Premium mobile maker Vertu launches first clamshell phone

Vertu isn’t a name that the average Joe carries around on his cell phone. In fact, it isn’t a name that some of the richer Joes carry around. The mobile phone is the premium of premium phones; the Rolls Royce of the handset industry. And for the first time in its illustrious history, the company has rolled out a flip-phone: the Constellation Ayxta.

It’s a bit surprising that Vertu has taken so long to come out with a clamshell phone, especially given the style points such handsets have. But it looks like the company has taken its time to come out with a model that’s so perfect, it’s hard not to be amazed.

As with all Vertu models, the Constellation Ayxta comes with a stainless steel chassis with aluminium detailing, as well as leather and ceramic accents. The trademark crystal sapphire screen is intact, with a 1.3-inch external display (128x160 pixels) and a 2.4-inch internal display (320x480 pixels).

The new device comes with a 3-megapixel camera with LED Flash, a microSD slot for cards up to 8GB, 3G connectivity and GPS.

But the real sellers are the two Vertu services it comes with. As with all its phones, the Constellation Ayxta avails the user of the Vertu Concierge – a button to contact a 24-hour concierge service, which connects the user to a "lifestyle manager" who can book plane tickets, order gifts or sort out a plumber at short notice.

The second service is the newly-introduced Vertu City Brief. When a customer arrives in a new country, the handset uses the GPS to automatically alter the clock to the local timezone and inform the user of the best new restaurants, plays, concerts and events happening in that city that week. Businessmen will also be informed of the local business etiquette.

Of course, as usual, all this comes at a hefty price. To be able to afford the Vertu Constellation Ayxta, you better have a credit card with no limits: this one will set you back by an incredible 4,900 euros, which comes to roughly Rs. 3.45 lakhs!

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Vertu Constellation F spotted

Vertu is the brand associated with the style icons, and the ones with a huge pocket as well. Well, it seems that the luxury phone manufacturer is planning to unveil an elegant handset to its Constellation series. A few hazy images of the premium handset were spotted by mobil.cz, reports Engadget iMobile.

Reportedly, the Constellation F sports a 2.4-inch HVGA primary display. It features global GSM / EDGE and HSPA along with 8GB of storage. Apparently, this magnificent handset is the first clamshell model from Vertu. The luxury mobile phone incorporates a 3 megapixel camera with dual LED flash.

It seems that the Vertu handset is made up of stainless steel, leather and some versions of gold. The stylish handset is not only the first flip phone from Vertu, but it may be the only one in the Vertu lineup to offer GPS functionality. Probably, the exclusive phone also connects to the internet via Wi-Fi.

There is no official word on the release date or the pricing details. However, the Vertu Constellation F1 may show up in this autumn and will carry a heavy price tag of around $10,000.

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Nokia starts offering VERTU mobile phone services in Japan

Japan is a tough market to crack for many non-Japanese cell phone makers, and even the world’s leading cell phone maker, Nokia, had to give up its Japan operations after having failed to gain a foothold in this country (in November last year). But they’re trying again, this time with their luxury brand Vertu.

Being a Japanese VERTU CLUB subscriber includes a number of perks. Users can call up a concierge who takes care of things like restaurant or hotel reservations 24 hours a day, for example (in either English or Japanese). Another service, dubbed Fortress, makes it possible to store data like phone numbers or addresses on servers operated in an underground bunker in the UK.

The price for this nonsense: $560 monthly, but you can make 20 hours of domestic calls for free. I can’t see Nokia going anywhere with this, especially not in this economy, but I could be wrong.

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Vertu Signature Cobra Boucheron Limited Silver Edition gets cheaper

Vertu has always been the brand that is associated with the rich and famous. Surprisingly, the Vertu Signature Cobra Boucheron Limited Silver Edition is now available on Lux Replica for an unbelievable price of $700.

According to Ubergizmo, the luxury phone misses out on a diamond, a ruby and several other precious stones at strategic parts of the phone. It features a 1.8″ 262k color TFT display with 176 × 220 resolution. Reportedly, the limited edition handset does not even offer a camera.

Apparently, the dimensions of the opulent handset are 123mm x 46mm x 17mm and it weighs around 200 grams. The Vertu phone is seemingly equipped with 1MB internal memory and offers external microSD card support to up to 2GB. Supposedly, the handset presents 5 hours of talktime and up to 400 hours of standby time. It seems that the silver edition mobile phone is equipped with BL-5CV, Li-Ion, 1050 mAh battery.

The Signature Cobra Boucheron may support English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Turkish, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian languages. Apparently, the phone supports MP3, MP4, MID audio formats and 3GP, MP4 video formats. Moreover, the magnificent device is probably inclusive of dual-bass loudspeakers, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth support.

It appears that this is the right time to grab the luxurious masterpiece.

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Vertu Club Japan Launched

Vertu Club Japan launches today w/membership at $500 month, also opens new shop in Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi dept. store [J] http://bit.ly/Pk1bl

Machine Translation:

It was announced that high-level cellular phone brand “Vertu” began membership program VERTU Club for the VERTU hand set buyer on September 1. This is a telephone call that becomes MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) Vertu and is offered and a communication service.

The mail address of mail domain “@vertuclub.ne.jp” domain that becomes a status symbol is obtained besides a domestic call charge and domestic packet transmission considerably can be used for 1200 minutes when becoming a member.

The “VERTU Fortress” service to which the data preserved in the VERTU hand set is backed up with a certain server during the cover trench for strong old military affairs in Britain adheres, too. Besides this, concierge service “VERTU concierge” in which original Vertu can be used for the pictograph and 24 hours and 365 days can be used.

For the VERTU concierge, it widely supports it to the entertainments of the travel, shopping, the sumo wrestling, and the opera, etc.It is said that the situation that can be supported is straightened when there is a user.

“Cannot a private jet from Haneda be prepared because there is a meeting with the customer in Shanghai next week?”, for the wife who likes jewelry on the marriage anniversary want of rent a store for several hours “Choose the favorite one”, It choose”, and “It wants you to arrange the gallery seat of the final stage by all means because it was heard that customer’s foreigner president was a favorite sumo wrestling the other day” It is assumed that it satisfies the demand.

Each service is assumed to be “Luxury communications service designed to answer needs of the well-to-do population that succeeds in the business that is the target” according to Vertu by what Vertu originally developed for a Japanese market.

The membership expense can be chosen according to two types of monthly membership (52,500 yen in the monthly sum) or the annual membership (577,500 yen in the annual sum).

Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi shop that became the first department store store in Japan on September 1 was opened to the first floor in the main building of the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi headquarters. Via CNET Japan .

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Nokia’s Vertu Launches Ascent Ti Carbon-Fiber Mobile Phones

Nokia’s luxurious Vertu series of mobile phones has been expanded with a new range of high-end Ascent models grouped under the Ti Carbon-Fiber collection. Continuing to lead the way with the application of innovative materials used on some of the world's most exclusive mobile phones, the latest Vertu Ascent Ti Carbon-Fiber mobile phones feature—you guessed it—lightweight carbon-fiber for their outer casing.

The collection includes the actual Ascent Ti Carbon-Fiber Limited Edition handset, as well as three different grips made from either pure carbon-fiber, carbon-fiber and aluminum, or carbon-fiber and copper.

Handcrafted in England, the carbon-fiber used for the handsets has been repeatedly tested to ensure the optimum amount of fibers and resin, which are then processed together to achieve a flawless uniform look on both the flat and curved parts of the handset.

The diagonal rib appearance of each phone is achieved using a twill carbon-fiber weave process resulting in a modern look whilst the actual carbon-fiber used has been tailor-made in the smallest 1k weave width to create a clean pattern profile. As with all Vertu's a number of other high-quality materials are used, including titanium for parts of the exterior and sapphire for the screen.

The handsets go on sale later this month with pricing available upon request.

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4 Nokia Vertu mobile phones get ripped off and cloned

If you are going to clone a mobile phone then why not clone a Vertu phone? The guys over at intomobile bring us four unofficial clones of the Vertu handsets today.

The rip-off merchants have been hard at work stealing a few lines from Nokia’s luxury Vertu and as usual fails to do the Vertu line any justice whatsoever.

There are 2 handset with touch screens while the other 2 are without, other gear includes Bluetooth, 2 SIM card slots on some, music player and microSD slot, but who really cares anyway? Remember, you get what you pay for in the end.

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Vertu Signature S Design

Vertu Have Unveiled its New Signature Named The S Design Six Years After The Release of The Original Signature Replacing The Original as The Most Complexly Crafted Mobile Phone. The Signature S Design Features Several Innovative Features Including a Specially Designed Mechanism Allowing One to Remove The SIM Card Without The Need for Removing The Battery cover. The New Signature Was Designed by Frank Nuovo The Principal Vertu Designer Responsible for The Design of The All of The Vertu Phones and Engineered by Hutch Hutchison. The Vertu Signature S Design Duplicate is Available in Stainless Steel and Golden Versions. Even the Back is Made of Real Ceramic and Real Leather. Revised software, Almost Perfectly Replicated Details Make it One of The Most Complex and Accurately Produced Duplicate Phones. Every VERTU Signature S Design Replica Phone is Delivered in A High-Quality Gift Box Including Two Battery, Stereo Headset, USB Cable, Charging Unit and User Manual. The VERTU Clones are Fully Unlocked to Work With Almost any Operator in The World. Our VERTU Signature S Design Model Range Have Original-Like Logos and re Labeled VERTU. Cocok untuk gift dan koleksi untuk gaya.




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Vertu Ascent TI Ferrari Nero

Vertu have renewed their ties to Ferrari by launching a new collection of Ascent Ti phones directly inspired by Ferrari's cars. The Ferrari Ascent Ti collection consists of three phones named after their respective colors; a limited edition phone called the Nero and two special edition phones named Rosso and Giallo. The Nero phone is an all black Ascent Ti made of titanium coated with scratch proof PVD with a red sapphire crystal pillow. The Rosso and Giallo phones are red and yellow receptively and feature PVD coated battery covers and keys, they feature ceramic pillows. The battery cover of all three phones has been redesigned to resemble the hood of a Ferrari and features a three dimensional Cavallino on the battery cover as well as a smaller one on the front. The phones feature Ferrari inspired themes as well as ring tones featuring Ferrari engine sounds, only 2,009 examples of the Vertu Ferrari Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero will be made. Like the original Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero mobile phone - particular a ttention is paid to the firmware technology in the production of the Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero clone mobile phone. Each Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero duplicate is equipped with a large 262k TFT display and a 2.0 Mega-Pixel digital camera; GPRS/WAP apability, which allows you to be in control of you business while you're away, and can also be used both as an MP3 music and an MP4 video player, for those who are active and strive to get hold of full interactivity and entertainment in one package. Furthermore, the VERTU Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero duplicate is delivered in a high-quality giftbox including 2 batterys, stereo headset, USB cable, charging unit and user manual. The Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari Nero replica is fully unlocked to work with almost any operator in the world. Our Ascent Ti copies of VERTU have original-like logos and are labeled VERTU.




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