S.T. Dupont Gets Into The Mobile Phone Business

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 27th 2009 at 7:01PM

Luxury brand S.T. DuPont, famous for its stunning lighters and other accessories is getting into the mobile phone business. The French brand has teamed up with Korean company Pantech to create the Sky DuPont IM-510LE. CNET Asia reports that it will be available through SK Telecom in Korea. The phone will be available as a 2G (CDMA) handset and only for SK Telecom network users.

The design takes its cues from S.T. DuPont lighters. It has a push-up button that activates the phone with the same sort of muted click that can be heard when opening a lighter. The rim is brushed 18K gold. The phone has a 3-inch touchscreen LCD, mobile TV (T-DMB), 3-megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth, mobile dictionary and many other applications. The price is said to be around $800 to $900. It's not known yet if this phone will hit the international market. Hands-on video can be found at Tech Fresh and a video trailer is after the jump.

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bwoodward Oct 30th 2009 8:05AM

Another great product from this prestigeous brand. I can see how it might not appeal to some tech users but for Dupont fans it is a winner. I just received my latest ST Dupont purchase an ST Dupont Pen from J M Pennifeather and I will continue to support their new products. http://www.jmpennifeather.co.uk/s-t-dupont