Motorola CHARM for T-Mobile USA official

Motorola CHARM for T-Mobile USA

Motorola this morning officially unveiled the CHARM, another MOTOBLUR device for T-Mobile USA. This time, however, the phone is running Android 2.1 and sports a new form factor.

While Moto and T-Mobile have not announced pricing, and have only said that it is expected to be available “this summer,” we expect the phone to come in at a low price point for an Android smartphone due to its component selection. It features only a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) resolution. That’s quite a step down from the 5 megapixel camera on the CLIQ, with its larger 320 x 480 pixel display. If we’re lucky, we might see the CHARM as low as $50 on contract, but I expect that somewhere closer to $100 is more likely considering the CLIQ’s $149.99 current price tag.

More photos and the full spec sheet are available after the jump.

: Motorola CHARM for T-Mobile USA

: Motorola CHARM for T-Mobile USA

: Motorola CHARM for T-Mobile USA

Specifications for the Motorola CHARM
Band	GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 1700/2100MHz
Data	GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA
Size	67.2mm x 98.4mm x 11.4 mm(2.64in x 3.87in x 0.44in)
Weight	110g(3.88oz)
Battery	1,170mAh
Battery Life	Up to 5 hours talk time (3G)
Battery Life	Up to 13.91 days standby time (3G)
Main Display	2.8-inch 320 x 240 pixel resolution
Camera	3 megapixel
Video	Record/Playback
Messaging	SMS/MMS/IM
Email	IMAP4/POP3/SMTP/GMail
Bluetooth	v2.0 + EDR
Memory	2GB microSD card, microSD card slot up to 32GB
Availability	Summer 2010 (manufacturer estimate)
Other	aGPS, 3.5mm audio jack, Music player, aGPS

Rumor: Verizon X Phone candidate discovered, to pack dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor

by Chris Smith, 1 day ago

A new report says that Verizon may release in the future a Motorola handset similar to the XT1058 (rumored AT&T XFON), suggesting that a CDMA Google X Phone may be launched alongside a GSM version…

Comments

MasterMuffin

If that’s real, I can now safely say that the X phone isn’t Nexus, but rather a slightly skinned Motorola phone (if that screenshot is true) because the “droid blast” icon doesn’t follow the design line of the other holo icons
Fievel

“Droid Blast” sounds like something you’d need to take Imodium to prevent from happening again.
- Justin Kos
  
  Makes me think of robots doing cocaine
etiggy

It was nice while it lasted, well, back to waiting for the next nexus in november.
chris pinkston

Love the way the render looks.
Ryan Behmanesh

The concept picture looks pretty sweet but the specs are a year old. If this is true, I’ll pass.
http://twitter.com/Space_0001 No name

Google should give Motorola chance with next nexus device or make multiple Nexuses with more then one manufacture.
Main problem in my point view with Motorola is slow update I hope after Google acquisition it will be faster I will skip this device if it is not Nexus and I will C if Motorola getting better in updating wise or not.
702Mike

Hate to kill the excitement here, but just by seeing the “droid blast” option we know it’s Verizon exclusive and that kills the possibility of it being a nexus. It would be cool to see software from all the different oem’s directly available for nexus devices or even all phones. For example, what if you like the build quality of a Motorola but the Samsung touch wiz software. Or you like HTC sense but want a removable battery and expandable storage options of Samsung Galaxy phones. This would also grant the ability to turn any hardware capable phone into a nexus style device as well.