PUT a consumer technology giant and a fashion house together, and you get the Armani-Samsung phone.

The tri-band phone comes with a 2.6-inch LCD touchscreen with haptic feedback, which causes the phone to vibrate slightly when icons and numbers are selected. This way, you'll know when you've accidentally pressed a button.

At 9.9mm thin, the credit-card sized phone is super-skinny. But it still manages to fit in a 3.15-megapixel camera and music player.

And it comes with an Armani-branded Bluetooth headset pack and specially designed leather case.

• Available at the Giorgio Armani Boutique at Hilton Hotel, Samsung Mobile World, Samsung Mobile Shop, G-Force at Raffles City and Handphone Megastore at Plaza Singapura at $1,388.

This article was first published in Digital Life, The Straits Times on Apr 8, 2008.