Dubai hotel provides guests with iMacs, 24-karat gold iPad

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Thursday, May 23, 2013, 02:29 pm

Dubai hotel provides guests with iMacs, 24-karat gold iPadBy Kevin Bostic

Apple's iPads are premium products with a premium price, but apparently not enough for one Dubai hotel, which provides its guests with 24-karat gold versions of Apple's popular tablet.


The Burj Al Arab bills itself as "the world's most luxurious hotel," and according to the Los Angeles Times, is handing out the amenities to back up that claim. Guests checking into a room at the Burj ? starting at $1,525 per night ? receive a 24-karat gold iPad for use during their stay. Users of the device are currently limited to a preinstalled interactive customer experience, but the hotel is said to be working on expanding access to other applications.

Gold & Co. London designs and manufactures the iPads exclusively for Burj Al Arab. The devices come engraved with the hotel's logo, Apple's logo, and the Burj's parent company's motto, "Stay Different."

The hotel currently provides customers with a 16-gigabyte Wi-Fi third-generation iPad. Guests looking to take the luxury home with them, though, can stop into the Burj's Bespoke Boutique, which has 64GB versions of the device on sale for $10,200.

The Bespoke Boutique also carries a gold iPad mini, gold iPhone 5, and a gold BlackBerry Q10. Jump to comments (36)Categories:iPad(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); On Topic: iPadiPad shipments could see first ever year-on-year decline in Q2, analyst saysApple Store further drops refurbished 4th-gen iPad, iPad mini pricesApple's fifth-gen iPad rumored to debut after 'iPhone 5S,' feature rear micMicrosoft caught lying about tablet size in comparison to Apple's iPadDubai hotel provides guests with iMacs, 24-karat gold iPadToday's' HeadlinesNo news headlines yet todayRelated ArticlesApple begins selling iPad direct through Amazon, TargetQantas airline to provide passengers Apple iPads for in-flight entertainmentMicrosoft Surface with Windows RT to start at $499Microsoft Surface tablet with Windows RT to start at $499Apple Store further drops refurbished 4th-gen iPad, iPad mini pricesPrevious Comments View Alldon1082013/05/23 02:38pm

Whether you're rich or poor, it's always good to have money!

ursadorable2013/05/23 02:44pm

Can't decide on "More money than brains" or "A fool and their money.."

stephenbw2013/05/23 02:47pm

That's not luxurious, it's just very very tacky.

helicopterben2013/05/23 02:48pm

I wonder whether Tim Cook or Steve Jobs got to ever use this lol
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fithian2013/05/23 02:51pm

Who would want a gold blackberry?

slurpy2013/05/23 02:59pm

Quote:Originally Posted by helicopterben?

I wonder whether Tim Cook or Steve Jobs got to ever use this lol
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I doubt Steve Jobs would touch that with a 10 foot pole. I think he'd be pretty revolted actually.?

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The hilarious thing is that these aren't even 4th gen iPads. They're 3rd gen. If you're gonna plate something with $10K of gold, you should make sure its the newest model first.?

bugsnw2013/05/23 03:07pm

All that wealth. There must be crazy, unbelievable innovation coming out of that area.

Wait, no. It's just rotting dino.

souliisoul2013/05/23 03:09pm

A number of people, who can afford the hotel costs have a lot of brains and have used that to generate their wealth, so stating more money then brains is silly comment.

suddenly newton2013/05/23 03:11pm

That thing looks so gangsta.

suddenly newton2013/05/23 03:11pm

GOLDMEMBER.

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