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Motorola adds W218, W360, W380, and W395 phones to Motomobile line
Motorola's recently-launched Motomobile line got a bit more crowded today, with the company adding four new phones to those already being offered under the low-cost brand. On the flip-phone front, Moto's trotted out the W380 and W395 handsets, with the former getting a VGA camera and FM radio, and the latter upping things slightly with a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and a microSD slot for storage, among other features. For those that prefer phones of the candy bar variety, the W218 will give you that same VGA cam and FM radio, along with a 1.6-inch display, while the W360 provides many of the same features in a slightly smaller form factor. The W218 looks like it'll be the first of the lot to roll out, set to launch sometime in the second quarter of this year, with the remaining three following sometime in Q3.
Motorola launches Motomobile brand with low-enders
Looks like Moto's slipped us another couple of low end phones (and a new brand) this week at CommunicAsia, the W220 (which we've already seen), and the W210 -- the CDMA and GSM versions of the same device, so far as we can tell. Much like the W170, W208, and W375 we saw announced this week, these two should also have about two weeks of standby time and an FM radio. More interesting than the phones, however, is the new brand they're rolling out in conjunction with them: MOTOMOBILE (say, shouldn't that be MOTOMOBL?). Aimed at "connecting the next billion" -- referring, of course, to the 2 billion mark just reached by GSM phones -- we can surely expect to see hordes of cheapy, low-margin MOTOMOBL phones in the future.[Via RCR]
