Vertu launches Signature Touch with Snapdragon 810, 4GB RAM

Pre-sales will be available exclusively at Harrods in the UK, and at selected boutiques globally, between 25 September and 8 October. It will be priced between 6,500 pounds and 13,700 pounds depending on the materials.

The phone is encased in handcrafted, fine leather and grade 5 titanium and features a cleaner, crisper look, with very little interference with its geometric design, as per the company.

It will be available in a range of four colours, across eight product executions - Jet Calf, Garnet Calf, Grape Lizard, Pure Jet Lizard, Jet Alligator, Pure Navy Alligator, Clous de Paris Alligator and Pure Jet Red Gold.

Vertu Signature Touch sports a 5.2-inch Full-HD (1920x1080p) LCD display protected by a 5th Generation sapphire crystal screen.

It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor with 4GB RAM and runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has 64GB of internal storage and comes with a 64GB microSD card though the slot supports cards up to 2TB. The phone has high-fidelity 13mmx18mm loudspeakers with Dolby Digital Plus technology and a 3160mAh battery.

Vertu Signature Touch sports a 21MP rear camera with PDAF and dual tone LED flash and support for 4K video recording, and a 2.1MP front-facing camera.

In terms of connectivity, the phone supports 3G, 4G LTE (only Band 3 support in India), Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and GPS.

Luxury phone maker Vertu has launched the latest iteration of its Signature Touch smartphone. It will be available in stores globally starting 16th October 2015.