The world’s most expensive smartphones aren’t your typical iPhones or Samsung Galaxy devices. Instead, they are customised versions of Apple and Samsung flagship models with rare materials, designed for ultra-wealthy users. Now, when it comes to a legit brand dealing in expensive phones, Caviar is one name that comes on top.
In fact, if you look up, that’s the only brand that is selling luxury phones in 2024. So, in this article, we’ll delve into the top 10 priciest phones sold by Cavier, along with details on their retail prices, key specifications, and features. Take a look.
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Most expensive phones in 2024
| Phone Name | Base Model | Price (INR*) |
| Caviar Snowflake | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 4.7 crore |
| Caviar Daytona | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 1.57 crore |
| Caviar Time Machine | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 87 lakhs |
| Caviar Parade Of the Planets 18K | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 76 lakhs |
| Caviar Falcon Gold | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 66 lakhs |
| Caviar Majesty 18K | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 64 lakhs |
| Caviar Pure Gold | Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra | Rs 62 lakhs |
| Caviar Solid Gold Unique 18K | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 60 lakhs |
| Caviar Palmette 18K | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 57 lakhs |
| Caviar Jobs 4 Full Gold 18K | iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB | Rs 49 lakhs |
*The aforementioned prices are USD-converted values.
Caviar Snowflake
Caviar Snowflake consists of a white gold 18K body with 570 diamond pieces. The pendant in the middle is made of platinum, white gold and diamonds. The body colour is White Titanium.
It gives you a sense of frosty winter with a Snowflake diamond necklace by Graff in the middle. You will get a certification from Graff in a luxury gift case.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Daytona
If you are a fan of luxury watches like Rolex, you can check this out. It has a Titanium body with a black PVD coating. The highlight, however, is the Rolex Daytona watch made out of Yellow Gold 18K. The watch has a 40mm dial, Black monobloc Cerachrom bezel and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal screen. Above the watch, there are the speedometer, oil and fuel indicators. All of these are plated with 24K gold and painted with jewellery enamel.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Time Machine
This one is also primarily composed of 24K Gold and claims to consist of other artefacts like the fragment of a Muonionalusta meteorite, a particle of a Tyrannosaurus tooth, a Megalodon tooth, a Mammoth tooth, a Roman spear, a Swedish bullet, and an iPhone 2G.
All these elements are meant to invoke a sense of time travel in you. As the name suggests, this looks like a time machine intended to take us to different time periods on Earth since creation.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Parade Of the Planets 18K
There are engravings of several meteorites here too like Tsarev and Chelyabinsk, a tourbillon watch, a diagonal three-level hourglass, and an Albert Einstein quote, “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space.”
Caviar mentions that there are only 8 units of this phone in the world to match the total number of planets in the solar system. Well, this is true for all Caviar products as they are very limited in stock.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Falcon Gold
Falcon Gold is a blend of 18K yellow gold and Black titanium with PVD coating. In the centre, there is a 1.2mm necklace-like artefact. In the middle, there is a 3mm black diamond encircled by 20 white diamonds.
In its description, Caviar says this is aimed at giving the spirit of Dubai. The design has a semblance to Dubai architecture and the artefact in the middle is called the Eye of Fathima.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Majesty 18K
The side of the case is black titanium. The back side has 18K gold with 107 diamonds laid across the margin. The design comprises patterns like cartouches with an Eastern art inspiration. While it has majesty in its name, we find all of these pieces are unique and majestic in their own respect. You can choose the 24K variant too.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
Caviar Pure Gold
This is the only Samsung phone on the list. It also has an 18K gold back with a Corinthian-inspired pattern. Besides that, 8 natural diamonds have been used in the floral elements on the phone. The V-shaped plate and the side plates are also made of precious stones.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra specifications
- Display: 6.8-inch AMOLED display with HDR10+ support
- Software: Android 14-based One UI 6.1
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC
- Cameras: 200MP+10MP+50MP+12MP quad rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face recognition, ultrasonic reader under the screen, a 5,000mAh battery, 45W USB-C wired charging, 15W wireless charging, WiFi 7, and Bluetooth 5.3
The highest model of Caviar Pure Gold is available at $74,790, which roughly translates to Rs 61.94 lakhs.
Caviar Solid Gold Unique 18K
This is built out of 18K fine gold and 55 Diamonds to embellish the design. The engravings are of baroque style pattern. Baroque refers to the extravagant design involving curves. The side frame is black in colour. The Caviar branding is at the top on this one.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
The highest model of Caviar Solid Gold Unique 18K is available at $72,210, which roughly translates to Rs 60 lakhs.
Caviar Palmette 18K
This time the pattern is palm leaves. In the centre, there is the Apple logo with 18K gold and 39 diamonds on top. Outside of it, the pattern also has diamond attachments. In total, there are 154 diamonds in use here. The diamond mosaic on the Apple logo is a distinct aspect. You can get it in both gold and gold-plated models.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
The highest model of Caviar Palmette 18K is available at $69,210, which roughly translates to Rs 57.52 lakhs.
Caviar Jobs 4 Full Gold 18K
Caviar Jobs 4 Full Gold also has 18K gold in use. The highlight though is the Steve Jobs signature. So, you know it’s in honour of the late CEO and co-founder of Apple. It also has the famous advertising slogan, “Think Different”. It looks simpler compared to the rest of the list but is golden nonetheless.
iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications
- Display: 6.7-inch OLED display with Dolby Vision support
- Software: iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.0.3
- Processor: Apple A17 Pro SoC
- Cameras: 48MP+12MP+12MP triple rear setup and a 12MP front camera
- Miscellaneous: Face ID, USB-C wired charging, 15W MagSafe charging, WiFi 6e, Bluetooth 5.3
The highest model of Caviar Jobs 4 Full Gold 18K is available at $60,000, which roughly translates to Rs 49.87 lakhs.
Besides this, there is the Falcon Supernova iPhone 6, Vertu Signature Cobra, and many other luxury phones that cost an arm and a leg. However, since they are dated phones in terms of their underlying technology and design, we haven’t included them in the list.
FAQ
What’s the most expensive feature phone?
The Diamond Crypto Smartphone started off at $1.3 Million, making it the most expensive feature phone in the world.
Why aren’t there many luxury smartphone brands?
The tech inside is as much important in a smartphone as its exterior design. As you can see, the luxury phones mentioned above are about the latter only. At the heart, they are the same iPhones and Galaxy S23 Ultra that are available on the market. So, even if one pays for an expensive Cavier smartphone, the actual phone part of it would be old once the new iPhone or Galaxy S series phone arrives next year. Simply put, short shelf life is the culprit.
Unless brands like Apple decide to limit some features exclusively to a luxury model, brands like Cavier would be helpless in this regard.
Luxury or expensive are subjective or relative terms. For someone, the top-trim iPhone 15 Pro Max or Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra would themselves be a luxury phone. Even the chiefs of these tech brands like Apple and Tesla use regular iPhones only.
Which brand produces the most expensive phones?
Falcon, a New York-based company made Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 which came out at around Rs 360 crores. That makes it the most expensive phone launched to date.
