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Coming soon to Madison Avenue: a Vertu phone store. Remember these? They retail for a couple grand a pop (meaning 7 or 8, not 2 or 3) and come with a personal concierge service that will cater to your every beck and call once summoned via a designated button. Their first stand-alone store on the East Coast will be opening at 703 Madison Avenue, appropriately in an area "saturated with jewelers and luxury watchmakers." [The Shophound]
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