I mean WTF? Sure, it's nice and made of titanium with a hand stitched leather covering for parts of the phone plus it comes with 24 hour "personal concierge" who basically will explain anything you want to you as well as do stuff a normal secretary would do like book you a flight & hotel but the guts are the same as a Samsung Galaxy you can buy for $300. The only thing which is really even slightly different is the encryption included for all usage of the phone but really you can get that from apps so why pay $11,000 just for the phone? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21426392
Vertus are tasteless, butt ugly things for people with no style or sense of understatement. Their sole purpose is for other people to see that you can afford them. In short, they are the Rolex of cell phone brands.
Vertu phones may be assembled in the UK, but the actual components are the same shitty Made-in-China parts that everyone else's phone has. Only a vain, stupid asshole would spend money on these things.
Would I? No. $11 grand is way out of line. But if I was worth a few billion dollars that $11 grand would be like 1 penny to me. Even if I only had a billion dollars that $11 grand is not even approaching anywhere near 1%. It's 0.00011% according to the calculator. From the point of view of a billion dollar guy that phone is essentially free. He probably makes back a $11 grand in less then a second from his other investments.
So it's the Rolex of cell phones? Target market: Sharper Image addicts and anyone with an excess of expendable income and a desperate need to impress their friends.
I nearly balked at spending $80 on the Android phone I bought after my previous phone went on the fritz after getting wet.
I wouldn't spend a thin dime on an Android phone. That being said, Vertu phones are ridiculous in every way imaginable.
Ya but the thing is it isn't an impressive phone. A Ferrari costs significantly more than a regular car. It looks amazing and can perform too. No Toyota or even Mercedes is going to beat it. A Vertu phone is ugly and doesn't out perform the GS3 in any way. It's not the Ferrari of cell phones, it's just a stupid thing to buy. Even with all the money in the world I would be embarrassed to have one. If I insisted on spending too much I would just get a gold cased GS3 or iPhone.
Those Saudi oil princes will buy almost anything. Right now, there are entire communities of German engravers whose fortunes have been reversed from their failings starting in the 60's. They're kept busy by Saudi oil princes who "need" a watch with custom engraving to match their saddle colors.
Hmm... maybe I should start a business selling ridiculously expensive custom items to those guys. How do you get into that market? I can gold plate and diamond encrust any regular household item if I can mark up the cost 10,000%
Doesn't matter. It's flat out tasteless. Would be for 20 dollars, is for 11.000 and would be if it cost a million. It's exactly the kind of thing Russian oligarchs will buy. Money with even a little sophistication doesn't need cell phones - they have secretaries. And mighty fine IWC watches that don't scream I COST 200.000 EUROS!!!!!!! from the top of their mechanical lungs.
^ Yes, that's the point. When money or technology are of no concern, the exterior becomes the defining factor.
