Vertus were always intended as ostentatious, bling products, rather than fantastic phones. They were mid-range models covered in gold and diamonds etc.
A Ferrari is meant to be ostentatious _and_ a great car (not withstanding pratcicality or cost).
A Ferrari is meant to be ostentatious _and_ a great car (not withstanding pratcicality or cost).
Absolutely not. Ferraris are renowned for being shop queens/needing absurdly frequent servicing, which probably needs to be done at an official dealership. Also, often you need to remove the motor to do basic service (the car is designed for this).
eg see discussions in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/ba3r...
Maybe a better example would have been Leica or something, which at least are very nicely engineered cameras and can run for more than a few months without a dealer service.
The frequent servicing doesn't bother them.
"Better" is a subjective term. A sport sedan is better than a Ferrari if what you need is a sport sedan. A different sportscar may be better than a Ferrari if what you want is something that requires less maintenance (or so I hear, I know nothing about sportscars.)
I never understood this. If you're going to make a ridiculously expensive phone by taking an existing model and covering it in gold and diamonds, then why not start out with a high-end model ? It's not going to have any significant impact on the price anyway.
Could have the guts of a Nokia tracfone, wouldn't matter. The guts aren't the important part.