Motorola's unlocked A45 Eco ready to green you up

We'd originally though this one was a South American special, but Motorola has now started selling the MOTOCUBO A45 as the "Eco" through its North American direct-to-consumer store. It's a low-end device -- don't expect Android here -- but $160 really isn't bad for a full QWERTY slider with a 2 megapixel cam, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD support up to 32GB, and a QVGA display, especially consider that it comes unlocked and unbranded. The "Eco" label comes from the fact that the phone is made from recycled and corn-based materials -- not unlike the Renew -- so if you're in the market for a text-centric backup phone, this might just be an interesting option that won't keep you up at night thinking about the environmental destruction you've caused. It's available right now.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[JamieNevermind Posted Jan 25th 2010 6:19PM]

Can someone explain to me how that picture on the far right works? When you slide the back section magically stretches? Now that's kewl!

[Chris Ziegler Posted Jan 25th 2010 6:27PM]

@(Unverified) Ha, didn't even notice! Killing the side view... I have no idea what that was about.

[iMiiTH Posted Jan 26th 2010 10:07AM]

@(Unverified) Every slider is like that.. when you slide it, the back of the slided part becomes exposed.

[pheer6224 Posted Jan 25th 2010 6:37PM]

If they squeeze android and a 524mhz arm in something like this, they'll win huge. Oh well.

[BigJayDogg3 Posted Jan 25th 2010 8:02PM]

Beside the shape, is this any different from the QA1 (Karma)? If not, I could see this thing being fairly decent.

I have to admit, if I were going back to a feature phone, I wouldn't mind getting the Karma if it wasn't for the fact that it looked to cutesy for a guy in my opinion.