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Motorola i870

Motorola i870

Motorola i870 is clamshell IDEN phone featuring multimedia features like music player with music-dedicated keys, and digital camera that can snap videos. It also features Bluetooth, Speakerphone, and PTT. Memory is expanded through T-Flash cards

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Motorola i870 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

  • It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (1.04 inches)
  • Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
  • Low-resolution camera (1.3 megapixels)
  • The camera lacks autofocus
  • 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:

    Dimensions - Phone's dimensions

    • 3.46 x 1.91 x 1.04 (88 x 48 x 26 mm)
  • Weight:

    Weight - Phone's weight

    • 4.50 oz (128 g)
      the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)

Display

  • Resolution:

    Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display

    • 176 x 220 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

    • 262 144
  • Additional display:

    Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display

      • LCD
    • Resolution:

      Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display

      • 96 x 64 pixels

Battery

  • Talk time:

    Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours

    • 2.75 hours
      the average is 7 h (448 min)
  • Stand-by time:
    • 2.9 days (70 hours)
      the average is 16 days (391 h)

Hardware

  • Storage expansion:

    Storage expansion - Capability to add additional memory to your phone.

    • Slot Type:

      Slot Type - Shows what type of additional memory can be added to the particular phone. Eight major memory slot types are available: MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick Duo, miniSD, RS MMC, TransFlash (microSD), Memory Stick Pro Duo

      • microSD

Camera

  • Camera:

    Camera - Camera specs

      • 1.3 megapixels
    • Flash:
      • Yes
  • Camcorder:
      • Yes

Internet browsing

  • Browser:

    Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone

      • Openwave 7.0.2 Browser
    • Supports:
      • WAP 2.0

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 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.

    • WiDEN
  • Satellite system:
    • A-GPS

Phone features

  • Phonebook:
    • 600 entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
  • Organizer:
    • Calendar
  • Messaging:
    • SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth:

    Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.

      • 1.2

Other features

  • Notifications:
    • Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (16 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
    • Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD, Push-to-Talk

Availability

  • Officially announced:
    • 31 Oct 2005

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