Hasta La Gadget!

Recently, we reported on a $350 limited edition all-crystal iPod dock. And that may be okay for the run-of-the-mill trust fund technophile. But what are you to do if you are 1) an Apple user with millions of dollars burning a hole in your gold pants and 2) you really want to stick it to the plebeians and all their depressing “global economic crisis” yammer? It’s quite a conundrum. Thankfully, one Austrian plutocrat may have just the answer: an $8 million diamond-studded gold iPhone. 

And that’s just what one undisclosed businessman ordered up from UK-based ultra high-end  tech customizer, Stuart Hughes. The handset on the rose gold-plated iPhone is custom fit with more than 500 flawless cut diamonds totaling over 100 carats. The phone features two interchangeable diamonds to fit over the home button: one from a single cut 7.4 carat pink diamond, and one fitted from an 8 carat single cut flawless diamond. The Apple logo on the back is even adorned with 53 individual diamonds. The whole phone comes shipped in a block of solid imperial pink granite and lined with Nubuck top grain leather. Mr. Hughes has called it “the most expensive phone in the world.”

And you can look up movie times on it!

With the holiday season fast approaching, we’re sure you’re wondering just what to buy the tech-loving oil tycoon or crown prince on your gift list. Thankfully, Mr. Hughes’ site has just all the gaudy, needlessly-adorned electronics a materialistic libertine could hope for: gold- and platinum-plated iPads, MacBook Airs, Blackberrys, and (sadly) much much more.

Video of Stuart explaining his work after the jump.

via Daily Mail, Stuart Hughes