Mobile phone technology has come on in leaps and bounds since the mid-1990s when having your own handset went mainstream. Nowadays, almost everyone has a smartphone, enabling them to talk, message and browse the internet on the go.

Of course, your smartphone doesn’t just have to be a functional device. Since phone fascias first arrived on the scene over ten years ago, your mobile has become yet another fashion accessory. Customising your phone has become yet another way to express yourself in the modern age.

Having the latest handset is as much a part of being on trend as reading the glossies and keeping up with the latest developments on the catwalks. What’s more, having a powerful phone with internet access, e-mail and all the latest apps is essential to staying in touch in business, as well as keeping contact with family and friends. For many, a presence on social networking sites is a key way to stay in touch with your nearest and dearest and can also be an important professional tool. With mobile phones being such an important part of managing our personal, professional and social lives, it’s natural that you’ll want to make sure that you smartphone suits you.

Smartphone Bling?

A new breed of mobile phones has recently come onto the market, with high-end designers making bespoke bejewelled phones and handsets clad in precious metals. Diamonds have always been a girl’s best friend, but now they are also are an essential accessory for the most decadent diva in the digital age – a shiny, jewel-encrusted diamond smartphone is the ultimate way of demonstrating your stylish and indulgent attitude to fashion.

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If you like a bit of luxe, you’ll love Sugar’s fabulous new phone, which is studded with an impressive 5.16 carats of stunning Swarovski pure brilliance gems. Mobile phone designers and manufacturers have tended to take the view that women who like fashion aren’t interested in the technical side of things, however, noughties girls have well and truly exploded this myth. The makers of the stylish Sugar smartphone have really thought about the needs of busy modern women, and have produced a hot handset which doesn’t compromise on technical specifications.

Tech Specs

This sassy smartphone has a generous 5 inch 1080 pixel Sharp LCD screen and is equipped with a special Quad-Core MediaTek chip, offering an impressive level of clarity. The Sugar smartphone, encrusted with Swarovski pure brilliance gems, runs on an Android 4.2 system, giving you access to all the latest Android-compatible apps. The phone also has a large memory, with 2GB of RAM and the option of either 16GB or 32GB of storage.

The makers of the Sugar smartphone have also tapped into the trend for sharing pictures via social networking sites by offering not one but two cameras. This high-end, high-tech handset has a powerful 8 megapixel camera on the back, as well as a handy 1.3 megapixel camera on the front, making it easy to snap and share.

Due to hit the market in China and Europe later this year, Sugar have promised to release more details of their new Swarovski-studded smartphone in August. So if you’re looking for a little bit of luxury in your handbag, keep your eyes open for more information about the newest addition to the world of high-end handsets later this summer.

If you are interested in this unique diamond-studded smartphone, visit the Sugar Smartphone website www.sugar.cn