Motorola W230: World’s cheapest music phone to date
Skeptical as I was, I did try it and boy were my reservations put aside. The W230 is the cheapest mobile phone with good (read: LOUD) MP3 audio playing capability. The W230 is capable of playing up to 2GB of music via microSD card. Perhaps the closest reservation I had was the fact that it doesn’t use a 3.5mm audio jack for audio. Instead it used a 2.5mm jack for audio accessories. I realize that the inclusion of a 3.5mm slot is reserved only for the ROKR series, the latest one being the ROKR E8. Hence, this is why it is called the “W” of “wow so cheap!!” series.
More features after the jump!
The special feature of the W230, apart from the very loud and crisp audio is sharing your FM radio station via SMS to others. You can also record 1 minute worth of FM radio and turn it into your alarm or SMS alert.
Oh and last but not least, the Motorola W230 is priced at PHP 2,490.00 or roughly USD $50.00. That’s without a subsidy plan!
Though it may look a bit cheap (heck it really is cheap!), it still delivers in terms of performance. Motorola’s consumer studies show that in terms of features, the camera has been moved down to number 3 with a preference for music as the second most important feature on a phone. First of course is the calls and SMS.
Features:
MP3 Player (Motorola MP3 player)
FM Radio
128 x 128 65,000 color screen
Long 10 hour battery life with 19 days of standby
File transfer Drag and Drop software
WAP 20 Dual Stack / GPRS Class 10
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15 opinions for Motorola W230: World’s cheapest music phone to date
Jerome
Feb 20, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Impressive! Where can I get one?
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Azrael
Feb 21, 2008 at 5:57 am
a very tempting cheap mp3 phone!
My gf used my cell phone
Feb 23, 2008 at 9:28 am
I like! The idea of sharing radio through SMS is very innovative. My phone is seriously under-performing as an mp3 player, but something tells me we won’t see it up in Canada for a while.
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Feb 27, 2008 at 9:11 am
[…] a press lunch as he showed off an excellent lineup of phones for the different market segments: The W230 is the world’s cheapest MP3 phone at a mere PHP 2,490.00 without a post-paid […]
ykah
Feb 28, 2008 at 4:14 am
sn po pwdeng bumile!??
Bob Reyes
Mar 2, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Is this available in the Philippine market already?
ash
Mar 11, 2008 at 6:35 pm
wow. i would really opt for this one than buying Nokia 1200 for 1500.
ash
Mar 18, 2008 at 5:57 am
hey, when will this be released? any news so far?
arp
Mar 24, 2008 at 3:00 am
From what I heard, there seems to be a tie up with Smart Phils. re: the W230, so the 2,490.00 PhP cost is applicable to their (most likely SIM-locked) prepaid promo.
markie
Mar 30, 2008 at 6:40 pm
i went to smart wireless last week and they told me that they this phone will release in store today (march31)
Anand
Apr 13, 2008 at 12:05 am
Its cheap in cost……and in its disastrous features too!!!
Bruno
Jun 2, 2008 at 10:47 am
Meu celular eu acho que tá com virus…
schizophrenic04
Jul 2, 2008 at 6:07 am
i have one.. and it works very fine.. astig talaga mp3 player.. kaso walang equalizer.. dun lang nagkatalo.. at walang java support..
bui thi men
Jul 5, 2008 at 10:18 pm
dowload nhac ve may thi lam the nao?
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