Vertu's not known for making
cut rate electronics, so this is probably the closest it'll ever come. The company's just unveiled its latest flip phone, the
Constellation Ayxta. The Ayxta is aimed at citizens of the world who are looking for a "high quality product to assist in maintaining their standard of living wherever they may be," -- i.e., lazy people who'd rather throw money at something than figure out what to do on their own on a Friday night in Vienna. We can sympathize -- sort of. To that end, the handset will be kitted with all manner of awesomeness, including Vertu's own Concierge service which puts you on the line with a customer service representative directly -- no hold required. Users will also get access to Vertu Select -- which, as we said before, will help you out and tell you where all the cool people are in whatever one horse town you happen to be in at the moment. It's got 3G and a micros SD slot for up to 8GB of storage, plus a 3.0 megapixel cam with integrated flash (which is always nice), but other than that it's pretty unimpressive. The Constellation Ayxta is
available in Europe now, and for a very affordable €4,900 to €6,500 -- somewhere in the neighborhood of $7,000 - $10,500.
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posted September 25th 2009 10:31AM
I have seen one of these things in person. (the ayxta) Saw it on my recent trip in NY last week .
I bet nothing you could find this phone at your local goodwill in 5 years for $5.
One thing to add, we are all indirectly buying these phones with our own tax dollars. The niche for which this phone was designed has always been around. Its called Wall Street. Holla!
At times when I see products as this I ask...what would Jesus do? Would he go for BLING BLING? I think so.
God bless.
Is it global 3g? Will it even work in Japan? Concierge service means shit without voice service.
Looks like another Razr to me
E-City Value
The thing that amazes me about all the Vertu phones that I've seen displayed over the years is that I have never desired a single one of them.
On the other hand, I have very often desired to have the money to afford one of their phone.
. . .oh yeah, and . . . What, $10000? Only rich snobs buy this. FAIL!
I want a Constipation Asphyxia more than anything in the world!
Vertu is Nokia´s luxury brand. Its possible to find ads of this brand in streets of cities like Kiev or Moscow. Most part of the people who buy this brand are rich russians, ukranians or chineses. More money than brains, only caring about to be seem....