Many of you would concur that most Filipino yuppies just can’t take their hands off the latest gadgets. Thus, they feverishly keep on updating and upgrading their stuff every now and then. Call it a trend, a status symbol, a sheer cry away from boredom, whatever, but wait ’til you see this cellphone bling-bling that’s way more expensive than your iPhone 3G or Nokia communicator.

Eat your heart out with this Vertu Boucheron 150 made of solid GOLD:

Vertu teamed up with French jewellery house, Boucheron, for this extra luxurious phone in commemoration of the latter’s 150th anniversary.

“It took 1,000 hours to cut into shape, 700 hours to hand polish, and more than 500 hours to build”, says the phone designer.

It comes with an exquisite wooden box made by Reuge, well-known Swiss makers of artisan music boxes to date. Upon opening the box, it plays Vertu’s signature Sandpiper ringtone with its custom-built brass music drum in it.

If you’re ogling to get own one and satiate your precious, imeldific frivolities in life, you can own half of the Philippines have it for a shocking price tag of $30,000.