Asus' Lamborghini phone takes design award

By Mike Yamamoto on 24 June 2008

Ferrari may preen for the most attention, but Lamborghini is the auto house that gets the bragging rights for now.

What a load of bull ...

The Asus-Lamborghini ZX1 smartphone has won the prestigious iF Communication Design Award for "uncompromising quality in style and materials". It's not the first co-branded Lamborghini phone — Nokia also offers a Lambo-branded model — but the ZX1 will definitely turn heads for its original design.

Beyond just slapping a logo on its cover, the 3.5G handset sports a "beehive textured air intake" pattern and a "chassis-inspired aerodynamic flow". There's also a nine-way navigational key inspired by the Lamborghini's steering wheel, as well as a 2.8-inch touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.1, Wi-Fi receiver, Bluetooth, and 3-megapixel camera. No pricing was given, but we're guessing that it will likely correspond with the luxury vehicle it's named after.

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