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VEVA S60 – luxury handset from China

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By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 3:27 AM

VEVA S60 - luxury handset from ChinaGuess we’ve missed this, but it was just recently when we caught Qiao Xing Mobile’s press release announcing that its VEVA S60 luxury handset has achieved a great success.

The device was originally released in May of this year, and during the second quarter the company has sold nearly 100,000 units. Qiao Xing plans to sell 300,000 units in Q3 2008 and somehow we think they’ll succeed. The reason is simple – the VEVA S60 is made through cooperation with Swarovski, and each phone is decorated with 129 Swarovski crystal mosaic and 18K gold coating. All this could be yours for mere $290!

And that’s not all. The fact that VEVA S60′s gross margin was 61% inspired Qiao Xing to build speciality retails stores in up-market shopping malls to “offer one-stop solution and VIP services for its VEVA customers.”

I’m glad to see Chinese handset makers going beyond cloning. However, I could add that the “S60″ part of the name does sound confusing for all the Symbian fans out there who may’ve hoped there’s Nokia’s software platform running under the hood…

Full releases are available from these two links, and here’s the VEVA S60′s page on Qiao Xing Mobile’s website.

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Micky

    I was just about to comment on the S60 name tag. Agree, its good to see that they are doing more than cloning genuine devices, but cannot thinking they maybe stealing ideas.

  • MAISON CHAPLIN MOBILE

    It rocks, but the design is very similar to a old Sony Ericsson device I had in times…