June 19, 2005
Six-metre cellphone tribute_and it works
Samsung yesterday unveiled a 40-million-baht ($973'000) statue to honour the mobile telephone in Thailand, a six-metre, plastic and steel representation of an open human hand holding a phone handset, reports The Bangkok Post.
"Samsung, which has built similar landmarks in at least nine other countries, put the statue outside the Central World Plaza in Bangkok.
The phone on the hand of the 3-by-3-by-6-metre statue is a replica of Samsung's latest flagship handset, the D500. The giant phone features an enlarged LED bulletin board that displays messages and announcements sent by any member of the public.
The 2,800-kg statue will serve as an information board, providing major currency exchange rates and local time checks after the novelty of personal SMS texting wears off.
"With the diverse functionalities in a handset, mobile phone users can access any information from the mobile Internet, wherever they are and whenever they wish." said Tae-Bong Choi, managing director for Thailand business operations of Thai Samsung Electronics at the unveiling.
He added the statue has become a symbol of Samsung's global presence, and reflected consumer acceptance and trust in the Samsung brand worldwide.
Other cell phone statues/monuments:
-- Samsung's Blue-Black Phone gets a sculpture
-- Huge Fake Siemens cell phone
-- SK Headquarters Designed to Resemble Cell Phone
-- Spectra-txt sculpture by Peter Freeman
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