MOTOFONE F3 launches in India28 November 2006 by axxxr
Motorola today announced the global debut of the highly anticipated MOTOFONE at an event held in New Delhi India. 
MOTOFONE is set to redefine the mobile phone market place and strengthen Motorola’s drive to connect the next billion mobile phone users. The Indian launch will be followed by a rapid international rollout.
Based on Motorola’s evolutionary new SCPL design platform, MOTOFONE is the first of a new breed of handsets designed to disrupt today’s communications landscape by cutting across price tiers, product segments and international markets.
In both GSM and CDMA, MOTOFONE re-establishes expectations over how a value-priced handset looks and feels and what it delivers. Offering an intuitive new interface built with icons and voice versus text, as well as voice prompts specifically tailored to local markets, the handset makes it easier and friendlier for first-time users to navigate, place a call, and retrieve messages. Its large, high contrast screen, powered by a revolutionary ClearVision™ display makes it easier to use the phone outdoors.
E Ink Corporation, the leading supplier of electronic paper displays, is providing the display technology behind MOTOFONE’s ClearVision. The changeable electronic ink display is easy to read in bright sunlight or dimly lit environments from virtually any angle just like paper. Additionally, the display is plastic, lightweight and ultra-low power, making it ideal for mobile and power sensitive applications by eliminating the weight and breakability of glass used in LCD displays.
Availability
The GSM version, MOTOFONE F3, is available today in India and will roll out in international markets in the coming weeks. Motorola is working towards shipping the CDMA version, MOTOFONE F3c, by the end of 2006.  
  
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the screen is too small
izzy on Nov 28 2006
my next back up phone I would just get it cause Motorola had the guts to make a cheap $50 phone look so good :)
korbindallis on Nov 28 2006
Too Sexy ..definetly would buy as a secondary back up phone for my P990.
Mukul on Nov 28 2006
INDIA??now when did my country became the country where a new product is launched first??
drthug on Nov 28 2006
don't be tempted by looks or first hands on.
i hope the idian people are smart enough to stick to SE.
so for all the esato users from idia i can only hope they raise their voice to coinvince more people on getting a good SE phone.
bart on Nov 28 2006
I agree with bart,don't be fooled by the looks of this phone,moto's have the worst UI of any phone brand out there,just think about that when buying a motorola.
axxxr on Nov 28 2006
@bart,Its India...not idia.
And most people here buy Nokia or even moto...SE and others are rare.But SE is getting more visible nowdays.
DrThug on Nov 28 2006
@drthug, this phone has been designed for newer less afluent markets like india "Connecting the Unconnected" check http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motofone/ for more.
This will probably also be targeted at the Pay&Go "I use my phone for emergencys" markets (old people and techonphobes). Not the high expenditure contract markets and teenage disposeable income markets the V3 series has been marketed to.
imanuk on Nov 28 2006
SE is weak in india but in PAKISTAN it is very strong.
seems that india and pakistan are rivals in every field of
life.
rahulsharma on Nov 29 2006
Thats because Pakistani's have better taste! lol
SERULES on Nov 29 2006
I read that the only colors available are red, black and blue... Is this true, or is that white also available?
Bizzy on Dec 15 2006
wow!!! Motorola.. thanks a ton..!! you have proved to the world that u are the people who understand the electronics market well.. am fedup with bullshit highend phones which seem to pack in unwanted features into a communication device.. i always had it in mind that why dont these cellphone makers make use of electrophoretic displays on cellphones due to the low power consumption and robustness.. at last Motorola has heard my heart's voice and created a phone that really proves to the world that MOTOROLA is ONE COMPANY THAT UNDERSTANDS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY!!! ENGINEERS AT MOTOROLA.. U ROCK!!!
Ismail on Dec 20 2006
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THIS PHONE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THE UK.
andreareid on Dec 20 2006
ta de mas este cel
martin on Dec 26 2006