Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4059 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: Motorola
• Model: w370
• Released on: 2007-10-15

Features

• Stylish, RAZR-like clamshell phone with unique external indicator icons
• Pay for only the calling time you use with minutes purchased from Tracfone--no annual contract required
• Features text messaging, free voice mail, free caller ID, free call waiting
• Up to 7.5 hours of talk time, up to 10 days of standby time
• Includes: Battery, AC Charger and SIM Card

Amazon.com Product Description
Incorporating RAZR-like styling and unique external indicator icon lights, the affordable Motorola W370 adds style to your everyday communication needs. This clamshell phone features a long talk time of up to 7.5 hours, hands-free speakerphone, calendar and calculator, and text messaging with iTap predictive text. It's the perfect complement to Tracfone prepaid wireless service.

The RAZR-styled Motorola W370 features unique external indicator icon lights to show incoming calls and email. See an overview of the phone's functions.

Tracfone Service
Tracfone provides nationwide prepaid wireless service using the nation's leading cellular providers to create a national footprint covering 99 percent of the U.S. population. This gives you service everywhere cellular service is available.

You can buy bundles of minutes (which must be used within a set time limit of 90 to 365 days) from the Tracfone web site on your home PC or directly from your phone's web browser. This phone ships with a number of handy Tracfone services, including free voice mail, free caller ID, and free call waiting. And perhaps most importantly, the integrated TracFone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left, so you can control your costs.

Phone Features
Weighing in at an ultra-light 3.4-ounces, the super-slim W370 fits comfortably in your hand and flips open effortlessly to reveal a large and vivid full-color 128 x 160 screen and streamlined keypad. Instead of an external LCD, the W370 sports a series of unique, light-up icons that signal new messages, low battery, and other events. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. Use the phone's stereo-compatible 2.5mm headset jack with your favorite stereo earphones or handsfree headset. Lastly, charging and USB data connectivity can be found on the bottom edge of the phone.

The W370's internal phonebook can hold up to 100 contacts and includes picture phonebook options. The phone also supports polyphonic ringtones as well as MP3 ringers, allowing you to use portions of your favorite songs to alert you to incoming calls. There's even an included application, MotoMixer, that lets you mix your own ringtones, while the built-in, office-quality speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear.

Delivering a full suite of organizational features, the Motorola W370 makes juggling business and pleasure seamless. You can manage your schedule via the included calendar and alarm clock, keep track of colleagues with vCard capabilities, or host a meeting over the integrated speakerphone. You can even transfer media files such as pictures and polyphonic ringtones from your PC through the phone's supported USB cable option. There's even an included currency converter.

The W370 is a messaging and wireless Internet powerhouse. Support is built in for sending and receiving pictures, text, graphics, sound, and video via messages. There's also a built-in WAP 2.0 Web browser for fast mobile Web browsing. iTap text entry, which is a technology that 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.

Other features include:

• 1.5 MB of internal memory
• Stopwatch
• Speakerphone
• Picture phonebook on internal screen

Vital Statistics
The Motorola W370 weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 3.90 x 1.77 x 0.73 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7.5 hours of talk time, and up to 10 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Best pre-paid cell phone on the market
I had had a pre-paid Freedom phone for years. When it needed expensive repairs I looked for a comparable one and, after reading the excellent reviews in Amazon, and extensive research, chose the W370. What a buy!! If you bought it with one of the Tracfone plans ($20 for 3mths), and signed up to use an Amazon Visa card, the cost was $9.00!! It was very easy to activate,works like a dream,and is by far the best cell phone in the field today. We now have two of them and are very well pleased!! It works almost anywhere in the entire US with no fading.

W370 takes forever to find network
What a pain. Every time I turned on the Motorola W370 from the time I turn it on to the time it finds the network no matter where I am, it takes a good 1 minute 45 seconds! It never got better - no matter when or where I turned it on, it would take that long before I could make a call. I cannot live with that and complained and complained to Tracfone. Yesterday, after nearly a month going back and forth, I finally was okayed for the option of changing to a comparable phone with them. I had even replaced the SIM card that they sent, but that did not work. They finally concluded that even though this phone is recommended for my zip code, that it just does not work well for me in this zip code.

I haven't decided which phone to get yet - they offered the LG225 or the Motorola W376g. Who knows if the same problem would happen again - I hope not! I would still be using my old Tracfone (Motorola 120 - no SIM card), old-fashioned, but the antenna fell after 3 years of use, no idea where all the parts went. Tracfone no longer supported that model so it was put to rest. But what a fantastic phone for me - never had a problem with it and it was a rebuilt one and free with the units I bought. As soon as I turned it on the network came right in. I haven't moved so it is strange that the Motorola W370 takes as long as it does to find the network. This is NOT normal. Otherwise the W370 was fine but I only use my cell phone to call out from when I am not home, but generally I am home.

Be so glad when this whole affair is finished. It takes its toll on your time and patience.

Tracfone upgrade even better
I upgraded last month to the W370, and am very pleased. Volume is great, I can hear other calls in noisy rooms and the rings are loud even in my pocket. Downloadable ring tones make this a nice upgrade. I dont need the camera or the FM radio. My only request would be that the usb port be enabled to allow me to put my own ringtones on the phone. Also would like to be able to add a memory card upgrade, but overall a great phone for $29.99! I would recommend for anyone who wants a good solid flip phone.