We reckon there's probably a good market in this country for cheap
KRZR knockoffs -- phones that maintain the essence of the phone's high style, while offing the unimportant stuff. Who better to follow through on the vision than Moto itself? Of course, we're not entirely sure whether the low-end
W210 will ever find its way to the US or whether it'll be relegated to servicing the needs of the world's emerging markets, but doesn't it seem like the sleek little CDMA flip would do brisk business on, say, Virgin Mobile or Verizon INphone? The lack of an external display might be a bummer, but status icons pick up at least some of the slack and it should sport a variety of shell colors when it launches. The FCC approval here gives us at least a sliver of hope that Motorola would like to sell a few of these statside, so we'll stay positive for the interim.
Update: So, it turns out this isn't a W210; it's closer to a W220 in appearance, but packing CDMA instead of GSM. The user's manual on the FCC site conspicuously leaves the model number out, so it's anybody's guess what this thing might be called.
posted Nov 4th 2006 1:07PM
This phone was announced before the krzr
I don't think this is the W210...
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=156
^ that one is. Cool phone nevertheless, shame about the CDMA network, though. Motorola A1200 still is the king of phones.
No external display on a flip, tho? That's kind of a deal breaker.
Interesting. I'm not sure what phone that is. It's not the W210. As "A" pointed out, the W210 is a bar-style phone.
The design looks like a cross between the W220 and W375 (or actually the W370 since it doesn't have a camera).
Regardless, these FCC docs say it's CDMA 800 only (no 1900) which means it is definitely not for the US. Mexico, maybe?
Folks,
Thanks for the catch. You're absolutely right, this is not a W210. See the update.
Chris
This phone, along with the L2, MOTOFONE, W315, etc.. Motorola's got the low-end covered.
CDMA budget phone? Could be carried by Alltel.