5 New 3G Phones

The phones above are : from left A5401CA, A5402S, A5306ST, A5303H and A1303SA.

Japan : KDDI Corp and Okinawa Cellular plans to launch five new handsets from the end of May increasing their new lineup of 3G mobile phones ( CDMA 2000 1x ), a format that enables high-speed data transmission of up to 144 kbps. All the new phones are Movie Mail-compatible, a function that allows users to shoot and send seamless movies. The new handsets scheduled for launch are the A5401CA manufactured by Casio, the A5402S produced by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the A5306ST and A1303SA both made by Sanyo, and the A5303H II manufactured by Hitachi.

The new additions bring the total of CDMA2000 1x handsets to 23, of which 12 phones, or almost half, are Movie Mail-compatible.

Main features of the new phones are:

A5401CA - First au handset with a megapixel camera (1,240,000 pixels)
A5402S - First au handset with QVGA (240 bits x 320 bits), an LCD screen
capable of displaying highly detailed images
A5306ST - Equipped with BREW(TM), a platform enabling high-speed execution of
high-performance applications
A5303H II - Includes SH-Mobile which enables real-time encoding of movies shot by
the user, and a twin light
A1303SA - First Global Passport handset with a camera and compatible with Movie
Mail

About KDDI Corporation

KDDI Corporation was established in 1984 and is currently the second largest telecommunications company in Japan, providing a comprehensive range of voice, data, IP and mobile services to both business customers and consumers. After merging with KDD and IDO in October, 2000, KDDI serves over 15 million long-distance subscribers, 1.4 million internet subscribers, 13 million mobile subscribers, and 5 million PHS subscribers. KDDI has 34,000 km of highly reliable domestic network infrastructure, in addition to optical submarine cable systems such as TPC-5, Japan-US CN and China-US CN. KDDI also works to develop advanced technology in the areas of radio & mobile, lightwave, multimedia, and Internet communications. The KDDI Group consists of approx 100 companies covering a wide variety of telecommunications-related businesses such as engineering, facility hosting, submarine cable construction, and R&D.

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