Vertu Signature Dragon handset puts the 'ugh' in 'luxury'
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Dec 24th 2008 4:24PM
posted Dec 24th 2008 4:24PM
It looks like Vertu isn't resting on its laurels -- a mere two years after snatching the "world's ugliest phone title" with its Signature Cobra, the company's back with the Signature Dragon. What can we say about this one? Not much, seeing as how the thing isn't even listed on the company's website. Even so, since the Cobra retailed for over a quarter of a million bucks we're guessing this new handset ain't gonna be cheap. Feel free to sneak a peek at the thing in the Vertu store in Las Vegas's Wynn Hotel when you hit the town for CES. As an aside, when researching this post we came across an erotic French novel titled Dragon de Vertu which is on sale for about $30. Even if you don't read French, we still think it'd be a better use of your hard earned cash -- and if you do read French, please underline the good parts before you pass it on to us.
Read: Vertu to display its luxury handset 'Vertu Signature Dragon'
Read: Dragon de Vertu by Francis Tigrone
Read: Vertu to display its luxury handset 'Vertu Signature Dragon'
Read: Dragon de Vertu by Francis Tigrone
That'smafugly!!
Tacky phones should be made illegal; free country or not.
This is probably just tie.in merchandise prototype for "Kung Fu Panda". This is the actual released phone:
http://www.totobay.com/images/detailed_images/A6398_Bice.jpg
My friend bought a Vertu. Now he shares an iPhone.
why in the world would be buy a vurtu? most people dont even know vurtu makes phones,let along very, very expensive phones.
shadow, I swear to god, I shit you not. He is loaded, so he bought it to see what is so special about it, and after just 3 weeks he calls me and asks me to find a buyer for that thing. The week after that, he decided to jump into the hype and buy an iPhone, and although he hates the iPhone for not having video recording and bluetooth file sending, he still doesn't regret, for even a second, the day he left the Vertu.
I had the chance to use it for a day, but my technology morals didn't allow me to.
he should buy an android phone. htc is coming out with 2 more q1 2009 and many other great companys are making android phones.
or he could buy an n97.
I'm still confused as to how he's "sharing" an iPhone with himself.
@ n_shakuras: Lol, I understand you confusion and here is my explanation: I just have this believe that when you are using any Apple product you are simply "sharing" the experience, not really using it all for you, especially when it is the iPhone; that device is locked and remotely controlled to a point where your experience is all under the well of Steve Jobs.
LMMFAO,i knew exactly what u meant when u said "sharing" but thnx for explaining,aptly put my cyber friend
they also put the 'ugh' in 'ugly'
Le Ug cherie?
Oui Oui.
Hey, there's no ugh in ugly!
So ergonomic! -,-
Throw this on the "For Enemy" list.
Or do you mean "egonomic" ? Other then showing people that you have money to burn why would you buy this or any of their other ugly phones.
Why would I buy it? Maybe a Christmas present for "Will it Shred?". It might be pretty.
Built for a Ninja!
Yeah, an ugly ninja.
It rather looks like it came out of a dragon's ass.
Hey at least they overdone themselves. Now they got the world's ugliestest phone title. Not easy to outdo yourself every year.
Hahn's cell phone from Enter the Dragon!
Your missing the point of luxury phones. It doesn't matter if it's ugly as long as people can tell it's expensive. A simple formula:
Luxury = Expensive
Luxury ≠ Beatiful
Have a look at a luxury yacht:
http://www.wally.com/jumpCh.asp?idUser=0&idChannel=192&idLang=IT
Loving that look is a acquired taste
Most luxury items are just for shoving you have money, looks isn't a factor.
Except that that yach looks amazing, unlike the phone..
That I saw that yacht in some magazine...
And I herd it's in the Mediterranean... and the pics from the inside cool sooo cool.
So ya.
I always thought the point of luxury was so that the experience of using the product was ... luxurious, and functional.
Like a luxury car, it's *supposed* to have a bunch of features that make driving more pleasurable. And they typically try to make it look somewhat nice, make it a luxurious experience for your eyeballs too.
This phone however, it looks plain, it looks ugly and uncomfortable to use. Gemstones, they're cool if you're into that sort of thing, but really, scraping them on your face while on the phone can't be comfy. I suppose if you really care about the things you have looking expensive just for the sake of trying to impress people, you deserve to burn your cash on this, but there are at least a dozen phones that will offer a far more luxurious experience at a tiny fraction of the cost.
You know what's funny, there's still bound to be some idiots who say we only think it's ugly because we can't afford one...
How can you think that yacht is not looking cool? In a F-117 sort of way.
The Vertu on the other hand...
Ps: I've seen quite a few Vertu fakes, probably no one will be able to tell the difference anyway (it's not like the hardware is hard to imitate, unlike the iPhone).
Lughxury?
It's "Lughxuriè"! xD
there is no ugh in luxury you silly jokers
There's a point where you have to ask, are we being punk'd?
Really. Rich people have already proven that wealth kills sense of good taste.
I think Vertu and Co. are simply building things like this to fuck with us.
More power to them!
World Record Ugly.
Perfect. Dragons like shiny things!
Looks like it came out of the bubble gum machine
I call BS! You guys got that out of a crane machine for $17 in quarters!
Eww...
it's so ugly it's awesome
seconded ;)
this seems to be made for gangsta rappers and yakuza bosses.
thats uglier than a baby panda
You guys clearly have no clue what being rich is about. It's about telling the world you don't care.
Vertu does a great job feeding that need.
Yeah, I guess so. Someone says your phone is ugly and you just ram it into their nose. Then buy yourself another ugly phone.
that's so ugly that it almost made me gag
You have terrible tastes...
I actually gagged!
"I - I - I - I want the kniiiiiiife."
"please..."
Haha, that's an awesome title.
Just when you think this phone can't get any more ridiculous....surprise surprise !!
This will go perfect with your 80's Scarface outfit
Har har everyone merry christmas from Eastern USA! Actually, my father works in jewelry and had to get the diamonds for this ugly phone. He got to hold it, and he said if he ever had to hold that damn thing again he might actually try to kill the snake on the outside. I probably shouldn't post the company website but what the hell; its a great company. Its just that some of the things they help make... are pretty lulz worthy. http://www.josephblank.com/index.htm
(PS. This is the same company that made the Diamond Ipod Case. XD i thought it was the tackiest thing in the world.)