Porsche Design launches P’9521 mobile phone

The Porsche Design Group and Sagem Communication have launched the first Porsche Design Mobile Phone, the P’9521, at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen.

The Porsche P’9521 mobile phone combines sophisticated, purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and mineral glass.

The casing is milled out of a solid aluminum block – a unique production method for mobile phones. The typography, styling and colors of the menu emphasize the mobile phone’s very functional character. A double hinge made from aluminum enables the screen to be rotated
through 180° – thus allowing the phone to be used as a digital camera.

The Porsche P’9521 features a fingerprint reader, which clearly identifies the user and thus
ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, individual fingerprints can be assigned to particular numbers or phone functions, making operation particularly easy.

The standard PIN code can also be replaced by a fingerprint. The know-how for this technology was delivered by Sagem, which has expertise in the field of biometrics.

The Porsche Design Mobile Phone P’9521 features:

• Photo/video: The P’9521 features an auto-focus video and still camera boasting 3.2-megapixel resolution, integrated flash and digital zoom. The rotating screen makes it even easier to use, whilst its AM-OLED technology ensures very high quality colors, exceptional brilliance and a perfect view
  from every angle.
• Music: The P’9521 boasts an MP3 player and three speakers for ringtones
  and voice playback in stereo quality sound.
• Internet: Thanks to EDGE technology (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), the P’9521 offers very high-speed internet access.

The new mobile phone will be available from fall 2007 in Porsche Design Stores
and specialist mobile-phone retailers worldwide.