The Motorola Clutch i475 is a candy bar four row QWERTY keyboard
handset that Boost Mobile introduced in its contract free prepaid lineup
on May 13 2011.
Motorola Clutch i475
Specifications
Display: 2 inch 65536 Color (220 x 176 pixel) TFT
Keyboard: For Row Full QWERTY, Navigation and Control Keypad
Network: Dual Band iDEN (800 MHz and 900 MHz)
Storage Internal: 8 MB
Camera: 0.3 Megapixel (VGA)
Bluetooth: v2.0 Stereo with EDR
USB: microUSB 2.0 with Charging Support
Radio: FM
Geo Location: GPS
Push To Talk (PTT): Yes
Battery: Li-Ion 1130 mAh
Features
The Motorola Clutch comes with a 600 entry address book, and up to
seven phone numbers, email address, PTT (Press To Talk) Number and notes
can be stored against each contact and all contacts can be organized
using groups and PTT groups. Other usual basic features includes vibrate
mode, speaker phone, text and voice memos, call timers and calendar and
date book, Bluetooth is also available on this messenger phone. The
Boost Mobile Push-To-Talk service compatibility helps in getting in
touch with your contacts across the nation through walkie-talkie style
communications. Text and multimedia messaging and treaded message
management helps in keeping track of conversations. The Clutch i475
supports web mail access through the POP3/SMTP service; it also supports
the popular internet messenger services. A good feature to have as a
plus for a simple messenger phone is the GPS. The VGA camera is only
able to take still images at four resolutions between 640×48 and
220×176, and the camera application allows for rudimentary image
adjustments before taking the picture. The Clutch i475 comes with Java
support and a number of Java apps can be downloaded. The image storage
is limited to 8 Megabytes and you have to be careful when using it
because the phone does not support a microSD slot for memory expansion.
Verdict
The Clutch +i475 from Motorola is a basic and affordable messenger
and voice cell phone. The compact and round cornered candy bar design
makes this phone easy to use. The well spaced keys on the QWERTY
keyboard are easy to use and the rounded bevel allows easy
identification of keys by touch. The Clutch +i475 has good voice quality
which along with the easy messaging capabilities makes this phone an
attractive deal for those in the market for a messenger phone. The build
quality is not that great and does not give the confidence that its
predecessor instilled. The VGA camera is good for images only and not of
very high resolution, quality is limited. There is no microSD support
to augment the 8MB of internal memory. No significant change in overall
specification from its predecessor also works against it. This Motorola
Clutch is not a multimedia phone, but a functional messenger and
telephony device and should be considered as such.
Price
Motorola Clutch i475 is available for $99.99 without a contract from
Boost Mobile. For under a $100, it is a decent messenger phone to select
from the Boost Mobile lineup.
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