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Got $8 million? Buy an iPad 2 inlaid with gold, diamonds and a dinosaur bone

by Megan Lavey-Heaton Mar 22nd 2011 at 12:30PM

The iPad is no stranger to the bling culture. But in case you have a few extra million tucked beneath the mattress, Stewart Hughes is offering an iPad 2 that is encased in solid gold, diamonds, some of the oldest rock found in the world and a dinosaur bone.

The back is covered with 24-carat gold, with an Apple logo fashioned out of 53 diamonds. The front frame is made of 75 million-year-old Ammolite rock with shavings from a Tyrannosaurus rex. The home button is made of a single-cut flawless diamond with 12 smaller diamonds surrounding it. You can get all of this for the low, low price of £5 million, which these days comes up to a little under $8.17 million USD sans matching Smart Cover -- that you'll have to get from Apple on your own.

[via MacStories]



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bernie

" ... encased in solid gold"

good luck slugging the monstrosity around.

rich people are stupid. rich. but stupid nonetheless. waitaminute. maybe these rich idiot can buy a gold encased fork lift to go with the solid gold ipad. lmfao.

March 23 2011 at 10:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ecobore

I would rather eat my own pancreas!

March 22 2011 at 6:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
christech81

Is that the price for the 16Gb wifi version ? If so is the 3G Version £100 more ?

March 22 2011 at 5:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Owin Thomas

I've only one question ... WHY?

March 22 2011 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
redcard

Disappointed there's no "Selfish asshole, there's people dying in Japan, and this prick is sticking millions of $ worth of diamonds on an Ipad" post so far.

March 22 2011 at 3:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Dr. Zoidberg

Probably because, as they started typing the reply on their iPad2, they realized the irony just in time.

March 22 2011 at 5:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pacokorn77

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJoWB-_UPU

Fast-forward to 2:25 to get the point across.

March 22 2011 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vanaheim7

The menu of his site and his comment (video) is Flash, which I did not notice until I checked it from Mac.
The iPad 2 was useless to navigate or hear what he has to say.

March 22 2011 at 2:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joeybeast

Great, you are gonna have to spend another 8 million next year.

March 22 2011 at 2:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Portnoy

"That's ridiculous Bob!" (Worms)

March 22 2011 at 1:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Buzz

How does one "encrust" something in "solid gold?"

Is that the same as removing the aluminum case and completely replacing it with a machined, precision solid gold case? Or is it the same as covering the aluminum case with a few atoms' thickness of Aurum?

Can one encrust with a material that is not thick enough to be a free-standing hard surface layer, or would electroplating be fine?

Would it count if the gold didn't add any perceptible weight?

March 22 2011 at 1:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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