Boost Mobile today introduced a collection of limited edition phones designed by The Retail Mafia, a tightly knit collective of the world's most highly regarded and sought after New York-based streetwear brands (alife, aNYthing, The J.Money Collection, Frank151, situationormal and SSUR). The collaboration marks the legendary New York streetwear brand collective's entry into the wireless phone market.

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Packaged in a gunmetal "mafia-style" briefcase, the custom designed Motorola i835 cell phone features six exclusive designs by each of The Retail Mafia brands. In addition, each handset comes with a limited edition Retail Mafia T-shirt, external texting keyboard accessory, desktop charger, black earpiece, Retail Mafia screen cloth to maintain the handset's unique finish and a premium service warranty with a dedicated Motorola service number for Retail Mafia customers.

These custom Motorola i835 handsets from Boost Mobile feature six exclusive designs by each of The Retail Mafia. Each brand-specific handset produced includes specially designed wallpapers and ringtones that represent The Retail Mafia collection.

Available in a limited quantity of 50 phones at each of the four Retail Mafia retail locations (alife, aNYthing, situationormal and SSUR) and the collective's two online retailers (Frank151 and The J.Money Collection), the special designed phones retail for $299.99.

The Retail Mafia-branded Motorola i835 phone from Boost also includes the following features / capabilities:

- Nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie
- Boost Multi-Media Messaging and Text Messaging
- Boost Wireless Web
- Large Color Screen (130 x 130 px)
- Java-Enabled Games and Applications
- Hands-free Speakerphone
- GPS-Enabled (Global Positioning System)
- Polyphonic and Voice Ringtones
- Up to 135 minutes talk time
- Up to 60 hours standby time
- Outside display
- Voice Mail
- VibraCall Alert
- Picture Viewer
- National Roaming
- 600-Entry Phonebook
- Voice Notes
- Voice Activated Dialing

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