There are Vertu shops in New York and Las Vegas, and you can find them in fancy jewelers and Torneau, a high-end chain of watch stores. They’re well-made, from a physical point of view, but obviously low-tech (until a couple of years ago, they were basically calculator-display phones with number pads).
They were always unbelievably tasteless, too – and it’s not just about the bling materials. The design is extremely masculine, all sharp edges and scales and angles. Things have improved in the last year or two (such as the Constellation) but even then it’s just gone from the “Robot dragon cock” look to the “Nieman Marcus cigarette case circa 1977” look.
