Nokia Intros "L’Amour" Fashion Phones

By Geoff Duncan October 19, 2005

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Is your mobile phone an extension of your personality, an expression of your unique style? And plastic, fake chrome, and gunmetal grey don’t really do anything for you?

Well, phone maker Nokia wants to ring you up with it’s new L’Amour Collection of three new phones aimed at the style- and fashion-conscious set. Each phone, expected to be available in Europe in early 2006, might be light on features compared with 3G smartphones, but that’s not the point: these phones are intended to combine natural materials, colors, styling, and details with craft aesthetics, cultural and ethnic influences, and attention to detail. The L’Amour Collection is aimed at trend-forward individuals for whom mobile phones are not just a means to be heard,seen.

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