Vertu offers £20k phone with 'beaten up' look

Mobile phones are nothing more than collections of plastic, wires and chips, aren’t they? Not if you’re a Nokia Vertu customer, because its latest talker is a gathering of sapphire crystal and walnut. Vertu_150_01 Vertu's Boucheron 150 phone: luxurious The Boucheron 150 may look like it’s done ten rounds with Ricky Hatton …

[Yorkshirepudding]

a case of

for people with more money than sense, i wouldnt be impressed with anyone waving that in my face id just laugh and hit them with my N95

[andy rock]

Jesus!

That is utterly hideous. So nastily bling, it's untrue. The original Vertu handsets were admittedly quite simple and understated, even if they were pretty much bog-standard Nokia innards. Who the Hell designed this?! Ming the Merciless?

Mine's the mink fur one with the matching wide-rimmed hat, please...