Tag archive: Vertu

Following recent reports of factory closures and redundancies, Nokia is now reportedly preparing to put its luxury handset brand, Vertu, up for sale. The move is part of the beleaguered mobile giant's attempts to streamline its operations in an effort to compete with the likes of HTC, Apple and Samsung. For those  of you not familiar with the name, Vertu is Nokia's high-end mobile phone division, which has been around since 1998.… Read More

As Stephen Elop has warned, things are going to get more difficult for Nokia before they get better. Battered by the popularity of smartphones in Japan, Nokia has decided to pull out of the country entirely, reports the AP. Recently, it had tried selling luxury cell phones that cost as much as 20 million yen, or $250,000. Strangely, these efforts were unsuccessful. Apparently, the market for $250,000 phones (running Symbian) is smaller than… Read More

Vertu's V Collection Bluetooth Headset is the epitome of excess. The headset resides inside a black resin and premium grade stainless steel pen case. As for the headset itself, it features an articulating earpiece element and an ear loop constructed out of titanium memory-metal. Link: $730

Vertu is mostly known for its high-end luxury mobile phones featuring understated designed crafted from very high-end materials—and with price tags to match. Now Vertu is branching out into other accessories, reasoning that people who might be interested in a super-high-end phone might not blink at other super-high-end accessories. To that end, the company has unveiled its V Collection, which includes a pen, a USB card reader, and a… Read More

The Axyta is Vertu's first clamshell phone, hand-built in England using premium materials like ruby bearings that you would normally find in a high-end watch. Initially the Axyta will come in polished or stain stainless steel with brown or black leather accents and an option of black ceramic keys on the polished model. The phone is GSM/3G compatible and features a mail client, GPS navigation, Vertu Content, and of course, access to… Read More

You do have a Ferrari right? Just as the über-rich can count on Ferrari for extraordinary cars with extraordinary price tags, luxury phone manufacturer Vertu is always good for phones that defy most people’s needs, and budgets, to an equal degree. Perhaps that’s why the marriage of the two companies, which has succeeded in the past with a series of Ferrari-themed phones such as the 1947, has borne yet another lovely offspring: the Vertu… Read More