ZTE C88 handset debuts on MetroPCS

February 15, 2008/Joe Pawlikowski/

The most distinguishing feature of the phone is that is a true clam. This is in contrast to the RAZR, which has been the base of many recent cell models. This has a more straight up and down look, while the clam kind of curves from your ear to your mouth. It makes screen-viewing a bit stranger, but given the nature of this phone, it shouldn’t be a problem. You see, it’s a stripped down, no nonsense kind of phone. The kind I wanted while I was in college. That was when phones were getting kind of experimental — though the RAZR didn’t come out until around graduation time. There is no multimedia center on board, so no music and no video. You can, however, download ringtones. It also has a camera, 1.3 megapixels, and you can send photos. And it comes with 60 MB of onboard memory, so you can store plenty of them. More so because you can’t store music (though I’m sure a hack for that will be created). So hey, if you’re looking for a bare bones phone, the C88 is your answer. It’s reasonably priced for a prepaid phone, too: Just $139 at MetroPCS.com. [Business Week]]]>

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  1. jose dearmas on February 19, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    this phone is realy cool i loved it it has a tipe of razr style and the camera may not have flash but the pictures realy clear and its not like blury and it comes downloaded with metro 411 aim moble and @email its a realy stylish phone but a word of caution you may want to get some new ringtones cuz these arn’t very good but other than that i think most of the people who buy it will like it



  2. Jerry J on March 6, 2008 at 2:28 am

    its a cool phone I loved it but theres one problem it doesnt have wap. its a site I go 2 get my ringtones/wallpapers, but with this phone I cannot well I can downloaDd it as a bookmark but I cannot save 2 store in phone



  3. Anthony A. on March 12, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Jerry J,
    I’ve got a problem with my old Moto V300, so time to replace. Have you found any other phones with the wap? I really love the built in web type info service and hate to loose that! My service is T-Mobile To Go, though.



  4. Anthony A. on March 14, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Sorry, I believe I’m looking for T-zones info! Have e-mailed T-Mobile.



  5. lulu on April 7, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    this is such a cute phone but it is not in stores where can i get it at