Introducing Nokia's VertuCarbon Fibre Ascent Ti Luxury Cell Phone

Luxury Cell Phones: If your taste in cars influences most everything in your life, including your mobile communications needs, then you've found your match in Vertu, the premium phone brand from Nokia.

Taking inspiration for its Ascent line from sports cars, Vertu comes out yearly with a new limited edition for automotive enthusiasts and racing fans. You can take your pick from the Racetrack Legends series to the Ferrari editions.

Vertu's latest offering, which uses carbon fiber in various designs and applications, is called the Vertu Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre Collection. There are four individual editions, each displaying a new way of incorporating carbon fiber in its construction.

The top of the line edition priced at $9,800 is called the Carbon Fibre Limited Edition, of which only a thousand will be made, featuring the woven material all over, including the side grips, battery cover and pouch case. Other editions incorporate carbon fiber in various designs and applications, including a carbon-copper weave.