As you'd expect of such a luxurious phone, Motorola has recruited the most world's most expensive, sought-after celebrity to advertise the Aura; none other than David Beckham, who never has a problem whoring himself out for commercial purposes (after all, how else is wifey Victoria going to afford all those overpriced shoes and handbags? A former Spice Girl's salary only goes so far). While we don't particularly like the ad - in fact, we find it plain confusing considering Terminator Salvation is about to hit our screens - Motorola can be assured that Beckham's mug will almost certainly shift units to die-hard fashionistas wanting to be the height of cool. The Aura's circular display is arguably its main design feature - boasting 16 million colours and a 300dpi resolution (no more blurred cameraphone images - hurrah!) - and slides out in one smooth motion using 130 strategically-placed ball bearings. The display isn't just scratch-resistant, either, but made from Grade 1 62-carat sapphire crystal (cue appropriately-placed oohs and aahs). Other design features include a sexy stainless steel casing and a precious PVD coating - the same coating used on luxury watches, for those who didn't know. The Aura is packed with technology, too, such as 2GB of internal memory and a 2-megapixel camera, but when a phone looks this good who can honestly say they give two hoots? Only losers will continue using their outdated BlackBerries and iPods. Out with the old and in with the new, we say.
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