Motorola W180 is the £3 phone.

[MotoMania]

The £3 phone

By James Sherwood
15th December 2008 15:08 GMT

Don’t want to cough-up an arm and a leg for the iPhone 3G? Then get down to Carphone Warehouse, where you can pick up a Motorola handset for less than the price of a pint.



The W180 costs an unbelievable £2.89 ($4.30/€3.40), although you do have to simultaneously buy the pay-as-you-go phone with a £10 airtime voucher.

Don’t expect Wi-Fi access, a touchscreen or haptic feedback to come with the phone, because if you buy a phone costing the price of a loaf of bread then you really get only what you pay for.

For example, the W180 provides dual-band GSM access, a 128 x 128 screen and - we’re really struggling here - USB 2.0 connectivity.

The Motorola W180 is available online now.

Source: RegHardware.co.uk

[Exploited]

well, it's a phone with contract... Normal

[MotoMania]

well, it's a phone with contract... Normal

That's not with contract. That's with voucher. Motorola W180 has price £3 + Voucher has price £10.

[Exploited]

really? So you throw the voucher in the trash if you don't need it and then go on?

I doubt it... Maybe it is locked?

[Polar_BearXL]

if i wasn't wrong, there's a phone that cost you less then 10 dollar, but you don't get any screen for it, it's an instant cellphone if i wasn't wrong. you could see it here http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2008/05/the_tendollar_mobile_phone.cfm

[MotoMania]

if i wasn't wrong, there's a phone that cost you less then 10 dollar, but you don't get any screen for it, it's an instant cellphone if i wasn't wrong. you could see it here http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2008/05/the_tendollar_mobile_phone.cfm

That's around 2 months ago. Technology will change rapidly. Example: Before no one believe Laptop can sale with price around USD 300 until USD 400 but now the fact has EEEPC with price around USD 300 until USD 400.

[Polar_BearXL]

Yeah, but it's still quite shocking for me, since a 10dollar phone really are extraordinary, i mean, how could they put so many electric things, and still put the price cheaply?? EEEpc used a specially tailored processor, and i think, since it's a specially made, it shouldn't cost so much, and considering the PC parts individual prices, i think it's still can be done, but a phone??? well that is something