The Motorola C139 is a phone meant for those who want to use a phone for its obvious function, that is, to make and receive calls. It’s a smart and sleek phone designed in a simple and uncomplicated way with no camera, music player and other fancy features to divert your attention. Some of the key features of this phone are:
- Its compact (4.0 by 1.8 by 0.9 inches) and easy to carry weighing about 3 ounces.
- The rubberized slider gives it a good grip and an external antenna is also absent.
- The display is small but colourful providing a array of 65,000 hues.
- The menu is organized and user friendly and can be arranged in an order that suits you.
- You can personalize the C139 with a selection of wallpapers and screensavers.
- It surprisingly packs the feature of composing your own ringtone if you want choices beyond the 20 monophonic tunes.
- You get most of the essentials, including a vibrate mode, speed dialing, text messaging, a calculator, a currency converter, a stopwatch, a calendar with a day and week views, and an alarm clock.
- It comes with three simple games; Maze, Spring Ball and Soccer.
- The talk time provided is exceptional lasting as long as 11.5 hours as is the standby time of 18.75 days.
- Also the dual-band (GSM 850/1900) is decent and offers little interference ad disturbance.
However, the phone disappoints you in some categories such as:
- It lacks a speaker phone, a feature present in almost all of today’s most basic phones.
- The navigation array is a bit confusing compelling you to shift keys frequently. The menu button does not double up as the OK button which is the case in most other phones.
- There is no volume button on the sides so you have to remove the phone from your ear to regulate the volume.
- The phone memory can only hold 100 contacts which may be insufficient for most users. Although the SIM card can hold an additional 250 contacts, its not very helpful if a contact has multiple numbers.
All in all, the Motorola C139 is a good basic phone if you want to avoid the hassles of fancy features and easily scores over the Nokia 1680 in the same price range.
But if you want a sleeker phone with more features and are willing to shell out a few more pennies, then it’s a good idea to opt for the Motorola Rokr E8.
