Softbank Demonstrates Waterproof Sharp 824SH and Panasonic Tropical 823p Phones

Written by Kenson on June 4th, 2008
Filed under Japanese Cell Phones, Panasonic, Sharp

Panasonic Tropical 823p

June, 4 – Softbank showed off the latest waterproof Sharp 824SH and Panasonic Tropical 823p phones at an official launch party in Japan yesterday. Softbank demonstrates the operation of Panasonic Tropical 823p phone in water, as captured in the photo above.

Sharp Waterproof 824SH is only 15.3mm thick, which makes it the world’s slimmest waterproof 1seg cellular phone. Surprisingly, Softbank spokesman said that the waterproof phones are designed to target women.

Sharp 824SH

“Many of our customers started subscribing to our service because they were attracted by the advanced capabilities of our handsets and our reasonable fee system,” President Masayoshi Son said. “Therefore, the ratio of female users has been slightly lower compared with our rivals.”

As a result, SoftBank Mobile launched a project to develop handsets targeting women about a year ago. When the company conducted a survey on functions that women are seeking, the request for “waterproof function” was higher than any other functions including 1seg and GPS, it said. That is because many women said they “wanted to write email while bathing.

via TechOn

2 Responses to “Softbank Demonstrates Waterproof Sharp 824SH and Panasonic Tropical 823p Phones”

Edie Perez Says:

November 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am

I am looking for a waterproof cell phone that will work with T-Mobile.
What phone can you recommend.

Thank you for all your help.

Edie Perez
Kenson Says:

November 18th, 2009 at 11:33 am

You could get Motorola Tundra. It resists to rain and humidity. The Tundra phone is currently available for AT&T customers. T-Mobile currently doesn’t have any rugged phone, so you are out of luck as a T-Mobile customer.

http://www.handcellphone.com/free-cell-phone/motorola-tundra-rugged-phone-att-wireless/