Motorola C257

This is a low-end model standing out for a qualitative screen and body materials, which are typical more of higher class phones. Functional peculiarities include support for MP3 as a call melody, and other functions are standard for this segment.

• Class: low-end
• Position in the line: above Motorola C205
• Rivals: Siemens AX72
• Test based description

   

• General features
  • GSM900/1800
  • Battery type Li-Ion 820 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • talk mode up to 3 hours
  • standby mode up to80 hours
  • Colour gaphical display, has the resolution of 176x220 pixels, shows up to 65K colours (TFT)
  • Colours - red (Softtouch)
  • Java (MIDP 2.0)
  • Dimensions: 89x49x15.5 mm
  • Weight: 112 gramms

   

• Memory
  • In the phone memory you can save up to 500 fields, at that for one name you can have one number. It is possible to hide the same names in the list and then for a name you can store several numbers and e-mail addresses. For each number you can set own image and a call melody.
  • Users' groups
  • Call log of 30 last calls of all types , you can view separate lists
  • Memory for 100 SMS and 10 MMS
  • Phone memory 2 MB for various applications, and also data, from the beginning available 1.2 MB

   

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibracall
  • MP3 file as a call melody
  • 32-tones polyphony
  • Various modes of vibracall work, schemes
  • Fast dial for 8 numbers
  • Minute minder
  • Automatic redial
  • Voice dial (up to 20 tags)
  • Speakerphone

 

• SMS
  • EMS
  • MMS
  • You can send SMS to several addressees simultaneously
  • Predictive text input iTap
  • 10 templates for MMS
  • Wap Push

     

• Connectivity
  • WAP 2.0
  • E-mail client (POP3/SMTP/IMAP4)
  • GPRS class 8

 

• Organizer and extras
• User' profiles
• Musical comphoser, MotoMixer
• Colour menu schemes
• Date, time
• Organizer with alarm clock, 500 entries, various kinds of events
• Alarm clock
• Calculator
• Games

Michail Machnaev ([email protected])
Published — 3 December 2005

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