Hard to believe it but Vertu - maker of precious-metal-clad cellphones with ridiculous price-tags - have managed to survive for ten whole years, and to celebrate they’ve created limited editions of their Constellation range.  Named the Monogram collection, after the Vertu V-embossed leather back, the handset will be available in five colours: Pewter, Green, Red, Skye Blue or Cerise.

Adding the logo to the fine-grain leather apparently takes four hours, after which Vertu applies a special protective layer.  Still, if it were mine I don’t think I’d put it in the same pocket as my keys.  Spec-wise, the Constellation isn’t anything special: EDGE, quadband GSM and Bluetooth 2.0 are pretty much as good as it gets.  The Constellation Monogram collection will be available from April 1st.

[via Sybarites]