Categorized | Cell Phones

Talk Green With Motorola’s Renew

Posted by lizmoney

In the spirit of the upcoming Earth Day, let’s peep the Motorola Renew, available from TMo.
A cute little bar phone, in green and white of course. Can’t have a “green” phone without it being colored green, can you?
The hook is that it has ecologically responsible retail packaging, includes a postage paid recycling envelope. The phone itself is made from recycled water bottles, and the plastic housing is 100% recyclable. Also, the battery life is upwards of 9hrs, so there is less charging time needed for this phone.

This phone also claims to be certified carbonfree through carbonfund.org. Through this Alliance, they will be used to offset the energy to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone by investing in renewable energy sources and


image from www.phonedog.com

Camera No
Speakerphone Yes
Bluetooth® No
Text Messaging Capable Yes
Voice-Activated Dialing No
MP3 Player Yes
GPS Capable No
Touch Screen No
QWERTY – Keyboard No
Push to Talk Capable No
Video Recorder No
Cell Phone Style
Phone Style Candy Bar / Open Face
Keyboard Type 12-Key Numeric
Bar Yes
Wireless Card No
Multiple Colors Available No
Swivel No
Cell Phone Specifications
Wireless Card Type Not Applicable
Voice Frequencies 850/1900
Operating System Not Applicable
Headset Jack Type N/A
Data Frequencies 850/1900
Antenna Type Internal
Dimensions (H x W x D) 4.4 x 1.8 x 0.6 in
Weight (w/standard battery) 3.0 oz
External Volume Control Yes
Hearing Aid Compliance Compatible
Language Options English
Vibrating Alert Yes
Camera & Video
Camera Resolution Not Available
Camera Flash No
Video Playback Yes
Personalization & Fun
Ringtones Included MegaTones
Phone Color Lime Green
Snap-on Faceplates or Covers No
Organization & Tools
Alarm Clock Yes
Calculator Yes
Calendar Yes
Phone Book Capacity Not Available
Connectivity
IR Port No
BREW-Enabled No
Java-Enabled No
Battery Specifications
Type of Battery Lithium Ion battery
Talk Time Up to 540 mins
Standby Time Up to 432 hrs
Network Technology
Technology GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS

Popularity: 6% [?]

This post was written by:

lizmoney - who has written 41 posts on The Gadget 411 – Gadget Reviews & Tech News.

I’m Lizmoney, from New Orleans, LA, i’ve been online since before there were browsers. I do webdesign, mostly CSS and graphics, SEO consultation, a little print design, i am also a personal shopper and Maven reviewer on This Next. You can peep my own blog at www.lizvetica.com if you want to know my personal rants, and if you want to know what a gadget guru thinks, i’m right here on The Gadget 411. late at night you can find me talking about anything you throw at me on justin.tv. i love all things shiny, techy, and geeky. I’m an internet junkie and have had blogs on just about every platform out there. I was made for social media and blogging, for sure. You can find me on twitter, ping.fm, friendfeed, pownce, kwippy, plurk, socialbrowse and a myriad of other sites under my monkier, Lizmoney. My favorite things to do are to find cool stuff, and tell you about cool stuff. Especially gadgets. I look foward to saying my piece on The Gadget 411 and I’m very responsive, too. Drop me a comment or a line and we’ll get into it.Email me at Liz@thegadget411.com! Peep you online!

Contact the author

  • That's awesome that you like the phone :) Motorola makes good products!
  • dakotawhit
    i have the phone and it works great it has easy text and u just have to gget over the no camera part!!
  • yeah but it's GREEN.

    reviews on better phones resumes after EarthDay ;)
  • No bluT? No GPS? No Camera?


    I won't even bother going on....
blog comments powered by Disqus
  • Sign Up For Tech Updates!
    * indicates required

    Powered by MailChimp

  • Switch to our mobile site