The brand ‘VERTU’ implies not only the luxury but the solidness which can be compared with the durability of Rolex and the speed of Ferrari bolides. This is how VERTU delineates itself. Unfortunately besides the hand-made body the cell-phone also contains electronics which are not as durable as the precious metals and can be very accident-prone. The VERTU hand-sets are not as immortal as company defines them. VERTU can be really proud of the mechanic implementation. The VERTU phenomenon has its followers and antagonists. Today we’re going to speak about the latest of the VERTU additions to the Constellation range – the VERTU Constellation Ayxta Flip phone (a.k.a. VERTU Constellation F).

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The specifications:

Display: 16M colors, 240 x 400 pixels – 2.4 inches, an external monochrome display (128 x 160 pixels); and of course it’s all scratch-resistant sapphire glass surface.
Memory: An impressive 2000 contacts phonebook, but a mere 30 received / 30 dialed / 30 missed calls records. 100 MB of internal memory, extendable up to 8GB (T-Flash, microSD).
Network: 2G Quad-band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (yep, no 3G support).
Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, with an LED flash.

Dimensions: 100 x 48 x 18 mm, 74 cc
Weight: 175 g

Battery: 1000 mAh, with a stand-by time of up to 300 hours and a talk time of 6 hours.

More: MP4/MP3 support, GPS (with Google Maps), POP3/IMAP e-mail client, VERTU services, and the rest is ordinary stuff you’d find in any phone.

Languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, UK English, US English, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

The spirit of the device is rather comparable somewhere but it’s undoubtedly oriented towards women, the phone seems to be ideal for them. But since Ayxta has been a month on the market the quantity of men-buyers balanced with women ones. This can be explained by the fact that men frequently buy it for their women. One ought to assume that female audience will be the major. Nevertheless, many men like flip phones and carry them around. In reference to the cost, there appears to be no extra charge for the flip form in comparison to the older Constellation range. Of course, we can expect some special limited VERTU editions of the Constellation Ayxta to pop up very soon.

The new form-factor of the VERTU Constellation Ayxta is a new revolution, since the company has been known to be rather conservative. The flip phone edition is obvious fact that VERTU is planning to evolve and the next step will be a slider, perhaps. But the company wishes to underline that the shape is not the principal cause which is clearly the VERTU marking and all qualities that it implicates.

The Chinese market has not been sleeping either. In fact the VERTU Constellation Ayxta replica has emerged several weeks after the official release on several websites. The knockoff is several hundred times cheaper, just in case you’d want to try the new Ayxta before you buy the original.