Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Phone with Quad-Band GSM 850/1900--International Version with No Warranty (Black)

Product Details

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 frequencies.

What's in the Box
Handset, battery, travel charger, documentation

Product Reviews

(1 stars) - HATE THIS PHONE DO NOT GET IT
HORRIBLE PHONE STAY AWAY FROM IT. COULDN'T EVEN SAVE YOU IN AN EMERGENCY!!!!!!! I WAS SO AGGRAVATED I THREW IT IN THE GARBAGE. IT IS SO CHEAP. I WAS BETTER OFF GETTING MY SON HIS REPLACEMENT PHONE FROM GO PHONE AT&T ...IT WAS CHEAPER AND BETTER QUALITY!

(3 stars) - For those who have Tmobile USA
I just received my Motofone F3 today, for those that get one of these your going to run up against a lot of problems if you don't have an activated T-mobile sim. At first, I had many problems with the F3 because the phone restricts most functions when you have an unsupported sim or no sim at all. Infact if you'd like to change the speaking from Spanish to English you need to use an activated T-mobile sim to even get to that setting screen. Originally I used a Tracfone sim because I have like $100 into my account and the sim card is %100 not compatable with the motofone :(

The web is very little help when it comes to error codes or even telling you simple things like when you see a blinking X in the upper right corner your getting an error because of you having an invalid sim, you must have a valid sim to enter number codes or to get rid of the blinking X. Again the blinking X happens when you try to press number buttons without a valid sim". Program codes are in the ENGLISH manual that can be found here:

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If you get a "NO SIM" message with a "3-070" right below it then you have an invalid sim.
I was on tech support today and was told there is physically no difference between an international motofone and one intended for the US, They all have Quad bands built right into them. Also tech support stated AT&T and cingular might work with the phone too, but others like Tracfone or NET10 do not!

There are many comments about the visibility in direct sunlight, but very little about dark nights. If you have moonlight or some kind of lit up sky you will be able to read the screen at night from arms distance without using the backlight. I do not know if the backlight can be switched off but it drains the battery noticeably and is always on.

The alarm clock is very easy to use, in fact it and the clock is the only thing you fiddle around with when you don't have a sim card. The alarm is really kind of cool sounding and starts out very low with a short vibrate, and the volume progressively increases every 2 seconds or so.

The phones battery does not seem to last more then a day if you fiddle around with it like every 5 mins or so.

The phone is slimmer then its Tracfone look-alike and it is wider too.

If you don't have T-mobile service you can order a sim kit on ebay for under $25.

If you don't have T-mobile and have ordered the ebay sim kit and want to change the phone speaking to english while your waiting for your sim to come in the mail, all you have to do is borrow your friends T-mobile sim and install it into the motofone, you will then be asked which language you want to set, 1 or 2 or 3. 3 should be english. This setting is remembered even if you pull your buddies sim card out or remove the battery.

Overall, its a damn good phone, I've had it a day now and dropped it already, the phone still works great. Remember to post your comments on whether or not AT$T works or others work on this. I %100 positively can tell you that Tmobile works on the international phone, and Tracfone or NET10 doesn't.

(4 stars) - good basic phone
This is a great phone for the basics of a cell phone such as sound quality on both ends and battery life. It does not offer any extras but that is fine with me. The only problem is that the touch-tone does not work. It cannot be used as a touch-tone phone and many services needed require this such as voice mail, calling cards and others.

(1 stars) - Crap
I bought this phone online. I liked it because of its looks and its so called "ease of use". When I finally got it I was so dissapointed. Looks can be decieving indeed, hehehe. Its not as "cool" as it look online. This phone seems to be from the 80's but slimmer. The screen display is like a flash back from the calculator screens of the early 80's,the font are so big that it cannot even display the whole phone number in the screen. Even the fonts are weird, they are like written by a toddler. But I dont do much text messaging so I can live with that ugly screen display/font. But the signal of this phone is terrible too so I cant even use them for regular phone call. Dont buy this, it will just be a waste of money. Even a third world country will consider this phone a piece of crap.

(4 stars) - Great sturdy handset
I bought the Motofone F3 when I had broken my Samsung Blast after a camping trip. I have to say this is one very sturdy phone. I am a very clumsy person so when I say this phone is sturdy what I mean is, I have already accidentally dropped it down a full flight of concrete stairs, stepped on it in the dark, closed it in a door (long story) and accidentally kicked it across my kitchen. All that and the F3 still works like a tank. The only complaint I have about it (and this is a pretty minor one) is that the light for the face of the phone is actually the small LED lights that light up the buttons, so the display light is really dark. This is ok for reading it since it has such high contrast and large characters, but since it is so dark it does a very poor job of doubling as a makeshift flashlight. Other than that this is one of the best phones I have ever had. I recommend it for anybody that is a Bull-in-a-china shop like me. :)

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