Motorola V750

[DaninChina]

Just was in a store today and saw this new Motorola flip (but only briefly), the clerk wasn't too helpful when she realized I wasn't going to buy today... :D

It's on the larger size, around the size of a GD-88 but thicker and the keypad - d-pad reminds me more of what you'd see on a sharp or Panasonic phone.

My Chinese isn't too good, so I didn't make much sense of the pamphlet that the saleslady showed me, but I know that the phone has a 65k screen and a built in camera - not sure on its other capabilities.

The price was 3950 RMB, which is around $500 US. My budget's a little tight at the moment, so I can't just buy it on a whim (though if I could, I would)

Anyone heard anything about this phone?

I'll probably be in Hong Kong over the weekend, so I'll see if I can find out more about it...

(if anyone cares to know)

[DaninChina]

http://www.motorola.com.cn/v750/

This will show you the Chinese website for the phone - the advertising is kind of funny as they are going with a really retro communist-looking design...you can see this flash animation where the phone pamphlet is done up as Mao's little red book...

Just click on the "ok" to see it (from the link page).

I gathered a little more information:

Unlike the E365, this phone supports something called "k-java" - not sure if that is a company trademark for regular java or something else.

Oddly (for a Motorola), it looks like the send button is on the left and "end" is on the right.

While the ad features information about "the world being yours"...there is nothing that indicates anything about whether the phone is dual, tri, or quad band (I think, but my Chinese likely could be failing me)...

Anyway, it's interesting to look at.

[DaninChina]

Seems like lots of people are reading this but no one wants to post...

Well, for those of you who are reading - here's my impressions of the phone:

I tried it out this weekend - I also looked for it in Hong Kong -

The whole phone is around the size of a Panasonic GD88. The phone is light, and the screen is very good. Unfortunately, the menu graphics seemed like they were created on an 8-bit Nintendo - kind of rough looking...very odd considering how nice the wall papers looked.

The camera worked well, though the refresh rate was not ideal on the screen.

Coolest thing is that the phone DOES support T9 and itap - hopefully this will also be included in future models...

But considering that the v600 and others are just around the corner, it's hard for me to see why this phone is worth the money ($500 USD in China, or like 750 Euros if you see it online)

The phone isn't available (from a major retailer) in Hong Kong - however you can get the Sharp GX-10 (or GX-12, which I think supports Asian languages).

This phone seems to be pretty much identical to the Sharp (well, except for the brand stamped on the outside)- but since Sharp GSM phones aren't well distributed (if available at all) in China, then maybe this was a quick short-term fix for Motorola's small camera-phone lineup...

[alex]

It looks like T720 with camera. If it's so, it isn't worth that money. I was so disappointed with T720 (screen, slow software, cheap plastic...list is too long).

[sean]

hehe, people are just lazy like me. I am the king of lazy (Next to Sid of course)

[Ghibli]

The V750 is just a re-badged Sharp GX10, that's why the call/en-call keys aren't in the usual Motorola position. But it's well disguised, being black while the Sharp is silver.

[Skyline GTR]

V600 will still be the flagship of motorola??......and v750 is positioned below v600??

if so.... shouldn't it call sth w/ a # less then 600? like the v550....

:confused:

[littleangelvl]

Here are the specifications I found on the Motorola V750 GSM Tri-Band:

GSM 900/1800/1900 (Worldwide)
Size 94 x 49 x 27 mm
Weight 110 g
External Display 96x26 Pixels mono LCD
TFT Internal Display 65526 colors 128x160 Pixels LCD
Integrated Rotation 310K Pixels Resolutions CMOS/VGA Digital Camera With 2x Digital Zoom (352x288 Pixels)
Standby time 100 - 200 hrs
Talk time 200 - 400 mins
Colour Grey

Features:
- 16 Polyphonic Ring Tones With Composer
- Stores up to 500 Contacts
- JAVA Support
- Screensaver/Logos/Wallpaper
- 3 Games (PK Game, Collection Hunter, Ice Hockey)
- WAP
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
- GPRS
- STK (Sim Tool Kit)
- EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service)
- Infrared Port
- XHTML
- Vibration Alert
- Calculator, Calendar, Clock & Alarm
- Voice Memo/Dialing
- Poly ringtone composer
- Downloadable applications/ringtones
- Photo phonebook
- Email client
- T9

Saleing Price: $570USD

http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/c5/c7/fe_1.JPG

[DaninChina]

The price should be lower than that...

Just was in Hong Kong over the weekend, and at noticed the v750 most stores it was retailing for under 3000 HKD (which is around 387 USD)...