Motorola W490 Heather Grape

The Motorola W490 boasts of a slim, angular design that gives it a slender look, while it is a bit heavier than most flip phones. The reason for this is the good construction that gives you a solid feel when holding it. The phone, which comes in Heather Grape colour, supports 65,000 colours on its square external display. This phone lets you store plenty of information on up to 1000 contacts, excluding the 250 contacts your SIM card can hold, such as six phone numbers, two street addresses, three email addresses, a URL, their birthday and nickname. You can separate your contacts into different groups and give them a ringtone, of which you have 42. You can also choose from different alert sounds altogether.

The phone features basic essentials like different profiles, multimedia and text messaging, a calculator, a speakerphone, an alarm clock, a calendar, and a world clock, but also features high end features like email and instant messaging, USB mass storage, Bluetooth and voice commands.

The phone’s 1.3 megapixel camera lets you to take photos in four resolutions. You can also choose between three quality settings, exposure metering, 8x digital zoom, four shutter sounds, five colour tones and five lighting modes. The camcorder lets you shoot video clips with sound in three resolutions.

Bottom line: The Motorola W490 Heather Grape is a simple phone that functions well due to its easy to use features and the essential facilities it provides. It is great for making calls and the sturdy design makes it reliable and lets you take it with you wherever you go.