It’s gold-plated with an engraving of Cecil on the back and it comes at the bargain price of $2,462.
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For anyone not familiar with the story, Cecil was a 13-year-old African lion that was killed by American dentist and hunting enthusiast Walter Palmer last month.
It is, to give it its full title, the Limited Edition Cecil the Lion 24k Gold HTC ONE M9, a phone that combines honest feelings about the wellbeing of animals you’ve never met and are now dead with one of today’s most popular smartphones.
Goldgenie says, “This Limited Edition 24okay Gold Embellished Cecil the Lion HTC One M9 is a state of the artwork smartphone that may function a reminder of the great thing about nature’s wildlife and the significance of conserving it”. A 10 percent slice of every sale will be donated to the Friends of Hwange Trust, an organization dedicated to preserving the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, the place Cecil called home.
If all 99 units of the phone sell, which you somehow know they will, Goldgenie will donate some $2339 to charity.
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It’s coated in 24-karat gold, of course, but it also has an engraved portrait of Cecil the Lion on the back, along with the inscription “For Cecil and his Kingdom”. A handsome sum by anyone’s standards, but here’s the rub. The handset is identical to a usual HTC One M9, except it is covered in 24-carat gold and has an engraving showing the much-loved lion.
