Announcement of Vertu Ayxta Fold 3: a folding smartphone with a folding camera

Luxury brand Vertu, once created by Nokia and changed ownership several times against the backdrop of its collapse,

still exists, but now it is only engaged in the release of branded versions of Chinese smartphones - ZTE, Hisense and Royole.The firstborn Vertu Ayxta Fold was based on the Royole FlexPai 2, and the novelty was based on the Royole F3, certified in China a year and a half ago and stillunannounced.

As before, this is a "clamshell screen out",but this time Royole did something very unusual with the cameras. If we talk about the deployed mode, then the cameras are on the back panel, but can recline for use as front cameras. In minimized mode, this means that you have to rotate the smartphone slightly, tilt the camera, and then rotate it with different halves of the screen towards you in order to use the same cameras as the main ones, then as the front ones. There are no cameras on the inside of the case.

The phone is not doing well with other features, which is why Vertu notes it among themeven the wallpaper that makes the Ayxta Fold 3 look like a handbag.For greater realism, Vertu even sells an accessory for wearing the device on a strap.The characteristics of the device include a 7.2" display with a resolution of 1620x1520 pixels (9.6:9), a 3500 mAh battery, a dual camera 48 MP 16 MP, a USB Type-C connector and a chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 765G.Out of the box, the novelty runs on Android 10; It is unknown whether Vertu is going to update it to a newer version.The smartphone is sold in seven colors with an alligator leather back; the price is $8050 (480,400 rubles) for the 8 256 GB version.There are no other modifications.

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According to Royole