Vertu has been hand crafting bad, high-priced, “luxury” phones since before the smartphone, and somehow has yet to be stopped. The company was started by Nokia back in 1998, and almost two decades later it won’t quit making ugly devices of questionable worth and selling them for thousands of dollars.

The latest device is the Vertu Constellation, which includes the specs of a solid flagship from mid-2016. There’s a 2,560 x 1,440 5.5-inch screen, a Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and wireless charging. The main camera is 12 megapixels, with 1.55 micron pixels (similar specs to that of the Nexus 5X, 6P, and Pixel).

As for “luxury” amenities, the phone has a sapphire crystal screen, Dolby Digital Plus virtual surround…

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