Vertu
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Vertu (stylised VERTU) is a Hong Kong based manufacturer and retailer of luxury mobile phones. The company was originally established in London in 1998 as a subsidiary of the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Vertu
- Company.logo
- Vertu England Logo.png
- Company.logo_size
- 150px
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.founder
- Nokia
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Telecommunications
- Company.products
- Luxury mobile phones
- Company.num_employees
- 200
- Company.parent
- Vertu International Corporation Limited
- Company.fate
- Bankruptcy (Hong Kong-based unit acquired and relaunched by Baferton Co, Ltd. in 2017)
- Company.location
- Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded by
- Q1418
- Headquarters
- Hampshire
- Industry
- industrial manufacturing
- Employees
- 1000
- Image
- Vertu-Constellation.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vertu
- inception
- 1998-00-00
- product or material produced
- mobile phone
- social media followers
- 9660
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Encyclopedic overview
36 sectionsContents
- History
- Nokia ownership (1998–2012)
- EQT ownership and Android transition (2012–2015)
- Ownership changes and operational restructuring (2015–2017)
- Relaunch under new direction (2018–present)
- Products
- Mobile phones
- Feature phones and early smartphones
- Android smartphones
- Foldable phones
- Other electronics and accessories
- Collaborations and limited editions
- Design and manufacturing
- Materials
- Sapphire crystal
- Liquidmetal
- Exotic leathers
- Ruby bearings
- Ceramic components
- Titanium
- Carbon fibre
- Design and features
- Audio
- Artistic collaborations
- Concierge Service
- Service functions
- Device customisation
- Information security
- Hardware and software features
- Data deletion features
- Distribution and brand collaborations
- Retail distribution
- Brand collaborations
- Automotive partnerships
- References
- External links
Vertu (stylised VERTU) is a Hong Kong based manufacturer and retailer of luxury mobile phones. The company was originally established in London in 1998 as a subsidiary of the Finnish telecommunications company Nokia.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vertu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.