Bottom-Feeding Jeweler Unveils Despicable Diamond iPad for $20,000

Pete Mortensen ()

Bottom-Feeding Jeweler Unveils Despicable Diamond iPad for $20,000

We all know the wait for the iPad, at least in the U.S., will be over on April 3, right? Wrong. True connoisseurs know they need to wait until June 1, when Mervis Diamond Importers will unleash the hideous and despicable Diamond iPad on the world. It’s a bejeweled and bedazzled monstrosity boasting 11.43 carats worth of diamonds to make your magical technology device far more ugly and way more likely to cut your fingers as you watch a movie or read a book on it. All for the low price of $20,000 and your dignity.

For the truly elite only. Do you have enough cash and little enough common sense to go for it?

Mervis via Gizmodo

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Petemortensen

Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete's particular Apple avocations are both around design--interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!

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  • alex

    an enjoyable and comical read :).

  • porkchop1234

    Who says rich people aren’t dumb lol.

  • IcyFog

    According to some, anybody who pre-ordered an iPad is a fool and lacked common sense.

  • Optical

    The perfect casemod to go with my escort’s…. ah, my supermodel girlfriend’s vajjazzle!

  • http://www.daedana.co.uk/ daedana

    Not the most beautiful way to spend your money. I think people should give away donations for that money rather than buying this ugly piece of bling.

    I guess I newer understood quite how the mind of really rich people works though.

  • Rory Parker

    I actually just sold my car to be able to buy this.

  • Steve

    Will apple replace it for $99 if the battery goes?

  • Clown

    @Steve

    Aaahahahaha! Great question.

  • Handsome Smitty

    Wow. Jealous of the rich much? Ever work for a corporation or a small business? Without the wealthy and capitalism you’d be toting 50-ton blocks up a pyramid.

    Or we could just let Lord Obama spread the wealth around.

  • Steven

    Can I rent this to take with me to the oscars?

  • RamsesTMagnim

    11.43 carats for $20,000? Man, those are some crap-quality diamonds. Personally, I think it’s tacky and ugly. I’ll wait for the platinum and mink version. Now, that would be classy!

  • Charli

    i heard that it comes with a free copy of the ‘i am rich’ app

  • Juan Valdez

    I’ll make you one with my Bedazzler for only $1000.