Motorola W370 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone)

Motorola W370 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone) Features

Additional Motorola W370 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone) Information

The RAZR-styled Motorola W370 features unique external indicator icon lights to show incoming calls and email. See an overview of the phone's functions.

You can buy bundles of minutes (which must be used within a set time limit of 90 to 365 days) from the Tracfone web site on your home PC or directly from your phone's web browser. This phone ships with a number of handy Tracfone services, including free voice mail, free caller ID, and free call waiting. And perhaps most importantly, the integrated TracFone Airtime Balance Display shows you how much airtime you've used and how much is left, so you can control your costs.

Phone Features
Weighing in at an ultra-light 3.4-ounces, the super-slim W370 fits comfortably in your hand and flips open effortlessly to reveal a large and vivid full-color 128 x 160 screen and streamlined keypad. Instead of an external LCD, the W370 sports a series of unique, light-up icons that signal new messages, low battery, and other events. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad. Use the phone's stereo-compatible 2.5mm headset jack with your favorite stereo earphones or handsfree headset. Lastly, charging and USB data connectivity can be found on the bottom edge of the phone.

The W370's internal phonebook can hold up to 100 contacts and includes picture phonebook options. The phone also supports polyphonic ringtones as well as MP3 ringers, allowing you to use portions of your favorite songs to alert you to incoming calls. There's even an included application, MotoMixer, that lets you mix your own ringtones, while the built-in, office-quality speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear.

Delivering a full suite of organizational features, the Motorola W370 makes juggling business and pleasure seamless. You can manage your schedule via the included calendar and alarm clock, keep track of colleagues with vCard capabilities, or host a meeting over the integrated speakerphone. You can even transfer media files such as pictures and polyphonic ringtones from your PC through the phone's supported USB cable option. There's even an included currency converter.

The W370 is a messaging and wireless Internet powerhouse. Support is built in for sending and receiving pictures, text, graphics, sound, and video via messages. There's also a built-in WAP 2.0 Web browser for fast mobile Web browsing. iTap text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

Other features include:

• 1.5 MB of internal memory
• Stopwatch
• Speakerphone
• Picture phonebook on internal screen

Vital Statistics
The Motorola W370 weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 3.90 x 1.77 x 0.73 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 7.5 hours of talk time, and up to 10 days of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies.

What Customers Say About Motorola W370 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone):

After 3 days of dealing with their customer service, I will be cancelling all three of my phone numbers. would ask me to wait 3 minutes while they looked up this, or wait 3 minutes while they contacted another department.

This past summer I bought two of these phones for my children. I have had tracfone for 7 years or so.

I ended up having to call tracfone customer service, in which a customer service rep. We have really enjoyed these phones until I decided to update my existing phone, so I bought my daughter the W376g and was going to take her phone.

Needless to say, in the phone number transferring process, there were some delays and their website was unable to complete the transfer as stated. And, now, I have learned their customer service is more than willing to lie about what actions they are taking to resolve situations.

I wish Amazon would let me rate lower than 1 star.

I have now realized that for 6 months I will have the incorrect time on my cell phone, but won't have to change when daylight savings time rolls around. This morning I got an E-Mail from Tracfone telling me they were happy my question had been answered adequately and thanking me for my inquiry.

You can change the time from analog to digital but that's it. I found out that you cannot change the time from daylight savings to regular for the season.

I was not happy with Tracfon's customer service event and did not get an answer to my question--representative apparently couldn't find it either. I called wherever the heck Tracfone's customer service people reside--I believe he said Malaysia--he talked so fast I still don't have a clue what he said, but he was reading from a bunch of papers given him to appease the Tracfone cell phone caller.

I was pleased that I had called on another phone because it took so long I would have used up all of my minutes waiting for the horrible experience to get over. Love the phone, am happy with everything but their customer service.

I'm thinking now about calling Motorola to see if they might have an answer to my question.

You can download wallpapers and ring tones, which I have never done. Because of the way TracFone cripples their phones. The speed dialing is handy. With TF the phone s/n and SIM s/n are matched and neither will work without the other. The color screen is clear and bright, and the menus and buttons can be changed to suit your fancy.The size is a bit small for someone with ham hands like me, but most phones are that way.So why not 5 stars.

Why. So you try to reactivate the old phone. That's when you find out you have to get a new SIM from TF before you can. The clarity is good on both ends, the speaker phone is easy to use and is clear.

As a phone it is first rate. It can text message which I don't do. Your old phone, as expected has been deactivated. It has a Web access button that I don't use. Not with TracFone. The signal reception is better than the V170 it replaced.

Why do they deactivate the SIM. (Handy for backing up your phone book, etc).This phone has a SIM card, which can hold your phone book, ring tones, messages, etc. This is a good phone for people who want a good phone. "Because that's the way The System works."So you upgrade to a newer phone, and transfer your number and minutes to it. Then you re-key all 200 of your contacts.

Say you want to pass this phone on to your wife or one of your kids.

That way when you change phones, you simply swap the SIM cards and you don't have to re-key your 200 name phone book.

"Because that's the way The System works."Overall, tho, TracFone offers the best value for someone who uses their phone primarily for a phone and doesn't use enough minutes a month for a monthly plan to be worth it.

I set the ring tone with one of the ones supplied with the phone and turned off the wallpaper, as it eats into the battery life, and does not enhance the the operation of the phone in any way.What I have done is use it for a phone for the past year.

For $100, with TracFone you get a full year of service and at least 400 minutes of air time.usually more with bonus minutes or double minutes.

Since the phone is tied to the TF network, I feel it is legit to factor that into my review.First, they disable the mini USB so that it only works with the charger to recharge the phone, not connect to a computer.

At least that is the way it is supposed to work.

Not hard, but a PITA.

Remaining minutes carry over when you add time/minutes to your phone.This Motorola W370 is a good phone to get for that TF account.

Oh well. This W370 replaced a 2 1/2 year old Net 10 Motorola flip phone and the menus and graphics are identical so my learning curve has been pretty much flat. The number pad requires more pressure than I expected but I suppose I'll get used to it. It is a handsome, (apparently) well built unit and the shape fits well to the side of the head and makes thumb-dialing possible. I find that the smaller and thinner these phones get the more difficult they are for large hands to hold on to. Sound quality is excellent. All in all, a good basic cell phone without bells or whistles.

I've had absolutely no problems like catalogued in some of the other reviews. I will add that my father has a Tracfone in Little Rock, Arkansas and has had no problems and a good friend in Ithaca, New York loves his Tracfone. But too many incidents where having a cell phone arose and so I decided to get a Tracfone package with the Motorola W370. I long resisted getting a cell phone simply because I don't like making myself available to the entire world at all times. At home I use Vonage, which comes after taxes to around $25 a month. Obviously, one's experience with the phone may depend on where one lives.

All in all, my experience has been very positive.

I do live in Chicago, which like most major cities is heavily blanketed with relays for cell phones.

I will add that I love how inexpensive the service is relative to other providers.

I like being a bit inaccessible.

So while I know some have had problems, no one that I know has.

Not once have I not been able to get service (except, of course, when the EL goes underground).I've had no troubles of any kind with my phone as well.

I have less than no interest in some of the features that some reviewers regret not having, like a camera.

So far it looks like I will be spending about $20 a month for my cell phone.

$45 total for both a landline and cell phone seems really reasonable to me.