Vertu has been making ridiculously expensive smartphones for almost two decades. But the company is liquidating its assets, shutting down its UK-based manufacturing arm, and laying off almost 200 ...

What happened: Get ready, because the ultimate luxury phone brand, Vertu, is officially back. They just launched their new flagship phone, the “Agent Q,” at Harrods in London, and it’s a wild mix of ...

With the Ti liberating Vertu from the Symbian shackles, it was only a matter of time before the luxury phone maker released its second Android device. The Constellation, as it's called (instead of ...

Vertu announced a handmade, luxury Android smartphone, VERTU TI, available in titanium with leather, alligator skin or red gold for the select few who can afford (and want) a $10,000 to $22,000 mobile ...

Barely two weeks after outing the Aster, Vertu is here again with another luxury smartphone for the affluent.. This time, however, it isn't doing it alone. Partnering with fellow British company ...

Since late last year, luxury technology brand Vertu has been quiet. The last we heard, the company had been sold to a group of investors known only as Godin Holdings, and CEO Massimiliano Pogliani had ...

Vertu, the formerly-owned-by-Nokia maker of eye-wateringly expensive, leather-clad, gem-encrusted, handmade-in-the-U.K. ‘luxury’ smartphones, has launched an Android-powered device: the Vertu Ti.

Facepalm: It seems bankruptcy and massive debt can't keep luxury smartphone maker Vertu down. The company, best-known for its several-thousand-dollar phones, has returned from a long hiatus to sell ...

Nokia is reportedly in talks with a private equity group called EQT in an attempt to sell off its independent subsidiary, Vertu. Vertu is an ultra-luxury phone brand operating independently within ...

But the businessman who owns the Vertu brand says he plans to resurrect the company But the businessman who owns the Vertu brand says he plans to resurrect the company Exiled businessman Murat Hakan ...

A Bentley phone is set to launch this coming October. The British luxury automaker has partnered with Vertu to come up with a special handset. Vertu, another luxury brand, is working on a luxury ...

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