The Vodafone live! handset Sony Ericsson Z600 wins big, but competition awaits in March
The Vodafone live! handset Sony Ericsson Z600 wins big, but competition awaits in March The handset Sony Ericsson Z600 tops the Vodafone Sweden's sales list as the most sold handset in February. But in March competition from Europe's first handset with a 1 mega pixel digital camera will be harsh - Sharp GX30 - it has already stirred the interest of Vodafone customers. - We have never, since the launch of Vodafone live! in December 2002, seen such a frenzy regarding one of our Vodafone live! handsets as we have with Sharp GX30. It is obvious that there exists a great interest among our customers to be able to take high-quality pictures with their mobile phones, says Paul Moonga, Director of Consumer Market at Vodafone Sweden. Sharp GX30 will be in store from the 5 of March 2004* Mobile telephone sales list for February 2004, Vodafone Brand Model Function Price category* 1 Sony Ericsson Z600 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium 2 Motorola C350 GPRS/ Colour Low 3 Nokia 3510i GPRS/MMS/Colour Low 4 Motorola V525 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium 5 Sony Ericsson T230 GPRS/MMS/Colour Low 6 Sony Ericsson T630 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium 7 Sony Ericsson T610 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium 8 Samsung E700 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium 9 Motorola C200 Voice Low 10 Nokia 6610 GPRS/MMS/Colour Medium Based on the phones' cost price. For more information, please contact: Paul Moonga, Director of Consumer Marketing, Vodafone Sweden Tel: +46 734-25 26 28 e-mail: paul.moonga@vodafone.se Johan Holmgren, Director Public Relations, Vodafone Sweden Tel: +46 708-33 14 00, e-mail: johan.holmgren@vodafone.se *Sharp GX30 The Vodafone live handset Sharp GX30 has an inbuilt digital camera that can take 1 million-pixel pictures. In addition to the picture quality and picture communication possibilities, the clam shell, quad-band (GSM) mobile phone is fitted with bluetooth support, MP3 player, video message function and a colour screen that displays 260,000 colours. It will be available in Vodafone stores and at Vodafone resell partners. Price details: Sharp GX30 Recommended retail prices for the Sharp GX30 from Vodafone Sweden are: SEK 1295 with the Vodafone 60 or 120 subscriptions, with a monthly charge increase of SEK 200 and a 18-month minimum subscription period. SEK 4895 subscribing to Vodafone subscription 12 month period. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/04/20040304BIT00210/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/04/20040304BIT00210/wkr0002.pdf