The design process of the Vertu Aster is as beautiful as it is pricy

Peter, 06 August, 2015

Working in London, drawing inspiration from luxury watches, trying out expensive materials and a lot of manual labor is how a Vertu is born. It's easier to show than describe so the company put together a two minute video of how Vertu Aster Summer Collection 2015 is made.

If "summer collection 2015" sounds like a boutique clothes thin, the reality is that some of the techniques used in crafting the pricy leather backs and pouches for the Vertu smartphones are very similar. It's not just soft materials though there's a lot of titanium to hand-polish before the phone can go into the shop.

Enjoy the "elegant film portrait depicting our dedication to creating the unique" in Vertu's own words:

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Reader comments

simonh
06 Aug 2015
dTF

Over priced and tacky,and as if she has just bought one she was only passing on her way to poundland lol...

MdN8
06 Aug 2015
akv

I agree. It's a classy phone, and Android isn't a classy OS, although they did skin it a little. It made more sense when Vertu was running Symbian (which is an European OS more-less) even though the specs were silly, it was like having a classic old-...