The Sanyo SCP-5300, America's First Wireless Phone with a Built-in Camera, Wins Innovations 2003 Design and Engineering Award
Thursday January 9, 8:00 am ET
Press Release Source: Sprint
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Electronics Show -- Sanyo's SCP-5300, America's first wireless phone with a built-in digital camera, has been selected as an Innovations 2003 Design and Engineering Showcase honoree in the Wireless Communications category. The prestigious yearly showcase honors the year's most innovative products sold in the U.S.
The innovative Sanyo SCP-5300 camera phone, now available exclusively at Sprint Stores nationwide, uniquely offers convenient portrait flash and up to 16x zoom capability. A 2.1-inch TFT 65, 535-color main LCD display offers optimal image and game viewing, while a separate 1-inch STN 65, 535-color LCD display lets users quickly identify an incoming call through Photo-Caller ID, the caller's phone number or through one of six color selections. Using the advanced PCS Vision(SM) services from Sprint, wireless customers can instantly shoot, view and share photos nationwide. Pictures can be taken with the phone in the open position, or -- if the user wants to get into the picture -- can be taken while the phone is closed. For fun, in-person picture sharing, up to 47 images can be stored in the phone's internal "Picture Wallet" and instantaneously viewed on the device's large color display.
A panel of 30 prominent industry experts judged entries in the Innovations 2003 Design & Engineering Awards Program. For the eighth year, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) endorsed and acted as advisors to the Design & Engineering Showcase.
Product evaluations are based on weighted criteria: value to user, aesthetics and contributions to the quality of life, as well as the product's innovative qualities.
The SCP-5300 will be on display for thousands of visitors to see at the Innovations 2003 Showcase at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 9-12. The Showcase, sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), will be located at the Innovations 2003 booth #55083, at the Las Vegas Hilton.
"Being first to market with a truly innovative product is an exciting challenge," said Atsushi Kodera, group vice president, general manager of Sanyo Fisher Company's Communications/Information Technology Division. "In March of 2001, Sanyo was the first to offer America a phone with a color LCD display. As a major manufacturer of both wireless phones and digital cameras, Sanyo is now especially pleased to be the first company to bring to America a phone with a built-in digital camera. Phones with integrated cameras are a huge success in Japan, and we anticipate this trend will carry over to the United States."
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2002 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study(SM), Sanyo ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction with wireless mobile phones. The first-ever J.D. Power and Associates study of this product category measured customer satisfaction in 27 of the largest U.S. markets with the top seven wireless mobile handset providers based on responses from 5,259 households.
At the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show, Sanyo's ultra-slim SCP-6000 wireless phone (America's thinnest at .39 inches) received a prestigious Innovations 2002 "Best of Innovations" Award in the Wireless Communications category.
Also at the 2002 CES, the feature-packed Sanyo SCP-5150 wireless phone (a successor to the model SCP-5000, America's first color screen phone) was an Innovations 2002 Design and Engineering Showcase honoree.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: FON - News, PCS - News) is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately 75,000 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 and Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.
About Sanyo
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SANYY - News) is a $20 billion manufacturer and distributor of consumer and commercial electronics, including multimedia and telecommunication products. Based in Chatsworth, California, Sanyo Fisher Company (a division of Sanyo North America Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.) markets PCS phones, audio systems, portable and mobile audio equipment, televisions, DVD players, dictation machines, digital still cameras, home appliances, LCD projectors, security video equipment and air conditioning systems.
For more information, visit Sanyo Wireless Communications online at www.sanyowireless.com .
About CEA
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) represents more than 1,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $80 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org , the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry.
CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Defining Technology's Future. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.
About J.D. Power and Associates
Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information services firm operating in key business sectors including market research, forecasting, consulting, training and customer satisfaction. The firm's quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually. |
