Siemens bags major awards at Asian Mobile News event.

Siemens won two major awards in the Asian Mobile News event held in Singapore last week. The awards were for M55 for Best Youth Phone and C62 for Best Entry Level Phone. The awards were given at the ceremony organized for the first time by Asian Mobile News, the region's leading telecommunications

The Siemens M55 captured the Best Youth Phone award because of its features that supports Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) for communication using sounds, animation, video and graphics. It also features a 4,096-color display that enriches applications such as screensavers, the photo album and Extreme Games such as mountain biking, skateboarding and cliff diving. These features are what the young consumers are looking for in a phone.
Siemens C62
Originally a mid-range phone when it was launched the C62 boasts of its modern design, three-tone color scheme, bar keypad layout and chrome touches. It also supports polyphonic ring tones, fun games and organization software. It also includes a GPRS facility that makes downloading logos, ring tones and pictures fast and easy.
Joe Weller, Regional Head for Siemens mobile phones in ASEAN, India and
Siemens M55Pacific (AIP) in an interview with the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine Star and Business World said, "Siemens is very proud to receive these awards, these clearly show how Siemens works to seamlessly combine technology with ease of use. The awards show the sophistication of the users and how Siemens answers the needs of the consumers."
Clare Alvarez, Siemens Mobile Marketing Manager for the Philippines in a text message sent to Technews said, "We are very proud and happy about these awards. Expect more good products from Siemens Mobile in the coming days."
Alvarez added that both phones are locally available and doing well in the market. The M55 which has an integrated "Cubasis" Mobile Synthesizer has a suggested retail price of P11,990.00. The C62, a triband phone with MMS functionality and comes in eagle white color retails for P9,500.00.

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