Motorola W315 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

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Looking for Motorola fashion, but not the high price tag? Look no further than the little cousin of the wildly popular MOTO PEBL, The Motorola W315. The W315 sports a chic, PEBL-inspired clamshell design with a vertical external display. Key features include speakerphone, BREW, MMS, and voice dialing.

Design
The phone features a traditional clamshell design with a large 128 x 160 color display that supports over 65,000 colors. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. A supplementary external screen can display call information, time of day, battery and signal strength, and more. Lastly, the unit also sports a stub-extendable antenna, a built-in mini-USB port, and a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets.

Calling Features
Robust calling features are at the heart of the W315. The built-in voice dialing feature allows you to make calls without ever touching the device. The W315's built-in address book can store up to 1000 contacts, with up to six numbers per name, for quick and easy management of phone numbers and email addresses. In addition to having a discreet vibrating alert, the phone supports polyphonic ringtones, which means you can really jazz up your incoming calls with cool ringtones. The W315 also allows assigned ringer and picture IDs so you can easily identify incoming calls from your address book by a glance at the screen, or from across the room. A built-in two-way speakerphone makes it easy for you and others in the car to talk hands-free. Lastly, the W315's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911.

Because the W315 is a tri-mode phone, it can operate on Verizon's digital networks, as well as analog networks that serve many outlying areas.

Messaging, Internet and Tools
The W315 covers the messaging basics with support for sending and receiving text and graphics via messages. Getting on the Internet anywhere is easy with the W315, as well. Verizon's optional Mobile Web package allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. You can check your e-mail, trade stocks online, compare prices while shopping, access flight information, get movie listings, and find directions to the theater.

Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with the W315. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads and digital photo-sharing tools using the Get It Now service.

The W315 ships with a calendar and a voice memo application, as well as an alarm clock and a calculator.

Imaging and Entertainment
The W315 features customizable theme colors, screen backgrounds, fonts and caller ID graphics and pictures so you can make your phone reflect your personality. Games and other applications are available via the Get It Now service.

Vital Statistics
The Motorola W315 weighs 3.53 ounces and measures 3.48 x 1.97 x 0.89 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.05 hours of digital talk time, and up to 217 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the AMPS 850, and CDMA 850/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Back to Basics.......2007-01-30

This phone is a very good basic phone. Absolutely no frills, simply a plain vanilla cell-phone.
I obtained it through Verizon Wireless, so this review is per Verizon Wireless's setup.

Looks and Feel: Very attractive, similar to the PEBL look (mine is in dark blue). Rubberized texture keeps phone from slipping out of my pocket. External LCD is interesting because the color is inverted and text is vertical. However, it can be changed to horizontal but it looks silly that way because the time is displayed on two lines.
The buttons have a very nice, solid feel to them. This phone is constructed much better than my old LG, which felt cheap. There is a bit of side-to-side play in the cover when the phone is closed (I've read this in other reviews), however when the phone is open it feels solid.

Features: This phone does not support Get-It-Now or Mobile Browser, which I had on my older phone but hardly ever used. Nowadays, anywhere I go has internet access so it really isn't a deal-breaker for me. The standard ring-tones selection is a joke, but I usually keep it in vibrate mode anyway so I don't notice. The vibrate is slightly less powerful than I'm used to, but I still notice it. If you're reading this review, you probably know that it has no camera (I can't have one at my work).

Sound: The phone's normal ear-speaker is bright and loud and sounds very full. My old LG sounded tinny. The phone's 'speaker-phone' is located on the back of the phone, near the bottom of the battery compartment. Quality is not as good as my old LG VX4650, but still loud enough to hear while I'm driving on the Freeway. One nice thing is that the call stays connected even if you close the phone (if speaker-phone is activated).
I haven't had the chance to play any ringtones other than the standard tones (BitPim doesn't yet support this phone). Unfortunately, since it cannot receive pix or objects in text messages there is no other way to get any media to the phone. I heard about Motorola Phone Tools, but I don't want to buy this so I can't comment on operability with that.

Battery Life: Great. I took the phone off the charger saturday morning, it's now Monday and the bars are still at full charge. Much better than my old LG.

Tools: Calculator, alarm, calendar, voice memo. Simple and effective.

Connectivity: There is a mini-USB connector on the side of the phone which the charger and data-cable can plug into. The data cable is the same as my palm-pilot and samsung MP3 player had, so that is very nice. Thanks Motorola for not using a proprietary interface!

Summary: Very good BASIC phone. Don't expect to be able to customize the phone very much (with Verizon anyway, your carrier might be different), other than the color scheme and some basic midi ring-tones. I gave it 4 stars because the vibrate function isn't as strong as I would like, also the speaker-phone quality is not as good as my older phone. Also, the external display doesn't tell you if the phone is in vibrate mode or not. But a great battery life and very nice-feeling keys and sturdy construction make it a great phone.

UPDATE 7/5/2007:
Updated text slightly in last paragraph to include disclaimer about ring-tones using verizon Wireless).

(3 Items Combo) Original Oem Motorola Battery + Desktop Charger + Home Ac Charger for V325 V323 V365 V325i V235 V190 V195 A1200 Ming V360 V361 V365 V975 W315 Verizon Sprint ATT Cell Wireless Phone Krzr Krazor K1m K1 Snn5762a Moto Q Nextel Bt50 Extended Bt60 Bt90 Ic902 I880 I580 C290

Average customer rating:

(3 Items Combo) Original Oem Motorola Battery + Desktop Charger + Home Ac Charger for V325 V323 V365 V325i V235 V190 V195 A1200 Ming V360 V361 V365 V975 W315 Verizon Sprint ATT Cell Wireless Phone Krzr Krazor K1m K1 Snn5762a Moto Q Nextel Bt50 Extended Bt60 Bt90 Ic902 I880 I580 C290

Manufacturer: Motorola + Generic
ProductGroup: CE

Standard Or Extended Life Battery External Desktop Charger
Built-in High Tech Smart IC Chip To Prevent Over-charging, Over-heating
LED Charging Light Indicator
Original OEM Battery SNN5762A 880 mAh
Compact Design Original OEM Home / AC Charger

ASIN: B000ZFFZZK

Product Description

(3 Items Combo Saving) ITEM 1 : External Battery Desktop Charger - Charge Your Battery Externally, without it is in your phone, you can charge the standard battery included or extended life battery version for your phone. ITEM 2 : Original Oem Battery SNN5762A - extra standard battery, NOT extended life battery, will compatible with the phone models listed below. ITEM 3 : Original Oem Motorola Home / AC Charger - to be used with the external battery desktop charger or to charge your phone. Compatible Phone MOdels : Motorola V325 V323 V365 V325i V235 V190 V195 A1200 Ming V360 V361 V365 V975 W315 Krzr Krazor K1m K1 Snn5762a Moto Q Nextel Ic902 I880 I580 C290 by Verizon Sprint AT&T Carriers.

Product Description

You will receive 1 high quality Rechargeable Battery. This Rechargeable Battery 100% fits and is properly matching !

Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery (originally packaged factory-new merchandise)

This high capacity rechargeable battery definitely disposes of more power than the original rechargeable battery included in delivery of the unit. This rechargeable battery can be used instead of the original rechargeable battery without any problems and can be recharged with the available standard power supply.

Features of this rechargeable battery:

safety due to heat and overcharge protection
more power than the original
excellent fitting accuracy, certified quality merchandise, not an original accessory
the standard battery charger can still be used

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