Motorola C257
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- Posted: 25 Mar 2006
- Market Status: Released
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- US carrier availability: Tracfone - Available as Motorola C261 (Since 31 Dec 2006)
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Motorola C261 is an entry level GSM dual-band phone in bar design. It has 65k color display and 32-chord polyphonic melodies and features organizer and WAP internet browser. It supports EMS and MMS and has 1.6MB of memory
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Motorola C257 specifications
also known as Motorola C261
Pros
No prosCons
- Low resolution display (128 x 128 pixels)
- Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
- Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
- The camera lacks autofocus
- Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
- Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
- Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
Design
- Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
- Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 4.33 x 1.96 x 0.58 (110 x 50 x 15 mm)
- Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 3.20 oz (91 g)
the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)
- 3.20 oz (91 g)
Display
- Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 128 x 128 pixels
- Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- TFT
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536
Battery
- Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 7.50 hours
the average is 7 h (448 min)
- 7.50 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 11.7 days (280 hours)
the average is 16 days (391 h)
- 11.7 days (280 hours)
- Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 930 mAh
Hardware
- Built-in storage:
- 2 MB
Camera
- Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- 0.3 megapixels VGA
Internet browsing
- Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- Openwave 6.2 Browser
- Supports:
- WAP 2.0
Technology
- GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
- 850, 1900 MHz
- Other version supports GSM 900/1800 MHz
- Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- GPRS
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- 100 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator, Currency converter, Stopwatch
- Messaging:
- SMS, Predictive text input (iTAP)
Other features
- Notifications:
- Polyphonic ringtones (32 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- TTY/TDD, Push-to-Talk
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