Motorola rolls out the mediocre W series phones, creates a ripple of silence

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Motorola has apparently decided that the stripped-down, low-end market of the mobile phone industry was being neglected, and today they've announced a slew of new, totally regular handsets: the W156, W160, W206, W213, W165, W180, and W377. Just how regular are these things, you ask? Well, let's just say at least one of them actually has a black-and-white display. It seriously looks like Motorola had to clear out some backstock of old parts, but what do we know? Here's a breakdown of the new models and their "features" -- see if you can spot the trends:

• W156 / W160: Candybar form-factor, 128 x 128 black-and-white display, 20K onboard memory, quad-band GSM, FM radio (W160 only), speakerphone, 590 minutes of talk time, 465 hours of standby
• W175 / W180: Candybar form-factor, 65K 128 x 128 display, 70K onboard memory, quad-band GSM, FM radio (W180 only), 590 minutes of talk time, 465 hours of standby
• W206 / W213: Candybar form-factor, 65K 128 x 128 display, 1MB onboard storage, quad-band GSM, FM radio (W213 only), speakerphone, 525 minutes of talk time, 384 hours of standby
• W377: Clamshell form-factor, 128 x 160 "vibrant" color screen, tri-band, VGA camera with 4 x zoom, FM radio, 10MB onboard memory, 450 minutes of talk time, 250 hours of standby

 

[via] Engadget