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to be fair.. vertu isnt owned by nokia at all...
they just use there products..
there not designed to be all singing all dancing, its a instrument not a phone.
the workmanship and design and name is what your buying, your not buying a 4gb phone aimed at playing music.
i was well suprised at how heavy it was tmag, i'd notice it was in my pocket!!
roll on thursday
WOOOOOHOOOOOO
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-11-13 20:20:46
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On 2006-11-13 20:20:46, fatreg wrote:
to be fair.. vertu isnt owned by nokia at all...
Vertu is owned by Nokia FACT!!
According to:
wikipedia
\"It is an independently run fully owned subsidiary of the phone manufacturer Nokia.\"
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Posted: 2006-11-13 20:33:57
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Its like saying Sony own shares in Aiwa......or they used too....
Anyway, fact is its still a good phone. And all the oinformation you get when receiving one, shows just pure quality....
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Posted: 2006-11-13 22:14:41
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Look at this
that is the ascent, i liked the concierge, my Signature platinum was Ok, not worth its money though, i got it for $8000 and sold it for $9500 on ebay, only 1 bid!!!
I threw it a couple of times, nothing happened.
Oh and for the fake vertu post, or VEPTU, someones selling em here
http://molotok.ru/catalog/lot/13227191/
My Siganture Platinum had ruby bearings that made not hitting a key impossible, and the sound was good, but it had no wireless connection whatso ever (IrDA or Bluetooth or WiFi...), and no site had support for the games, although it never froze the phone facts said it went through 96 hand done tests.
Although my charger was plain plastic, and that scratched, but i didnt think it was worth it, rather a P990
Anyone else got one?? or had one??
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Posted: 2006-11-14 05:45:57
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On 2006-11-11 11:41:28, Sammy_boy wrote:
All very impressive, but I still wouldn't blow all that money on that thing! I'd rather have a feature-rich 'plastic' phone and buy a half-decent car or put a deposit down on one with the rest that buy one of those things!
Or buy a top of the range HD plasma TV, damned fine hi-fi, or one hell of a PC with the extra 2-3 grand I'd save buy buying a W950i or a P990i or a K800i instead of a Vertu!
Ok well thats great for you but what does one do when they have all of the things mentioned by you.I havea sound system from www.thetadigital and B&W 800 Series speakers and also some stuff from shunyata.... well
www.shunyata.com and I have cars as well and a driver lol .....so where does that leave me and a great pc and a mac now what .... well a vertu is the best phone I have used till date sound and feel wise and i must say i would not like to part with it for a PDA phone or a phone that has many crazy functions.....I have people to remind me what I have to do incase i forget...
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Posted: 2006-11-14 06:00:27
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Remember the days when owning a mobile would mark you out as someone special? Well,ownership of a Vertu phone nowadays makes the same statement as using a Mont Blanc pen,or wearing a Patek Philippe watch it’s an emotional assertion about your inner happiness. to see just what makes Vertu mobile phones so unique.
The company hand-assembles its worldwide production at a high-tech industrial building in Hampshire, south west of London. To see the manufacturing process (and the best automotive comparison would probably be the McLaren F1 that was built not so far away at Woking) you are reminded of either a modern F1 technical facility or a Swiss watch company. In fact the connections actually do run deep staff at Vertu have spent time at Bentley Motors studying the fine processes that signify the term ‘hand-crafted ,as well as using the traditional Swiss watch
making skills of precious-metal handling and finishing.
Vertu produce two models, the ‘Signature’, a phone so detailed that only 5 people in the company can make them (and that’s after 3 years’ training…), and one that could be described in watchmaking terms as a ‘Grand Complication’ with its 388 mechanical components and ruby bearings supporting the keys to give them that characteristically precise touch. The other is the ‘Ascent’, a performance-oriented phone with its unique Liquimetal® chassis that features in the company’s current publicity material – being run over by a Sports Car: and working perfectly afterwards of course.
No two Vertu luxury phones are the same. Such is the complexity of the design, and the infinitely skilled patience of the workers, that hand-assembly and finishing and polishing ensure that differences unseen to all but the most highly trained eye are allowed for in assembly to produce
closing faces that fit perfectly, with no gaps, squeaks or rattles. And such is the dedication of the final inspection process that a high percentage are sent back for rectification very often a complete strip-down and re -assembly. And the final polishing station for the ‘Signature’ has a craftsman with skills learnt in the Swiss watch industry, knowing the nuances of grain in gold, titanium and platinum.
Two new products grace the line-up pre-Christmas. The ‘Vertu Ascent White Special Edition’follows on from the success of the ‘Ascent Pink’, while the ‘Vertu Ascent Motorsport Limited Edition’ has a carbon fibre inlay (from the same manufacturer who supplies parts for F1 cars), and
is being showcased by a racing programme in the Porsche Michelin Supercup that includes ten Grand Prix-supporting races in Europe and two in the USA. It’s this model that has the closest ties with modern ‘super-sports’ cars like the Porsche GT3. Hand-stitched leather, speaker ports that
mimic the air vents of a racing car, and titanium and ceramic components draw strong parallels with the world of the race track.
Like the car that wears its logo, only 997 examples of the ‘Motorsport Limited Edition ’ will be made.And after the final (final!) checking and polishing, when the phone is ready for despatch, the serial number is laser-engraved onto the back, and comprehensive digital photographs are made of its every angle as a complete record of the birth of a new member of the ‘Vertu Family’. As every example has a back that only fits its correct Vertu front exactly, it’s important for the manufacturer to record everything that leaves the factory, and is an invaluable tool in the aftersales experience.
Concierge Service
It doesn ’t end when the customer takes the phone home and powers it up – far from it. All Vertu phones come with one year ’s Vertu Concierge Service (renewable on a yearly basis thereafter),accessed via a special button on the side of the hand set. Available every day of the year, round
the clock, a personal adviser is there to help you make travel arrangements, book ‘the unbookable’ play or restaurant table, or just help out to make a busy person ’s life that little bit easier.
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Posted: 2006-11-15 01:39:14
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those pics explain why these phones are expensive, still wouldn't buy one though
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Posted: 2006-11-16 00:12:24
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@ PeterKay.....
you can try and steal the one i am selling?
Its in a safety deposit box.....
*cough cough*
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Posted: 2006-11-16 09:47:26
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Come down later Tmag
Or you could give it for free as a gift
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Posted: 2006-11-16 09:48:36
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On 2006-11-16 09:47:26, tmag2005 wrote:
@ PeterKay.....
you can try and steal the one i am selling?
Its in a safety deposit box.....
*cough cough*
its where tmag?
in my hands?
oh yeah thats right
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-12-23 19:02:01
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