Samsung and Italian designer Giorgio Armani have collaborated to develop a line of high-end electronic goods that includes mobile phones and liquid-crystal-display television sets. These products will be manufactured by Samsung and designed by Armani.
According to the statement, the Armani-Samsung phone will be the size of a credit card and 10.5 millimeters thick.
However, Samsung and Armani haven’t disclosed the cost and details on which carrier will provide the phones. The Armani-designed handsets will be released in Europe this November, whereas the overseas launch ix expected next year.
Coming to the Samsung LCD television sets, Armani plans to roll out the products in January as part of its home-interiors line called Armani/Casa.
“We make as much of a personal statement with the mobile phones that we carry or the televisions that we have in our living rooms as we do with the shoes and bags we wear or the furnishings we choose,” said Italian designer Giorgio Armani, 73 years old.
Yun Jong-Yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, commented “This powerful partnership will match great design with leading technology to ensure performance is as impressive as appearance.â€
Besides Armani, popular designers such Dolce & Gabbana have teamed up with Motorola for a gold-colored version of the RAZR mobile phone model and Prada has developed a phone with LG, called the LG Prada.
The luxury mobile by Armani-Samsung will be announced during a Giorgio Armani fashion show in Milan, Italy.
