Back to basics with the MOTOFONE
There was a time, not too long ago yet so distant in technological aspects, when owning a 5110 makes you lord above those who own a Panasonic or Motorola's Microtac. When downloading ring tunes were unheard of and changing face-plates to suit your personality was the only thing there is for aesthetics. When there was nothing else to do. The need was simple and so was the identified and available solution: mobility in telecommunications. Marking an end to our bepper-slash-pager days.
In the advent of a raging war among manufacturers of feature-packed handhelds, when everyone dreams for the fabled iPhone to come to each of our shores, Motorola develops something for an untapped segment of the market. Along with their portfolio of state of the art clam-shell and candybar phones is something which may not be for me and you but which I would definitely get for the heck of owning one. Don't get me wrong. It's not a purchase that's compulsive nor impulsive. Seeing the display model at Avant made me want to get one right there and then if only it was already available. I'm talking about the MOTOFONE. And, if the sales person's pitch holds true, this would cost you well under PHP 1,500. Ok, I jacked the pricing up a bit because I would not like to get my hopes high. The sales person actually claimed for the phone to only cost PHP 990. Yes. That's a measly PHP 990! And that's not all... (trying desperately to sound like the As Seen On TV voice over).
The target market for the MOTOFONE are actually those who may not have used a mobile phone unit, ever. These are those who are in the remote suburbs, either living in bare subsistence or in relatively poor and under developed countries. It is the so-called answer to ultimately connecting our underprivileged brothers with the rest of us via telecoms.
The unit boasts to have a very long talk and standby time, owing to its screen display which looks like that of your trusty calculator. It doesn't have a menu but, in its stead, it has dedicated keys to access the phone's basic features. The matte-finish and robust construction is made to withstand rugged and harsh environmental elements. Color ranges from black to red and blue, says the official Motorola website for the MOTOFONE.
The MOTOFONE will be made available in February of 2007, again, if the sales pitch holds true.
posted by Fritz @ 8:48 PM
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february you say? hehe
Wala pang isang libo!
wow ang mura... looks like it would make a nice sturdy backup phone
Alam mo when you described this to me i was thinking of that other phone you blogged... the one in Paradise Kiss... For me ayos lang dun yung "calculator text"
I was surprised that the design is still so moto!
Ano gagawin nyo kung wala tong back-lighting and pag ang limit ng contacts eh 500 numbers? Ako bibilhin ko pa rin. hehehe. Even the text when using SMS is weird. Para talagang calculator. Anlaki then 2 lines lang. Cheapskates can't be choosers!
Ains, SLVRish.
ok lang. bilin ko pa rin. gusto ko red ㅋㅋㅋ ^^,
Just went to avant, its still not available, 3rd week of Feb 2007 na raw... And indeed, its just 990php...
Not sure why it is as it is, in and despite of disseminated info, but this featureless phone is now being sold at P2999 at Avant. Bullshit.
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