Porsche P9521 is encased in stainless steel and features fingerprint security, a new technology adopted by top cell phone manufacturers.

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The housing is made of solid aluminum and the screen is scratch-resistant thanks to the mineral glass material. It rotates at 180 degrees and integrates also a built-in 3.2MP camera with autofocus, flash and digital zoom.

Starting this spring, Porsche P9521 is available only in North America at prices around $1,500 featuring music player, a 2.2-inch AM-OLED QVGA display of 262K colors, a 1.15-inch AM-OLED display of 65K colors, Bluetooth, FTP profiles support, USB 2.0, EDGE, email, Internet browsing via Opera, video recording/streaming, visual and sound effects.

The cell phone measures 91 x 48 x 18.4 mm at 139 grams and offers 3 hours and 30 minutes of talk time.

Porsche Design has teamed up with French based Sagem Communication, to create their first mobile phone, the P’9521. Uninspiring name apart, the P’9521 has certainly won our aesthetic approval with its minimalist design and “cool” materials such as the aluminium casing and mineral glass display.

As AutoUnleashed reports, the P’9521 comes equipped with a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with flash and zoom plus video recording capabilities. 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. However, the P’9521’s most impressive feature is undoutthe fingerprint reader, which identifies the user and thus ensures secure access to personal data. In addition, the standard PIN code can also be replaced by a fingerprint. The P’9521 will be available from fall 2007 in Porsche Design Stores and specialist mobile phone retailers worldwide. The handset will not be sold in the US, Japan or Korea.

Via AutoUnleashed.

Bright, light, and all right. In a nutshell that’s what eg.co.uk thinks of Sagem my600v. They made a review of this phone and here are some of their conclusions.

It is brightly coloured and attractively so. An oystershell white on the back and framing the front is not unpleasant to look at while a strip of deep dark red all around the edges adds a flash of brilliance.

If you want 3G on pay as you talk then this handset is certainly attractively priced. If you hanker for something which is easy to use and not oversized for your pocket then this handset may catch your attention. If you want something which will play your music all day and still allow you to make some phone calls then this handset should be on your shortlist.

But the Sagem my600v is by no means going to please everybody, and the camera is a real let down. Much more so than the lack of two-way video calling which some people may be easily able to live without.

Via 3g.co.uk.

The phone will also have a second external display that lets you see incoming calls or SMS. It weights 85 g and the press release says that the battery life is 240 hours on standby and 3 hours talk-time.

The SAGEM myC5-3 will be released in October 2006 and no word on pricing yet.

The official Sagem press release:
“Paris, 9 October 2006 – Sagem Communication (SAFRAN Group) unveils the SAGEM myC5-3 clamshell phone designed for those who seeking a high-usability package with contemporary styling.

The SAGEM myC5-3 will be released in October 2006.”

The five-way navigation pad and middle row numbers – 2, 5, 8 and 0 – are encapsulated in a circular repeated pattern. While the keypad design hints at a new direction, the my700x’s real personality is revealed on the back, where a floral motif gives away its girly fashion aspirations.

3g.co.uk made a review of this phone and here are some of their impressions. The handset arrives in two colour schemes: white/pink and chocolate/turquoise, and each model brandishes a unique floral tattoo.

Looking at the two handsets, the dark brown version wins out for its more ornate pattern but you get the feeling that Sagem has just half-heartedly stencilled in a floral design at the last minute. The my700x doesn’t really scream chic or carry any fashion sense. Also, the phone’s rigid candybar form doesn’t really pamper to the fairer sex’s sense of adventure.

Despite the fashion faux pas, the my700x is actually a solid handset that’s nice to handle with a decent set of mid-range features. The built-in music player sounds surprisingly warm through the bundled earphones but can distort if you push the volume, while you can tamper with the sound via equaliser settings. Similarly, the 1.3 megapixel lens is a tad hit and miss, displaying signs of keen detail and focus but prone to over-exposure. At this level the quality is decent enough for fun and frolics.

Sagem hasn’t really taken too much of a risk with the my700x. Compare it with other floral handsets like the new BenQ-Siemens EF71 Mia and the recent Nokia L’Amour range and its flower power wilts in their presence.

Read full review on 3g.co.uk.

The SAGEM my600X is the ideal simple-to-use leisure phone for technology-hungry personal users. It’s the perfect youth-market solution offering high-speed data transfer performance without breaking the bank.

The phone has a built-in music player (mp3, AAC, AAC+). With 16 Mbytes of memory that can be upgraded via a MiniSDTM card, users can fully enjoy their favorite tunes.

You can also share photos and videos with friends and family using the integrated camera, and browse video files on the high-quality (262,144 colors), large-screen (176×220 pixels) display. Since the my600x also features BluetoothTM and SyncMLTM technologies, you can effortlessly switch and share files with other PCs and devices.

The SAGEM my600X is released in September 2006.

Via 3g.co.uk.

The SAGEM my501C is scheduled for release in August 2006.

Via slashphone.