After the original Messager and Messager II, MetroPCS is adding a newest member of the family to its portfolio – Messager III aka r570. As we got used to from Messager phones, the new model also combines a numeric keypad with side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. But these are not smartphones but an easy to use feature phones made for those folks who don’t like paying a premium for high-end features they most likely won’t use at all.
Specs wise, the Messager III comes with a 1.3-megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3G connectivity, threaded messaging support, widgets, 1140mAh battery (5 hours of talk and up to 250 hours of standby time), 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth, media player, web browser and a microSD memory card slot. As for the phone size, it measures 116.6×53.5×14.95 mm and has a weight of 105 grams.
Now that MetroPCS got the phone, we would expect Cricket Wireless to follow shortly — after all, they also offer the previous two Messager models and the Messager Touch and adding a new one seems like a routine. 😉