Two Vodafone live mobile phones among the three top-selling mobiles


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- A growing number of mobile phone users are keen to use pictures to communicate and to get mobile information in colour. Vodafone Sweden's (Other OTC:VODPF) (NYSE:VOD) sales list for July has the two Vodafone live mobiles: the Sony Ericsson T610 and the Sharp GX10I, among its three top-selling phones. In fact, eight of the ten mobile phones on the list now offer their users colour screens.

"We can safely state that the considerable interest shown in the Sony Ericsson T610 is continuing, and that the Sharp GX10i has also climbed high up on the list. One of the main attractions of the Sharp GX10i is that customers can download Java games from the Vodafone live portal," says Tommy Sundstrom, Vice President of Vodafone Sweden and in charge of Vodafone's retail chain in Sweden.

"Eight of the ten mobile phones on the list have colour interfaces and enable users to communicate in pictures via MMS. July is the month in which we Swedes traditionally send our postcards and take our holiday snaps, and it seems that this has boosted interest in mobile picture communication," comments Tommy Sundstrom.


 Mobile telephone sales list for July 2003, Vodafone
 Brand             Model   Function               Price category*
 1. Sony Ericsson  T610    live!/GPRS/MMS/Colour  Medium
 2. Sony Ericsson  T68i    GPRS/MMS/Colour        Low
 3. Sharp          GX10i   live!/GPRS/MMS/Colour  Medium
 4. Nokia          3510i   GPRS/MMS/Colour        Low
 5. Nokia          6610    GPRS/MMS/Colour        Medium
 6. Nokia          2100    Voice                  Low
 7. Sony Ericsson  T310    GPRS/MMS/Colour        Low
 8. Sony Ericsson  T100    WAP/EMS                Low
 9. Nokia          6100    GPRS/MMS/Colour        Medium
 10. Nokia         5100    GPRS/MMS/Colour        Medium
 *Based on the phones' cost price.

For more information, please contact: Tommy Sundstrom, Vice President, Vodafone Sweden Tel.: +46 708-33 15 10, e-mail: tommy.sundstrom@vodafone.se

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