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The Grand 350 was my first and only QWERTY phone design. It was the first phone to use mother of pearl, as well as the first phone to use meteorite.
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Only 37 units of the Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer series were made, they were engraved with the launch date of the Pioneer spacecraft. The phone featured a battery cover made out of materials from the Gibeon meteorite, uncovered in Namibia in 1836.
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The 350 Pioneer body was CNC machined from spacecraft aluminum, and clear anodized. The frame was inlayed with sapphire crystal and the infrared window was from a solid piece of ruby crystal. The screws were gold plated stainless steel. The buttons of the 350 Pioneer were a dramatic combination of sapphire crystal and stainless steel.
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