Author: Jon Porter
Vertu, a phone manufacturer that specializes in producing luxurious handmade smartphones that end up costing thousands of dollars, is back. At a launch party in Beijing, GSMArena reports that the company announced a new pair of handsets: the Aster P Baroque and Aster P Gothic. The company was forced to shut down its UK manufacturing business last year in the face of £128 million worth of debt, at which point its owner, Murat Hakan Uzan, was reportedly planning a resurrection of the brand.
The Aster P range continues the brand’s reputation for pairing ostentatious designs with modest specs and selling the resulting models for thousands. The phones feature a titanium alloy frame, a real leather finish on the back, and a gull-wing door-...
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Vertu, a phone manufacturer that specializes in producing luxurious handmade smartphones that end up costing thousands of dollars, is back. At a launch party in Beijing, GSMArena reports that the company announced a new pair of handsets: the Aster P Baroque and Aster P Gothic. The company was forced to shut down its UK manufacturing business last year in the face of £128 million worth of debt, at which point its owner, Murat Hakan Uzan, was reportedly planning a resurrection of the brand.
The Aster P range continues the brand’s reputation for pairing ostentatious designs with modest specs and selling the resulting models for thousands. The phones feature a titanium alloy frame, a real leather finish on the back, and a gull-wing door-...
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