Turkey's First Domestic High-Tech Smart Phone, the Turkcell T40
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Posted on September 17, 2013 at 4:42:01 AM
Turkey's First Domestic High-Tech Smart Phone, the Turkcell T40
ISTANBUL, September 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading technology and communication company in
Turkey, continues to develop and invest in Turkey with its latest debut, the first local
smart phone: the 'Turkcell T40'. Turkcell has sold nearly 1 million T-series smart phones
to date, and its newest smart phone has been developed exclusively by Turkish designers
and engineers. With HD quality sound, advanced camera features, a new generation dual-core
processor and a 4-inch display for a price that everyone can afford, the T40 will be
available to consumers by the end of September 2013.
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Turkcell had announced that it was taking the step towards developing a smart phone
for the first time in February at the World Mobile Congress held in Barcelona. The smart
phone, which was given the code name "Gebze", came into production phase within 6 months
after completing all design and software developments. The Turkcell T40 was developed at
Turkcell's R&D base Turkcell Technology, and draws attention for its distinguished
features and design. With its superior HD audio quality, the Turkcell T40 also provides
better sound quality for multimedia applications, and features an advanced camera that
turns experiences into impressive photos and videos. The interface designed specifically
for the T40 promises to simplify the day to day lives of its users.
Turkcell Chief Executive Officer Sureyya Ciliv said, "People's trust in the Turkcell
brand has once more become apparent with the interest that has been shown to the T-series
phones, which were named after our company. The T-series journey began with a vision of
equal of opportunities to mobile internet, and since then, Turkcell has sold nearly 1
million T-series smart phones, thereby contributing 500 million TL to the economy. Now we
are taking this goal even further with Turkey's first Smart phone developed by Turkish
engineers. With a special interface designed according to the habits of Turkish users, and
a price that gives everyone the ability to access Turkcell's rich mobile application
world, users will be one step ahead, and able to reach information anywhere at any time.
Looking at the first six months of 2013, compared to the same period of last year we see
an increase of 7%, to 6.2 million mobile phones being imported. In the first half of 2013
there was also an increase of 11% in the number of mobile phones that are brought in from
abroad by travelers. With a large part of these imported phones being smart phones, our
aim should be to ease the burden on the current account deficit. Today, Turkey has one of
the world's best mobile communications infrastructures. As the number of mobile Internet
users' increases, the preference towards smart phones will increase. We should be able to
develop high-tech smart phones with our local and human resources. Our aim with the
Turkcell T40 is to encourage others in the sector to also develop a local smart phone,
thereby contributing to the Turkish economy. I would like to thank all those who have
taken part, and I sincerely wish that the T40 brings even further success for Turkcell."
T40 Features:
- Turkcell T40 makes a difference with the special Android interface
developed by Turkish engineers, a back case that has Turkish touches, sound designs
and an "icon display" that helps Turkish people to easily access the applications they
use most during the day.
- The "lock screen" of the Turkcell T40 allows you to see unread messages,
missed calls, and your e-mails without unlocking the screen, and allows one-touch
answering. The "icon display", consisting of 9 icons, contains shortcuts to Favorite
Contacts, Often Used Applications, Messaging, E-mail, Photos, integrated cloud
application, Facebook, Calendar and Search. The message, alarm, bell and other sounds
of the T40 carry a feeling that is particular to Turkey.
- With its HD sound feature, the device, with a clear and intelligible voice
transmission to attain a better sound experience, also stands out in conference calls
and voice recognition systems. T40's Noise Cancellation feature moves one step further
in advanced sound technology: the "Dual Microphone" microphone solution; one
microphone takes the user's voice and transmits this in the best quality while the
other detects and filters out background noise. With the device's SRS Certified
Surround Sound Technology, Multimedia applications such as Turkcell TV, Turkcell Music
and Fizy are supported with excellent sound quality.
- Together with a front camera that allows video calls, the device has a 5 MP
Flash back camera, and with its advanced features and Zero-Shutter Delay every moment
may be captured. The camera of the Turkcell T40 also features Face Detection, a
function to take photos in HDR quality and Automatic Scene Recognition.
- The Turkcell T40 has a 4GB built-in memory and weighs only 135 grams. It also
has a Qualcomm 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and a screen size of 4 inches. It operates
on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The battery of the device that has been designed with a
Turkcell interface provides up to 240 hours of stand-by time, or 480 minutes of talk
time. Turkcell T40 incorporates NFC, and offers WiFi Offload support on all spots
where the Turkcell Network is supported.
Turkcell T40 - Technical Features
Processor Qualcomm 8225 1.2 GHz Dual Core
Internal Memory 4 GB
Screen 4.0" WVGA (480x800) LCD IPS 256K
Camera 5 MP Flash Back-0.3 MP Front Camera
Face Detection, Smile Detection, HDR,
Camera Features Zero Shutter Delay, Automatic Scene Recognition
Sound Features HDOn, Noise Block, Surround Sound
Battery 1600 mAh (Approximately 240 hours stand-by, 480 minutes talk)
User Interface Turkcell Interface
NFC Yes
Operating System Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Dimensions 126mm x 64.8 mm x 10.85 mm
Weight 135 gram
Turkcell Technology:
Turkcell Technology develops Turkcell branded smart phones, mobile apps, mobile
internet services, billing, pricing and collection systems, customer relations and channel
management, mobile marketing, business intelligence solutions, SIM services, mobile
financial services, roaming solutions, machine to machine (M2M) platforms and solutions,
as well as value added telecom services and products.
Turkcell Technology holds a great number of patents serving to facilitate and enrich
the lives of its users. And naturally, the success of these products and services
developed in-house is further elevated by the awards won on international platforms.
Turkcell was recently granted two separate awards in the Bilisim Top 500 rankings this
year. The first was in the Mobile Applications, and the second in the Turkey-based
Developer Software Category.
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, with 34.7
million subscribers as of June 30, 2013. Turkcell is a leading regional player, with
market leadership in five of the nine countries in which it operates with its
approximately 69.5 million subscribers as of June 30, 2013. It was one of the first among
global operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has achieved up to 43.2 Mbps speed using
the Dual Carrier technology, and is continuously working to provide the latest technology
to its customers. Turkcell Superonline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkcell, is the one
and only telecom operator to offer households fiber broadband connection at speeds of up
to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of June 30, 2013, Turkcell's population coverage is at 99.35%
in 2G and 85.43% in 3G. Turkcell reported a TRY2.9 billion (US$1.5 billion) revenue with
total assets of TRY19.6 billion (US$10.2 billion) as of June 30, 2013. It has been listed
on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey.
Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr
For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin
Director of Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: + 90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
Asli Tan
International Media Relations Manager
Tel: + 90-212-313-2682
Email: asli.tan@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on Twitter by clicking on
the link below.
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
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Turkcell
ISTANBUL, September 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading technology and communication company in
Turkey, continues to develop and invest in Turkey with its latest debut, the first local
smart phone: the 'Turkcell T40'. Turkcell has sold nearly 1 million T-series smart phones
to date, and its newest smart phone has been developed exclusively by Turkish designers
and engineers. With HD quality sound, advanced camera features, a new generation dual-core
processor and a 4-inch display for a price that everyone can afford, the T40 will be
available to consumers by the end of September 2013.
(Logo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120614/537932-b )
(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130917/639227 )
Turkcell had announced that it was taking the step towards developing a smart phone
for the first time in February at the World Mobile Congress held in Barcelona. The smart
phone, which was given the code name "Gebze", came into production phase within 6 months
after completing all design and software developments. The Turkcell T40 was developed at
Turkcell's R&D base Turkcell Technology, and draws attention for its distinguished
features and design. With its superior HD audio quality, the Turkcell T40 also provides
better sound quality for multimedia applications, and features an advanced camera that
turns experiences into impressive photos and videos. The interface designed specifically
for the T40 promises to simplify the day to day lives of its users.
Turkcell Chief Executive Officer Sureyya Ciliv said, "People's trust in the Turkcell
brand has once more become apparent with the interest that has been shown to the T-series
phones, which were named after our company. The T-series journey began with a vision of
equal of opportunities to mobile internet, and since then, Turkcell has sold nearly 1
million T-series smart phones, thereby contributing 500 million TL to the economy. Now we
are taking this goal even further with Turkey's first Smart phone developed by Turkish
engineers. With a special interface designed according to the habits of Turkish users, and
a price that gives everyone the ability to access Turkcell's rich mobile application
world, users will be one step ahead, and able to reach information anywhere at any time.
Looking at the first six months of 2013, compared to the same period of last year we see
an increase of 7%, to 6.2 million mobile phones being imported. In the first half of 2013
there was also an increase of 11% in the number of mobile phones that are brought in from
abroad by travelers. With a large part of these imported phones being smart phones, our
aim should be to ease the burden on the current account deficit. Today, Turkey has one of
the world's best mobile communications infrastructures. As the number of mobile Internet
users' increases, the preference towards smart phones will increase. We should be able to
develop high-tech smart phones with our local and human resources. Our aim with the
Turkcell T40 is to encourage others in the sector to also develop a local smart phone,
thereby contributing to the Turkish economy. I would like to thank all those who have
taken part, and I sincerely wish that the T40 brings even further success for Turkcell."
T40 Features:
- Turkcell T40 makes a difference with the special Android interface
developed by Turkish engineers, a back case that has Turkish touches, sound designs
and an "icon display" that helps Turkish people to easily access the applications they
use most during the day.
- The "lock screen" of the Turkcell T40 allows you to see unread messages,
missed calls, and your e-mails without unlocking the screen, and allows one-touch
answering. The "icon display", consisting of 9 icons, contains shortcuts to Favorite
Contacts, Often Used Applications, Messaging, E-mail, Photos, integrated cloud
application, Facebook, Calendar and Search. The message, alarm, bell and other sounds
of the T40 carry a feeling that is particular to Turkey.
- With its HD sound feature, the device, with a clear and intelligible voice
transmission to attain a better sound experience, also stands out in conference calls
and voice recognition systems. T40's Noise Cancellation feature moves one step further
in advanced sound technology: the "Dual Microphone" microphone solution; one
microphone takes the user's voice and transmits this in the best quality while the
other detects and filters out background noise. With the device's SRS Certified
Surround Sound Technology, Multimedia applications such as Turkcell TV, Turkcell Music
and Fizy are supported with excellent sound quality.
- Together with a front camera that allows video calls, the device has a 5 MP
Flash back camera, and with its advanced features and Zero-Shutter Delay every moment
may be captured. The camera of the Turkcell T40 also features Face Detection, a
function to take photos in HDR quality and Automatic Scene Recognition.
- The Turkcell T40 has a 4GB built-in memory and weighs only 135 grams. It also
has a Qualcomm 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and a screen size of 4 inches. It operates
on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The battery of the device that has been designed with a
Turkcell interface provides up to 240 hours of stand-by time, or 480 minutes of talk
time. Turkcell T40 incorporates NFC, and offers WiFi Offload support on all spots
where the Turkcell Network is supported.
Turkcell T40 - Technical Features
Processor Qualcomm 8225 1.2 GHz Dual Core
Internal Memory 4 GB
Screen 4.0" WVGA (480x800) LCD IPS 256K
Camera 5 MP Flash Back-0.3 MP Front Camera
Face Detection, Smile Detection, HDR,
Camera Features Zero Shutter Delay, Automatic Scene Recognition
Sound Features HDOn, Noise Block, Surround Sound
Battery 1600 mAh (Approximately 240 hours stand-by, 480 minutes talk)
User Interface Turkcell Interface
NFC Yes
Operating System Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Dimensions 126mm x 64.8 mm x 10.85 mm
Weight 135 gram
Turkcell Technology:
Turkcell Technology develops Turkcell branded smart phones, mobile apps, mobile
internet services, billing, pricing and collection systems, customer relations and channel
management, mobile marketing, business intelligence solutions, SIM services, mobile
financial services, roaming solutions, machine to machine (M2M) platforms and solutions,
as well as value added telecom services and products.
Turkcell Technology holds a great number of patents serving to facilitate and enrich
the lives of its users. And naturally, the success of these products and services
developed in-house is further elevated by the awards won on international platforms.
Turkcell was recently granted two separate awards in the Bilisim Top 500 rankings this
year. The first was in the Mobile Applications, and the second in the Turkey-based
Developer Software Category.
ABOUT TURKCELL
Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, with 34.7
million subscribers as of June 30, 2013. Turkcell is a leading regional player, with
market leadership in five of the nine countries in which it operates with its
approximately 69.5 million subscribers as of June 30, 2013. It was one of the first among
global operators to have implemented HSPA+. It has achieved up to 43.2 Mbps speed using
the Dual Carrier technology, and is continuously working to provide the latest technology
to its customers. Turkcell Superonline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkcell, is the one
and only telecom operator to offer households fiber broadband connection at speeds of up
to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of June 30, 2013, Turkcell's population coverage is at 99.35%
in 2G and 85.43% in 3G. Turkcell reported a TRY2.9 billion (US$1.5 billion) revenue with
total assets of TRY19.6 billion (US$10.2 billion) as of June 30, 2013. It has been listed
on the NYSE and the ISE since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed company in Turkey.
Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr
For further information please contact Turkcell
Nihat Narin
Director of Investor and International
Media Relations
Tel: + 90-212-313-1244
Email: nihat.narin@turkcell.com.tr
Asli Tan
International Media Relations Manager
Tel: + 90-212-313-2682
Email: asli.tan@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr
You can now follow the most up-to-date Turkcell developments on Twitter by clicking on
the link below.
http://twitter.com/TurkcellNews
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