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Japan may not be Nokia’s turf anymore, but there’s Vertu – the Finnish giant’s luxury arm that not only sells its super overpriced pieces of jewelry in the Land of the rising Sun, but also operates as (again) an expensive MVNO.
To celebrate the first anniversary of its flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo next month – Vertu has unveiled 4 golden phones — Kinko, Kikusui, Nanten and Daigo — with each representing the different season of the year. It’s a very, very, very limited series, the material is gold (made-in-Japan gold lacquerwork, to be more precise), hence the price of 20 million yen ($215,000) doesn’t surprise. To be fair (or not) that money will also buy you free domestic calls.
As you know, it’s not about specs with Vertu phones – it’s about craftsmanship and precious materials used in building the piece of art. We read that Vertu plans to sell just four of these handsets worldwide, though I’m not sure whether the idea is to offer each of the 4 phones in the series to 4 buyers (making the total number of devices available – 16) or each of the phones in the series is 100% unique. If anyone knows, drop us a line in the comments form below…
[Via: CrunchGear]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
