MOTOROLA C975

The 'Motorola C975' is a candybar style 3G mobile phone for a budget/entry-level market, first anounced in 2004. The phone operates in the UMTS, GSM-900, GSM-1800 and GSM-1900 networks.
Regardless of its relatively low cost the phone is packed with features including, MP3 playback, VGA rear facing camera (Located on the back of the phone) and forward facing camera (Located on the front of the phone) for video calling or self portraits, integrated speakers and Transflash card slot.

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Features

Criticism

References

External links

Features

Many features (Namely 3G Services such as Mobile Television, Music Downloads, Video Calling, Video Messaging etc..) May vary depending on carrier the phone. Standard features include:

★ 3G technology

★ Integrated VGA camera with 4x zoom

★ Videocalling

★ Integrated speaker phone

★ Realtunes

★ 65K Colour screen

★ Memory: 2MB Base with expandable transflash memory

★ Includes Monophonic PHF

★ SMS, MMS Video and Email messaging (access to POP3 email)

★ Video Streaming

★ Supports MPEG4, WMV, WMA, MP3, AAC, MIDI and XMF multi-media files

★ Java Application/Games support

★ Voice activated dialling

★ Web Browser

★ Up to 96 hours standby time

★ Up to 135 minutes talk time

★ Up to 92 minutes videotalk time

★ Dimensions: 53mm x 114mm x 24mm

★ No bluetooth

★ Weight: 139 grams

Criticism

The phone's build quality, poor battery life, large size, low memory, and PC Connectivity have raised criticism from users and reviewers.

★ Build Quality – Users have reported failing devices, elements such as keys or joystick breaking and an out-of-the-box issue whereas the battery cover can be moved slightly while in place.

★ Battery Life – Relatively Low

★ Large Size – Phone is larger and heavier than competiting phones

★ Low Memory – 2mb, [Although can be increased over 100 times the size with an inexpensive Transflash card]

★ PC Connectivity – No Infrared or Bluetooth. USB Datacable not included.
Although some of these issues are easy to evade, e.g Memory..Others such as Bluetooth and Infrared are permanent. However, the lack of some features are appropriate for this phone's market, unfortunately many people do not realize this.

References

★ Motorola C975 - specifications

★ Motorola C975 Preview - Mobile Phones - CNET

★ Motorola C975 3G Phone Review

External links

★ Official Motorola C975 webpage