VIVA launches the new Porsche Design P’9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry in Kuwait

Press release

Published January 11th, 2012 - 08:00 GMT

Al Bawaba

Kuwait Telecommunications Company VIVA today announced the availability of the elite new Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry in Kuwait. Designed by Porsche Design in collaboration with Research In Motion (RIM), the Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone delivers engineered luxury and performance.

The Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry is instantly identifiable as a Porsche Design product. The exclusive material choices for this unique smartphone include a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display. The customized Porsche Design P’9981 comes with an exclusive Porsche Design UI and a bespoke Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app experience. The handsets also include a premium, exclusive PIN that easily identifies the user as having a P’9981 smartphone.

It is part of VIVA’s responsibility as Telecommunication Company, to continuously seek to provide customers with the latest device and technology innovations as VIVA is always looking to assure that our customers’ needs are fulfilled with their communication needs.

The new Porsche Design P’9981 Smartphone from BlackBerry will be available in the Avenues, Marina Mall and the Kuwait Airport branches with two packages on a one year commitment where customers are invited to take advantage of the unique offers and enjoy the experience of the new device. With the launch of the Porsche Design P’9981, VIVA once again makes things possible for people of all ages and personalities.

Powerful hardware and software

The Porsche Design P’9981 is built on a performance driven platform that features a 1.2 GHz processor and Liquid Graphics technology, which enables a highly responsive touch experience with incredibly fast and smooth graphics. It also features HD video recording, 24-bit high resolution graphics, advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications, and built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications). It comes with 8 GB of on-board memory, expandable to up to 40 GB with a microSD card.

BlackBerry 7, the operating system for the new Porsche Design P’9981, delivers a highly refined and integrated suite of phone, email, messaging and social apps. It includes a next generation BlackBerry browser, which provides a fast, fluid web browsing experience that is among the best in the industry, and comes with a number of pre-loaded applications that keep users connected and productive throughout the day.

Background Information

Viva

Kuwait Telecommunications Company (VIVA) is Kuwaiti Shareholding Company incorporated pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 187 on 22 July 2008 to operate and manage the third GSM mobile network in Kuwait as per Law no. 2 of 2007. Accordingly, VIVA was launched in December 2008 and was listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange during December 2014.

VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in the country. VIVA has rapidly established itself in the market through its customer and employee-centric approach.