Serious Tech Bling for Insecure Billionaires

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As nine out of ten billionaires with self-esteem issues will tell you, the hardest part about being filthy rich is that it's difficult to find unique ways to let everyone around you know exactly how rich you are. When everyone in your coterie's got yachts, Teslas, and a handful of mansions, it's difficult to make your obscene wealth really "pop." Well, worry no more, insecure aristocrats! Here are some gratuitously expensive tech gadgets that will help you spend that taxpayer-funded bonus in style: gold-plated BlackBerry phones, alligator-skin iPad cases, Versace Android phones encased in both gold plating and alligator skin, and much much more. --Senior Editor Tim Moynihan Top Story Overpriced Tech Gadgets Only a Crowned Head Can Afford Gold-plated BlackBerrys, alligator-skin iPad cases, and $3000 HDMI cables are among the extravagances in our roundup of luxury tech gadgets that no real person can afford. 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