-piece aluminium shell, to the super-bright AMOLED screen, to the touchpad-cum-control button, to HTC's Friend Stream, software, this Android 2.1-based device operates effortlessly, wonderfully well.”

"The HTC Legend is undoubtedly our favourite Android phone so far. Its screen looks amazing and is responsive, it's packed with features, and of course that aluminium chassis is something to behold.” 

"It's safe to say that HTC's broken yet another mold with the Legend, stunning the world with both its hardware and software design.”

The World´s Most Expensive Mobile Phones

Most Expensive Mobile Phones. If gaudy is your thing, some mobile phones are created just for you. From rubies, to gold to exotic design, they are the height of luxuriance. Get a closer look at what goes into the world´s most expensive mobile phones right here.

Apparently jewelers are getting on the mobile boat and creating some outstanding examples of what they think a mobile phone should look like. One model has no less than 120 carats of diamonds included in the mobile package. These are created for the upper class of the world. Some are special order or special editions from major cell phone manufacturers, such a Nokia.

The first and possibly the most expensive smart phone in the world is the “Goldvish“. No that was not misspelling. It is with a “V”. It is created by Emmanuel Gueit, who usually creates fine watches for a living. He created the Goldvish with a radio and two gigabytes of internal memory. Looking at the exterior of this handset it has a skin of glowing diamonds. There is a total of 120 carats of diamonds on this handset. The buttons are gold colored and have a pearly look to them. The price for this model is £540,000 pounds or $838,577 dollars.

The French have a model in the list of the world´s most expensive mobile phones. They have created a “Boucheron Vertu” model that is worth around £167,000 pounds. This is a savvy looking model that has a ruby red snake slithering around the bottom. The snake is “ruby red” because it is covered with real rubies, 439 to be exact. The mobile phone has a cross between copper and gold color for the metal exterior. The snake has two eyes created out of emeralds. In addition to all that, it has a pear cut diamond and a second normal diamond decorating the front of this handset. For the less-endowed, there is a more inexpensive version. Get the Vertu model without the rubies for only £62,000 pounds.

The Nokia 8800 is a great example of a mobile phone. Nokia has previously called this a “fashion phone”. The Nokia 8800 has a video recorder, a speakerphone, and can stream music. It has a very nice screen included. But then take this fashion phone and coat it in pure gold. The manufacture at Nokia have created a 24 carat gold model of the 8800. It is fittingly called the “Gold Edition”. Those who get the 8800 Gold Edition also get a special edition box and charging dock. The price on this Nokia 8800 is £1,500 pounds.

For the diamond lovers in the world who also like to talk on the move, there has been a special mobile phone made for you. The “Vertu Diamond” is an impressive looking device. It comes in real platinum and is encrusted with diamonds, lots of them. Different models of the Vertu Diamond have anywhere from 385 to 943 diamonds. The solid gold pavè model is the one with 943. This mobile phone has a special concierge button. This allows the user to experience fine dining and travel service twenty four hours a day. The price on the Vertu Diamond ? It is £50,000 pounds.

The list of the world´s most expensive mobile phones is not that large. Other models exist for exotic car lovers such as the Lamborghini, complete with custom wallpapers and ringtones.