Diamonds are forever, but mobile phones are not designed to last quite so long. Unless you are a lucky recipient of a jewel-encrusted mobile this Christmas, that is. Vertu, a subsidiary of Nokia, is producing 200 mobile phones decorated with diamonds. The most expensive of the range are believed to be the first mobile handsets to cost in the region of $88,300.

The company, which sells the mobiles through expensive jewelers and department stores such as Harrods, plans to ship the first of the diamond handsets next week. The phones are handmade at the company's headquarters near Hook in Hampshire, and are already pre-sold. But don't worry if a Vertu phone is on your Christmas wish list. The company produces a range of "cheaper" handsets, which start at around $5,302, and these are still available.

Read more about the Nokia diamond jewelry mobile phones at http://www.diamonds.net/news/newsitem.asp?num=13494&type=all&topic=all.