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Motorola W396
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Full Specifications September 4, 2026
Motorola · 2008

Motorola W396

Motorola W396 phone. Announced Aug 2008. Features 1.8″ display, 940 mAh battery.

Display 1.8"
Storage microSD slot
Camera 0.3 MP
Battery 940 mAh
OS Feature phone
Build 94g, 17mm thickness

Launch

Announced 2008, August. Released 2008
Status Discontinued

Display

Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 1.8 inches, 10.2 cm 2 (~23.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels (~114 ppi density)

Memory

Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
memoryother 750 SMS messages

Main Camera

Single VGA
Video No

Selfie camera

cam2modules No

Body

Dimensions 95 x 45 x 17 mm (3.74 x 1.77 x 0.67 in)
Weight 94 g (3.32 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM

Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion 940 mAh battery (BQ50)
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 9 h

Sound

Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No

Comms

WLAN No
Bluetooth No
Positioning No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB 1.1

Network

Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No

Features

Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes
Java No
featuresother MP3 player (iMelody,MIDI,MP3,AMR formats) Predictive text input Calculator Stopwatch

Misc

Colors lustrous silver, dark titanium gray
SAR 0.54 W/kg (head)     0.64 W/kg (body)
In depth

Full specifications

Announced 2008, August. Released 2008
Status Discontinued
Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 1.8 inches, 10.2 cm 2 (~23.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels (~114 ppi density)
Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
memoryother 750 SMS messages
Single VGA
Video No
cam2modules No
Dimensions 95 x 45 x 17 mm (3.74 x 1.77 x 0.67 in)
Weight 94 g (3.32 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Type Removable Li-Ion 940 mAh battery (BQ50)
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 9 h
Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
WLAN No
Bluetooth No
Positioning No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB 1.1
Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes
Java No
featuresother MP3 player (iMelody,MIDI,MP3,AMR formats) Predictive text input Calculator Stopwatch
Colors lustrous silver, dark titanium gray
SAR 0.54 W/kg (head)     0.64 W/kg (body)
Price About 50 EUR
PhoneInsight Benchmark
13.8/100
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Processor 7
Display 38
Camera 24
Battery 27.2
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