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GMailWireless.com - Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Cell Phone--International Version with No Warranty (Black)
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List Price: $89.99
Our Price: $34.99
Your Save: $ 55.00 ( 61% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Motorola
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory
Brand: Motorola
Color: Black
EAN: 0411378034540
Feature: This is a dual-band GSM 850/1900 cell phone
Label: Motorola
Manufacturer: Motorola
Model: F3
Publisher: Motorola
Release Date: 2008-01-28
Studio: Motorola
Variation Description: Black
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Features
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This is a dual-band GSM 850/1900 cell phone
Durable, flush-fitting keypad with SMS text messaging
Large electronic ink display is easily viewed in direct sunlight
Embedded polyphonic ringtones; stores up to 250 contacts
Up to 500 minutes of talk time and 300 hours of standby time
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't BUY it !! You will be SORRY!!
Comment: I had tried the Motorola Motofone F3 and found out it is a phone for other country not for USA. Trust me do not buy or try.
Just to make sure, I tried the second time with the same conclusion.
Save your time and try other cell phone.
John
Customer Rating:
Summary: the Motorola Motofone f3 is not a good cell phone for Israel
Comment: I am really sorry i ordered this phone. It does not have the specifications I need to make a cellular call in Israel. I believe that Amazon should market it with this comment. i want to return it and please send me the return information.
i went through a lot of trouble to travel to Jerusalem to a Talk and Save, a company that sells sim cards only to be told that it is not a good cell phone for Israel. I had called your technical service and they had told me that the Motorola Motofone would be fine, but this was not true!
Customer Rating:
Summary: more than i expected
Comment: I am really impressed with this little phone. After taking my Ericsson W300i for a swim, I figured I didn't deserve a phone that cost more than, say, $34, so I took a deep breath and ordered the Motofone. Its everything I hoped it would be. Very simple, straightforward, and elegant even. Yes, the screen is weird, and reading or composing text messages takes some learning, but for the money its hard to complain.
Though this phone is not feature-packed, it covers the basics and does everything very intuitively. Want to turn the volume down? Press the down button on the dial. Need a number from the address book? Press the address book symbol and then press the number key that corresponds to the first letter of the entry. You can't do text messages to multiple recipients or make fancy characters with the keypad, but it sounds great, is lightweight, has a vibrate mode, keypad lock, and long battery life. My wife paid $80 for a used unlocked RAZR and we both agree the Motofone is a much better bet.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Is this phone even legal!?!!?
Comment: holy wow. this phone came in a can. the manual was in spanish. my first thought was that this was some sort of boot leg toy made in china and sold to vulnerable mexicans. then smuggled to the US via some NAFTA loophole. I was sad. This was my 5th phone in 3 years.I've lost phones and broken phones and was sick of throwing away the money.
So i made the thirty dollar investment. After averaging it out, I am saving a decent amount of money:
5 phones over 3 years = A new phone about every seven months
2 free phones plus three purchased phones = almost $700
5 phones over 3 years = $260 per year
if this phone lasts me seven months (which is my average thus far), I will have to buy another one before the year is up. But that has me spending $60, which is $200 less than I was spending.
So what has this $200 per year savings resulted in? Well, a lot of sacrifices.
For one, this phone is just about as advanced as an alarm clock. And looks like an alarm clock. no camera, no fancy ringtones, no games... just a basic digital display. It's thin and light weight, but they make toy phones filled with candy more sturdy feeling than this guy.
So far, it's worked quite well, honestly. The limited display can't differentiate between capital and lower case letters, and it may take you a little bit to figure the whole thing out (spanish-only manual)... but if you are as tough on phones as i am, it might be a good choice. I looked up extra durable phones before settling on this one, and realized thriftiness is my best option. considering i broke several, but also lost some, i would be especially cranky if i invested money in a phone that could withstand a 500 mph crash into cement, only to forget it in a bathroom stall.
this phone is great or horrible, depending on what you're looking for. if you like novelty, it can make a great conversation starter. if you have standards, you might be disappointed. but if you have standards, you should want to spend more than $35
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great hardware, third world software quality
Comment: I bought this phone because I'm tired of all the gadgets in modern phones, and having to deal with user-unfriendly interfaces to access all the whistles. If I need something other than making a call, I use my PC, simple enough.
The design, look and feel of the phone is great. It is super thin.
To call the 'paper' display 'revolutionary' is a total overstatement. Although perfectly functional, it more resembles a 1980's handheld computer game. Which isn't to say that it is indeed enough to display phone numbers and to read text without problems.
Now, the software is SHODDY! There are so many bugs in the UI Motorola should drop the local division that handled it. Things lock up. When you see that a message has arrived (I NEVER can hear when one does), you first have to 'clear' the screen before you can navigate to it. Ugh.
But the worst part is, the latency/reaction time is SLOW! it takes almost a second to react to any input. How on earth were they not able to make this - most simple - text display perform. There is a thing called real-time operating system. It is meant for embedded devices like cell phones. This OS has absolutely nothing to worry about, no gadgets, no display, nothing. Even a 30 year old processor would be fast enough.
I like the sleek minimalist hardware, but next time hire some people who actually are software engineers.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Combining Motorola's sleek design sensibility with intuitive and easy-to-learn functionality, the nicely affordable Motofone F3 slides easily into your pocket. Functional and fashionable, the Motofone F3 is designed to keep you in close communication with your friends, family, and business associates via voice and text messaging. It features dual-band GSM connectivity (850/1900 MHz), speakerphone, a clock with integrated alarm, and up to 500 minutes (over 8 hours) of talk time as well as up to 300 hours of standby (over 12 days). This unlocked cell phone does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. 
The super-slim Motofone F3 features a unique electronic ink display with large, easily readable characters. | Phone Features
This candybar-style phone measures just 0.35 inches (9mm) thin, and it has a unique Motorola ClearVision display that helps to increase the battery life of the phone. The changeable electronic ink display (electrophoretic imaging film) 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. The text display contains only two lines of six characters each, and it shows a digital clock when there's no activity. Combined with a flush-fitting keypad and dust-resistant design, the Motofone F3 is especially durable in active everyday use. The Motofone F3 offers a redesigned user interface with voice prompts to guide the you quickly and easily through menu navigation, messaging, and other functions. In addition, graphical icons visually demonstrate the menu features as well as network status and battery strength. For pre-paid customers, the Motofone F3 automatically reports the status of your pre-paid account after each call or message. This phone allows you to store contacts only on the SIM card (for 250 entries), and it provides a view of the last 20 dialed/received/missed calls. The layout of the numeric keypad resembles Motorola's SLVR phones, and it includes a large navigation pad as well as send/end keys and two soft keys. Above the display are bars showing signal strength and battery life. Other features include: - High-volume for call clarity in loud environments
- Embedded polyphonic ringtones in eight voices
- Ability to download ringtones
- Silent vibration mode
- Speakerphone
Vital Statistics
The Motofone F3 weighs 2.4 ounces and measures 4.5 x 1.85 x 0.35 inches. Its 750 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 500 minutes of talk time, and up to 500 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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