VERTU SIGNATURE FOR BENTLEY LIMITED EDITION PHONE

Luxury mobile phone company Vertu has announced the second device in it's exclusive five-year Bentley partnership: the Signature for Bentley custom handset is inspired by the Bentley Mulsanne Speed and combines new materials and unique finishes to create a truly luxury smartphone. It features a carbon fiber pillow sharing the same weave as the car, and a Beluga Black calf leather rear, using leather from the same tannery as the luxury automobile, and there is a smattering of Bentley logos on both it and the device. There's no Bentley app like the one installed on the Signature Touch for Bentley, but it does come with Bentley wallpapers.

The keypad is finished in sapphire crystal, with each key sitting on a ruby. It is also adorned with a titanium Bentley Flying B logo. For the more discerning customers, Vertu also offers full customization of the Signature handset to create something of your own design from 2,300 possible combinations. The price for all this you ask. This special edition handset will cost you £14,500 ($22,800 approximately).The Vertu Concierge personal assistant — who is a real person, not a virtual assistant — is available at the press of a button, 24-hours a day. Vertu will be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK between June 25 and June 28 to show off the phone for the first time, then again at the Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance on August 16.

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