Though Nokia has not been doing very well in Japan, it still plans to release its very exclusive, high-end and extremely expensive mobile phone, VERTU, in Japan. The VERTU, known for its fine precious jewelry-encrusted craftsmanship, plans to release three new lines of exclusive GSM / W-CDMA mobile phones in Japan itself. These include the New Signature Collection, the Ascent Ti and the Ascent Ti Ferrari. The 4.75 carat bejeweled New Signature Collection will be released in December 2008 and will be available in 3 models, Stainless Steel, Yellow Gold and White Gold. They will be priced at 1.6 million yen, 4.5 million yen and 500 million yen respectively.

The stainless steel Ascent Ti is skirted with Titanium and is available in red, brown, black, NARU, five kinds of checks. The price of the product is 67 million yen and the NARU is 80 million yen. The last line of luxury watches from VERTU is called the Ascent Ti Ferrari. This has been created in collaboration with Ferrari and will be available in limited editions, called Rosso and JARRO. Encrusted at the back of the mobile phone is the Ferrari’s logo of a prancing horse. Rosso will be available for 110 million yen and the JARRO will be priced at 94 million yen.

Nokia plans to expand its sales via its directly managed stores in Ginza, Tokyo. Additionally, it also plans to offer email and Web services and the SIM-locked feature for its new range of VERTU mobile phones.

Vertu Signature S

For lovers of luxury handsets, Vertu has revealed new Ascent Ti Ferrari Edition of 3 models – Nero in black, Rosso and Giallo in vibrant red and yellow color. In partnership with Ferrari, each of these models has a design suggestive of Ferrari luxury cars as well as sounds recorded from original Ferrari F430 and the 612 Scaglietti.

The Ascent Ti Ferrari Edition features high resolution sapphire crystal display, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, Bluetooth and micro USB connection, and 4GB onboard memory.

It supports WCDMA 2100/GSM quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and provides 3/5 hours of talk time in WCDMA/GSM and up to 300 hours of standby time. The Nero model will be available in 2009 while the Rosso and Giallo are already available.

Vertu Ascent Ti Ferrari