LONDON, 16 August 2010 – Elite Mobile, one of the UK’s leading mobile phones distributors, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Sagem Wireless, a leader in the design and delivery of customised connected lifestyle devices and services, to launch the much anticipated PUMA Phone.
As one of the UK’s leading distributors of SIMs, pre-pay and SIM-free mobile phones, Elite Mobile’s expertise within the industry and commitment to providing high quality products and unrivalled customer service makes it the natural choice of partner for Sagem Wireless.
The PUMA Phone is an active smartphone combining Internet, messaging, and GPS localisation capabilities with solar charging, video calling and Bluetooth photo sharing to create a wearable fashion accessory for the active lifestyle. The PUMA WORLD portal aggregates rich media content services from PUMA into a single intuitive and entertaining mobile user experience where users can interact with multimedia content from puma.com, download PUMA applications, and access PUMA products through m-commerce services.
Wayne Langford, Director of Trade at Elite Mobile says, “As an Industry leading distributor, Elite Mobile is constantly looking for new and innovative products and solutions for our customers. We are delighted to be working in an exclusive partnership with Sagem Wireless. The PUMA Phone is an exciting product and we are proud by to be the first distributor to bring it to UK market”.
Thomas Brenac, Director of Sales, UK and Ireland at Sagem Wireless commented: “The dynamic mobile phone market in the UK means retailers are always looking for innovative devices which really deliver something different. Operators and retailers across Europe are already seeing the PUMA Phone as a creative and innovative device that brings real personality to their portfolio. We’re delighted to be partnering with Elite Mobile to bring the PUMA Phone to the UK market, enabling retailers across the UK to sell a device that’s not like all their other phones.”
Key features of the PUMA Phone include:
- Integrated solar cell, with charge indicator (one hour of sunshine provides power for one hour and 30 minutes of MP3 play or enough energy to send about 30 text messages)
- Touchscreen: 2.8 inch thumbable screen with 240 x 320 QVGA resolution and TFT wide viewing angle
- Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and x6 zoom; Bluetooth photo sharing
- Video: VGA video call camera; full screen video playback, with video recording and streaming and progressive video download
- Music: wide range of music formats with playlist support and FM radio
- Memory: microSD 2GB memory card supplied with the phone
- Localisation: GPS, compass, geotagging, routing and mapping
- Sports: pedometer, GPS tracker and stopwatch
- Internet: Open internet browsing, with WAP Push
- Messaging: Mobile email client and mobile web mail notification; instant messaging; MMS and SMS
- HSPA and W-CDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity; Bluetooth; USB 2.0
- Talk time up to 5 hours with 350 hours stand-by time; video call time 140 minutes; music player time 24 hours; video player time 5 hours
- Tablet form factor; 115g weight and dimensions of 102mm x 56mm x 13mm
