Designer wear is known to get a ‘wee bit crazy’ sometimes. Ditto to designer luxury mobile phones – some of us simply cannot come to appreciate those pieces of art. This is very much the case with the latest masterpiece from VERTU – the VERTU Boucheron 150. Created especially to mark the 150th anniversary of Boucheron, the famous French jewelry house, the handset is, of course, typically VERTU. The problem with this one, though, is its design.
The VERTU Boucheron 150 is one hell of a luxury mobile phone. Supposedly fashioned from one single giant piece of pure gold, this handcrafted product is said to have taken about 2000 hours to create. Needless to say, it must be available in limited edition, just like other VERTU phones.
The only thing known about the VERTU Boucheron 150 is that it is a 3G Phone and rumored to be priced at $30,000 upwards. The luxury product comes in an exclusive wooden case, which looks more like a pirate’s treasure box. Now comes the major question – is this mobile phone graceful or gross? Check out the pictures we have placed here for you and decide for yourselves.
Vertu Boucheron 150
source Unwired View
Just a few days back, we had mentioned about the new VERTU line of luxury phones hitting the market soon. Now, VERTU, known for its quality handcrafted luxury phones, has finally signed a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) deal with NTT DOCOMO in order to provide its customers with great communication services. Commencing in the second half of 2009, VERTU, in partnership with DOCOMO, will also release a premium membership card called the VERTU Club. The company will announce details of the VERTU Club shortly.
VERTU really seems to be hell-bent on making a grand foray into the market, as the company also plans to open its Ginza Flagship Store, its very first store in Japan, on 19th February 2009. Pre-orders of handsets will be taken in the store once the VERTU Club is ready. For those of you mobile freaks who just cannot wait for the VERTU Club, you can easily purchase any of the unlocked-SIM 3G phone VERTU models, Ascent Ti, Ascent Ti Ferrari or Signature (click here to go through our earlier post regarding these luxury phone models).
All of us out here are waiting with bated breath to take a look at the Ginza VERTU Store. We are sure it is gonna be a totally mind-blowing experience.
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
