Motorola MILESTONE
Release year: 2009
Launch price: 417 € December 2009
Motorola MILESTONE is a QuadBand / HSDPA mobile phone featuring a display capable of showing 16 million colors with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, an accelerometer sensor, and a QWERTY keyboard. Among its main features are Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity, Bluetooth for short-range data transmission, a WAP 2.0/xHTML browser, expandable memory, polyphonic and mp3 ringtones, and MMS multimedia messaging. It is in fact possible to send MMS messages with text, music or voice recordings and create a message to easily send as an attached file. In addition, it is possible to customize sounds, games and images and connect via USB cable. The camera is 5 MP with dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, image stabilizer and the ability to shoot video. Finally, it features an MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player, an MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player, EMail, organizer, GPS receiver (Google Maps Navigation) and Java MIDP 2.0.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm |
| Weight with battery | 169 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BP6X) |
| Processor | ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor |
| Operating system | Android OS, v2 (Eclair) |
In the box: Battery, user manual and charger, stereo headset with 3.5 mm jack, 16 GB microSD
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors and 480 x 854 pixels. Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation. Multi- touch method. QWERTY keyboard. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 16M |
| Display size | 480 x 854 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Phonebook entries | Unlimited |
| Memory | 20 MB expandable with microSD up to 16 GB |
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 5 MP |
| Image resolution | 2592 x 1944 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Quality settings | |
| Brightness adjustment | |
| Maximum resolution | |
| Video calling | |
Price history
417 € → 373 € (-11%) · minimum 293 €, maximum 450 € · 68 readings, Dec 2009 – Jul 2015