Luxury manufacturer Vertu returns with Aster P smartphones

Vertu, a phone manufacturer that specializes in producing luxurious handmade smartphones that end up costing thousands of dollars, is back. At a launch party in Beijing, GSMArena reports that the company announced a new pair of handsets: the Aster P Baroque and Aster P Gothic. The company was forced to shut down its UK manufacturing business last year in the face of £128 million worth of debt, at which point its owner, Murat Hakan Uzan, was reportedly planning a resurrection of the brand.