If you have a few spare quid to fork out on a smartphone and happen to be one of the BlackBerry faithful then you could always treat yourself to this beauty, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is sparkling 18 carat solid gold to show off to your buddies.

According to an article over on Mobile Syrup and by way of Crackberry, the Research In Motion has moved upmarket into the luxury smartphone zone and could be yours of the princely sum of £8000, that’s $12000 US or $12831.57 Canadian.

For you hard earned dosh, you will received s brand spanking new 18 carat solid gold BlackBerry Torch 9800 which has been created by Alexander Amosu and weighs in at 38 grams and is available in white gold, yellow gold, platinum gold and rose gold.

Furthermore if all that sparkling gold isn’t enough, or perhaps you want to deck one out for your Valentine you can add diamonds to the handset at an extra cost obviously; however apparently handing over your cash will get you either a matching python or crocodile case with every RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800.

So anyone interested in parting with a few thousand to snap up this upmarket BlackBerry Torch 9800? Personally I wouldn’t part with that amount of cash for any smartphone as I’d just be too scared it would get stolen or lost, but what about you?