Motorola unveils new mobile phones

Motorola unveils new handsets, applications, and experiences for 2003

09 January 2003

In Shanghai, China, Motorola today unveiled its first 2003 additions to the Motorola Personal Communications Sector’s mobile experience portfolio of handsets, applications and accessories.

“Our new handsets build on the tremendous successes of our 2002 introductions,” said Tom Lynch, president and chief executive officer Motorola PCS. “Today, there are more than 1.2 billion mobile handset users – and there’s plenty of opportunity for more growth through both new users and users who want to replace or upgrade their handsets. We are focused on building momentum – on winning across all price points by working with wireless operators to envision, create and deliver “must-have” products and “gotta-do” mobile experiences.”

Motorola’s handsets, applications and accessories strategy moving through 2003 is evolutionary and leverages the strength of the company’s 2002 offerings, as well as reinvigorated “Moto” brand resonance with consumers worldwide. Motorola’s eight new GSM mobile offerings unveiled in Shanghai provide consumers advanced innovations in messaging (EMS and MMS), Java™, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA, with brilliant color screens and dynamic polyphonic speakers prominently featured throughout. These products represent the first wave of mobile phones to be introduced by Motorola in 2003 as the company continues to demonstrate its strength across GSM, UMTS/WCDMA, CDMA and TDMA technologies.

Point, Click, Capture – and Share

Taking and sharing photos spontaneously is part of the fun behind Motorola's newest mobile handsets. Complete with integrated cameras or optional camera accessories, new Motorola mobile offerings allow consumers to capture and share moments with a few clicks of a button. A consumer with the new Motorola E365 doesn't have to miss sharing a friend’s night out with those who couldn’t attend. The lightweight model E365 with embedded camera allows the consumer to capture the fun on the spot, attach a voice-recorded message and share pictures with their friends at home. No one should miss moments like these. And now, no one has to.

Color is on display on the large screens on Motorola's new line of mobile handsets, ideal for displaying photos, creating custom photo screensavers or adding images to a visual caller-ID. The large display capable of supporting up to 64,000 colors on the Motorola V600 allows users to display their own virtual “brag book” full of friends, family and special occasions wherever they are. Motorola V600 users can snap headshots of their new contacts for use in the visual caller-ID meaning they'll know which "Bob" is really on the line. Consumers can use the model V600’s advanced Bluetooth™ technology to also share these photo memories quickly and easily.

Gaming and 3G

Throughout 2003 Motorola promises mobile consumers will have a quick escape from those moments of microboredom, as the latest gaming capabilities are integrated into new handsets such as the Motorola T725 (EDGE – Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) and Motorola A835 (UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). Motorola’s leadership in wireless Java applications, and the ever-expanding bandwidth of such infrastructure technologies as EDGE and UMTS, enables new mobile handsets to have the speed and power to help consumers steal a moment of fun with just a few touches of the keypad. Adding crystal clear graphics, video capabilities, rich colors, and new movement and sound technology, consumers will enjoy a gaming experience so close to reality that they will feel as though they’re actually behind the wheel careening through the twists and turns of the Grand Prix.

Motorola’s Java applications leadership ensures that consumers have the power to add new games and advanced game levels to their handsets with easy over-the-air downloads. This technology satisfies users' need to personalize their handset with specific games, while simultaneously providing customers an additional revenue channel. The combination of Java technology, advanced network speeds and large color displays ensures that handsets such as the Motorola T725 and Motorola A835 will satisfy the mobile gamers’ cravings.

EMS MMS and Instant Messaging

Each of the new handsets announced today provide consumers either enhanced or multimedia messaging technology – adding audio, graphic, text and imaging content to short messages. The new Motorola V295 provides consumers the ability to take a picture with the integrated camera, attach a personalized voice message and send it to family and friends. Or if it’s a quick note that’s needed, the model V295’s Instant Messaging (IM) feature provides a quick way to say hello while on the go.

The variety of messaging options continues with the new Motorola A388c, which adds color and new technology to a Motorola China design-team form factor that is already a global crowd-pleaser. The model A388c continues to deliver standard mobile phone offerings with ease and adds worldwide access to e-mail for up to five different profiles, SMS (short-message service) to send quick notes, group SMS for quiet conferences or IM (instant messaging) for fast chats. The large touch-screen display capable of supporting 65,000 colors of the model A388c makes messaging easy and fun for all.

Digital and Physical Makeover

Motorola has long recognized consumers’ desire for personal expression, and the company’s design strategy satisfies such desires by consistently taking personalization to new levels. Now consumers can not only change the inside of their phone by downloading wallpaper, ring tones and screen savers, but with the Motorola C350 series consumers can change the outside too, selecting from different shaped exterior housings for a new phone to hold on to every day. Users can also shape their own sounds with the installed MotoMixer, creating instant DJ’s able to download and remix MIDI ring tones with ease.

The customization fun continues with the Motorola E380, capable of downloading themes with packaged ringers, images, lights and sounds – making your mobile an audio and visual mirror of you. Activate the model E380’s funlights to light up your life when friends call by assigning a personalized color for each. Lights combined with the handset’s rich polyphonic speaker and shake-rattle-roll haptics technology creates a heart-thumping, body-bumping, tongue-wagging experience for kids of all ages.

The Motorola A388c, C350 and V295 are expected to be available in the first half of 2003. The Motorola V600, T725, E365, E380 and A835 are expected to be available in the second half of 2003.

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