Motorola V80

A fortnight ago, we looked at the Motorola E398 and was quite impressed with its functionalities. Today, we will check out its big brother V80. The V80 is a stylish phone targetting those who goes after fashion. It has a rotatable front panel which can be set at 180 Deg or 90 Deg to the keypad. When the phone rings, its rhythm lights will definitely capture everyone's attention. The phone, just likes E398 comes with GSM 900/1800/1900+GPRS. support. The familiar icon based interface is easy to navigate using the green joystick located at the top of the phone (when closed). The package includes a bluetooth ear piece.

This phone has ~6.5MB of internal memory shared among your pictures and MP3 files. Although this phone is priced higher than the E398, V80 does not come with an expansion slot supporting Transflash. Bluetooth is built in for you to transfer ringtones and images to and fro from  your BT equipped PC or devices. The phone also comes with MP3 and MIDI ringtone and playback. There is also a built in camera with 4x Digital zoom and auto timed. There is a Motomixer which you can mix your own ringtone and you can playback 3GPP videos but it didn't come with video recording function.

Specifications

Fun Features

Alerts: 23 Polyphonic ringtones, 3 MP3 ringtones1 & space for downloads
22 Khz Polyphonic Speaker, 22 Chord support
MOTOMIXERTM (Remixable MIDI ringer software)
Downloadable Themes: animated screensavers, wallpapers and ringtones
Games (J2ME): Hungry Fish2, Skipping Stones2, SlideShow2 (embedded1) & space for downloads
User-customisable Softkey Functions, Main Menu and Shortcuts
MPEG4 Video Clip Playback with sound
Video Download
Integrated Digital VGA Camera:
- 4 x Digital Zoom
- Image Quality Options: 160 x 120 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels, 640 x 480 pixels
- Image Style Options: Colour, Black & White, Bluish, Antique, Reddish, Greenish
- Light Condition Settings: Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Indoor, Night
- Auto-timed Option
- Landscape and portrait mode
Situational Exterior lighting
Rhythm Lights

1 Phone content may vary by region and operator.
2 Copyright 2004 Motorola, all rights reserved.
Trademarks and tradenames are those of their respective owners.


Call Management Features

Caller Group Profiling (Ringer, Lights & Icon)
Phonebook: Up to 2000 entries
Picture Phonebook:
Time and Date Stamp
VibraCall®
Voice-activated Dialling
In-built Hands-Free Speakerphone
Bluetooth® Compatible

Messaging Features

MMS (Picture / photo + text + sound)
EMS 5.0
SMS Chat one-to-one
Mobile Concatenation
Predictive Text (iTap™ T9 emulation)
Quick Messages
Group SMS
Nokia Smart Message Receive
Instant Messaging Support: (Wireless Village) 1.1 embedded client
Email: Pop3, SMTP, IMAP4

Lifestyle Features

Calculator and Currency Converter
Date and Clock
Datebook with Reminder Alerts
PIM Functionality

Performance Features

Bands: Tri Band 900/1800/1900
Standard Battery: Li-ion 800mAh
Standby Time (hours): 150-250
Talk Time (mins): 220-420

Data Features

GPRS1: 2U4D
WAP Browser: WAP 2.0 / MIB 2.2
Connectivity: CE bus (USB / Serial / Bluetooth®)

1GPRS is subject to network coverage, capacity and implementation issues, device power and product performance.

Technical Specifications

Form Factor: Rotator
Finish: Metal / Plastic
Internal Memory: 5MB
Colour: Onyx and Platinum
Dimensions (h x w x d - mm): 45 x 99 x 23 mm
Size (cc): approx 83
Weight (g): approx 108 with battery
External Display: 176 x 220, 65k TFT Colour, 7 Lines of Text / 1 Line of Icons / 1 Line of Symbols

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