Whaddyareckon?: Celebrity phones
By Ella Morton and Matthew Oxley on 07 December 2007
When David Beckham made his first trip Down Under a few weeks back, his itinerary was jam-packed with appearances and spruiking gigs.
In addition to playing a bit of soccer and promoting his eponymous fragrance, Becks squeezed in an appearance at the launch of Motorola's V8 Luxury Edition handset -- a gold-accented flip model that comes with a patent snakeskin pouch. It's flashy, it's distinctive, and, as befits someone who pulls in more cash in a day than most of us would earn in a year, it's expensive.
We've offered our first impressions of the Becks phone in a CNET.com.au video, but were curious to see if the reactions of people on the street matched ours. In this week's Whaddyareckon? we grabbed the shiny gold handset and its snakeskin accessories, thrust them into the hands of innocent bystanders and captured their reactions on video.
What do you think of the Becks phone? Do celebrity endorsements have any impact on what gadgets you buy? Tell us in the forums or in our Whaddyareckon? group on Facebook.
Topics: whaddyareckon, david beckham, motorola, v8, razr
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Comments (6)
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si commented on 21/12/2007 09:02
Gold plated phone? C'mon!
The Prada phone in black shows far more class. -
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hsv_dh commented on 10/12/2007 21:46
nice, except for the snake skin battery cover; a bit too tacky
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Prevaricator commented on 09/12/2007 14:37
Just another example of the rich trying desperately to distinguish themselves from the little people.
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LouNez commented on 07/12/2007 17:02
Awesome... I love my BB though, they can take a quite a beating but they keep going...
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