Comments on: Is that a $6,500 Vertu in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

By: SMS Text News » Archives » A Closer Look At Vertu

SMS Text News » Archives » A Closer Look At Vertu — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:31:43 +0000

[...] Ewan’s brother might be interested in reading a bit more about the Vertu product line. BusinessWeek took a moment to get inside the luxury mobile phone market and see what it’s all about. While you may think there can’t be too big a market for $6,500+ ‘dumbphones’ (as in not-smartphones), Neil Mawston, the associate director of Strategy Analytics, believes otherwise. He guesstimates that Vertu sells roughly 200,000 units per year, at an average of $8,000 each. That’s $1.6 Billion per year. Quite a bit of green. [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:26:27 +0000

Damian Hurst is rumoured to be doing Vertu’s iPhone.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:46:51 +0000

I love the fact I know something that Ricky ‘Symbian Guru’ doesnt.

By: martin

martin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:43:42 +0000

Very cool, do we know when an S60 Vertu would be coming out – I can sense the Ferrari edition tempting me…

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000

@James Whatley – WTF?! There’s an S60 Vertu coming out?!

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:13:25 +0000

Tell your brother to wait for the S60 version…