Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by--Surprise--an AI Agent

Best Power Banks Best Smart Rings Routers vs. Modems Choose the Right Laptop Smart Sprinklers Deals Delivered The beleaguered luxury phone maker is pushing the AlphaFold, which has decent specs and comes with Vertu's new Hermes Agent on board, to wealthy would-be buyers. Vertu is a company known for making extraordinarily gaudy smartphones with outdated technology, luxe materials, and eye-watering prices . Now the brand is here to meet the AI moment with its first-ever book-like folding phone, complete with an AI agent on board. The company announced the AlphaFold smartphone on Thursday--targeting business executives--which comes outfitted with the Hermes Agent. This agent can purportedly handle schedules and tasks on a user's behalf and "connect to enterprise systems."