INFOBAR C01 with Gingerbread Launching in Japan via KDDI on February 3

It appears that KDDI has just resurrected its highly-acclaimed INFOBAR series of phones that managed to amaze customers through their design. Although the last INFOBAR handset that was launched on the market, the A01 had a unique “slab” design, it didn’t have the success forecasted by the manufacturer. 

All in all, KDDI decided to bring back the INFOBAR phones one more time in an attempt to attract customers with new designs and new features. Starting February 3, KDDI customers will be able to purchase the INFOBAR C01 smartphone.

At first glance, it becomes obvious that the phone’s selling point is the bar form factor combined with the elegant design. The phone is available in three distinctive colors, and each phone is aimed at different targets.

All three variants of the INFOBAR C01 have their own unique name, NISHIKIGOI, ICHIMATSU and KIIRO, and each of them is available in different combination of colors: monochrome, dual and three colors.

According to KDDI, the INFOBAR C01 was built by famous product designer Naoto Fukasawa who won numerous design awards in the last two years.

The smartphone features a classic Japanese ten-button keypad, which makes it easier to handle the handset with only one hand. INFOBAR C01 comes with a decent 3.2-inch FWVGA capacitive touchscreen display that supports 854 x 480 pixels resolution.

It is powered by Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system with the “iida UI,” which is also available on last year’s INFOBAR A01 smartphone.

Furthermore, the smartphone offers several Japanese specific features, such as IrDA connectivity, 1seg TV tuner, as well as Felica NFC wallet.

The INFOBAR C01 is equipped with a 1.4 GHz single core Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon processor, an enhanced 8-megapixel rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and HD video recording, as well as dual-mode GSM / CDMA connectivity.

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