April 06, 2005

Motorola a630 Review

You like text and instant messaging? Motorola has the device for you. My main cellphone man Howard Chui reviews this bad boy, which has a built-in keyboard, 4.5 hours of talk battery life, and weighs 123 grams. Overall he likes the compact design, display, and keyboard, but gives it an average rating because of lack of multimedia features. It's also a definite no-no for business users, but could be great for IM crazy consumers.

The battery life is comparable to most other Motorola phones it seems to be on par. I got about three days without needing to charge it with a fair amount of use (about 45 minutes of airtime daily, 5-10 text messages, and sometimes a few web pages). According to Motorola, you can get 4.5 hours talk-time, and 190 hours of standby. Although the a630 is basically just a phone with a QWERTY keyboard, it does have lots of handy features. While the a630 doesn't have a HTML browser or a higher quality camera, the a630 still makes a handy powerful little phone.