Motorola launches V600 and V303 phones

Motorola launches V600 and V303 phones

Dewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

In a bid to help boost its share in the local cellular phone
market, PT Motorola Indonesia launched on Thursday two new
products, the V303 and V600, which respectively targets mid-end
and high-end market segments.

Motorola operations manager Agus Pranata said the company was
aiming for a 20 percent increase in sales this year. However, he
declined to provide last year's sales figure, saying only that
"last year's sales was quite large, but I cannot give you the
figure as I'm bound to confidentiality".

Unremarkable in design, the Bluetooth-enabled V600 is the
first Motorola phone equipped with quad band technology, which
enables wireless transfer of data from the phone to a computer.
The V600 is designed to cater to young executives who travel
often, and carries a price tag of Rp 4.7 million ($553).

The V303, which is not Bluetooth- or MPEG-enabled, sports
similar features and costs Rp 3 million.

Agus said within this year, Motorola Indonesia aimed to sell
thousands of the V303 and V600 per month.

He added that, by year's end, the company would launch between
three and four models based on code division multiple access
(CDMA) technology, and around 12 others supporting global system
for mobile communications (GSM) technology.

Earlier this year, Motorola launched the C131, a CDMA-based
cell phone model targeting low-end users, who comprise 60 percent
of Motorola's market share.