Rumor No More: Luxury Phone designer Vertu’s first android devices leak… worth the price tag?

                                                                     Recently we shared rumors of a new high-end luxury phone coming soon… to the tune of $4K. We can put those rumors to rest as an entire line of Vertu Android based devices just leaked out on the web,  and we’ve got a gallery of the whole line up to show you. The entire line-up– called the Constellation Ti– consisting of leather, alligator skin, gold and other precious metals.

In the words of Vertu themselves

“VERTU Ti possesses the classic Vertu design DNA and characteristics – strong, unique & distinctive. The design and craftsmanship positions VERTU Ti alongside other iconic products in the luxury market.”

Overall externally these Ti devices are pretty—dare I say it—sexy? So what about the internals? From a spec perspective, the first Ti device will come with Android 4.0.4 ICS, an 800 x 480 display, a 1.5 ghz dual core Snapdragon MSM8260A SoC, bluetooth 4.0, NFC, powered by a measly 1,250MaH battery.  Not so sexy indeed, while these specs may have been pretty nice, last year, today, they’re basically mid-range at best. This is disappointing considering the price tag, said to be anywhere between $4k and $10K.

Check the gallery bellow, and you can see 4 distinct models: The Constellation Ti: “Titanium Black PVD black leather,” “Titanium Black Alligator,” “Red Gold Mixed Metal” and “Titanium Black Leather.” All of which seem to rock hardware keys for Back, home, and recent apps, with the exception of the Ti – “Red Gold Mixed metal” which has keys for Back home and search. My thought being this will be the 1st device released as the specs I mentioned earlier speak of ICS and those buttons are an ICS configuration. Hopefully the other models will come with Jellybean which would match the current OS’s configuration. Only time will tell. So, who’s ready to plop down a few thousand or more for one of these bad boys?