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If you want a classic phone, which has no camera, music player or rockets ready to be launched on the moon and any other offerings which take your attention away from the main purpose, making calls, the perfect device for you is Motorola C139. It is solely built for performing the best function of a phone, making calls. The design is simple, and the interface is user-friendly. It comes with Cingular's prepaid service, and the price is more than reasonable: $29.

This phone's design is functional and basic, but it has some style. The basic black color scheme, the rounded corners, both give Motorola C139 an aerodynamic look. It is compact and portable (its dimensions are: 4''x1.8''x0.9'') and it weighs only 3 ounces. The rubberized side parts are very good for a strong grip and the external antenna is missing, which is a pretty cool design aspect.



This phone has a display which measure 1.25'' diagonally, and it is bright and colorful and it even supports 65,000 hues. The backlight intensity can be changed, and the contrast also, but the menu's font is kinda small. The dialing font, on the other hand is rather large, and speaking of menu designs, you should know that this phone's menu is very well organized and it is quite useful. Beyon simple animation, don't expect to see on its screen flash graphics or various menu styles. The order of the menu icons can be changed, and this is one of the cool "features" concerning the menu organization.

The navigation array was designed somehow strange, because the middle part of the toggle opens the menu, but you have to shift the finger up to the left key which selects the items. It would have been infinite easier if the menu button doubled the OK key. The toggle key is rubberized and it is a little raised above the plain surface of the phone.  The soft keys can be set as shortcuts, and the up and down directions of the toggle button open the phone book.



The back button doesn't exist, but you can use the right soft key for that purpose, only when in a menu. The keypad buttons are easy to use, and they are cool because they are covered in a rubbery material. They are raised above the surface of the phone and you can make the difference when you slide from one key to another.

The only cool exterior features are the headset jack, which is located on the left side, and the charger port, on the bottom. There is no volume slider on the exterior, so you will have to modify the volume via the toggle navigator.

This phone has a small phone book, for only 100 contacts and this may be enough for some prepaid users. If you are a popular person, or you intend to use it for business purposes (I doubt of that, but maybe there are people who need something simple for work), it is very small, and it allows you to hold in the memory only one phone number for each contact. The SIM can store 250 additional contacts, but I think it would have been better if you could keep all of them in the phone's memory. You can't create caller groups, and there is no possibility to associate ringtones with contacts. Some features are minimal, but they bring the essentials into attention: vibration, speed dialing, SMS, calculator, calendar, currency converter, alarm clock.

Motorola C139 can be customized with wallpapers and screensavers, but from a small selection. There is no chance of a Web browser or wireless Internet connection on this phone, so if you want some entertainment you can compose your ring tones, and there are also three games, which can be pretty funny when you are bored. Spring Ball, Soccer and Maze are nice games, but the small display will torment your eyes when you will play them. The screen can be used as a light for the moments when you got out in the dark.

Call quality is decent, and even if there is small interference, we can say that the main purpose of this phone is accomplished, so it is ok in this matter. There are no troubles in getting a signal, and the voice sometimes sounds echoed, but the calls were excellent maintained in various environments. The battery lige is quire long: 11 hours of talk time, and on standby the phone can be awake up to 18 days.



Motorola C139 is a phone for people who just need to take it out of the pocket or bag, lookup for a contact or dial the number and call. It has the minimal features, so you can calculate something or you can se it up to wake you up in the morning, but there are no 3G, touchscreen, mobile e-mai or instant messaging. I really like this phone concept, because it focuses on the main utility of a phone: making calls. Its simple design and the solid call quality are some good pro aspects for this phone, but the small address book storage capacity and the confusing navigation keys might be some disadvantages. All in all, it is a good phone, but don't expect too many things from it, like features or extras.