A "Buddha phone" for serenity now

If there's one thing that's in dire need among mobile phone addicts, it's a calming influence. And though it may be too much to ask for them to part with their handsets, perhaps the answer is in the handset itself, honorable grasshopper.

Enter the "Buddha phone".

This "pear of the orient," as Newlaunches describes it, has even been blessed by a Buddhist monk. Lesser beings like us might be interested in knowing such superficial elements as its touch screen, microSD card slot, and 24k-gold plating. Those features are hardly unique these days, but how many phones can claim to have jade-like scroll buttons?

Unfortunately the only place to pick up one of these zen phones is on the streets of Shenzhen. Or, perhaps, the afterlife.

Via CNET Crave | Credit: Newlaunches

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their are basing on the Gold Plated where stereotyping the chinese where they love gold, buddhism is just an excuse. Seen this couple bargaining and haggling for this phone, was selling over $500 at the shops over here

Posted by isaac976
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That looked terrible. Seriously, if they want to design a phone based on buddhism, it doesn't need to look like that. It's hideous.

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