Vertu Dumbphone Store Opens in Tokyo

According to Wireless Watch Japan Nokia (NOK) has opened the previously announced Japanese flagship store for it's ultra-blingy UK-based Vertu brand in the tony Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo. The high design devices which feature materials like titanium, gold and leather, design partnerships with Ferrari & Boucheron and functionality similar to Nokia's N-series range in price from $5k to over $300k for gem-encrusted special editions. These devices are a hot ticket with the million dollar license plate set in Dubai, the stripper girlfriends of Russian oligarchs, ballers and other nouveau riche folk with more dollars than sense. Good timing on the opening since the Japanese may soon be the only ones left who can afford such wretched excess.