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Product Description

Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Cell Phone Black

Combining Motorola's sleek design sensibility with intuitive and easy-to-learn functionality, the nicely affordable Motofone F3 slides easily into your pocket. Functional and fashionable, the Motofone F3 is designed to keep you in close communication with your friends, family, and business associates via voice and text messaging. It features dual-band GSM connectivity (850/1900 MHz), speakerphone, a clock with integrated alarm, and up to 500 minutes (over 8 hours) of talk time as well as up to 300 hours of standby (over 12 days). This unlocked cell phone does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider whether it's Telephone Systems International or another, it's speculated to be used with any..

Phone Features:
This candybar-style phone measures just 0.35 inches (9mm) thin, and it has a unique Motorola ClearVision display that helps to increase the battery life of the phone. The changeable electronic ink display (electrophoretic imaging film) is easy to read in bright sunlight or dimly lit environments from virtually any angle--just like paper. Additionally, the display is plastic, lightweight and ultra-low power, making it ideal for mobile and power sensitive applications by eliminating the weight and breakability of glass used in LCD displays.

The text display contains only two lines of six characters each, and it shows a digital clock when there's no activity. Combined with a flush-fitting keypad and dust-resistant design, the Motofone F3 is especially durable in active everyday use.

The Motofone F3 offers a redesigned user interface with voice prompts to guide the you quickly and easily through menu navigation, messaging, and other functions. In addition, graphical icons visually demonstrate the menu features as well as network status and battery strength. For pre-paid customers, the Motofone F3 automatically reports the status of your pre-paid account after each call or message.

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Combining Motorola's sleek design sensibility with intuitive and easy-to-learn functionality, the nicely affordable Motofone F3 slides easily into your pocket. Functional and fashionable, the Motofone F3 is designed to keep you in close communication with your friends, family, and business associates via voice and text messaging. It features dual-band GSM connectivity (850/1900 MHz), speakerphone, a clock with integrated alarm, and up to 500 minutes (over 8 hours) of talk time as well as up to 300 hours of standby (over 12 days). This unlocked cell phone does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider.

The super-slim Motofone F3 features a unique electronic ink display with large, easily readable characters.

Phone Features
This candybar-style phone measures just 0.35 inches (9mm) thin, and it has a unique Motorola ClearVision display that helps to increase the battery life of the phone. The changeable electronic ink display (electrophoretic imaging film) is easy to read in bright sunlight or dimly lit environments from virtually any angle--just like paper. Additionally, the display is plastic, lightweight and ultra-low power, making it ideal for mobile and power sensitive applications by eliminating the weight and breakability of glass used in LCD displays.

The text display contains only two lines of six characters each, and it shows a digital clock when there's no activity. Combined with a flush-fitting keypad and dust-resistant design, the Motofone F3 is especially durable in active everyday use.

The Motofone F3 offers a redesigned user interface with voice prompts to guide the you quickly and easily through menu navigation, messaging, and other functions. In addition, graphical icons visually demonstrate the menu features as well as network status and battery strength. For pre-paid customers, the Motofone F3 automatically reports the status of your pre-paid account after each call or message.

This phone allows you to store contacts only on the SIM card (for 250 entries), and it provides a view of the last 20 dialed/received/missed calls. The layout of the numeric keypad resembles Motorola's SLVR phones, and it includes a large navigation pad as well as send/end keys and two soft keys. Above the display are bars showing signal strength and battery life. Other features include:

• High-volume for call clarity in loud environments
• Embedded polyphonic ringtones in eight voices
• Ability to download ringtones
• Silent vibration mode
• Speakerphone

Vital Statistics
The Motofone F3 weighs 2.4 ounces and measures 4.5 x 1.85 x 0.35 inches. Its 750 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 500 minutes of talk time, and up to 500 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 GSM frequencies.

What's in the Box
Handset, battery, travel charger, documentation

Customer Reviews:

• Locked by Tigo
  This isn't an unlocked phone. It costs money to unlock it. If I had known, I would't have bought it.
  
  After I paid to unlock it I still wasn't satisfied. It couldn't import all the numbers from my old card correctly. I tried to type in my address book manually but that didn't work correctly either. The phone looks really nice. I wish it wasn't buggy and that it had been advertised correctly....more info
• Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Cell Phone--International Version with No Warranty (Black)
  Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Cell Phone--International Version with No Warranty (Black)
  this phone works good as alarm clock, this is about it, i have purcheased this phone as International Version but is it not, please change the name it is only US version and for me it is no good.
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• If you need no-frills, this is a well made phone
  I purchased this on another website for a friend of mine who needed a cell phone without a camera, and without bluetooth due to corporate policy... The phone is not bad, except it does not do predictive text, and the menus aren't the most intuitive.. only has to charge the phone twice a week. Realize this phone was designed for some abuse and in places where electricity avalibility and tempratures/climate may be a problem (it does not use LiON or LiPoly due to the heat hazard (correction some versions of this model DO use a Li based battery). Sometimes it doesn't see incoming voice mails as avalible but other than that its a solid little no-frills well built calling device for GSM.. also the manual is avalible on Moto's website in english.. (its more of an instruction sheet)...
  
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• Simple, Inexpensive, Durable-No photos, No Music, No Problem
  I didn't buy my phone from Amazon so mine was not locked. I paid $35 each for two of them. I reset the language to English from Spanish. The codes are on Wikipedia for those that don't know how to do this.
  
  Anyway, the phone has great reception, is tiny, easy to dial, has pretty good battery life considering how small it is, and you can run over it with your car and it will still make phone calls.
  
  The only thing that bothers me sometimes is the screen, which uses the electronic paper technology. It makes reading text messages harder. Oh well. I don't text much. I only use the phone for a few minutes a month.
  
  I use it with a T mobile sim card with the To Go Minutes. I bought 1000 minutes (good for a year) for $100 two years a ago. I didn't use all of the minutes the first year, so I bought another $50 worth before the end of the year, and T mobile rolled over my unused minutes so now I'm back to nearly 800 min good for another year. Sweet! My cost per year for using 100 minutes a month is $10 a month total with tax. No contract, no nickel and dimming, and no changing my plan constantly, etc. My cell phone bill used to be $1200 a year for two of us. Now it's less than $100 a year!
  
  If you are a heavy cell phone user this phone isn't for you. I make less than 100 minutes of calls per month. I try not to make more than 25 minutes worth because I don't like talking on cell phones in public, especially in restaurants and movie theaters where other people are annoying the hell out of me and everyone else with their "right to talk on the phone as loud as they want" but without the manners to shut up and let everyone else enjoy their meal.
  
  Here's the bottom line. This is a durable, cheap phone that is only good for making calls. Buy an unlocked one from Tiger Direct if you are worried about this one from Amazon. Use the T mobile to go minutes and cut your bills, contracts and cell phone headaches down dramatically.
  
  If you want to spend between $1000 and $2000 a year on cell phone bills, don't complain that you can't pay your mortgage or your credit card bills. Who are you talking to that's worth $2000 a year to hear from no matter where you are? How did we ever watch a movie or sit on the can in the bathroom without being able to text someone?
  
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• not what i expected
  the order arrived on time and within the expected delivery time frame however the phone was not what i expected. i finally got an OK to send the phone back for a refund but i have been having trouble doing so. When i initially sent the phone back the first time i put return to sender on the package but the pkg came back to me since then i have tried to get in contact with customer service for the return shipping materials but haven't been able to reach anyone by phone or email....more info
• Do not buy it!!!!
  It is not really unlocked. At least for my order. I brought this one to T-mobil, ATT and Sprint storys, the sales said this one is not unlocked at all.
  
  Can not find the seller and any contact information.
  
  Too bad, waste $40.Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Cell Phone--International Version with No Warranty (Black)...more info
• Motorola Motofone
  Basic phone..not really good for txtng if you like to txt..Ive used it for like 2 months now and the battery is starting to give up, only take 3-4days for a full charge even if i dnt use it..used to be 5-8days bfor i charge it again..so that's the only problem i got so far.....more info
• Cool display, does what I need.
  I purchased this phone because it was $25 plush shipping and handling so I could save up enough money to buy a bells-and-whistles phone. Contrary to some of the other reviews, this phone does auto-sync the time with a certain pink-themed carrier, and the phone book and messages stored on the sim card are of an adequate capacity for my needs.
  
  My only complaint is the alarm. I haven't found a way to change the alarm ring, and it is REALLY loud after about a second of ramp-up from whisper quiet. I also haven't heard the message tone ring once, but I've only had it for two days, so maybe sometime soon.
  
  Otherwise, great phone does what I need and actually looks pretty good. Also, I don't know why they did it, but the picture isn't what you get, there is no date display and I haven't found how to activate one XO
  
  There is one weird thing, there seems to be a rigid piece of metal suspended inside the phone, I guess it's the antenna. It's not annoying, but interesting, like in the sense that you toss it up in the air like and inch and then catch it, it makes a little sproing feeling in your hand when you catch it. Kinda fun....more info
• Junk, don't bother.
  Wherever these things are coming from they are NOT unlocked. Really stupid for Amazon to sell this thing... Do NOT bother getting this as long as the current seller is pushing these things at these prices.
  
  I encountered the same problem where the Tigo phone system has locked "bloqueado" these phones. ...more info
• VERY BAD
  Very bad product. It was not unlocked and was in spanish. Only good thing was I got my money back from Amazon. This product needs to be taken off the website to save others money and hopes. I did buy a Nokia 6010 for about the same money and it has been awesome!...more info
• Easy to use, sturdy, good battery life.
  If you want a plain telephone, without any extras, this is the ticket. It is light and sturdy, has good battery life and a highly readable screen, good sensitivity and an excellent speakerphone. I use my phone only occasionally and only for calls. I have a T-Mobile prepaid account, and have been spending less than $5 per month over the last three years. My original phone died, but I simply moved the SIM card over to the F3 the T-Mobile service started right up, calling list and all. If you want to use your phone for text messages or browsing the internet, this is not for you, but if you want a cheap, easy to use and very serviceable GSM phone, I doubt if there is anything better available.
  
  One proviso: Amazon lists this as an international version, and I guess this is true because I presume it can be used in Canada where I have used my T-Mobile service occasionally. It may also be useful in Mexico and other countries in this hemisphere. However if you want to use it in Europe you will be out of luck. This phone runs on 850/1900 bands and in Europe you will need 900/1800....more info
• NOT AS ADVERTISED: Locked to TIGO, interface in Spanish only, could not be reset or unlocked by Motorola or Amazon techs
  I was very disappointed, and returned the product.
  
  My F3 was delivered locked to TIGO, and set in the Spanish interface mode.
  
  It was not unlocked, as claimed in the description.
  I tried it with two different known good SIMs that worked in other Motorola phones, from ATT and GO.
  
  Despite the best efforts of Amazon online cell phone people, Radio Shack cell techs, and online Motorola cell phone people, we could not figure out how to do a master reset, or to unlock it, or even to reset the interface language to English.
  
  Totally a bad experience and a waste of time.
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• Motorola Motofone F3
  This is a base model this phone really sucks you can't see who's calling who you called and you can't retrieve missed calls, text messages. Save your money don't buy this....more info
• the product did not work in a foriegn country
  The telephones were advertized as unlocked telephone to be used internationally, both telephones did not work in a foreign country.I am highly disapointed....more info
• Moto F3
  Who would have thought one of these cell phone companies could actually make a "cheap" phone? Well this phone is great.. It lacks all the great bells and whistles... but it works... Good Job Moto!!!...more info
• just what I needed
  Wanted a simple phone without all the extras to eat up battery life. With a display that I could read in all light conditions without the need for reading glasses. This phone is exactly what I was looking for. Opened the box put in my sim card charged the battery and voila! Highly recommended if you have the same needs I did and want a phone and not a multimedia/web device.
  
  Want to add that after reading some of the reviews mentioning the receiving of unlocked phones and resolution problems such as "seller not available" (many products available through amazon.com are offered by multiple sellers), I called amazon.com and they assured me the Motofone F3's they shipped were unlocked and that they purchased them directly from Motorola. So to eliminate any problems I made sure to purchase the phone offered by amazon.com _as the seller_, it wasn't the lowest price but I received what I ordered and there would have been no snags if I had needed to return it. Caveat emptor....more info
• Unlocked. Except I'm lying
  Amazon sent me a phone with a subsidy lock to TIGO. I exchanged it for another. It was replaced with a phone that had a subsidy lock to TIGO. This isn't funny....more info