Vodafone introduces phone line-up for the upcoming months
The biggest European provider has introduced their latest line-up consumer handsets that will be delivered as branded Vodafone products in the upcoming months. Vodafone will also offer 3G handsets to meet a wide variety of customers’ needs.
Vodafone has announced its range of Christmas 2006 consumer handsets offering a widest choice of handsets and 3G phones at entry level prices. Vodafone will now offer 3G handsets to meet a wide variety of customers’ needs from premium models to Vodafone’s own branded handset at lower prices, thus expanding Vodafone’s 3G consumer services to the mass market. The new line-up includes a great selection of handsets from major brands and a variety of exclusive designs. The handsets are smaller, lighter and have longer battery life. Consumers will also have access to the newest music and TV services from the extended 3G handset range.
The extended range includes: 24 Vodafone live! with 3G handsets, all offering Mobile TV services, fourteen Vodafone live! with 3G handsets offering Vodafone Radio DJ, Vodafone’s innovative music service, six 3G broadband consumer handsets from Motorola and Samsung, allowing faster access to multi media services such as mobile TV and full track music downloads, faster download of music and video files and high speed download of emails when the handset is used as a modem for the PC.
Ten Vodafone exclusive 3G handsets which include well known European, US and Asian manufacturers. Five of the Vodafone exclusives will be offered at entry level pricing. Vodafone’s first own branded 3G handset - the Vodafone 710- will be another phone priced at the lower end to encourage further adoption of 3G services amongst the pre-pay market.
This range also includes Vodafone live! with 3G handsets manufactured for Vodafone by LG for the first time. The two handsets are the LG KU800 - a stylish 3G slider handset with innovative touch keypad - and the LG L600V, at entry level pricing. Both LG handsets support Vodafone live! with 3G services, including video telephony and full track music downloads.
The full range of new devices is given below. Press the link for more information on the device and check out the available pictures and videos of all devices.
Within the list you will find two complete new devices. One from Sagem called the Sagem MY 600V. It is nothing more than the Vodafone version of the MY 600X and will have changed looks and pre-installed Vodafone content. The other new device is the Motorola V1100; a 3G broadband phone with HSDPA and sporty design. Its is the second HSDPA phone for Motorola.
Not all the devices will hit each market where Vodafone is attenting in mobile phone and contract sales.
Vodafone Exclusive Handsets
Highlights include five exclusive handsets from the top brands:
Vodafone will also be marketing five entry level exclusive Vodafone live! with 3G handsets during the Christmas period:
Exclusive 2.5G handsets
3G broadband handsets
Non-exclusive handsets
Vodafone will be marketing a broad range of 3G handsets from premium to entry level:
2.5G handsets with Vodafone live! at premium level:
2.5G handsets with Vodafone live! at entry level:
For more information on availability of these devices check out the phone pages of the mentioned models.
