With a stunningly slim design, the compact candybar-style Motorola C168i is a great choice for those looking for a mobile voice and messaging companion. It features a brightly colorful LCD, text and photo messaging capabilities, and an extra-long talk time of nearly 9 hours. And with AT&T's GoPhone pay-as-you-go service, you pay for just the minutes you use without having to sign up for an annual contract--this phone even comes with $35 of airtime included. You can easily refill your minutes via prepaid cards or the Internet, or choose to prepay each month and roll over unused minutes.
With its compact form factor, the Motorola C168i is a great mobile voice and messaging companion.
AT&T GoPhone Service AT&T's pay-as-you-go GoPhone plans are wireless plans made easy. Simply pay in advance for what you need. No long-term contracts, credit checks, or surprise bills--just all the benefits of wireless, with no complications. In addition, AT&T's Rollover Balance feature lets you carry over your unused account balance when you purchase refill minutes before your balance expires. Other great features include no long distance or roaming fees across AT&T's national service area, the ability to track usage via text messages with an updated balance after each call, and the ability to refill your minutes 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. You can also cancel any time without penalty.
With the Pay As You Go option, you'll choose the rate plan that fits your needs and then start dialing. Your balance is lowered each time you make or receive a call or use services such as text messaging. You can then refill the minutes in your account via the Internet, using your phone (by calling 611 from your cell), or purchasing a pre-paid card in denominations up to $100.
With the Pick Your Plan option, you'll set up monthly, automatic payments with your credit/debit card or checking account. If you need to make more calls or you use up your balance during the month, just add minutes to your account at any time--you'll pay the same per-minute rate as your plan. You can buy more minutes in increments of $15 and $25 using your credit/debit card or checking account.
Phone Features Measuring just 0.55 inches thin and weighing a mere 2.71 ounces, the C168i slips easily into your pocket or purse and won't weight you down while you're on the go. It has a color LCD that has a 128 x 128-pixel resolution and support for 65K colors. It has a built-in memory that can hold up to 600 contact entries, with multiple number fields for each name. In addition to downloadable polyphonic and real-music ringtones, the C168i also offers a vibrate mode for those times that require silence.
The C168i will keep you closely connected to your friends and family via text messaging, and the iTap predictive text entry technology is built in to make composing messages a breeze. Using a built-in dictionary, the iTap software guesses what word you're typing after you start pressing the keypad's number/character combinations. Support is also built in for sending and receiving photos using MMS and EMS services, and this phone includes a WAP 2.0 Internet browser.
Other features include a 2.5mm jack for connecting a wired headset, built-in PIM tools including calendar, alarm clock, and currency converter, and a stopwatch.
Vital Statistics The Motorola C168i weighs 2.75 ounces and measures 4.1 x 1.8 x 0.55 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 8.8 hours of talk time, and up to 336 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
A simple and reliable peace of mind phone to have.:
This has been my back-up phone for a year and it has been 100 per cent reliable. I think it looks pretty nice too! This phone is very basic and easy to use and the battery life is more than expected. AT&T sends (me) a reminder email as well as a FREE text message (with plenty of time to spare) every time it is nearing (my) time to renew (my minutes). There is a short grace if your card expires, but I purchase another minute card before that happens and any unused minutes carry over into the new minutes.... more info
buy with caution:
Phone works great - unless you don't keep it activated, then you have a $50 paperweight on your hands. I needed just a basic phone to use in case of emergency - this phone is great for people who don't live on their phones. Unfortunately you have to keep the phone activated at all times. If you don't you have to buy a new phone. Just on principle - how environmentally appropriate is that? just toss a perfectly good phone because you accidentally let the contract expire?! - I would NEVER buy another... more info
Good for between plans.:
This is a prepaid phone, and doesn't have many features. One of the most annoying things about it is the display. The screen has a 40 second backlight whenever a button is pushed (it's adjustable, 40 seconds is the max), and then the display turns off and goes black (presumably to save the battery). Pressing any key will make the display light up again-- but the phone registers whatever button you press (i.e., if you press an "8" the phone will dial 8, if you press the center menu button it will open the... more info
Terrible phone, worse service:
The phone is cheaply made. Thin delicate plastic just begging to break. Address book has been crippled by att so now it only allows 1 phone number per entry. This means your address book becomes all but unusable as you have to scroll through 4-5 entries PER friend, relative or co-worker. No ability to store email addresses either. G-d help you if you have to call their support staff. I just got off of a 48 minute call and I still do not have all the issues cleared up. RUN from att.
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