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Last December Dusan wrote about Vertu, Nokia’s premium line of mobile phones built by hand in Britain out of extremely high quality materials, possibly starting an MVNO in Japan and opening up a store in Japan. Nearly 9 months later, it finally happened. Launching today, the Vertu MVNO will be available to customers at a whopping 52,500 Japanese yen ($565) per month or 577,500 Japanese yen ($6,205) per year. You’re obviously going to have to pick up a Vertu device as well, and those things start at $5,000 and only go up from there. The service includes 24/7 concierge which you can dial at any time of the day, any day of the year; useful when you need your tentacle rape manga fix and can’t find the nearest comic book shop. A Vertu shop will also be opening up in the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store. And you thought your monthly bill was expensive?
[Via: Wireless Watch Japan]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
