New Motorola Barrage Rugged Phone for Verizon Wireless

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:16:50 +0000

Verizon Wireless and Motorola has announced the Motorola Barrage last week. The rugged device sports a tough-as-nails exterior. Designed to be submersible for up to 30 minutes in one meter of water, it is constructed from chrome, glass, mesh and rubber – protecting it against blowing rain, humidity, solar radiation, high and low temperatures, blowing dust, salt fog, altitude, shock, vibration and transit drop.

Other than its rugged protection feature, the Motorola Barrage comes with a 2 megapixel camera, dual speaker and supports Verizon Wireless’ Push to Talk service that leverages the company’s Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network.

The Motorola Barrage is available online now for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. It will reach Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning Nov. 16. A non-camera version of the phone will be available on Oct. 21.

Specifications:

Bands/Modes: CDMA 800/1900, Digital Dual Mode (1x, EVDO rev A)
Weight: 120g/4.2oz
Dimensions: 55 x 96 x 24 mm
Battery; 1170mAH standard with support for 1800mAH for extended
Connectivity: Micro USB Full Speed; 2.5mm “universal” headset jack; Bluetooth5: 2.1 + EDR
Display: 2.2” 176×220 up to 262k TFT (Main) + 1.66” 120×160 CLI
Camera: 2 MP FF, 8x Optical Zoom / (Non-Camera version also available)
Memory: 256MB (internal), optional External MicroSD Card memory up to 16GB
Address Book: Up to 1000 entries

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New Motorola Barrage Rugged Phone for Verizon Wireless