Vertu Is Back With A Folding Phone Powered By—Surprise—An AI Assistant

Vertu is A company known for its amazing production high quality phones with advanced technology, advanced equipment, and eye watering trees. Now the brand is here to meet you You have a moment It is his first book as a book folding phonethe last one is I have an assistant they will go up.

The company announced about AlphaFold smartphone Thursday-targeting business executives-who come dressed with Hermes Agent. This agent can manage schedules and tasks on behalf of the user and “interact with businesses.” Supporters are big in the mobile world right now, with companies like Google and Samsung offering Gemini solutions Android mobile phones perform tasks such as booking an Uber or ordering DoorDash. Vertu is making money in this way.

But the company has a long history. Originally, Vertu was a subsidiary of Nokia that produced handmade products Nokia flagship phones (in the UK!) in the early 2000s. Every phone came with access to a concierge service. The company faced a storm with the smartphone revolution and fell behind the times. Vertu then changed hands over the years, making various acquisitions, eventually closing its UK factory and laying off staff.

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In the last few years, the company has also been releasing high-end Android phones – it released a foldable phone. last year that started at $4,300 (with cowhide, naturally). In late 2025, it unveiled Agent Q, which it calls “the world’s first AI phone for entrepreneurs.”

Although the company claims to be of British heritage, its phones are no longer made in the UK, and according to his pageits main office is in Hong Kong. Vertu spokeswoman Viki You tells WIRED that the phones are “still handcrafted,” but assembled in China. “We have different industries,” You say, noting that the company imports its high-quality materials, such as the high-quality cowhide from Italy.

AlphaFold has all the hallmarks of a high-end Android smartphone. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset from 2025 and is 11.8 millimeters thick when folded, 5.4 mm when unfolded. Not svelte like Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7but not far from competitors like Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Vertu says the hinge design and display have been tested to withstand 650,000 folds, which is more than Samsung’s claimed 500,000 folds.

Inside is a 6,500-mAh silicon-anode battery, and emerging battery technology which has been making waves in Chinese phones and has recently come to Western phones from the likes for Motorola. There’s 65-watt fast charging, a 120-Hz refresh rate display for an 8.05-inch internal screen, and a 6.53-inch external screen. There is a triple camera system with a 50-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel ultrawide, and a 5-megapixel telephoto.