Shining Armour: The Porsche Design P'9521
The Porsche Design P'9521 phone is a shining piece of aluminium and glass that immediately distinguished itself from the sea of clamshell mobile phones by its minimalist design. Julian Peh examines the P'9521 and gives us his thoughts.
Design & Build Quality
Start the phone, and an animation simulating the view from the cockpit of a speeding Porsche rolls on the phone's screen.
The display utilizes AM-OLED technology and the colors are extremely vivid and the images sharp from all but the most extreme
viewing angles.
The menu interface is beautifully designed, and its use of a light-on-dark color scheme and Porsche Design's trademark
typography exudes functional elegance.
A unique feature of this phone is the fingerprint scanner located just under the display. The scanner can also be used
to scroll through the menu like a vertical touchpad if one does not wish to use the keypad. The keypad itself is almost
totally flat and the keys do not have much travel. However, this is something we got used to easily after a few hours of
use.
The P'9521 boasts excellent sound quality for both voice calls and music.
Parting Thoughts
Save for the fingerprint scanner, the Porsche Design P'9521 does not really contain any groundbreaking technical features.
However, its elegant design and high build quality enables it to stand out in a sea of clamshell phones. A guaranteed conversation
piece.