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)
- Links: Motorola C257 manual
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:
- 4.33 x 1.96 x 0.58 (110 x 50 x 15 mm)
- Weight:
- 3.20 oz (91 g)
the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
- 3.20 oz (91 g)
Display
- Resolution:
- 128 x 128 pixels
- 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
Battery
- Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 7.50 hours
the average is 8 h (497 min)
- 7.50 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 11.7 days (280 hours)
the average is 21 days (496 h)
- 11.7 days (280 hours)
- Capacity:
- 930 mAh
Hardware
- Built-in storage:
- 2 MB
Camera
- Camera:
- 0.3 megapixels VGA
Internet browsing
- Browser:
- 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.
- 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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