14 DAY TRIAL // RIM and Porsche Design have just announced the upcoming availability of Porsche Design P’9981 premium smartphone in Hong Kong.
The BlackBerry handset is expected to be available in Hong Kong in late April for a price that will be disclosed closer to launch.
Designed and built by Porsche Design, the smartphone is made of exclusive materials like forged stainless steel, hand-wrapped leather, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display.
In addition, the Porsche Design P’9981 comes pre-loaded with an exclusive Porsche Design UI and the popular Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app.
There’s more to it as the smartphone also includes a premium, exclusive PIN that identifies the user as holder of a Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry.
“The brand new P’9981 smartphone is a milestone product for Porsche Design. It is a representation of the iconic Porsche Design styling philosophy and RIM’s customer-driven focus, which combine to deliver engineered luxury and performance in a smartphone for the discerning consumer,” said Dr. Juergen Gessler, CEO of Porsche Design Group.
It is also worth mentioning that the smartphone was fully localized for customers living in Hong Kong, so expect this one to feature a localized 5-stroke keyboard, as well as traditional and simplified Chinese UI and input methods.
Hardware-wiser, Porsche Design P’9981 is equipped with a 1.2 GHz single-core processor and packs RIM’s Liquid Graphics technology, allowing for a smoother touch experience.
It also comes with 768MB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD card.
“With the Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry, we are delivering a perfect collaboration between style and function. We’re pleased to bring this exceptional, modern smartphone to Hong Kong with the needs of local customers in mind, offering the localized input capability as well as premium after-sales support,” said Urpo Karjalainen, senior vice president for Asia Pacific at Research In Motion.