By now you have either realized yours is a life of happy hour luxuries and coupon-cutter holidays, for a lucky few however theirs is a world of opulence where a diamond encrusted handset is not only possible but somewhat inevitable.

Lucky for destiny’s child the Nokia 8800 Arte Diamond special edition is out and begging to for ubiquity among the chattering classes. Featuring 112 UN-approved diamonds, or 0.7 carats, the Thomas Heyerdahl designed traffic-stopper clocks in at whisker under $6000USD.

Any takers?

Well you Mitre’s well have the best if you going to buy a fashion phone this season it has to be gold, baby - like our friends the LG Secret and KF600.

Draped in 24 karats of excess the drippingly hot Goldstriker pimped LG phones are the ultimate in pointless extravagance and if you have too many chains and rings already and you’ve run out of places to bling why not this innocuous handset combo?

The Kf600 eeks in at a laughingly affordable £329.95 and the Secret will drop a mortgage payment at £529.95, but hey when the removalists take your last golden toilet seat at least you can phone a friend and tell them how you used to have it all.

The latest entry into ‘I can’t believe people will pay that’ stakes, the Christian Dior Phone, has been launched an at $5000 a pop this is one fashion phone that sets you apart from the rabble.

Following a trend of so hot right now collections that includes the LG Prada and Samsung Armani, the Dior phone features a touchscreen display, camera and mini-phone extender called My Dior - essentially a clip that allows ease of locating the phone in ones handbag.

Details on the model are limited but if you have to ask then you can’t afford it.

Rumors of a Christian Dior phone tomorrow have ladies of leisure chomping at their french manicures but is this merely a be-dazzled diamante phone?

Following in the immaculately conceived Italian leather moccasins of such predecessors as LG Prada and the Samsung Armani, the Swarovski adorned Dior clamshell phone has let few details out thus far but the fashion phone is expected to be available for purchase within 2 weeks of its announcement and feature an integrated remote control.

The Emperor’s new clothes? Let us know what you make of the latest fashion phone.

Red might go faster but when it comes to luxury the new white Porsche P9521 is so pure it may well be the next Jesus phone.

This immaculate conception is a product of Porsche and Sagem and with features like fingerprint sensor, 3.2 megapixel camera, touchscreen swivel display along with EDGE and GSM compatibility is a show-stopper.

Housed in a single aluminum block and scratch resistance mineral glass the P9521 is a steal at $2000 from May 2008.

David Beckham may have started something with his Gold 32Gb iPod, Goldstriker has released a 24ct Gold iPhone Solar Star Edition and the pictures are too die for.

Claiming to unite the beauty of Gold and Snow the £749.95 iPhone is another member of the Elite Choice collection by Stuart Hughes.

TAG Heuer jumps into the mobile market to launch their own branded mobile phone named Meridiist , priced somewhere around $5,338.00 to $6,123.00USD . With this price you will get a 2 megapixel cam, 1.9 inch QVGA display , Bluetooth, and the full array of “luxury” materials….. A smart way of spending your money

The new cell phones collection stays true to the signature style of the Avantgarde collection. The case is made of African Blackwood, which age is more than 200 years. Sapphire crystal glass of 42K frames the screen. The keyboard has special titanic covering, that has been developed and patented by Gresso company. Both handsets also have a 65K color TFT display with QVGA resolution, tri-band GSM/GPRS support, Bluetooth and a 2 megapixel camera.

Sol Steel

23 function keys are executed of aircraft steel, using ultra-precision tuming technology. This technology ensures a superlative degree of precision of each detail. The front panel is embellished by a triangle inset of steel - one of special aspects of all Gresso mobile phones. The back panel is decorated with Gresso logo executed of steel. The price - 3500 Euro.

Luna Steel

flat keyboard. A triangle inset of aircraft steel on the front panel. The back panel is decorated with Gresso logo executed of steel. Price of this model - 3500 Euro.

Toshiba has announced their $4000.00 studded phone, which is aimed at the luxury market. It sports HSDPA, FeliCa , a 2 megapixel camera, and memory expansion via microSD, and NO you dont get your own butler with this purchase.

Toshiba is only planning to make 1000 of these Toshiba Cosmic Shiner