Fashion phones overview: Man’s best friend

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Men like their toys - that's for sure. Most of the phones we mentioned however would hardly make it in your regular top-ten-phones-for-men kind of article.

Overexpensive phones should not be judged by their specs - they sure have their core purpose but there's more to their appeal than just that. Instead these phones are like pieces of jewelry in which form defies function. They make up for their lack of practicality with tons of bling and they are surely good in one thing - making a statement. Whatever their shape or size, they are essentially just another way of dressing up, of expressing your taste, personality, style and even masculinity, if you like.

For the most part we looked at the extremes of the spectrum. But along the way you also saw what's in between. We didn't get anywhere near covering the whole fashion market, but at least we think we've got the overall picture right.

From everyday tools, these phones have turned into haute couture accessories - sometimes elegant, other times plain awkward. But no matter their looks, fashion phones have one thing in common - they start at expensive and work their way up.

Ever since the dawn of humanity, man has always used exquisite artifacts as objects signifying social status. The mobile phone importance in that aspect may have been somewhat overrated but even though the suite doesn't make the man, suiting up can make a man look its best.

A few years ago we would have laughed at all those phones for their overpriced, crude designs, and look at us today, having some fun time overviewing them. Who knows, maybe some day even our penny-pinching souls will succumb to the temptation and we will get one of those exquisite pieces of art for ourselves.

Ok, not really, but it was good pretending for a while.