Porsche Design Press Release
Solid aluminum casing; fingerprint reader
Porsche Design presents its first mobile phone
Stuttgart/Paris. The Porsche Design Group (Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesellschaft
mbH & Co. KG) of Stuttgart, Germany, and French-based Sagem Communication (Safran Group) are presenting the first Porsche Design Mobile
Phone, the P’9521, at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen. Both firms signed a license agreement back in May 2006. The new mobile phone combines
sophisticated, purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and mineral
glass.
The casing is milled out of a solid aluminum block – a unique production method for mobile phones. With this product, Porsche Design has remained loyal to its clear design language and has utilized sophisticated material. The typography, styling and colors of the menu emphasize the mobile phone’s very functional
character. A double hinge made from aluminum enables the screen to be rotated through 180° – thus
allowing the phone to be used as a digital camera.
The P’9521 features a fingerprint reader, which clearly identifies the user and thus ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, individual fingerprints can be assigned to particular numbers or phone functions, making operation particularly easy. The standard PIN code can also be replaced by a fingerprint. The know-how for this technology was delivered by Sagem, which has expertise in the field of biometrics.
The Porsche Design Mobile Phone P’9521 offers the following functions:
- Photo/video: The P’9521 features an auto-focus video and still camera boasting 3.2-megapixel resolution, integrated flash and digital zoom. The
rotating screen makes it even easier to use, whilst its AM-OLED technology ensures very high quality colors, exceptional brilliance and a perfect view from every angle.
- Music: The P’9521 boasts an MP3 player and three speakers for ringtones and voice playback in
stereo quality sound.
- Internet: Thanks to EDGE technology (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), the P’9521 offers very high-speed internet access.
The new mobile phone will be available from fall 2007 in Porsche Design Stores and specialist mobile-phone retailers worldwide. The mobile phone will not be sold in the US, Japan or Korea.
About Porsche Design
Porsche Design is a global luxury men’s brand and is determined by engineered products. Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche established the Porsche Design brand in 1972, whose products are attracting consumers with their technical
innovation and represent functionality and timelessness in its purest form. Porsche Design products are sold in exclusive own retail and franchise stores, shop-inshops, up-market department stores and exclusive specialist stores.
About Sagem Communication
Sagem Communication (Safran Group) operates in the field of mobile- and broadband-communication. It has acquired a strong global position through
constant technological innovation. Sagem produces products in business areas including mobile phones, printers, equipment for residential applications, networks, and electronic measuring equipment. Visit www.sagem.com and www.safrangroup.com for further information.
P’9521 Technical Data
General features
- Stills/video camera: 3.2 Mpix, autofocus
camera with flash and digital zoom
- 180° rotating screen
- Sensitive touch / fingerprint reader
(telephone security, calls, menu navigation)
- Dimensions: 91 x 48 x 18.4 mm
- Weight: 140 g
- Charge time: 3 hours
- Communication time: 3h30 talk time / 240h standby time
- MP3 playback: 7 hours
- Telephone materials: mineral glass and metal
Interface
- Screen: AM-OLED / 262 000 colors
- Screen size: 2.2” (56 mm)
- Screen resolution (pixels): 320 x 240
Connectivity
- Bluetooth: v1.2 with AADP, AVRCP & FTP profiles
- USB: USB1.1, large data storage, cable
- PC/MAC synchronization: support Sync ML, CD Porsche Design
Radio
- GSM: GSM-GPRS/EDGE: 850 – 900 – 1800 – 1900
MHz
- Automatic frequency transfer
Multimedia
- Messages: SMS/EMS/MMS
- E-mail: POP3/SMTP, e-mail pull
- Internet: Wap 2.0 browser Videos & photos
- Camera: 3.2 megapixels
- Auto-focus
- Image formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG
- Flash
- Zoom: digital (photo & video)
- Video capture: MPEG4
- Video player: H264, 3GP, MPEG4
- Video streaming
Music
- Record
- Playback: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, stereo
- Formats: iMelody 1.2, Midi, Wave, AMR NB (recorder and player) and WB (player)
- Background mode
- Playlists: automatic, by theme/artist/most
played/downloaded
- Fast forward/rewind/play/pause
- Visual effects: bar graph, equalizer
