Aura-dacious theft of Motorola's £1,200 phone

Thieves stole over one hundred Motorola phones from a warehouse near Basingstoke, Hampshire back in September.  Now local police are claiming these are being sold in the town itself.  Okay, so not exactly the most interesting story ever but, as you'll be aware from the title, these are no ordinary phones. No siree, Bob!  These things are worth a whopping £1,200 each!

I'm a local and have yet to see or hear of anyone with one of these or to have been approached by someone trying to flog one.  But the police claim these are doing the rounds and have warned people they face up to 14 years in prison if they buy one.  Yeah, right.  Recently a local man stabbed his wife to death and is likely to serve just 3 years.  Strange world we live in, isn't it?

Here's Trusted Review's take on the Aura - as it's known.  There's no 3G, Wi-Fi or GPS and only 2 gig of built-in memory with no options for expansion.  Seriously, what the fudge?!?

I'm not in the habit of buying stolen goods and this phone wouldn't tempt me anyway.  I mean really, £1,200 for that?!?  Yes, a circular screen looks rather cool but can you imagine finding apps to work with it?  No Opera Mini for a start!