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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