Why the Motorola Theory is Cheap -- Even for a Budget Cell Phone

The Motorola Theory is a prepaid budget cell phone offered via Boost Mobile and is like the Motorola Clutch i475 minus the Push-to-Talk features. While it's understandable that a budget phone won't be the best, the Motorola Theory is still unimpressive.

Poor Battery Life

Battery life is an important feature of any cell phone, regardless of if it's the highest-end smartphone available, or the cheapest prepaid phone that you can find '" and the battery life of the Motorola Theory cell phone leaves quite a bit to be desired. With a maximum talk time of 300 minutes (5 hours), the battery life of the Motorola Theory cell phone won't last that long at all.

Shoddy Camera Quality

As cell phones and smartphones evolve, camera quality is becoming a very important feature in the modern day connected world that we all live in. High-end smartphones are known to boast 5, 8, 10 and even 12 megapixel cameras and even though the Motorola Theory doesn't fall under the title of smartphone, its 1.3 megapixel camera is still rather disappointing. At only 1.3 megapixels, photos taken with this smartphone are hard to make-out, are pixelated, and have a low resolution.

No Entertainment Options

The Motorola Theory looks like a smartphone with a tactile QWERTY keyboard, but it's far from being a smartphone. If you're looking for a phone that'll have great music playback, allow you to watch HD videos, and have access to apps and games, the Theory is not the phone that you are looking for. The Motorola Theory features no media apps, has a small 2.4 inch display and has a 2.5mm headset jack that doesn't support standard headphones.

Tiny Display

While the Motorola Theory has a great tactile QWERTY keyboard that makes typing, texting, and messaging a cinch, it's tiny 2.4 inch LCD display saddles the features of the Theory's great physical keyboard. Browsing the web, texting, composing emails, social networking, and even checking emails are made very difficult due to the Motorola Theory's small LCD display.

Price

The Motorola Theory is a budget prepaid (no contract) cell phone from Boost Mobile marketed at only $79.99 so how could price be an issue? For the paltry features offered via the Motorola Theory, it's a bit pricey at $79.99, especially when considering that for just $20 more you opt for the Motorola Clutch I475 which boasts better features.