We're frankly baffled that luxury smartphone maker Vertu is done for
 

We're frankly baffled that luxury smartphone maker Vertu is done for
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Incredibly rich people lacking any sense of style let out a collective gasp today, as news broke that luxury smartphone maker Vertu will be liquidated.*

Despite having a target market of moneyed assholes, of which the world is in ** short supply, the UK-based company apparently struggled to find a customer base for its $46,600 polished 18-carat red gold phones.

We're just as shocked as you are.*

SEE ALSO: Vertu's Luxury Android Smartphone Costs $10,000


And what brought this visionary company down? According to the BBC, that would be an accounting deficit of £128 million (aka the cost of roughly 3,555 Clous de Paris Red Gold Vertu smartphones).* Read more...

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