First Ever Flip Phone By Vertu

Vertu , the brand producing costliest phones in the industry, has finally come up with the a clamshell as its latest offering. The company is known for its high end (too high rather) mobile  phones has now come out with its first flip phone called  : Contellation Ayxta

Though vertu has come with its flip model so late but looking at the perfection the phone has been made with it seems the time taken to come out with this creation might be worth it.

Vertu has retained some of its trademark designs in this new phone but it has also enhanced some of the features to create a value for this latest model. The stainless steel chasis with aluminium detailing , as with all vertu phones, is present in this model also. Also leather and ceramic accents remain the trademark design features. The trademark crystal sapphire screen is the same as earlier but with an addition of 1.3 inch external display ( 128 x 160 pixels) and 2.2 inch internal display ( 320 x 480 pixels). Some other features :

• 3 M.P. camera with LED flash
• micro SD slot for cards upto 8 Gb
• 3G connectivity
• GPS

The two premium services by vertu are the selling points of this phone. First is the vertu concierge – a button to contact 24 hour concierge service which connects the user to ‘lifestyle manager’ who can manage all sorts of requests of the customer like booking plane tickets, order gifts etc.

The second service is the  Vertu city brief. When a customer arrives in a new country, the handset uses the GPS to automatically alter the clock to the local timezone and inform the user of the best new restaurants, plays, concerts and events happening in that city that week. Businessmen will also be informed of the local business etiquette.

Another service is Vertu select. Vertu Select is another feature added to the Ayxta, which is basically an online service with exclusive “lifestyle information”, presumably telling you what the latest hip bars are in your area.

As expected this vertu phone also comes with a large price tag oof about 4900 euros. So the vertu loyalists who complained about not having a clamshell to choose from , now have no reasons not to own a stylish vertu flip phone.

[via : digit]