SoftBank rolls out nine new cell phones in Japan (photo gallery)
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Following KDDI, Japan’s No.3 telecommunications company SoftBank today also presented the new cell phone line-up for this spring. The company presented a total of nine models and will start selling the first handset of the line-up (the Panasonic 930P) from tomorrow.
Here are all cell phones SoftBank announced today [JP]:
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Sharp 932SH
(equipped with three speakers and the world’s first One-Seg double digital TV tuner for viewing and recording two TV programs at the same time)
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Casio 930CH
(Exilim handset with the world’s fastest activation time (0.99 seconds) in a 8.1 megapixel cell phone camera)
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Panasonic 930P
(Viera handset optimized for watching TV and playing games)
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NEC 830N
(extra-stylish and slim (13.9mm) handset)
Panasonic 831P
(3-inch QVGA display)
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Sharp 831SH
(featuring an extra-compact body)
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Sharp 831SH KT
(same as the 831SH but with Hello Kitty design)
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Samsung 731SC
(usable in 5 different languages)
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Sharp 830SH for BIZ
(recommended for business use)
I blogged about SoftBank’s 2008 winter cell phone line-up here. The summer 2008 models can be found here.
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