Asus ZX1 Lamborghini phone – official pics

We’ve already salivated over the Lamborghini-branded Asus VX laptop range, and now a similarly sporty smartphone has been unvelied at CeBit 2008.

The iPhone‘s all good and well, but let’s face it, it’s not going to stoke your engine or fuel any boy-racer fantasies. Step forward the Lamborghini-styled Asus VX1.

Complete with the iconic Lambo badge-shaped nav pad and a speedometer-inspired home screen clock, the Windows Mobile 6.1-toting VX1 promises to be “everything the iPhone is”, complete with touchscreen navigation and the addition of a really rather lovely 3D user interface.

And it’ll do a metaphorical 0-60 in seconds, thanks to 3G, HSDPA, 128MB of RAM, GPS and Wi-Fi. And the camera capabilities lap the iPhone’s, thanks to 3MP, autofocus and VGA sensor for videocalling. 

The VX1 is expected to launch with an €1,000 price tag when it revs over to Europe this May. Well, it’s cheaper than the real thing…

Essentials

Asus ZX1 Lamborghini phone

Price: €1,500

On sale: May 2008

Contact: Asus

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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