Inspired by luxury watches and handcrafted design, AURA is a unique mobile handset that breaks convention and re-establishes creativity in mobile device design and manufacturing. Combining superb craftsmanship and a distinctive interface, AURA delivers a sensory experience that is second to none for those with refined tastes. From the moment AURA owners pick up their devices, they elevate their own experience in luxury and unmatched quality.

In just $2,000 you can actually get something useful. For one thing, there's the 16-million-color (world’s first 16 million color, circular display with 300 dpi resolution in the mobile phone industry). Created from Grade 1 62-carat sapphire crystal, AURA supports some distinctive features like stainless steel housing with chemically etched textures and patterns takes nearly two weeks to sculpt, etch and polish. Swiss-made main bearing, custom-engineered rotating mechanism has 130 precision ball bearings that drive the assisted-opening blade,

Motorola has lavished attention on the mechanism for opening and closing the Aura: "Custom-engineered rotating mechanism has 130 precision ball bearings that drive the assisted-opening blade - like opening the door on a high-end luxury car." The rotation mechanism has a Swiss-made main bearing and carbide-coated gears, too. Oh yes, and once you've lovingly rotated the Aura open, you can use it to place and receive wireless phone calls. Want to try?

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