Porsche P'9521
The Porsche Design Group of Stuttgart, Germany, and French-based Sagem
Communication are presenting the first Porsche Design Mobile
Phone, the P'9521, at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen. Both firms signed a
license agreement back in May 2006. The new mobile phone combines
sophisticated, purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum
and mineral glass.
The casing is milled out of a solid aluminum block - a unique production method
for mobile phones. With this product, Porsche Design has remained loyal to its
clear design language and has utilized sophisticated material. The typography,
styling and colors of the menu emphasize the mobile phone's very functional
character.
A double hinge made from aluminum enables the screen to be rotated
through 180degree - thus allowing the phone to be used as a digital camera.
The P'9521 features a fingerprint reader, which clearly identifies the user and thus
ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, individual fingerprints can be
assigned to particular numbers or phone functions, making operation particularly
easy. The standard PIN code can also be replaced by a fingerprint. The know-how
for this technology was delivered by Sagem, which has expertise in the field of
biometrics.
The Porsche Design Mobile Phone P'9521 offers the following functions:
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Photo/video: The P'9521 features an auto-focus video and still camera
boasting 3.2-megapixel resolution, integrated flash and digital zoom. The
rotating screen makes it even easier to use, whilst its AM-OLED technology
ensures very high quality colors, exceptional brilliance and a perfect view
from every angle.
- Music: The P'9521 boasts an MP3 player and three speakers for ringtones
and voice playback in stereo quality sound.
- Internet: Thanks to EDGE technology (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM
Evolution), the P'9521 offers very high-speed internet access.
The new mobile phone will be available from fall 2007 in Porsche Design Stores
and specialist mobile-phone retailers worldwide. The mobile phone will not be sold
in the US, Japan or Korea.
Porsche Design
Porsche Design is a global luxury men's brand and is determined by engineered
products. Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche established the Porsche Design
brand in 1972, whose products are attracting consumers with their technical
innovation and represent functionality and timelessness in its purest form. Porsche
Design products are sold in exclusive own retail and franchise stores, shop-inshops,
up-market department stores and exclusive specialist stores.
Sagem Communication
Sagem Communication (Safran Group) operates in the field of mobile- and
broadband-communication. It has acquired a strong global position through
constant technological innovation. Sagem produces products in business areas
including mobile phones, printers, equipment for residential applications, networks,
and electronic measuring equipment.
Porsche P'9521
- Features:
-
Stills/video camera: 3.2 Mpix, autofocus
camera with flash and digital
zoom
- 180degree rotating screen
- Sensitive touch / fingerprint reader
(telephone security, calls, menu
navigation)
- Dimensions: 91 x 48 x 18.4 mm
- Weight: 140 g
- Charge time: 3 hours
- Communication time: 3h30 talk time /
240h standby time
- MP3 playback: 7 hours
- Telephone materials: mineral glass
and metal
Source: Porsche Design