Vertu, Nokia’s premium mobile phone brand, has launched its next generation of Ascent handsets called Vertu Ascent Ti collection, in the Indian market. Finely built and designed in England, Vertu Ascent Ti mobile phone features a quad band, 3G handset, 3 mega pixel flash VGA camera and comes in three colors, namely black or red leather with a black ceramic pillow or brown with a silver ceramic pillow.

Christened as 'Ti,' the chemical symbol for Titanium, because of High Performance Titanium, the non-corrosive element with the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal and an ability to withstand extreme temperatures, usually found in sports car engines, Vertu Ascent Ti mobile phone is designed using the material cues from high performance sports car balances with a distinctly masculine edge. The phone has shiny and well sculpted curves of a powerful car with illuminating onscreen chronograph and keypad.

According to Vertu, the Ascent mobile phone series is characterized by the influence of the power, energy, and sheer precision of a beautiful car.

Commenting on the Vertu Ascent Ti mobile phone line, Frank Nuovo, the Vertu Principal Designer, said, “From the start the Vertu Ascent has been heavily influenced by the power, energy, and sheer precision of a beautiful car; with the Vertu Ascent Ti, this vision has been developed further using the high grade materials, design detail, technical superiority and unsurpassed performance associated with the luxury sports car industry. The result is a highly crafted handset of precision, balance and strength.”

Snuggled into tanned cow-hide leather, the scratch-resistant sapphire crystal face and highly polished ceramic, the Vertu Ascent Ti phone line has been unleashed, after having a series of rigorous tests of every aspect, from sound quality to extreme robustness. The phone line has three most melodious ring tones composed by David Arnold, the composer behind many James Bond soundtracks.

As far as security is concerned, ‘Vertu Fortress’ technology ensures a remote synchronization of contacts and calendar, notes and backs up all stored data to a high security server maintained in an ex-military bunker at a secure location in the English countryside.

The phone allows the users to access the Vertu concierge service via just one click of a button and this service is available 24 hours even if you are in another part of the world. The service lets the users to have queries regarding local restaurants, booking movie tickets or even sending gifts around the world, solved. Vertu Ascent Ti is available for Rs 3, 26,000.