Purchase of 1 million yen ultra -luxury mobile phone "VERTU" (Part 2) -Confirm charm-

Vertu, a luxury mobile phone, is as I wrote last time.

Purchase a 1 million yen ultra -luxury mobile phone "Vertu"!(Part 1)

This time in the second part, let's send a review to convey the charm of Vertu terminals.

Vertu has multiple models.The product line is from the top

-Signature-assent-condellation

Three.However, the position of each line is not a function, but the difference between materials and finishing.For example, ASCENT is the only model with a collaboration with Ferrari and a colorful neon -colored rubber material.The lightweight and light finish is less than 500,000 yen (for the wealthy people), and the models that are easy to buy are divided as CONSTELLATION.And this constellation is even more

-Constellation Quest-Construction AXYTA

There are two sablines.QUEST is the only smartphone equipped with Symbian OS (as of July 2011), and it has not been released in Japan, but some people use overseas models in Japanese.AXYTA is the first folding model in Vertu and is said to be a product aimed at the Asian market.

This time, I got the AXYTA of this CONSTELLATION series.Not only AXYTA, but the models of each line have a large variation, such as the body material, its surface finish, the type of skin and keypad, and the presence or absence of diamonds.This time, I will introduce AYXTA's Black Ceramic model.

Let's take a look from the package.First of all, when purchasing at the store, it seems that the package is stored in the packaging material.Of course, this is removed at the time of sale.

When the packaging material is opened, a paper package finally comes out, but the glossy appearance printed only with Vertu has a beauty that does not seem to contain a mobile phone in this.

When the sleeve is pulled out, the package body embossed with Vertu will appear.Is this like a luxury shoe box?(I don't know because I've never bought that kind of thing).When you open this, there are two leather boxes inside.

Leather boxes are opened on one side hinge, like a luxury watch box.At this point, the smell of leather is already quite drifting, but the box is quite expensive.It is true that this alone seems to be "good shopping".

And the other leather boxes, which are open, include AC adapters, USB cables, cleaning cloths, etc.AYXTA is a micro USB terminal, so you can use a commercially available cable.I don't use the attached cable because I am a waste of it (laughs).

Now, let's remove the battery cover to put the SIM card.The back of ayxta has a slightly unique shape.Three "windows", such as cameras and flashes, seem to be reminiscent of retro devices.

And in the middle is a "nail" to remove the battery cover, and the back cover is out of the middle by pulling it up and turning it.

There is a slot that puts a SIM card and a micro SD card under the battery, but as I showed last time, there is no sticker inside, and the IMEI number is displayed by engraving.Only crafts.

Looking at the AYXTA body again, the body with enough metal texture gives a leather -stretched atmosphere that is not easy in other mobile phones.And if you bring it, it's heavy anyway!

The folded size is compact at 100 x 48 x 18 mm, but weigh about 175 grams.

But the next moment I felt it was slick, the texture of genuine leather and metal that touched the palm of my hand was irresistibly good.

The folding body opens by moving the slide button on the right side.This button also works as a higher volume button during the call.When you open it, the character of "V" is clearly dug in the ceramic parts on the screen.It seems that this part is a ceramic so that you do not get scratched even if you are wearing diamond piercings, but you are making products by thinking about that.

In addition, the area around the keypad has a digging and bolts planted, giving the impression of a machine crafts.The key pad is illuminated by the backlight from behind and the characters and numbers are illuminated.

The three independent keys under the 10 keys are called cameras, power supply, and concierge calls from the left.Unfortunately, Vertu services will end in Japan, so this concierge button will not be available in Japanese models (Vertu sold overseas can use overseas concierge services).

Let's turn on the AYXTA power.After the Vertu logo emerges, a general standby screen is displayed as a mobile phone.The internal OS is Java (Nokia Series40), and the menu is simply 3x4 icons.

Of course, it is a color LCD, but the icon is colored based on monochrome and is calm.The color of the icon is modest even when entering the submenu.

AYXTA is not a smartphone nor a multifunctional mobile phone.Therefore, the functions that are installed are also very normal.I've heard that fonts use the Morisawa system, but half -width kana is a beautiful typeface that does not collapse.

It is also equipped with a browser, but the screen size is 2.4 inches/240 x 400 pixels, so it is difficult to use regularly.Vertu will be used as a call or message terminal, and if you need information, it will be natural to use a smartphone together.

However, if you are a wealthy, you will be able to ask for anything on your own concierge, so you can do anything with Vertu.

By the way, Vertu is the natural price range of 1 million yen.After all, this is not possible by ordinary consumers."It is solid as a thing and has excellent performance as a mobile phone," this may be Vertu's greatest value.

In fact, the quality of calling that can be called clear even in the crowd is astonishing.

"Can't you do anything else?"

Yes, it is.But Vertu will be able to continue doing well -playing business in the world because there are people who want to spend money on this texture and quality.

However, in the times, full touch smartphones are the mainstream.Those who want luxury goods like Vertu will still want to use a touch panel.

Vertu uses Nokia OS as a base, so smartphones may come out of Vertu in line with the appearance of Nokia's Windows Phone.In that case, you will be able to use Japanese and web services as much as you want.

I don't know how much the price will be, but I would like to buy it someday as a dream for the future.

Yasuhiro Yamane's official site Hong Kong Mobile Information Bureau