Kyocera Communications, provider of Kyocera- and SANYO-branded wireless devices, has unveiled Torino S2300 and Domino S1310 handsets.
According to Kyocera, the Torino S2300 measures 4.06 x 2.60 x 0.59 inches and weighs around 3.49 ounces. It features a QWERTY keyboard, 2.2-inch QVGA TFT display, 1.3 megapixel camera, and bluetooth 2.1 technology, and has the form to go along with the function. It comes with SMS Chat View, threaded SMS text messaging that follows a chain of messages from a single contact and also supports MMS, IM and email clients.
In addition, the Torino S2300 also includes speakerphone, voice dialing, USB, 2.5 mm headset jack and Brew support. It offers talk time up to 250 minutes and standby time of up to 225 hours.
The Domino S1310 handset measures 4.29 x 1.73 x 0.54 inches, weighs 2.5 ounces and a talk time up to 200 minutes and a standby time of up to 200 hours. It features a bar-style design with large display, keypad and texting fonts for easy visibility. It includes Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology, WAP 2.0 browser and Brew 3.1.5 for downloading games, screensavers, polyphonic ringtones and wallpapers, the company said.
In addition, the Domino S1310 features a contact directory of 250 names with up to six numbers each, alarm, calculator, scheduler, stopwatch, timer and tip calculator as well as voice memos, speakerphone with function key and vibrate alert. It also supports multiple languages and TTY/TDD for the hearing impaired.
Eric Anderson, vice president of sales at KCI, said: “We’ve worked very hard to incorporate higher-end features in more basic product tiers and these phones strike an ideal balance between quality, functionality and affordability.”
The Domino is expected to be available in late 2009 while Torino S2300 is expected to reach the US markets in early 2010.