Vertu's $10K Smartphone Rings With Bling

Vertu, the company that makes phones for the rich and technologically illiterate, has finally made a smartphone, the Android-powered Vertu Ti. And because it is a Vertu, the Ti is ridiculously expensive and technologically underwhelming.

You think the iPhone is pricey? The Vertu Ti starts with a $9,600 price tag. And yes, that's the unsubsidized price*. ...