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PCS'98: Xpress-On Seasonal Covers Designed for Nokia 5100 Digital Series Available for First Time in Limited Edition
September 23, 1998
Covers complement the Nokia 5100 series of digital phones featuring the industry's first user-changeable faceplates
WHAT: Nokia, one of the world's largest wireless phone manufacturers, announces two Seasonal Xpress-On color covers available for the first time in limited edition for the 1998 winter holiday season.
Silver Bells Xpress-On Cover - a festive red faceplate featuring a pattern of bells topped off with lyrics from the classic holiday song, "Silver Bells."
Snowflake Xpress-On Cover - a graphically strong winter design, featuring a large, three-dimensional icy, blue snowflake on top of a white background.
COST: Manufacturers suggested retail price $39.99
WHEN: Winter Holiday Season 1998
- Available beginning early November at local retailers who carry Nokia Original Accessories.
- Additional holiday covers to follow including a limited edition Valentine's Day series.
WHY: The Xpress-On covers are used only with the new Nokia 5100 series of digital phones, the first digital phones that allow consumers a true choice of color. Users can change different color covers - just snap on and snap off - in a matter seconds of and without any tools. Additional faceplates can be purchased separately for the Nokia 5100 series from a selection of vibrant colors, including Tango Orange, Antigua Red, Gecko Green, Bermuda Blue and Dolphin Silver.
More than just a fashionable phone, the Nokia 5100 series also packs consumer-minded options into its sleek styling. The new series of digital wireless phones feature an alarm clock, three standard electronic games and a battery offering more than a week of stand-by time with out needing a charge.
Nokia is a broad-scope communications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, wireless data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the NYSE (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 41,000 people worldwide.
Contact information:
Megan Matthews
Communications Manager, Nokia Americas
Tel: +1 972 894 4267
Sylvia Davis
Crescent Communications
Tel: +1 404 287 2000, ext. 122
http://www.nokia.com/americas
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