The design of the Vertu Ascent is a unique contrast of hardwearing materials - stainless steel, ceramic, sapphire crystal and Liquidmetal® alloy - and hand-stitched brown and black leather. Precision-engineered stainless steel keys, set on jewelled bearings create a unique pivoting action each time the key is pressed. Ascent has class. Lightweight at six ounces, it's got a balanced heft you might associate with a well-made handgun. It's made of ceramic, stainless steel and a durable alloy called Liquidmetal, finished with hand-sewn leather and a screen of sapphire crystal, a material second only to diamond in hardness. More masculine than the slender, elongated Signature, Ascent is a fit for men who collect cars and wear watches by Breitling or Jaeger-LeCoultre. Ascent is not for technophiles of any kind, not even those of elevated financial status. Like Signature, the Ascent was designed with simplicity in mind. To the designers, that meant leaving out anything that might possibly confuse the owner, including perks commonly found in much cheaper phones like Bluetooth wireless for hands-free headsets and voice-operated systems like the one in the 2004 Acura TL, or a browser for checking e-mail, weather or movie times.
