Haier Sterling luxury phone will be available for 199 $ unlocked

No doubt luxury phones are the thing these days for cool people. You no longer use it to communicate. The phone is a statement, it defines you. And what beter describes "I have money" than an expensive, good looking product. Haier apparently disagrees, and offers Sterling, a luxury  phone for just 199 $ unlocked.

Now let’s see if Haier Sterling deserves the name of luxury product. First of all the looks: it has a shiny gold finish, that completely hides the display in stand-by mode. That’s cool and looks good also. The only thing not shiny is the touchpad and that’s a good thing, as touchscreen buttons, iPhone and Prada like, are not really great in daily usage. Size is ok for this category: only 97 x 40 x 14.5 mm.

Haier Sterling does look expensive in our hands

Other features include a 1.8 inch screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 and MP4 player and microSD expansion slot. There’s no WiFi but we have Bluetooth, for proximity transfers. It’s amazing how all this is offered for just 199 $, especially when you think that we have a luxury products in sight. It all comes down to a question: would I buy one? Well… no, I’m way past the age to show off in front of friends, maybe not way past, but close enough.

Haier Sterling has all the ingredients to be successful

Source: Gizmodo (via I4U News)