Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer’s permissionThe world’s most expensive mobile phone is revealed as a GBP 10m diamond-encrusted gold Apple iPhone 5 designed by Stuart Hughes.
The GBP 10m diamond-encrusted gold Apple iPhone 5 designed by Stuart Hughes, Britain – 11 Apr 2013
A British designer has created the world’s most expensive mobile phone costing a jaw-dropping GBP 10 million.

The handset is a solid gold, diamond encrusted iPhone 5 totalling 135 grams of 24 carat gold.

It is covered in more than 600 diamonds with a single 26 carat black diamond replacing the ‘home’ button, below the sapphire glass screen.

And there are more diamonds on the back of the phone where 53 make up the gold-plated Apple logo.

Liverpool designer Stuart Hughes worked for nine weeks recreating the original Apple handset; commissioned by an anonymous Chinese businessman who has been in possession of the black diamond for a while.
(Rex Features via AP Images)