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 pros

Cons

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)

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)
Stand-by time:
- 11.7 days (280 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
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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