Motorola W315 Prepaid Cell Phone Review - Conclusion
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Richard Baguley Published on December 29, 2007 Comment on this |
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Who's It For
Business User
Erm, no. Business users need mobile email and business documents on the go, neither of which the W315 can supply.
Budget Callers
Thise wanting to make calls on a budget will like the $25 W315, but you do need to look beyond the price sticker; pre-paid plans can get very expensive in the long run if you use them a lot.
Chatty Teenager
Chatty teens looking to make the most of their allowance will like the W315, but again it could get expensive if they use it a lot. And the lack of features such as email and music/video playback will make it less appealing to the notoriously gadget-friendly teenagers of today.
Media Maven
Buy this phone as a gift for the user who wants to take their media on the road and you'll get a punch in the mouth in return. As it has no camera, can't play audio or video and has only a small screen, it just won't appeal to them.
Conclusion
So what does the $25 you'll lay out for the W315 get you? A very, very basic phone that can make calls, but not much else. There's no email, no web browsing and no media playback. There's also no camera and very weak software. So, it won't appeal to phone geeks.But it will appeal to those who want to make phone calls and send the odd text message. And, at $25, it's great value for these users.We typically find that people who buy high-end phones use the features (and often can't live without them once they understand them), but the W315 appeals to those who are unprepentant about just wanting to make phone calls. And it does a decent job of that; the audio quality is good and the call management software is decent.
So it's no iPhone. But the W315 is a decent, cheap phone for those who don't need the extras, and never will.
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