KDDI will actively develop smartphones, about half of new models will be on smartphones

Today was doneKDDI's autumn and winter model presentationMr. Tanaka, who will be the next president of KDDI, said that it is a policy to raise the smartphone strategy of the future to about half of the lineup at a stretch.

Details are as below.
According to the questionnaire response carried out at KDDI's 2010 autumn and winter model presentation, on December 1st, the executive director of Takao Tanaka, who will be the next president of KDDI, responded to the future development of the new model, next year's new model The proportion of voice terminals (feature phones) will be reduced, and about half will shift to smartphones.

Also, regarding the interests of smartphones that adopted other platforms, such as "Windows Phone 7" and KDDI as well as CDMA 2000 version iPhone 4 which will be released on Verizon which adopts CDMA 2000 system as well as KDDI will be based on Andoroid for the time being I will focus on smartphones that I did.

However, it was not an interest as KDDI, but expressed an intention to "work on something that the user is interested in" and stated that "Windows Phone is listening to the user's good reputation" "We will continue to consider how we can put other items in our lineup."

Casual design like "IS 05" smartphoneAs soon as we released,We also refrain from announcing the concept model of smartphones bearing the name of design brand "iida"Although KDDI is trying to rewind with smartphones with a feeling behind other companies, apparently the company's "serious" seems to be temporary.

The official page of KDDI's autumn / winter 2010 is as follows.

Au new model in winter new appearance! | Au WINTER COLLECTION | au by KDDI