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Vertu Constellation To Be Launched
According to, of all sources, a video on Google Video, the next Vertu line will be dubbed the Constellation; we understand it will feature quad-band EDGE (finally!), Bluetooth, and significantly higher resolution and larger screen. This new model should launch in the September time period; stay tuned as we expect further details to start trickling in shortly.
Keepin' it real fake, part XXVII: Vertu loses some girth
If you're loving the Vertu Signature 2006 but the gargantuan 122 x 42 x 15.5mm dimensions have left a bad taste in your mouth -- not to mention the absurd price tag -- boy oh boy, do we have just the phone for you. The "Mars Bar size" miniature Signature knockoff, apparently made by CISC, comes it at a smallish 89 x 38 x 22mm. The chubby little bugger strikes a strong resemblance to its costlier role model if you squint, but that's where the resemblance ends: you lose a GSM band, leaving you with just 900 and 1800, the camera is a laughable "30k pixels," and we're guessing that our lookalike friend here doesn't sport the Vertu's jeweled key action. On the upside, internal flash is allegedly good for a hefty 128MB, and you can buy a small army of these for the cost of the genuine article.[Thanks, Nick]
Vertu looking to expand infection of world's jet set
Apparently, there comes a threshold in a millionaire's fortune where he or she can no longer find logical, reasonable ways to spend it. Nokia's luxury marque Vertu has been capitalizing on this phenomenon for the last few years, offering handsome, well-built handsets with mediocre performance and uninspiring feature sets at astronomical prices. Now Vertu President Alberto Torres is looking to grow the business, saying "We sell tens of thousands of phones annually, and our goal is to reach annual sales of hundreds of thousands of phones." Continued Torres, starting to sound a little cocky: "It may take even more than 10 years to reach the threshold of selling 1 million handsets." Whoa there, Alberto, one step at a time, buddy. Before we get ahead of ourselves, how about adding quad-band and EDGE?[Via Techdirt]
Vertu intros first 2 of 6 Racetrack Legends handsets
Ever since their Ascent Motorsport Edition withstood five rollovers by a Porsche Boxster, we've taken Nokia's Vertu luxury handset division much more seriously, and you'll never again hear us questioning the logic of spending $X on one of their products (where X = some obscenely large number). The company's newest designs, called the Racetrack Legends series, each pay tribute to one of six of the greatest circuits on Earth and are limited to 1000 units apiece, with outlines of Italy's Monza and Britain's Silverstone etched onto the back of the first two releases. When you're in the market for a Vertu phone, features are surely not your top priority, and the Legends series meets those expectations with nary a notable spec other than the inclusion of Bluetooth and tri-band GSM connectivity. Likewise, if you have to ask about pricing on these, you're probably not part of the target demographic.[Via Luxist]
