Nokia Vertu Ascent Ti Released in Taiwan

Part of Nokia's line-up of luxury handsets, Vertu Ascent Ti was recently released in Taiwan, coming with a price only rich mobile users can afford: 214,000 TWD, which means about $7,070 or 4,500 Euro.

What do you get for this money? First of all, a rare device that will surely attract everyone's looks - either in an appreciative way or in a "that's ugly" way, depending on the tastes the viewer has. Vertu Ascent Ti is made of exclusive materials, like sapphire crystal, used in the phone's display, and stainless steel, used on its keys. The Ascent Ti also comes with a unique data synchronization feature: Vertu Fortress Wireless, which backs up all the content, for free, on a server specially maintained by Nokia in this purpose.

Measuring around 115 x 49 x 22 mm and weighing 160 grams, Vertu Ascent Ti offers quad-band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) as well as WCDMA connectivity (2100 MHz), the latter allowing data transfers and Web browsing at 3G speeds. Moreover, the luxury phone runs on Symbian S40 and features a high-performance speaker, 4GB of built-in memory, Bluetooth, microUSB and a 3 Megapixel camera with flash and auto focus, probably allowing users to make photos at a quite good quality. The handset includes a battery that should provide up to 5 hours of talk-time on GSM, up to 3 hours of talk-time on WCDMA and up to 300 hours of stand-by time.

Vertu Ascent Ti is available as of now via the (few) official retailers across Taiwan, in three color choices: black, red and brown. The Nokia handset is the second luxury phone announced for Taiwan this month, after Samsung Armani, a more affordable touchscreen device that comes for 33,800 Taiwan Dollars (around $1,120).