Now, Xor (pronounced “eggsor”) a company co-founded by Vertu’s former design chief and staffed by many former employees, is trying to recapture its former spirit. Hutch Hutchison is Xor’s ...

“We don’t want to get mixed up in a technological arms race,” Hutch Hutchison, vice president of design and co-founder of phone startup Xor, told me about the unusual Xor Titanium ...

The catch? It costs $4,000 - and you’ll need at least two of them. XOR is the rebirth of a concept that died with the demise of Vertu, a luxury smartphone brand that was liquidated in 2017.

Now, a group of former employees are aiming to revive the Vertu heritage under the Xor brand. Pronounced “Eggsor”, Xor is co-founded by Hutch Hutchison who was the former design chief at Vertu ...