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The Most Expensive Gold Memorable Phone Numbers In The World Ever

The Most Expensive Gold Memorable Phone Numbers In The World Ever

The Most Expensive Gold Memorable Phone Numbers In The World Ever

Smartphone are everywhere now, they have become a style fashion piece entwined in people’s lives these days. The elite ultra-rich group carry and use expensive smartphones that are worth anything up to millions of dollars.

In Dubai where the ultra-rich society believe in showing their wealth/position by owning a unique set of devices, cars, numbers, and houses a mobile phone number was sold for $2.2 million in an auction that lasted for over an hour..

The number +971-052-2222222 was sold by telco du at a special auction. Telco Du – a telecom operator of UAE – whom put 70 special numbers under the hammer.

All the telephone numbers were just sold for between $4,900 and $19,500, besides this big sale, the new owner expressed that he intended to use the number himself not for any business. In Dubai, there is a huge demand for such special numbers.

“There is a lot of good numbers for cars, and good numbers for mobile phones…we decided that the most fair way to deal with that is to offer 70 distinctive numbers and just let anyone bid for them,” says Fahad Al Hassani, Chief Commercial Officer – Du.

This is not the first time when Dubai has seen such fascination towards belongings. In March, a customer of Etisalat – another telecom operator in UAE – paid nearly $21.1 million for the phone number +971-50-7777777. Dubai is known for its luxurious extravagant life style.

Mohamed Hilal the new owner will probably be matching the number with one of the most expensive mobile phones in the world.  – probably a Diamond Rose iPhone 4 32 GB, which costs $8 million.

It is also important to mention that UAE government has asked telco Du to donate a portion of these sales for charity, which has been humbly accepted by the company and all the telecom companies whom are planning similar events in future.

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