Motorola W220 Mobile Phone Review

I was searching for easy to use mobile phone within my small budget without all the frills of Bluetooth, camera etc... The Motorola W220 meets the basic needs exceptionally well and you can pick one up for under £40. The black version looks more designer than the silver and is coated in rubber giving you better grip and feel .

Sound quality from both incoming and out going was the clearest I have heard on a phone. The reception very good and the antenna is situated at the mic to avoid radiation near the brain (unproven side effect). Battery life is one of greatest on mobile phones and lasted 5 days with low use. Charge time was typically 2-3 hours. It comes with heavy but good quality hands-free ear buds.

Multimedia included an excellent FM radio and limited J2ME games. The supplied games especially the football one is week and the game engine limited to a few basic games you can buy from a few rare websites via WAP. The screen is small for games but not unusable. WAP 2.0 with xHTML Mobile allows you to Gmail and browse using www.google.com/xhtml. Everything was usable but the screen size does restrict you.

There is no external display for clock or to see who is calling before you active flip (you can however switch off active flip).

I found the Motorola W220 is an excellent phone with low price and high quality. 9/10