EXCLUSIVE O2 HANDSET OFFERS BEST VALUE
FOR CHRISTMAS

Sheffield, UK and Worldwide, October 29, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- O2 customers in the UK will be able to buy the best value colour clam-style camera phone on the market from 1 November. Exclusive to O2, the O2 X1 will be available free of charge with a post-pay contract from O2 Stores and O2 Online, and will cost up to ?49.99 at third party outlets. The UK pre-pay price will be ?169.991 It will be available in Germany from 17 November and in Ireland around the same time.

With a 65,000 colour, high-resolution screen and a rotating integrated camera, O2 believes that the O2 X1 gives the best image quality of any other mobile currently available in its class. Users can store up to 100 high-resolution photos or about 10 Java games on the handset. In addition to the standard phone features, the O2 X1 also includes 40 ring-tones and 2 pre-installed Java games. The O2 X1 has a compact stylish design and weighs just 85 grams.

Launched in time for the Christmas market, the O2 X1 offers a 'hot button' access key to O2 Active - a branded colour menu with specially designed, intuitive icons that guide customers to services including polyphonic ring-tones, multimedia messaging (MMS), colour java games, information, alerts and pictures. O2 Active has already received good reviews from customers and has been proven to increase usage of the range of services now available.

Kent Thexton, chief marketing and data officer, mmO2, said: "The O2 XI is the ideal handset for this Christmas - it is highly functional and gives customers great value for money. It supports our strategy of working with manufacturers on an exclusive basis and producing bespoke devices ahead of the competition where we see a gap in the market."

Pricing

Pre pay
O2 UK ?169.99
O2 Ireland ?199.00
O2 Germany n/a

Post pay
O2 UK ?49.99
O2 Ireland From ?109.00
O2 Germany ?79.95



Key features of the O2 X1 include:

O2 key for direct access to O2 Active and all O2 services.
Clamshell design, compact and stylish. 89 x 48 x 23.5mm (length x breadth x height).
Lightweight: 85g.
Colour screen: 29 x 37 mm.
In built 204k pixel digital camera - front or back facing (rotating lens). Quality: VGA (640*480), NOR (128*120).
Clear, sharp viewfinder (frame rate = 20fps).
Excellent screen resolution - 65,000 colour screen (similar to the xda).
2MB memory - capable of storing 100 high-resolution photographs or 10 Java games. Images can be transferred to PC via a cable (accessory).
40 polyphonic ring-tones
WAP and GPRS compatible.
Talk-time: up to 300 minutes (5 hrs).
Standby time: up to 72 hours (3 days).

mmO2
mmO2 has 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three companies - the UK, Germany and Ireland - as well as leading mobile Internet portal business. All of these businesses are branded as O2. Additionally, the company has operations on the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom) and owns O2 Airwave - an advanced, digital emergency communications service.

mmO2 was the first company in the world to launch and rollout a commercial GPRS (or 2.5G) network and has secured third generation mobile telephony ("3G") licences in the UK, Ireland and Germany.

mmO2 has 18.7 million customers and some 11,750 employees and reported revenues for the year ended 31 March 2003 of ?4.874 billion. Data represented 18.2% of total service revenues in the 12 months ending 30 June 2003.

mmO2 Contacts:
David Nicholas
Head of Media Relations
mmO2 plc
t: +44 (0) 771 575 9176
david.nicholas@o2.com

Simon Gordon
Press Relations Manager
mmO2 plc
t: +44 (0)771 007 0698
simon.gordon@o2.com


Source: O2