Motorola W380
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Posted: 27 Mar 2007 Announced: 27 Mar 2007
Market Status: Canceled
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Motorola W380 is a tri-band GSM clamshell. It features 65k color TFT display, VGA camera, FM Radio, Instant messaging, MMS and speakerphone.

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Motorola W380 specifications

Pros

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Cons

It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.70 inches)
Low resolution display (128 x 160 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
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
- 3.89 x 1.77 x 0.70 (99 x 45 x 18 mm)
Weight:
- 3.42 oz (97 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
Design features:
- Numeric keypad, Soft keys (2)
Side Keys:
Side Keys - Buttons on the side of the phone, designed to be used by fingertips while holding the phone - one-handed operation.
- Left: Volume control

Display

Resolution:
- 128 x 160 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
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - Black & White
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 32 x 96 pixels

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 8.33 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Stand-by time:
- 8.3 days (200 hours)
  the average is 21 days (498 h)
Capacity:
- 850 mAh
Type:
- Li - Ion

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 7 MB

Camera

Camera:
- - 0.3 megapixels VGA, Immobile
- Features:
  - Digital zoom

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - WAP

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, 1800, 1900 MHz
- Other version supports GSM 900/1800/1900 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
Global Roaming:
Global Roaming - Global Roaming is the convenience of having a mobile phone to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS while you travel overseas with your regular mobile number. Usually the Global phones support multiple frequencies like - 900/1800/1900 mhz.
- Yes

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (iTAP), Predictive text input
Instant Messaging:
- - Yes
JAVA:
JAVA - J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) is a technology that allows programmers to use the Java programming language and related tools to develop programs for mobile wireless information devices such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). J2ME consists of programming specifications and a special virtual machine, the K Virtual Machine, that allows a J2ME-encoded program to run in the mobile device.
- - Yes
Games:
- - Yes

Connectivity

USB:
- - Yes
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device
Headphones connector:
- 2.5mm
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 27 Mar 2007

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