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Tuesday June 20, 2006
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At an Asian trade show today, Motorola introduced a bunch of stylish low-end phones, two of which may be coming to the US, according to additional info Motorola representatives gave me: The W375 (pictured below) and the W208. Both phones are small, light, inexpensive and colorful, clocking in at around 3 ounces. The W375 has a VGA camera and FM radio, and the W208 has no camera but still has an FM radio. The news here is the designs; Motorola's borrowing from the success of their multicolored RAZRs and PEBLs to put brightly shining accessories in everyone's hands. Expect these phones to surface on T-Mobile or Cingular by the end of the year. 
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June 20, 2006 1:22 PM
I've always read a great deal about consumers in the US who don't particularly care for a phone that has a ton of bells and whistles and features but would rather pay for a simple phone that was just easy to use and would get and send calls. Maybe Motorola is aiming at that market with these devices; a few extra features, but all in all pretty low-end, attractive, and get the job done, hopefully. Now. Who wants to take bets on when Verizon will get the new phones? 2 years, maybe 3 from now? :(
June 20, 2006 1:28 PM
They're GSM phones, so they won't work with Verizon or Sprint.
June 20, 2006 3:16 PM
Well then! A guy can wish, can't he? :) My parents are exactly those people-they want a phone that "just works" as opposed to one with features or a camera or anything. Ah well. The CDMA/GSM wars continue, eh?
June 20, 2006 5:10 PM
Finally the manufacturers have caught on that we want a phone to be used as a phone, not a camera or to watch TV or to listen to music. Whatever happened to plain and simple? I enjoy high tech gadgets like any other red blooded male but things have gotten a little over kill lately.