Designer unveils blinged up iPhone 5

A British designer has unveiled an 18ct gold edition of the new iPhone 5 - priced at £21,995.

Liverpool designer Stuart Hughes has announced a limited edition of 100 blinged-out handsets.

His company say they will kit out the 64GB version handset with gold and diamond furnishings.

Mr Hughes, whose company will build to order, says: "This beautiful handset will take weeks of detailed intricate work to re-create the original chasis of the iphone in solid gold, all of which was started and finished by hand.

"Their will be gold dressing for the rear section with the logo in solid gold with 53 flawless diamonds amounting to 1ct."

Mr Hughes claims to have previously made a unique iPhone 4S Elite Gold for £6 million for an anonymous Australian businesswoman.