The handset will be supported by the leading Qualcomm chipset.

Sep 29, 2006 10:38 GMT  ·  By

Vodafone has officially presented today the Vodafone 710, the first mobile phone manufactured specifically for the British phone manufacturer by Huawei Technologies, in conformity with the alliance signed by them in February 2006.

Supported by the dominant chipset on the mobile market, the Qualcomm, the Vodafone 710 is a tri-band clamshell handset, working on 900/1800/1900 Mhz networks, offering the users an MP3 music player, a 1.3 megapixel CMOS digital camera with 1280x960 pixels resolution, a 262k colors 176x220 pixels TFT display, 16 MB of internal memory, with the possibility of expansion through the miniSD memory card slot, Bluetooth and USB connectivity.

Being a Vodafone cell phone, it just wouldn't be complete without incorporated access to all the essential Vodafone services: Vodafone Radio DJ, Mobile TV, music downloads, video telephony and the 3G Vodafone Live!.

Jens Schulte-Bockum, the Vodafone Global Director of Terminals has said that "the Vodafone 710 is Vodafone's first own-branded 3G consumer handset, and we are delighted that it represents everything that customers have come to expect from Vodafone - high level technologies and exceptional value for money. We're proud that this phone carries only the Vodafone name."

The Vodafone 710 will be launched at the beginning of October 2006 in UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Romania, Greece, Netherlands and Portugal, at a sell price unknown yet.