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Posted: 04 Feb 2011 Announced: 31 Jan 2011
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Sprint - Available (Since 09 Feb 2011) Southern LINC - Available (Since 04 Feb 2011)
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Motorola Brute i686 is a rugged push-to-talk phone. It meets Military Specification 810F for shock, vibration, dust, extreme temperatures, humidity, and other forces that mother nature can dish out. Its specs are nothing too unfamiliar – GPS, Bluetooth, 2-megapixel camera, 180MB of internal memory, and a 2.2” internal display with a 1.3” external one.

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Motorola Brute i686 specifications

Pros

Splash-proof phone

Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (128 ppi)
Bulky
It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (1.02 inches)
Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Low-resolution video capture
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Feature phone
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
- 3.92 x 2.09 x 1.02 (100 x 53 x 26 mm)
Weight:
- 5.60 oz (159 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
Rugged:
- - Water (Splash), Dust, Shock, Temperature proof
- MIL-STD-810 certified:
  - Yes

Display

Physical size:
- 2.20 inches
Resolution:
- 176 x 220 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 128 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - TFT
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 120 x 160 pixels
- Physical Size:
  - 1.30 inches
- Colors:
  Colors - Shows the number of colors that the additional display supports
  - 65 536

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 5.80 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Stand-by time:
- 6.2 days (150 hours)
  the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
- 1750 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 180 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added
  - 8 GB

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Flash:
  - LED
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Geo tagging
Camcorder:
- - 352x288 (CIF)

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes

Technology

iDEN:
iDEN - iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) is a wireless network standard developed by Motorola and used by Nextel Wireless. It operates at 800Mhz, 900Mhz and 1500Mhz frequency bands and it is a mixture of TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM arhitecture. It allows the use of one mobile device as a digital phone, pager, two-way radio and fax/modem.
- 800, 900 MHz
Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.
- GPS
Navigation:
- Yes

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input (T9)
E-mail:
- - Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.1, EDR
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Additional microphone:
- - for Noise cancellation
- Voice dialing, Voice recording, Push-to-Talk

Availability

Officially announced:
- 31 Jan 2011

Shopping information

MSRP price:
- - 270 $

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