Motorola will soon launch a feature phone called the MOTOKEY SOCIAL. We’ll assume that the person who came up with the product name has an IQ comparable to that that of an abused chimp who inhabits an office where every caps lock key on every keyboard is glued down. Anyway, here’s what we know about the device other than the mildly offensive name: 2.4 inch 320 x 240 pixel screen, QWERTY keyboard, quadband EDGE, dualband (850/1900 MHz) 3G, WiFi b/g, 3 megapixel fixed focus camera, 910 mAh battery, 105.5 mm x 60 mm x 9.98 mm body, 87 gram weight, and best of all the color: “Smoke Gray with Licorice accents”. Sounds absolutely scrumptious! Canadian operator Telus will be selling this thing to prepaid customers, but they didn’t actually tell us how much it’s going to cost, so … yea, it’s difficult to recommend it because we don’t know what they’re asking for it. About 10 days ago Nokia introduced the perfect competitor to this thing called the Nokia Asha 200. For 60 Euros it has roughly the same specs, minus the WiFi and touch screen. For 115 Euros there’s also the Asha 303, which has WiFi and a 2.6 inch touch screen.
Now if you’re considering any of the 3 devices listed above, stop. Why do you want a feature phone? Are you the “all I do is talk and text” type? If so then why are you looking at something that’s marketed as giving you easy and cheap access to Facebook? If you’re going to do something, do it right. Buy yourself a used smartphone, shove a SIM card in it, and get on with your life. Let’s assume for a moment that the MOTOKEY I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM will retail for $100. For a little bit more money ($140 total) you can buy a used Nokia E71, arguably one of the best smartphones to ever come out of Finland.
Ask yourself, is a feature phone really worth it? No. It’s not.