Motorola shows variety of entry-level phones

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 20th 2006 at 11:15PM

With the exception of the Q, it's been a while since we've had the good fortune of being able to talk about some genuinely new Moto handsets in the pipeline -- not counting the endless array of RAZR, SLVR, and PEBL variants, of course. That looks to have changed thanks to this week's CommunicAsia expo in Singapore, where Motorola's dropped a handful of clever-looking handsets for emerging markets (Nokia, pay attention here). First up is the W170, a roundish ultra low-end candybar sporting a 128 x 128 black and white display with blue backlight, 32 tone polyphony, speakerphone, and FM radio. Next up in the pecking order is the W208, which trades the black and white display for color at the same resolution and a slightly different case design. Finally, arguably the most interesting of the bunch, the W375 clamshell borrows design cues from its pricier cousins in the V3 line but eliminates the external display in favor of a series of status icons. Look for all of these to drop in Q3 and Q4, and if you ask politely, Moto might even drop some of 'em in the States thanks to GSM 850/1900 support.

[Via Phone Scoop and Mobilewhack]

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, CDMA

Tags: emerging markets, EmergingMarkets, entry level, EntryLevel, low end, LowEnd, motorola, w170, w208, w375

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gary @ Jun 21st 2006 12:07AM

i'm tired of the clam, I'm in the mood for a candy bar.

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Self-professed Motorola fan boy a.k.a. FNBY @ Jun 21st 2006 3:14AM

That "W375" sure does look like the same form factor as the "canary":

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2006/06/canary8.jpg

What's up with that? The "canary" is really just a low end phone, and not a replacement for the RAZR?

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Neal Safestein @ Jun 21st 2006 10:24AM

The one thing you can say is Motorola is not sitting around.

Neal Saferstein

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srw985 @ Jun 21st 2006 2:57PM

canary has a external display not status icons!

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