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Vertu's Constellation Shines Bright at Oscar Dinner

Kristy Korcz — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:48:56 PST

Wolfgang Puck and Vertu hosted a pre-Oscar dinner for the Dream For Africa Foundation earlier this week, and while the food was likely the main attraction, Vertu's new touchscreen Constellation smartphone made an appearance on tabletops as well.

Coming with a 3.5-inch Sapphire Crystal touchscreen, an 8MP camera with dual LED flash, a tilt switch (to view your screen in horizontal or landscape mode), and other high-class accoutrements, like a ceramic "pillow" for your ear, ringtones composed by the London Symphony Orchestra, and exteriors in materials like leather, alligator skin, stainless steel, gold, and diamonds, it's a work of art in and of itself. Let's not forget that users get 24-hour concierge service with every Constellation to buy gifts, book tickets, and find the best restaurants (and finagle a reservation). There's no doubt you'd need an Oscar-worthy salary to rock one of these babies. Get a closer look at the T in the gallery!

Vertu's Year of the Dragon Phone Will Set You Back $20,000

Kristy Korcz — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:21:16 PST

In Chinese astrology, the dragon signifies luck. And you'd be lucky to have enough cash to acquire the Year of the Dragon smartphone. In honor of the upcoming Lunar New Year, Vurtu has crafted a luxurious mobile phone with a price tag that will have you breathing fire: $20,815.

Coming in three different models with stainless steel, yellow gold, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, and a hand-crafted dragon adorned on the battery cover, the (rumored) Symbian-running device will be produced in very short supply in Asia only, but will come with a perk not usually associated with mobile phones - one free year of concierge service.

Though, the Dragon phone has nothing on the world's most expensive cell phone, which was priced at 1.2 million dollars.

Guess the Price Tag!

GeekSugar — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:30:42 PDT

Vertu is no stranger to expensive gadgets, and although this yellow gold-plated Vertu Constellation Quest phone won't set you back as much as the diamond iPhone 4, it's still gonna cost you. Can you guess the price tag on this smartphone?

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Luxurious Geek: $25,000 Ferrari Phone By Vertu

GeekSugar — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:00:27 PDT

Vertu has long been one of the top names in luxury cell phones, but their most recent design may win the race against the competitors. The Vertu Ferrari phone, which is being sold by Nokia stores in London, Paris and Hong Kong, was designed in collaboration with Ferrari and costs a whopping $25,400. The release of the phone, which features a shift gate on its posterior, coincides with Ferrari's 60th anniversary.

While the appeal of a cell phone that costs more than my computer is a bit of a mystery to me, I can admit it's easy to be impressed by the company's special edition phones. The Ferrari phone certainly makes the MOTORAZR Ferrari phone look like a cheap knock off.
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Luxury Strawberries and Cream Editions of Vertu Phone

GeekSugar — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:01:29 PDT

Luxury cell line Vertu has released images of its delicious special edition Strawberries and Cream cell phones and they look like the perfect edition to any ritzy summer picnic.

The company, which according to its website is "hidden away in the leafy English countryside," is known for its handmade luxury phones and the special edition strawberry and creme models seem luxurious as ever. The phone features pierced leather back in either a cream or strawberry color and a high-performance 20 mm hands-free loudspeaker with advance Yamaha polyphonic hardware and sapphire-coated LCD.

The pricing is unknown, but the phone will be in Vertu stores worldwide by June.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Calls Sherlock a Great Dane & More Revelations

Kelly Schwarze — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:46:08 PDT

Sherlock's season two US premiere last week brought in a staggering 3.2 million viewers on PBS stations around the country, double that of member stations' average primetime broadcast, confirming that the clever British interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic sleuth story may be the best yet.

During a fan preview of the season, we sat down with creator Steven Moffat, producer Sue Vertue, and Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, to talk loyal fans, the wonders of the Internet, and which animals are the detective and Dr. John Watson's spirit animals (hint: they're not otters or hedgehogs). Read on for musings from the crew responsible for the wittiest mystery TV's ever seen.

On the Show's Geeky Credibility

Steven Moffat: I'm the resident geek; me and Mark (Gatiss, Sherlock co-creator) are the geeks. We started all this because we admitted to each other that we liked the Nigel Bruce/Basil Rathbone movies; you're not meant to like those ones, but we loved them.

On Fans Watching Sherlock Before Its US Debut

Steven: People aren't going to wait anymore.

Benedict: It's a carrot and stick thing. You know real fans do it because they just really want it and they don't want to ruin it [with online spoilers].

Check out what the trio have to say on those oh-so-plentiful Sherlock Internet fan memes after the jump.

Clive Owen Has a Lux Milanese Night With Ladies Like Rosie, Uma, and Tilda

Allie Merriam — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:10:00 PDT

Clive Owen was the man in the middle last night when he celebrated the launch of Vertu's Constellation smartphone at Milan's Palazzo Serbelloni with Uma Thurman, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tilda Swinton, and Michelle Yeoh. Earlier in the day, Clive accompanied a guy pal for a bit of shopping. By the evening, Clive was in his dapper suit to mingle with other friends of the luxury communication company. It's certainly an exclusive brand - the gold version of the Constellation handset retails for $27,000, and the base model starts at $8,400! They've also collaborated in the past with Ferrari on a $25,400 phone. Clive might not have to buy his own model, but things are going well for him professionally. Millennium just picked up Intruders, Clive's thriller from Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, for distribution in the US with a planned release date in April.