Motorola MotoYuva WX290 Review: An entry-level phone with varied features
In the month of July, Motorola enlarged its MotoYuva portfolio with five new entry-level models including the WX290. Ruminating over the wonders of such low priced handsets, we’ve finally picked up the Motorola MotoYuva WX290 to give you deeper insights into its features and functionality and here is our review of the WX290. The vastness of the Indian landscape displays numerous needs which are as diverse as the demographics of its populace. This facet of the colossal market in the country has attracted several mobile manufacturers, leading to the expansion of the segment with phones that meet such vivid requirements.
Our journey with the Motorola MotoYuva WX290 kicked off with a not-so happy beginning as the phone sailed in a plastic cover with few other models, devoid of a manual and headset. The very first bit of this analysis begins with the fact that this new model from Motorola’s house has been devised for those who wish to purchase a mobile phone embedded with several features at an affordable price. Enclosed in the conventional candybar design with a front black profile, the back of the device is drenched in a grayish silver hue with a glossy texture and a design full of small circles covering three fourth of the surface. Featuring a 65k color display on the front, the device boasts of a multi-tap keypad with a five way navigation tool. Though it is simple to operate the phone and key in messages, the five way navigation button is pretty hard to press. The rest of the configuration resembles all the other models from the range which leaves the handset with diminutive self identity.
The screen flashes a clutter free display dipped in clean colors with the Menu and Radio options placed on the left and right corners, respectively. The menu of this solution flaunts 12 options with the inclusion of FM Radio, Camera, My Settings, WAP, Profiles, Bluetooth, Services, Directory and other options. As we peeped into the menu, we realized that the time flash had moved up to position itself besides the battery design, enabling us to keep a tab on the watch. We began exploring the phone further by feeding contacts into its directory. This phonebook offers a clear distinction of phone and SIM contacts while flashing received calls along with call groups. Inserting contact details was simple and hassle-free but we could’ve preferred a shortcut for the task as the phone required us to save numbers via the ‘options’ feature. After saving numbers in the phonebook, we dialed in a few friends to check for the sound quality. Like other offerings from Motorola, this handset renders lucid call clarity and allows easy communication. The ease lies in the simplicity of the phone and the usual as well as sturdy structure of the keypad.
However, the travel route to figuring out the solution met an unwieldy twist when we decided to check out its camera feature. The MotoYuva WX290 phone can be let down for those who love capturing snaps at every alternate turn of the road. The VGA camera of the device is incapable of freezing perfectly crafted snaps while unimpressive color reproduction and the petite screen entrench the woe. Viewing other images on the tiny display is not such an enriching activity and turned out to be quite disappointing.
After a disconcerted experience, we moved on to check the music quality delivered by this solution. An uncanny sense of realization seeped in as we played some of our favorite tracks on the phone. The speaker volume is just fine but the music succumbed to a coarse texture, reproducing not-so-pleasant acoustics. Though the phone is nowhere close to the league of fully featured media handsets, we’d expected decent quality output for these functions. Moreover, we would’ve had preferred a 3.5mm jack as opposed to the standard Motorola port for audio output.
Despite the fact that we were apprehensive of diving further into its media segment, we couldn’t keep our gaming freak minds from unraveling the two pre-loaded titles. The experience to play through the integrated F1 and Race Copter games was merely average as the rigid nature of the five-way navigation button didn’t help us in anyway. The graphics for the second title looked pixilated while the aural range is quite limited.
Up next, our subsequent destination was the built-in Bluetooth and following our past two encounters, we decided to take it a little slow. As we turned on the functionality, it was unfolded that the phone actually worked smoothly at this end. Transferring images and music was not only simple but it also progressed quickly, allowing us to go through the new content within few minutes. With an internal memory of 1.9MB, the phone has been designed to accommodate a microSD card with a capacity of up to 2GB. The expandable memory makes it easy to store large number of songs, images and other content. Nonetheless, the audio and graphics quality took away the brownie points earned by Bluetooth and supplementary storage space for the solution. Lastly, the internet connectivity extended by the phone is narrow as the GPRS facility fails to load several pages. It took more than five minutes for the handset to load a basic HTML Google page.
Overall, Motorola has managed to compile diverse features into the WX290 phone. Delivering lucid call clarity and simple functions, the robust structure of the handset offers it an edge over other phones in the same price range. Though this pocket-friendly device has a lot to offer, it doesn’t make the grade on various counts as features including the audio quality and graphics yield unsatisfactory experiences for users. Lastly, the Motorola WX290 handset can meet needs of several users who wish to bag a feature loaded entry level phone at an affordable price as its tag reads Rs. 2,490 and earns a score of 7 out of 10.
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