Docomo rolls out 17 (partly awesome) cell phones in Japan (part 1: STYLE and SMART series)

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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Following Softbank, Japan’s biggest cell phone carrier NTT Docomo announced its summer cell phone line-up [JP], consisting of a total of 17 new candy bars. Docomo breaks down the handsets into four series: STYLE (top row in the picture), SMART (the two phones on the left in the bottom row), PRO and PRIME. And some of the models just look awesome (sales begin this month).

Here are the eight cell phones that belong to the STYLE and SMART series.

STYLE series:

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Fujitsu F-08

(compact and water-proof cell phone, which is 17.8mm at its thinnest part)

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LG L-04A

(slider with 3-inch touch screen)

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NEC N08A

(extra-slim (13.9mm) cell phone with 8MP camera and 3-inch WVGA display)

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Panasonic P-08A

(slider with 8.1MP CMOS camera)

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Panasonic P-010A

(water-proof cell phone with 3.1-inch QVGA display)

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Sharp SH-o5A

(water-proof handset with 8MP CCD camera and special map function)

SMART series

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Panasonic P-09A

(super slim (12.5mm) cell phone with superior sound quality)

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NEC N-09A

(business cell phone with “leather” case, a 3.2-inch WVGA display and a 8.1MP CMOS camera)

The PRO and PRIME models can be found here.

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