Motorola i880
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Posted: 06 Nov 2006
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Southern LINC - Discontinued Sprint - Discontinued Sprint Nextel - Discontinued
Links: Motorola i880 Official page

The successor of the i870 is Multimedia-oriented phone operating in IDEN networks. It has music player with dedicated keys and stereo speakers, 2-megapixel camera and two color displays, Bluetooth and GPS

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Motorola i880 specifications

Pros

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Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (128 ppi)
It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.94 inches)
Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (2 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:
- 3.56 x 1.95 x 0.94 (90.5 x 50 x 24 mm)
Weight:
- 4.33 oz (123 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.20 inches
Resolution:
- 176 x 220 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 128 ppi
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
- 262 144
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - TFT
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 96 x 65 pixels
- Physical Size:
  - 1.20 inches
- Colors:
  Colors - Shows the number of colors that the additional display supports
  - 65 536

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 2.80 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 5.4 days (130 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 750 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 20 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Yes
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Self-timer
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Openwave 7.02 Browser

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
Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.
- GPS

Phone features

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

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 1.2
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

Other features

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

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