Porsche Cayenne phone looks worse than actual Cayenne
Even Porsche lovers will readily acknowledge that the Cayenne is far from being the most beautiful creations ever penned by Stuttgart, so why on earth would anyone want to mimic the shape in any form? Someone in Hong Kong evidently thought otherwise and produced this (hopefully) limited-edition Porsche Cayenne mobile phone.
In addition to its unfortunate and ridiculous appearance, this handset packs in dual-band GSM, a micro-SD card slot, and support for video and music playback. It'll cost you less than $200, plus any shred of good taste you might have retained if showing this unfortunate device off to your friends strikes you as a good idea.
This is why automakers license products and have input into their designs. Porsche is reportedly taking legal action against the manufacturer for copyright infringement, and we hope the automaker wins.
[Source: Engadget]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
flyhen 10:49AM (4/19/2007)
this is one ugly piece of sheeet.
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drew 10:56AM (4/19/2007)
oh a tacky new phone that will probably appeal to a certain minority group that will skip a payment on there 96 Lexus so they can get this hot new piece.
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MKULTRABLIZZARD 11:08AM (4/19/2007)
the Cayenne key fob looks better than that phone.
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Jim 11:20AM (4/19/2007)
Like they say. 'You can't polish a turd'
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F451 11:46AM (4/19/2007)
As much as I respect Porsche design this phone looks like a Chevy Avalanche—fugly. I wouldn't be caught dead with this phone, or driving an Avalanche.
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Paul Roberts 2:18PM (4/19/2007)
Dear Poster,
Umm.. yeah. You can't copyright a car design. However, you can get trademark protection, so that's probably the legal theory porsche will use.
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Justin 1:02PM (4/19/2007)
Makes me think "dollar store" cover.
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aman 2:50PM (4/19/2007)
This looks NOTHING like a Cayenne.
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dave 10:23PM (4/19/2007)
this is stupid!
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Phil 9:46PM (4/19/2007)
I thought I was the only one that noticed. The only thing that even tips it off as a Porsche is the badge decal. This could be a Proton or Laguna phone as much as a Cayenne.
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Grajeda 2:12AM (4/23/2007)
cayenne ugly?
there are like 100 more vans or sport utility cars uglier.
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