Motorola w385 Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: Motorola
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 4828
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
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Model: w385
UPC: 723755881020
ASIN: B000TF0IIA
Release Date: July 9, 2007
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| Features:
| • | Lightweight clamshell-style phone with internal color LCD and external monochrome display with time, caller ID | | • | Integrated VGA camera; send images via MMS messaging | | • | Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets; USB port | | • | sGPS capable for E911 emergency location; speakerphone | | • | Includes: Standard Li-Ion Battery, Charger, Headset Adapter and User's Guide |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Built on the design of the MOTOKRZR, the Motorola W385 combines style with simplicity. Blending sleek lines with easy-to-use features, the W385 provides everything you want and need without overwhelming technology. This clamshell-style phone offers a colorfully bright interior LCD as well as a thin-profile external display that shows time, battery level, and incoming caller ID. It also offers Bluetooth wireless connectivity for communication headsets, a VGA camera, and polyphonic ringtones. It runs on Verizon's CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. 
Blending sleek lines with easy-to-use features, the slim W385 provides everything you need--easy access to your contacts, text chatting, Bluetooth connectivity, and a VGA camera. | Flip open the phone to reveal the 1.8-inch color LCD screen, which offers a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and up to 65K colors. The external screen has a 96 x 32-pixel resolution, white-on-blue monochrome display, and text running on a landscaped (horizontal) orientation. The integrated VGA camera has three resolution options (160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480), and also features a self-timer, brightness and white balance adjustment, color effects, and in-camera framing. Make the most of your day. The W385 offers Bluetooth wireless technology (class 2) to allow you to stay busy and not put anything on hold to take a call. Move freely from the car to the office to the kitchen while using a compatible Bluetooth enabled headset. To make your life even easier, the W385 allows you to pre-record names of your contacts and simply state their name and your phone will recognize and place the call. Use the integrated aGPS location services on a road trip so you can quickly get to your location. The iTap text entry technology, which makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users. A number of handy software tools are bundled with the V3xx including a calculator with currency converter, a calendar and an alarm clock. The phone can also be used with Motorola's Mobile Phone Tools PC application to manage and synchronize contacts, calendar and other data with your PC. Other features include: - Bluetooth profiles supported: Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port, DialUp Networking, & OPP & FTP for vCard and user generated images (phone does not support all Bluetooth OBEX profiles)
- Advanced speech recognition: Commands include My Account, Help Guide, Lookup, Calling, Sending Messages and digit dial
- Integrated speakerphone
- Polyphonic ringtones
- 5 VibraCall vibrate modes
- TTY compatible; hearing aid compatibility = M4/T4
- Email, picture messaging, IM chat
- 1000 phonebook entries to store all your contacts (with up to 5 numbers per entry)
Vital Statistics
The Motorola w385 weighs 3.8 ounces and measures 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.71 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 440 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 Great Simple Phone June 26, 2008
Good simple phone. Feels solid. Small size. Good reception. What else ya need?
I thought I wouldn't go back to Motorola but... May 1, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The most important thing to me is signal strength. The next thing is battery life, sound quality, speakerphone quality, bluetooth clarity and a voice recognition that doesn't leave you laughing hysterically (the first couple of times) or blastingly angry (after the a few more).
The LG 8350's voice recognition is ridiculously funny. At the Verizon store they said that it had to be trained first. OK, sure. I want to train my phone first...hmmm. Bluetooth on the LG was alright but scratchy and like I need stereo bluetooth to play music. That went back to the store. (By the way, signal and voice was fine but I wanted ALL to be good).
Next phone I tried was the Samsung U410 which was OK but boring and the bluetooth was also scratchy and the sound on the speakerphone is fine if you have a bionic ear. I don't so that one went back.
I tried these two brands (LG and Samsung) because somewhere in the back of my mind, I was avoiding Motorola as they can be buggy. I have had two Motorola phones before (the V710 and a grey clamshell thing some year back) and they always worked great-when they worked.
At the Verizon store in Sacramento, since these phones were not working out for me, I decided to hold my nose and try the Motorola W385. Well, the bluetooth was totally clear and loud, the speakerphone was clear and similar to what I experienced with the V710, signal strength was solid. The voice recognition got the numbers I mentioned the first time without needing to be "trained" like the LG. I looked up the reviews (the Verizon employee let me get on the internet) and was pleasantly surprised to see alot of good reviews. The employee knew nothing about this phone and said that she doesn't sell many Motorolas. Well to make a long story short, I think you should try this phone and see if you agree that this is the best all around phone.
Good luck!
 Worth the price, but not awesome. April 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this phone for about six months now. I got it free when I renewed my cell contract. It is, as several of the previous reviewers have said, a sturdy, functional phone. The size is good - it fits nicely in my back pocket, for example), I get good reception with it, the speakerphone is OK. The camera is what it is - not great, but not awful for a 640px camera. I'm not a fan of ONLY having the option of buying Verizon's software or paying to message the pictures to myself, but that's a Verizon issue, not an issue with the phone itself.
I have two gripes with this phone: First, the vibrate is very weak - I can have the phone UP AGAINST MY SKIN (i.e., tucked inside my clothing while I'm out running) and I'll hear it ringing before I feel it vibrating. Second, the battery isn't awesome. I'm not a heavy user and I can routinely go four or five days without having to recharge, BUT if I have to take it off the charger before it registers "charge complete" I get at BEST a day of light to no use before it's dead again. I don't get a full charge unless I turn the phone off during the charge - which is not ideal, since this is my only phone.
All told, though, you can't really argue with this much functionality from a free phone.
 be very cautious April 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When working great phone but............
I am on my 4th model of this phone.
purchased aug 2007
1st, had to recharge dailey, lasted two weeks, replaced
2nd, mic and speaker quit working, lasted 5 months, replaced
3rd, no warning-went to boot mode & out of town, lasted 3 days, replaced
4th, so far praying until I can get different model
Luckly the warranty period is one year.
A great, reliable, basic cell phone April 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having come from about 18 months with the horrible LG Chocolate, the Motorola W385 is a pleasure to use in every respect. Like many others here who like the W385, I wanted a basic, reliable, well-made cell phone. I already have a stereo system, an Ipod, a digital camera, a PC, and a television. I have no need or desire to watch movies on my phone or to use it as a computer. I just want to be able to make and receive phone calls with no hassle and with utter reliability. The W385 achieves that, and does it admirably.
The phone fits comfortably in my hand. The keypad and its buttons are solid -- not too big, not too small -- just the right size for an adult, and provide good tactile feedback. And I like the blue backlighting with it. The navigation buttons, volume controls, soft keys, voice-command button, etc., are where you would expect them to be. The on-screen menus are easy enough to bring up and navigate. While the phone's camera may not produce image quality that would rival the finest digital camera you can buy, it is acceptable to me. As I mentioned, I already have a digital camera, and when I travel or go to interesting places, I take it with me. The camera on the phone is for quick, spur-of-the-moment shots, the quality of which meets my expectations. Voice quality on this phone is very, very good. While some of the reviewers have reported problems with battery life, I have had no such problems with mine. Perhaps it is because I turn Bluetooth off when I'm not using it. Also, I'm not on the phone for hours at a time. In any event, the battery life has been very good for me.
All in all, I would give this phone my highest recommendation to anyone who doesn't need all the bells and whistles with a cell phone. I researched phones for a couple of weeks before deciding on this one. The reviews were consistently good, from one site to another. And unlike the nightmarish LG Chocolate, I am delighted with the Motorola W385. Though Verizon is legendary for being stingy -- there isn't even one basic game on this phone, because the company wants you to download and purchase them -- that is obviously not the fault of the W385 itself. If you have reasonable expectations, they will all be met or surpassed by the W385.
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