Motorola C139 offers low admission onto Cingular
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 11th 2006 11:42PM
posted Jul 11th 2006 11:42PM
Our friends over at Engaget Chinese showed us the Motorola C139 not too long ago, and now the palm-sized GoPhone is available on US shores from Cingular. Although embroiled in a few legal matters, Cingular isn't missing the opportunity to boast about their affordable new offering. This dual-band GSM handset includes a minuscule 96 x 64 TFT screen, SMS-capability, games, monophonic ringtones, iTAP, and some simple tools such as a calculator and currency converter. How do you sell a phone in 2006 that lacks a built-in camera and can only store 100 contacts? Why, by offering a rock bottom price, of course. The C139 can be had for $39.99, and that includes a $10 pre-paid card (better talk quick!). While limited to being a pay-as-you-go device, the boon here is the tiny pricetag. The handset is available now through all major Cingular outlets to handle the basics.
The surprising thing is that the design's actually fairly decent. It's not a bad-looking basic phone.
If this uses SIM cards (like everything else on Cingular's network), this might make a good, cheap backup phone in a pinch...
this has been available much cheaper in the UK for ages. and there a better lower priced payasyougo phones in the UK.
file under "a-really-cool-phone-that-would-sit-in-my-glovebox-as-a-backup-in-case-my-other-moto-ever-took-a-crap"
other-moto-took-a-crap" (sorry, too long to fit in one post)
I got this phone the other day, and I love it! It's a little on the cutsy side but it's no gimmicks with this one. My local Cingular store had it for $29.99. It does one thing, and it does it well; make and recieve phone calls.. thats it!