11 Facts About Vertu

Vertu is a British-based manufacturer and retailer of luxury handmade mobile phones, established by Finnish mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia in 1998.

Vertu proposed and presented the luxury concept to Nokia's board, who eventually accepted it in late 1998.

The resulting products called "Vertu" were finally announced in Paris in 2002, and part of a separate subsidiary called Vertu owned by Nokia.

Vertu phones have been described as "tasteless trash" by Wired magazine, and "technologically modest" by the Financial Times.

Vertu was launched on 21 January 2002 and the first collection available later that year.

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In 2006, Vertu produced and released the Aerius Bluetooth Headset designed by Jacob Jensen Design.

Constellation Quest is the first smartphone by Vertu, equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard made from sapphire sculpted keys.

In February 2013, the Vertu Ti was the first Vertu handset after Nokia's sale, and uses the Android mobile operating system instead of Symbian.

Vertu made limited edition handsets in collaboration with Ferrari and Bentley.

In 2018, Vertu emerged from bankruptcy and introduced the Aster P smartphone in October at an event in Beijing.

Vertu phones were made in its factories in Church Crookham, Hampshire, England.