Motorola Motofone F3 review

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March 25, 2008

Posted by: BlurXC

"Does what it says on the box"

What I like:

Simple, light, thin, cheap, tough, loud, clear, looks good

What I don't like:

Almost too simple, and nonstandard

Review:

Most reviews of this phone are 99% positive or negative. Why? This phone was made for developing countries, and they say they did on-site research to create the user interface. They may have well set out to make features many people will hate in developed countries. Many people, but not all.
This phone is light, thin, loud, with great reception and massive battery life. What's not too like? Well, if you text, you'll hate it, and if you want bluetooth, a camera, or multimedia, you can forget it.
It seems to please people who want huge text on a simple display, and a minimal (if nonstandard) menu system. Lots of young people note it would be great for older people.
E-ink is a brilliant new tech trick, but if you like to see more than 6 text characters at a time, you'll have to scroll sideways, and the text characters come in a random mix of upper and lower case (MoM, CALL doUG), perhaps because they're made of line segments, as on a calculator.
The menu system is minimal. Settings most people don't change are actually concealed in numeric codes. Hands free sets seem non-existent. Many people hate the interface, but some really like it. May depend on how much you hate your present phone.
Read all the reviews you can, don't spend more than you have to, and consider this a luddite project. If you can buy it with a free trial period, so much the better.
I happen to like mine, but YMMV.