Vertu Aster, a titanium-built phone, starts at Php310,000

The Aster is the latest luxury phone from the English company Vertu. It sports impressive specs with a top-notch build quality and is priced at an equivalent value of Php310K.

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Vertu Aster specs:
4.7-inch Full HD display @ 1920 x 1080 resolution, 473ppi
Reinforced with sapphire crystal
2.3GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor
64GB internal storage
13MP AF rear camera with twin LED flash
2.1MP front camera
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot
LTE
Hi-fi front stereo speakers
Qi-compatible wireless charging
USB OTG support
2275mAh battery
Android 4.4 KitKat

The Aster’s body is a hand-made combination of hardened titanium and leather (or exotic skins like snake skin) with a red ‘ruby’ key on the side. Initially expected on the iPhone 6, it flaunts a full-on sapphire display which is the next hardest material to diamond.

It basically has a very stylish design with a premium build, and we know that a smartphone something like this would come at a rather hefty price tag. The Aster starts at $6,900 or roughly Php310K and reaches up to $9,700 or Php434K depending on the model – this is one phone you wouldn’t want to just accidentally lose. (Want something more expensive? How about the Php495K-worth Vertu Signature Touch?)

For a more detailed look at the England-made Vertu Aster, check out their official page.

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Huawei Ascend P7 takes on iPhone 6 with sapphire screen

Huawei mentions in an interview that they are aiming to launch an Ascend P7 variant reinforced with a sapphire display. For those not familiar, sapphire is a very tough material (second hardest to diamond) that Apple is rumored to incorporate largely to the iPhone 6. Inside, the sapphire-toting P7 should still carry its original specs.

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Huawei Ascend P7 specs:
5-inch in-cell display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 445ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (soon to be sapphire)
1.8 Ghz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 910T
Mali450 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB microSD
13-megapixel rear-facing AF f/2.0 Sony BSI sensor, w/ LED flash
8-megapixel front-facing camera
LTE Cat 4, up to 150Mbit/s DL
Bluetooth 4.0
WiFi 802.11 b/g/gn
NFC support
Emotion UI 2.3
2,500 Li-Po battery
Android 4.4.2 KitKat

Sapphire glass already made its appearance in the iPhone 5S as protection for its fingerprint sensor and camera lens. If the plan pushes through and sapphire makes its way to the entire display of the Ascend P7, we’ll be looking at a smartphone with premium hardware and beefy internals. Coming at limited supplies, expect it to launch this September with another batch arriving on November.

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