you'll still have to hook up with a Kia wireless network. The equivalent of a $400K Ferrari sitting in rush hour traffic!

If you want to buy this, I have a bridge to sell you... or you can get the $254.00 version encrusted with cubic zirconia.

because shes the only one with enough money and stupid enough to buy this thing.

So what's so special about it other than the Ferrari emblem? Is that solid platinum or silver framing and key made from black pearls?

buy a car, downpayment on a house...

Ummm....from the picture I can't see what would possibly make this phone cost $25k. I don't see diamonds or gold or anything. Unless the silver boarders are titanium or platinum or something like that. It just looks like a $300 phone with a ferrari logo to me.

That it is actually a decent phone. I used a Vertu once at a product show. It had no camera, which reeked for crap for $20,000 (this one was anyway). But it had real gold for the metal on the sides and a platinum name tag. Also, the buttons were leather. Thats right, no cheap plastic buttons, but leather. It felt really good just to hold and talk on.

That being said, there are phones for far less without the gold and "Vertu" nametag that feel almost if not equally good, and have more features.

Eventually I can see Nokia including some real good features on a Vertu, like high megapixel cameras, even more luxurious feeling materials, and all the nice high tech goodies like Blue-tooth, hi-res screens and noise-reduction technology. But for now, I recommend to all young Hollywood stars/starlets and other young and fabulous people to stick to their Blackberry.

Red is faster

If you're too "good" to do anything yourself, why would you think you should have to even push a button to get such service. Don't we have voice activation these days :) Oh, and on the vertu.com site, the Ascent made from titanium doesn't even have the screw heads facing the same direction, looks half completed! But it's a "luxury" phone so those dumb rich people will feel special when they buy it for an exorbanent amount! How I love those warm fuzy feelings of not knowing how badly I've been ripped off!

First, these are probably all already sold. Second anyone who'd consider buying this probably doesn't care anything about the cost. There are ferrari afficionados that'll buy anything- like the gears of an F1 car in the Ferrari factory auction. That's a useless piece of metal but someone forked over a ton of money for it. why? when you're that rich, why not?

It's just incredibly sexy/expensive looking. Other than that a phone is just a phone, and no way are they trying to compete technologically.

....you're telling me if you were had a $100milion fortune and your other rich friends were always one -upping one another...lol

Sad, when children are dying/hungry in the INSANE WORLD we live in, when cell phones & cars are held in higher regard!!!