motorola w233 renew GSM phones
The first cell phone to receive our GreenTech Approved seal, the Motorola MOTO W233 Renew for T-Mobile, We have a strong appreciation for the Motorola W233 Renew. It’s a phone that answers a lot of solemn needs. The environmental standards Motorola has set with this phone are an impressive first start. The phone is carbon neutral, through the use of recycled materials, improved manufacturing techniques and the purchase of carbon credits to offset production. It comes in a simple cardboard box. But what impressed us most of all was the phone’s high sound quality during calls, coupled with superb battery life. We’re asked all the time to recommend a simple phone that just makes good calls, and there are a lot of reasons to recommend the Moto W233 Renew. Unfortunately, it does almost nothing else well. Not Web browsing, not music playing, and it doesn’t even have a camera, or e-mail, or IM support. It’s the first phone we’ve seen in ages that doesn’t even have Bluetooth. Still, it makes good calls, it’s a friend to the environment, A small (4.4 by 1.8 by 0.6 inches, HWD; 2.9 ounces), cute, candy bar–style phone, the Renew features white, green, and black accents. The handset has a rather dim 1.6-inch, 128-by-128-pixel screen, and a standard keypad of stiff, plastic buttons. There’s a standard mini USB connector for charging on the handset’s right-hand side. The Renew features a standard 2.5mm headset jack and comes with a stereo headset, but it doesn’t support Bluetooth or voice dialing. Ringtones are loud, and you can use your own MP3s. The handset’s vibrating alert is also very strong. Battery life is acceptable for a 2G GSM phone, at 9 hours 5 minutes of talk time.
