The regiment arrived luxury vehicles. And not from the famous Vertu. Other companies also create smartphones.

Who distinguished himself at this time? Developers from Bellperre. They presented a very remarkable new product called Touch.

The device stands out among plastic gadgets. The housing is made of 316L steel and covered with leather (alligator or buffalo – at the user’s choice).

On the protection of the screen to save the drafters did not. The touchpad is covered with expensive sapphire crystal.

Looks Touch – without a doubt – very interesting. With regard to the technical characteristics, they are a little more modest than the design.

Bellperre smartphone equipped the 4.9-inch Super AMOLED-display with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. As the processor uses two-core chip clocked at 1.5 GHz.

Another “on board” has 2 GB and 48 GB of non-volatile memory module, LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n and 2 Camera (1.9 MP and 8 MP).

Thickness of Touch – 9,4 mm. Weight – 166 grams. The role played by the operating system platform Android (version not specified).

That’s great – you can order any color scheme to taste. Available 60 different options. Everyone will find a shade for everyone.

Price – from 2600 to 3000 euros (depending on configuration).

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Technological or fashion brand without its own headphones as absurd as Russian oligarch without European football clubs. With him not to talk about. At Vertu headphones now too. Model Vertu HP-1V developed in conjunction with the B & O. Danes in the world HiFi with the reputation of “designers” answered quite the opposite of the sound. Vertu experts developed the design and set a price. 490 lbs. Country Price. To her we shall return, but first about the design. Model of the closed type with leather ambyushury and trimmed with leather headband brushed aluminum. Lightweight – 230 grams – with a comfortable fit. Do not crush, does not come off even with vigorous winding head in time with The Beatles. Under the cap are not put on, but get out of the house. A model of excellent sound insulation. Sound out of the question. Inside something passes. As much as you need to confidently navigate in space. A good option for the aircraft, especially after the European Aviation Safety Agency has ceased to object to the use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing.

By convincing headphones attached to a thick braided wire, which is strange look of cheap plastic buttons for remote control of the player or phone. Detail which can easily be ignored. The kit also includes a carrying bag and nozzle adapter for a connector that demonstrate a claim for HiFi.

As sources for testing were used iPhone 6 and CD-player Marantz CD5001. iPhone is selected as the most likely (after smart phones Vertu) partner headphone Vertu. Player Marantz – confident HiFi average – as a way to assess the potential of Vertu HP-1V.

With the iPhone 6 is pretty simple. Headphones effortlessly cover the possibility of the vocal tract smartphone. In this they are not alone. No sound revelations, compared with decent “plugs”, for example, Sennheiser has been detected. You can compare the sound level of comfort during long-term – a few hours – continuous listening. There fold difference in price makes itself felt. Vertu can listen for hours and not get tired. A sure sign of lack of distortion, which you will not notice in one or two tracks. Vertu use headphones with the iPhone can, but not necessarily. Options several times cheaper than play not nearly as good. But the replacement of standard Apple Earphones for something more worthy is still mandatory.

CD – the test is much more serious. Format, which is too early to put an end, is still easy to play on digital players and a combination of consumer-grade “computer + DAC entry level.” Paired with the Marantz CD5001 headphones Veru disclosed, showing detail and emotion. In the “holes heard before” records revealed new details: the movement of a finger on the string, breath the atmosphere of the concert hall. A comparison with the more expensive Grado headphones and even Oppo Vertu lose. But this is not a game with only one goal. In an intelligent, thoughtful, though perhaps overly cautious sound Vertu HP-1V certain there will be fans. If the handle on the headphones was “aggressive”, I would have turned it into one or two levels in the right. But it is very taste solution.

HP-1V – a worthy thing, the production of which the brand has chosen a solid Chinese partner, and never save money on materials. The presence of specialists B & O as well send the products to benefit. But from Vertu, in my impression, the headphones was only logo. Neither five finishes titanium or skin of exotic animals, no autograph wizard manually assemble the unit. To listen to music from your iPhone or computer capabilities Vertu (like price) redundant. If you choose HP-1V as a multimedia solution should think about the external DAC’s and portable headphone amplifier. Best of all Vertu HP-1V look as a home audiophile solutions. The price in this case seems to be quite reasonable, even after the jump course. Affordable Vertu – cognitive dissonance. But this dissonance sounds surprisingly nice.

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Smartphones Vertu’s cause in society an ambiguous response. They’re all of a beautiful, young crocodile leather and precious stones embedded in vklyueniya button. Expensive but meaningless, because inside them caterpillar instead of the processor and pixel density such that every picture looks like a branded keddrovskaya avatar.

The situation began to improve from the previous model Vertu Signature Touch, which were not only exclusive ringtones Londosnkogo Symphony Orchestra and the skin of a young calf, but Snapdragon processor 800 and 64 GB of internal memory. Model Vertu Aster continued technical idea podkovannosti beautiful smartphone that promised in the future to support the CEO of Vertu Max Polyani. From early morning on twitter geeks discuss Vertu Aster with the words that now purchasing smartfna Vertu at least logically possible to explain.

Besides the fact that the smartphone will be made by hand by one master, and the materials used are the most expensive. Matt and polished titanium grade 5, sapphire crystal and leather. Depending on whose skin it is and what it is color, there are six variants smartphone:

• Onyx Calf – calf leather, black
• Blush Calf – calf leather, the color scarlet
• Lagoon Calf – calf leather, celadon
• Caviar Karung – karung leather, black
• Tangerine Karung – karung leather, tangerine color
• Cognac Ostrich – ostrich leather, the color of cognac
• Raspberry Ostrich – ostrich leather, the color magenta

The unit received a 4.7 inch display with a resolution of 1080p, coated sapphire glass to 117 carats. Hidden inside a 4-core Snapdragon 801 c 2.3 GHz and 64 GB of internal memory. A? Did you see? 13 MP camera with autofocus and dual LED-flash and 2.1 MP previously certified Hasselblad. Work will be running Android 4.4 KitKat. Responsible for the autonomy of the battery with a 2275 mAh battery and the possibility of wireless charging. There will even be NFC, normal working, and LTE, however, with the frequency for all, except for China. Oh yes, and the front stereo speakers to enjoy the music at full volume.

One could say – in the furnace iPhone 6, buy Vertu Aster! But the price will be even more kusyuchey. $ 6900 or € 4900 or £ 4200 or 80000 USD. In general, it’s time to start saving for a new generation of smartphone. IPhones are becoming more expensive, Werth – more technically savvy. And once you will be able to exchange their apple on virtue.

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When you hear about the premium smartphone, what do you represent? Galaxy S5 in a metal case? Or, perhaps, HTC One M8 with normal camera? All this is absolutely not the same. Premium-class – is the status, and the status should cost dramatically more money. For example, 22 000.

Almost as much and there is a new Android -smartphone Vertu Signature Touch – 21 900 dollars, if such a difference in Price range $ 100 solves something.

By itself, a logical question is brewing, “What place?” Well, 4.7-inch FullHD-screen, Snapdragon 801 with 2.3 GHz, 64 GB of internal storage, 13 megapixel camera, Qi wireless charging (docking station which will have to buy separately) , NFC-chip, all 10 possible LTE-ranges and battery at 2275 mAh. All this “sauce” Android 4.4 KitKat.

In short, except for the battery, which could be a greater capacity for the quoted price, quite good performance, and even, perhaps, the first occurring in the smartphone in this class, but clearly not yet justify the cost of a smartphone.

But do not think that it was taken “from the ceiling.” Titanium casing (which is also important), for example, will be decorated with genuine leather, and there is not some plastic. There are several options to choose from calf leather to alligator.

Ringtones on your smartphone act tunes recorded exclusively for Vertu by the London Symphony Orchestra. The company argued that they do not simply copy audio files from one device to another and adjust their sound specifically for each model.

In addition, the company helped with setting algorithms camera specialists from Hasselblad, the renowned Swedish company producing photographic equipment.

Moreover, the phone comes with a free one-year subscription to the service Concierge. What is it? You press a button on the side – Concierge application opens, you put it in a particular task, and the real real person performs it, provided that it is a legitimate action, of course.

For example, you can book a table at a popular restaurant in which places of interest to you no, and, as the experience of our colleagues from Wired, the problem will be solved. Upon expiration of the free subscription service, by the way, will cost $ 3,000 per year.

What do you think is better to buy Vertu Signature Touch or 4 gold HTC One?

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The company Vertu unveiled a smartphone running the Android operating system worth 5,000 euros. The device is called the Vertu Constellation and boasts a titanium body, covered with calf leather.

Constellation has a 4.3-inch display, protected by sapphire glass. The latter, according to the company, can withstand hit 200-gram steel ball falling from meter height. The screen resolution is 1280 × 720 pixels. In a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with a clock frequency of 1.7 GHz, 32 GB of internal memory, a 13-megapixel camera module and NFC, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The device works on customized version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

In the Vertu Constellation installed branded application Vertu Life and Vertu Certainty. The first allows you to buy tickets for the event queue status, and the second is a set of services to ensure the safety of the user and the encryption of communication channels.

According to Massimiliano Pogliani, head of Vertu, the novelty will be sold to a wider audience thanks to the new design of luxury gadgets. He noted that before the introduction on the market Constellation passed through the hands of the focus group participants from China and Russia. According to him, the smartphone has become less challenging, more relaxed appearance.

Previously released smartphone Vertu Vertu Ti , who became the company’s first device running Android.  In comparison with the first new model can be called a “budget” option, if applicable to the products of Vertu in principle.

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