Vertu Ascent 2010 asks for your black card

By on May 10, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Lifestyle May 10, 2010

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You know we are big fans of Vertu handsets around these parts, and Mr. Frank Nuovo certainly isn’t sitting in the UK counting iPhone sales while doing nothing. Vertu has, in Vertu tradition, silently announced an updated model in their lineup and it is the new Vertu Ascent for 2010. Picking up on almost all of the previous phone’s shortcomings (save for the S40-based OS, of course), the new Ascent features quad-band 3G, GPS, preloaded maps for navigation, a 5 megapixel camera, and will come in 8GB and 32GB internal memory configurations in addition to titanium and aircraft-grade aluminum casings. But, it’s a Vertu, and that means there are a plethora of different color combinations. Since the Ascent is racing inspired, don’t hold your breath for diamond-studded versions. Yet there are plenty of bright color finishes to get your juices flowing. You know, if you are into dropping anywhere from $5,000 and up on a cell phone. Couple more shots after the break!

[Via Engadget]

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  • MacMan

    Kinda looks like a blackberry bold 9100′s poop

  • Versed

    You would think for the $5K plus you’re gonna have to plunk down for this thing, they just make it 32gb, like there’s not enough profit?

    All this for a $150 off contract Nokia? Geeze.

  • David

    Awesome, now I don’t even need to waste a click visiting Engadget. Everything is automatically reposted here.

  • ruralDROIDvzw

    No matter what theyve done to it or what materials they encased it in it’s still a Nokia

  • Mrwirez

    Beam me up Scotty.. Kirk out.

  • ucfgrad93

    I can’t believe that some people are stupid enough to drop 5K on a cell phone.

    • Osvy G

      When you have the money this is pocket change.

  • Jarrett

    Great, now all the Vertu haters and Vertu Fanboys are going to piss back and forth for pages upon pages of war.

  • http://impulsemagazine.net Impulse Magazine

    Even if I had $5,000 to drop on a cellphone, I definitely would not drop it on a phone like this. I don’t even know why they create phones this expensive

    • David

      Maybe because people are buying them. Don’t blame the company blame the consumers.

  • VZWHoustonRegionalManager

    This will not be available from Verizon any time soon. It uses that silly GSM crap the rest of the world uses.

    • d

      @vzwhouston,
      the world is bigger than texas. hicks from the sticks. heha

  • Scotty R

    Vertu Wedge.

  • Killah kyle

    Really? why not give me a pimped out sidekick instead?

  • Jae Soon

    Vertu phone. Because money is no object, and you have worked hard crunching numbers.

    Nokia phone. Because money is no easy to find, and you have toiled your ass off.

    Nokia is smart, they serve the upper market with high-end phone with sucky software, and lower market with low-end phone with sucky software.

  • Eric

    It looks like an electric razor with a keypad… and I don’t need one of those.

  • thisyellowkid

    its soooo awesome, 5k is a bit much to drop on a mobile but if it was a gift i wouldn’t refuse

  • Sprinter

    ehhhhhhhhhhh…….. why’d hey make it so ugly?

  • Cold Dead Fingers

    Is there gold under that aluminum casing? My Mac is packn some of that gold stuff ^-^

  • Phoneaphile

    That one ugly a** phone. 5k.. what ever! I can buy a iPhone 4G prototype from Gizmo for that price!

  • Weapondrift

    Its still amazing to me that even the older model Vertu’s hold their value…I havent seen a Vertu under 1k. Granted it has its very own concierge button but thats irrelevent. Besides, in the industry I am in I dont see ANY Vertu’s in fact very few people have ever heard of this phone…they usually carry the Icraps and the bb’s.

  • user

    *Make harsh edges. Check.
    *Give it ridges. Check.
    *Leather / pleather trim. Check.
    *A dash of yellow-orange and stitching. Check.
    *Embellish earpiece with angular motif. We are not square at Vertu. If anything, we are fresh and (tri)angular. Check.
    *Aircraft-grade aluminium. What does that actually mean and why is it needed? Doesn’t matter, just use it ’cause nobody else is. Benefits be damned. Check.
    *Embellish with screws and make them part of the design motif. Check.

    We have a unique device that our target market will just love, fellas. I love the way you guys reduced the bill of materials so much. Those suckers will never know what’s inside this thing, nor do they care.

    *pats on the back all round*
    Let’s go for drinks.

    Oh and don’t forget to tell marketing to price it 5,000 cents. Sorry, mistake; that was the total cost of manufacture, distribution and marketing.

    The correct price:
    5,000 dollars.

    Drinks are on me.

  • RAS

    Vertus are luxury for luxury’s sake. They certainly are nothing in the performance/features arena. These are for folks who have to show off their wealth (or try to fake it) in the most ostentatious way.

    When you step off your G-V in Cap Ferrat, and your first thought is to call back to your mansion to berate your staff for something trivial they may or may not have forgotten to do last week, a Vertu is absolutely THE phone to use for the task.

    • nokiabrock

      You couldn’t have said it any better. And most of the readers here are missing that point. It’s for the super rich who only care about flaunting their wealth. As long as it makes a call and cost zillions is all that matters to them. If you handed them one of today’s high-end smartphones. Their comment would be “How do I use this piece of junk. It only cost $200 so it must be junk”

  • Nest

    PUAJJJJJJJJ

  • chingy

    that’s the ugliest piece of crap i’ve ever seen. i wouldn’t keep it if i found it and probably wouldn’t be able to get half that cause no one would believe me.

    • cellfonexpert

      just face it ok…u r just jealous coz you cant afford one…

  • Prasad Tate

    Guys, especially all the Vertu Haters, this phone is awesomme. I saw the demo today at Selfridges, London. It has all those features, the lack of which made previous vertus obsolete. Pictures honestly dont do justice. The build quality it to grade and its manufactured in the UK (unlike almost all other phones, including the iPhone 4, which are manufactured in China). All those guys moaning about the fact that it is made be nokia, are wrong. its made by vertu, which belongs to the nokia group, doesn’t mean that its manufactured in the same unit? As you might (or might not) know that Lambhorgini belongs to the VW group. Does it mean its manufactures in the same plants as the polo is manufactured?

    This beauty is hand made with top grade materials used. And the newly added features (check the site) can give any latest phones a run for their money, unless you want gay features and games of the iphone or the androids.

    Fair enough that some of you wont be able to buy it, but atleast appreciate quality stuff. It wont make you any inferior, would it?

    FYI, I got iphone 4 as currently the Ascent 2010 is way above my budget. And I would trade it anyday of the week.

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