Sprint and LG Introduce Customizable, Wearable Phone
Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG Enables Users to Fit Their Phones to their Personalities with Changeable Side Panels and Downloadable Ringers and Screen Savers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SAN DIEGO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Now anyone can match their phone to their mood or style. Sprint (NYSE:FON, PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide wireless network and is the fastest-growing wireless carrier, and LG InfoComm, a leading worldwide provider of communications equipment and solutions, announced today the availability of the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG. The size of an ice cream sandwich and sold with an optional strap, it can be worn around the neck; built-in screen savers and changeable side panels allow users to create their own unique style.
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In addition, the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG supports the Sprint PCS Ringers & More(SM) add-on service which allows users to wirelessly download ringtones and screen savers. Ringtones such as "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and images like "Wassup" and "How ya doin'?" are the perfect way to communicate any mood without saying a word. And because Ringers & More allows subscribers to interchange downloaded songs and images anytime and anywhere, users can change their screen savers or ringers as their moods change.
Exceptionally easy to use, the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG offers one- touch Sprint PCS Wireless Web access, five-minute voice memo, 30 voice- activated dialing commands, and vibrate ringing mode so users can step out and take a call when "silence is golden." It is available for $149.99 at Sprint Stores and at www.sprintpcs.com .
"Sprint continues to clearly set the trends with the hottest wireless devices, and the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG is no exception. With this phone, you can show off your own individual style by mixing and matching the various colored panels with today's hottest ringtones and screen savers," said John Garcia, senior vice president of sales and distribution for Sprint's PCS division. "The sense of personalization and unique, wearable design of the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG is unlike any other phone available in the U.S., making it another first for Sprint and LG."
According to Michele Thenegal, director of marketing for LG InfoComm, "This phone will be popular with customers who want an array of fashionable personalization features. With this stylish new device, users can transform their handsets into accessories that reflect their personalities, even their moods. It is the latest trend-setting phone in the LG line-up. The LG 4NE1 raises the bar for handset manufacturers, by unleashing a new convergence in fashion and innovation."
The phone's standard lithium ion battery offers 2.5 hours of talk time digital or 170 hours of continuous stand-by time in digital mode.
Highlights of the Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG include:
Personalization/Entertainment:
-- Optional strap for use as a necklace so users can accessorize with phones that reflect their personalities
-- Built-in screen savers for increased personalization
-- Supports the Sprint PCS Ringers & More wireless downloads of the hottest ringtones and screen savers, including songs such as "Big Poppa," "Semi-Charmed Life," and images like Garfield and The Little Mermaid
-- Customizable decorative side panels in two styles and several colors, such as blue, burnished orange and pink
-- Two embedded games: Comanche and Black Jack2, and one-touch access to the more than 60 games on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web Productivity Tools:
-- Calendar with scheduler to track events with friends and family
-- Smart Filing System -- utilizes folders to automatically sort incoming messages
-- Calculator for easily determining an appropriate tip
-- One-way speaker monitor for listening to voice mail or while on hold
-- Four-way navigation key for easy Web and menu navigation
-- One-touch silent mode for instantly putting the phone into mute mode
-- Thirty voice-activated dialing commands and five-minute voice memo
-- Integrated headset jack and monitor mode for hands-free listening
-- Faxing Capabilities
-- Multiple language support (English and Spanish text and voice prompts)
-- Dual band 1900 MHz PCS / 800 MHz AMPS
Wireless Data Tools:
-- Wireless circuit-switched data and fax capabilities
-- Mini-Browser (Openwave 4.1 browser) for e-mail and Internet access
The Sprint PCS Phone 4NE1 by LG comes packaged with a standard lithium ion battery and charger. For more information on this device, please visit www.sprintpcs.com and www.lginfocomm.com .
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With 80,000-plus employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all- digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone is being extended to key global markets to provide customers with a broad portfolio of scalable IP products. Sprint's high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, nonstop access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas, including more than 4,000 cities and communities.
For more information on products and services, please visit www.sprintpcs.com .
About LG InfoComm U.S.A.
Headquartered in San Diego, California, LG InfoComm U.S.A., Inc., is the North American wireless division of LGE USA, a business unit of LG Electronics of Seoul, Korea. With annual sales of $17.5 billion, LGE employs over 55,000 individuals and operates research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing facilities around the world. LGE was the first manufacturer to commercialize the CDMA digital mobile communication system with its support of the launch of the SK Telecom Network in Korea. Since entering the US market in 1998, LG InfoComm has expanded its market share to approximately 11 percent of CDMA wireless handsets. The company is further strengthening its position as a major CDMA handset supplier in the U.S. by developing handsets for CDMA2000 1x wireless networks that will offer high-speed voice and data capacity. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.lginfocomm.com .
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