One just has to see the marketing campaign of Vodafone live!
And its effect in public perception and consumer puchases!
Those Sharp and now Panasonic and SonyEricsson phones have done more for
clamshells
that all the tackyness of the nineties.
Clamshells are now synonymous of mid or even high-end...
best, joao
----- Original Message -----
From: <Sandra.Baron@swisscom.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Nokia warns of tough times ahead
> Sorry John, I do not agree with your opinion at all - plus the selling
> figures of the operators
> prove the opposite aswell. Clamshell handsets are selling extremely well
> in Europe and
> I really do wonder what makes you think they are uncool. Samsung, Sharp,
> Nec, Mitsubishi
> and even SonyEricsson are very successful with their clamshell phones.
> And I even think that it is quite cool to have a clamshell plus looking
> ahead to 3G phones (of
> which most are clamshell) I think that clamshell design has just started
> to become interesting.
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Received on Wed Apr 21 17:31:20 2004