Motorola's SURF A3100 headlines three-pack of new phones

If these fine specimens look familiar, well, they should -- one's already been announced (albeit on a different carrier) and the other two have been thoroughly scooped. Motorola's CES haul includes the eco-tastic Renew W233, a simple candybar destined for T-Mobile that features a neutral carbon footprint and components made of recycled water bottles; the Tundra VA76r, a rugged 3G flip with push-to-talk that previously launched on Rogers and has its sights set on AT&T this time around for a January 13 release; and the headliner of the bunch, the SURF A3100. The WinMo 6.1-based SURF -- alias A3000, alias Atila -- features a full 2.8-inches of touchscreen adorned with a custom skin designed by Moto, 7.2Mbps triband HSDPA, a 3-megapixel autofocus cam, AGPS, and support for microSD cards up to a purely theoretical 32GB in size. Though the radio is fully equipped for North American action, no stateside launch is in the cards just yet; for now, you'll find the SURF in Asian markets before the quarter's out.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Gallery: Motorola's SURF A3100 headlines three-pack of new phones

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[emilo_O @ Jan 6th 2009 1:20AM]

Woot! The Surf looks sexy :) I hope Motorola launches the Surf in the US soon!!

[lu1de @ Jan 6th 2009 7:44AM]

there's some stick on the side of the phone. is that a stand?

[RioRyan @ Jan 6th 2009 8:43AM]

A stylus maybe?

[Matt @ Jan 6th 2009 1:20AM]

1 word UGLY

[revreddy @ Jan 6th 2009 1:32AM]

If you are expecting Moto to go the same route as Samsung by infiltrating the market with iPhone look-alike, then glad you think the phone is ugly.

Its actually designed quite well with a nice pebble shape so it sits in your hand comfortably. Hardware specs are quite respectable. Now if they can get Android on it by the time it launches in North America, that will really be something.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 6th 2009 1:55AM]

A stylus? are you kidding me?

[joshhunt @ Jan 6th 2009 3:24AM]

Agreed. I threw up a little when i saw it.

[Rollins @ Jan 6th 2009 3:22AM]

Flashpoint, would you prefer a WM device with no stylus? That'd be painful.

Granted, I'd prefer it come out with Android too, but that's besides the point.

[shugg @ Jan 6th 2009 1:37AM]

what the ??motorola still trying to make high-end cells.,i know americans arent buying them. maybe geared for 3rd world countries....my first cell was a motorola in 1996.i still have it .,pacific bell wirelss pcs.

[mackster @ Jan 6th 2009 1:45AM]

Duh, finally. It's been almost two years since HTC launched its first mainstream touch-screen smartphone.

[Fade2blac @ Jan 6th 2009 4:13AM]

Sprint's HTC Touch?

[iamnotjamesh @ Jan 6th 2009 1:48AM]

Wow, they all look really thick and fat...the two other than surf, are thick, small screen, and ugly, are they downgrading their phones!, big screen, thin is in!

[digitallysick @ Jan 6th 2009 1:53AM]

Good luck typing text messages with the stupid stylus

[zephxiii @ Jan 6th 2009 8:53AM]

That's why you don't use it, dipshit.

[Alex K @ Jan 6th 2009 2:40AM]

Have this Phones the Android OS hehe ;) ?

[FILA @ Jan 6th 2009 3:06AM]

yea, I hate Moto. Although I liek the idea of the recycled water bottle phone, nokia already has one developed. Remember I'm a HUGE Nokia fan.

[feffrey @ Jan 6th 2009 5:40AM]

The 3100 looks a lot like my Ming a1200 just w/o the supremely awesome flip cover and making everything flush.
heck the stylus is the exact same as mine.

[grull27 @ Jan 6th 2009 6:45AM]

When the hell is Motorola going to release a decent phone?

[Patriks7 @ Jan 6th 2009 6:55AM]

They did.. it's called the Aura..
Uh nvm..
It's actually the RAZR..
Nah..

I give up..

[chefgon_ign @ Jan 6th 2009 7:24AM]

It looks alright, but Motorola phones in general would look significantly nicer if they got rid of the giant hideous logo on the top of every single one of them.

[kdfwagen @ Jan 6th 2009 7:55AM]

the stylus is so last decade.

[vvlist @ Jan 6th 2009 11:32PM]

That phone IS ugly. But I like the stylus. When you use a stylus with a touchscreen, you don't get smudges all over it. Sorry if I'm "so nineties," but I'd rather have a slightly inconvenient stylus than fingerprints all over a low-res screen.