iPad Packed With Diamonds Costs $20,000
It's all about the bling bling, right?
A lot of people are of the opinion that Apple products are overpriced or extravagant. While I'm not sure how much 11.43 carats of diamonds is actually worth (so I can't say if it's overpriced), this iPad is definitely extravagant.
Mervis Diamond Importers (via Gizmodo) are offering what they claim to be the world's first diamond iPad.
"This gorgeous diamond studded iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, hand-set in a micro-pave styling. The diamonds are graded G/H in color and VS2/SI1 in clarity."
Mervis says there's a very limited supply so if you want one, you're going to have to act fast once June 1 rolls around. The price? Oh, just $20,000.
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people are running out of ideas. putting diamonds on everything does not make you cool :T
The iPad was already an overpriced useless device. That iPad is just a really overpriced useless device.
you know what they say about money and fools....
Do you get the diamonds back when you send it in for a new battery?
Excellent price, in for 10, amirite?
how does the diamond case affect durability and heat transfer? Wouldn't cooper get better performance?
Alright, I work in a pawnshop, and we deal with diamonds, there are 3 main factors in calculating a diamonds value, known as the 4 C's, Carat, Cut, Clarity, Color. I can tell you one of the most important is Carat. One thing to remember is that the size of the diamond is what makes it so rare, so it's worth more. So if you have a large 1 carat diamond, it is going to be worth a lot more then 100 diamonds that add up to a carat. Normally, pin diamonds aren't worth jack. They are just so common. If it was 11.43 carots in 3 or 4 diamonds i'd say it's probably worth it, if they are cut good, have good clarity and color. but all the diamonds look like tiny pin diamonds. Which honestly aren't worth hardly anything. When we scrap gold rings, lots of times the pin diamonds are pulled out an thrown away. So I don't understand where these figures come from? I'd say it's worth maybe, maybe $1000 including the value of the phone. It's just cuz the diamonds are so small.
11.43ct pin diamonds is worth no where near a single solid 11.43ct Diamond. Not even close.
Why are there so many stories about covering crap with diamonds and gold lately?
Do you get the diamonds back when you send it in for a new battery?
This.
... so will you get this one back when you send it in for a dead battery?
Because you hadn't wasted enough money as it was.
OMG --> new idea 4TW
OMG --> new idea 4TW
Bedazzle the next nVidia GTX 480 box
It will win the "Box Benchmark" for sure!
Why is this news?
Why did I get a negative on my post?
Scared to comment?
i gave you one + so it's ok now
but as you mentioned the carat is not the only factor of a price. who knows maybe those have excellent clarity. one retailer wrote that the smallest they had was a 0.25ct VS1 clarity and about $1000 retail price..
but hey, the picture look so fake here...
i already placed my order, thanks tom
Hmmmm.....I deifinitely see a problem with Apples' dead battery replacement policy. It seems to me special arrangements would be called for.
whoever buys this deserves to be robbed of it and beaten. you cant even use it in the public you'll get jacked rightfullyso.
how does the diamond case affect durability and heat transfer? Wouldn't cooper get better performance?
Actually Diamonds are very good at transferring heat, However being rare, expensive and difficult to form into think sheets makes it less than ideal
Plus given enough heat they will oxidize (burn) to form worthless CO2. or if the Aussie government has it's way $25 per tonne TAX
Diamonds are fantastic at transferring heat. Their rigid molecular structure allow for very little loss of energy, so they are efficient at conducting.
I wonder how much heat you need to burn a diamond? I think the melting point of diamond is ~1500F, so I would think it would need to be somewhere in the vicinity of ~900-1499F, or temperatures high enough to ignite the user!
Seriously though, a diamond Ipad? C'mon! Jeesh!
You will convert diamond to graphite long before you reach its melting temperature.
Damn recession! Oh, wait...
the iPad was already a waste of money.... WHY THE H*LL ARE YOU WASTING MORE???
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Why are there so many stories about covering crap with diamonds and gold lately?
The rich liberal elitists want us poor common folk to know what they have and we can never have. Let them eat cake.
No matter how much you polish a turd - it's still a turd...
Do you get the diamonds back when you send it in for a new battery?
This is the best reply I've seen this week!