James Bond uses Sony Ericsson

daniel craig, casino royale

daniel craig, casino royale
Originally uploaded by ew4n.

I went to see Casino Royale this evening and apart from the scene with the rope, the bottomless chair and some ‘rendition’, rather enjoyed the whole escapade.

I don’t recall ever noticing what phone James Bond used before. I remember that in previous movies, he controlled his swanky BMW with a Nokia Communicator but somehow, I didn’t feel that counted as a ‘proper’ phone.

This movie is ALLLLLL about the K800. It’s absolutely everywhere — that, and the M600i (or possibly the W950i). Of course, this being Bond, he doesn’t ponce about with your common-or-garden ‘could have bought this in Carphone Warehouse’ K800. No. He’s got himself a different coloured K800. Silvery white.

So’s she. The girl who works for the Treasury, his love interest, flounces around with the M600… not in black/brown, but in a rather fetching white.

You can get yourself a limited edition James Bond K800 (or K790i) if you look about.

Nice one Sony Ericsson. Excellent use of brand integration.

Update: For a bit more on branding, check out Strategic Name Development’s blog on the subject.

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  • John

    The phone he controlled the BMW with was an Ericsson, based on the r320 model.

  • http://www.ionsquare.com Alex Anderson

    They weren’t all Sony Ericssons in the film – during the opening scene in Uganda, Mr. White makes a call with an Iridium satellite phone made by Motorola. For some reason they don’t seem to be releasing a special edition 9505 to cash in on this appearance, though.

  • ewan

    Heh, excellent Alex!

  • george

    can you get hold of the ‘special james bond content’ anywhere else for your k800? ive got one.. but i want the themes and all that jazz .. email me on george_skateboarderdude@hotmail.com if i find it anywehre

  • Paul Downes

    I wrote a theme for k800i.

    You can download it here:

    http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/69987/

  • http://www.satellitephonesworld.com/globalsat/home.html satellitephonesworld

    The R320 has now been discontinued. A great substitute is the Ericsson R520m which has all the same features as the R320 like a large screen and WAP, but also has many more additions.
    Regards
    A

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