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scotsboyuk
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If SE are planning to release only a small number of mobiles next year then I don't think we should all jump to conclusions. SE has always released fewer handsets than other manufacturers and has managed to do very well in doing so. A small number of handsets would seem to indicate that they are continuing to concentrate on quality rather than quantity.
We can already make an educated guess at what some of those handsets will be. There is almost certainly going to be the P1000 and perhaps a budget smartphone too. There may also be an updated version of the K700, featuring expandable memory and perhaps a megapixel camera. There will no doubt be at least one other 3G handset too. This then accounts for four handsets.
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goldenface
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and if you take in to account recent comments in an interview I would imagine a couple of low end phones and more 3g.
SE only have 2 3G out at the moment so if it intends to stay with the pack then it must have a couple more 3G handsets on the way soon.
A 3G-S700 would be cool.
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Rva@
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Look at V800, and then imagine it having its bigger brother by its side, thats the 3G phones for next year . a cuple of low end phones and a P series plus a mid range symbian , then comes K710/30 and a new super cameraphone... There you go next years SE colection !
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goldenface
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Thanks RVA I would rather imagine any more 3G handsets to be a wee bit smaller than the v800  as despite it's thinness I still found it to be a bit on the wide side when I handled it the other week, so I wouldn't want it to have a bigger brother. Unless the big brother is a SE megapixel Smartphone.
@Scotsboy. I too wouldn't want too many handsets released. Usability, ergonomics and quality of materials is more important to me than anything else. I mean what is the use of having a feature packed phone it has life of about 6 months because the battery case fell off.
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scotsboyuk
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The 3G market will almost certainly become every major manufacturer's main concern. The V800 is a high-end 3G mobile, so I think we can expect a replacement for it next year along with a mid-range 3G mobile.
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bart
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there won't be a cheap Pxxx phone, thats what i heared. but "P1000" is true.
one of the 2 3G phones for 2005 will be a V800 for the global market (but thats something most of us already knew)
we also know about 2 more clamshells ( one made by arima to follow up the Z200, and the succesor of the Z600, probably "only" as powerfull as the K700).
a K700 succesor without any doubt
1 new low end and 2 new mid end phones at the end of the year
that makes the count at 9, so there not sure about one phone i mentioned.
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goldenface
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The replacement for the P*** looks like being SE 's star release for 05. The more 3G releases the better as far as I am concerned. . .
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bart
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3G is nice, but the demand for 3G phones is still nowhere near the demand for normal 2.5G high end phones.
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goldenface
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Globally, from what I can pick up on the net, operators will be spending much more money on the 3G networks in 2005, so as long as the good handsets keep coming then the operators (e.g Orange, Voda) only have to make sure the networks are up to scratch.
Vodafone have the biggest Bill-board sized ad around the corner from where I live that I have ever seen, featuring the V800,and which emphasises downloading the latest content on the new 3G network. It must be 100ft long X 40ft high and must have cost a fortune, so if that is what Voda's campaign is starting out like for 2005 then god help the ones that fall behind. |
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Hopefully SE will maintain it's simple and sleek design@ |
goldenface
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Looks like the first of these releases are nearly upon us. K300 being one of them. See this thread
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=76111
Wouldn't the T620 also be one of the 2005 handsets? According to Mobile review this is due to be launched in February 2005.
Does anyone know if this is going to be a shrunken version of the T610 or will it be restyled?
http://www.mobile-review.com/preview/se-t620-en.shtml
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