Motorola go all V70 on us with the Aura

Motorola today announced the new Motorola Aura handset which many people would agree is a complete redo of the good old V70 which was popular back in 2002.

Motorola Aura Views

The swivel on the phone is controlled by (wait for it……..) 130 precision ball bearings and 1 Swiss made main ball bearing making it much smoother than the V70.

Motorola V70

Lets have a little look closer and see what this phone has to offer:

• Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
• Data: GPRS/EDGE
• Size: 96.9mm x 47.6mm x 18.6mm (3.8" x 1.9" x .7")
• Weight: 141g (5oz)
• Battery: 810mAh
• Battery Life: Estimated 16.5 days standby time
                      Estimated 7 hours talk time
• Main Display: 1.5" diameter 16m color round TFT capable of displaying 16 million colours with 300 DPI resolution
• Camera: 2 megapixel
• Video: Record/Playback
• Messaging: SMS/MMS/IM
• Email: POP3/IMAP and Web-based
• Bluetooth: 2.0 + EDR with A2DP
• Memory: 2GB internal
• Availability: Planned Q4 2008
• Other: Speakerphone, Sapphire crystal lens
• MicroUSB
• MicroSD

You would guess that a phone like this would be rather expensive due to the parts inside needed to make it run (all 700+ of them) and the 62-carat sapphire crystal lens but I was not expecting to see it on the MOTO Store for $1,999.99. I think I will stick to looking at it’s photo’s.

Posted by: John