Motorola A840

This is the first phone equipped with both GSM and CDMA transmitters that allows using the device all around the world. It also has an interesting set of functions for the moment of release.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the line: top
• Rival phones: no any
• Description based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in March 2004, in the market since September 2004
  • GSM 900/1800, CDMA 800/1900
  • Colour screen with the resolution of 176x220 pixels, up to 262K (TFT), shows up to 8 text lines + line with icons and tips for softkeys use.
  • External screen with the resolution of 96x64 pixels, colour, STN, 4096K
  • Battery type Li-Ion
  • Battery life:
  • standby mode up to 185 hours
  • talk mode up to 240 minutes
  • Playing video clips, recording video
  • Integrated digital camera with an integrated flash, 1.3 megapixels, a possibility to record video clips - mpeg4
  • Editable menu order, tags
  • Dimensions: 94x49x24 mm
  • Weight: 115 grams

• Memory
  • Internal memory for 500 numbers, up to several phone numbers (unlimited) for a name. There are also fields for a full post address, extra info. There is a field for entering e-mail address. A photo is assigned to a name or image, a personal melody may be chosen.
  • Call log of last 60 missed, incoming and 60 outgoing calls
  • 10 MB of memory for various applications and data
  • Integrated T-Flash expansion slot, hotswap

• Call management, ring tones, voice functions
  • Vibrating alert
  • 35 tones and call melodies, a possibility to create own call melodies (up to 32)
  • Mp3 or WAV file as a call melody
  • 64-tones polyphony
  • Different ways of vibracall working, schemes
  • Voice dialing for up to 20 numbers
  • Voice tags for menu access (up to 9)
  • Dictaphone

• SMS
  • MMS
  • EMS
  • Nokia Smart Messages
  • Predictive text input iTap

• Connectivity
  • GPRS (4+2)
  • WAP 2.0
  • IrDA is absent
  • Synchronization with PC via a cable (RS232/USB).
  • e-mail (POP3/IMAP)

• Organizer and extras
  • Integrated digital camera
  • MP3 player
  • J2ME
  • Calendar, date, time
  • Calculator
  • Organizer with an alarm clock, 500 entries, various types of events
  • Games

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published — 15 January 2005

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