Motorola StarTAC 85

  • Released 1997
    112g, 23mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
  • N/A 207,537 hits
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    4x15 chars
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 500mAh
    NiMH

Motorola StarTAC 85 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 1997
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 98 x 57 x 23 mm (3.86 x 2.24 x 0.91 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Monochrome graphic
Size
Resolution 4 x 15 chars
 Fixed icons
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 100
Call records 10 dialed, 5 received, 5 missed calls
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Monophonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Browser
Clock Yes
Alarm No
Games No
Languages 16
Java No
 Voice note ( 3 min )
Battery   Removable NiMH 500 mAh battery
Stand-by 75 h
Talk time 230 min
Misc Colors

Motorola StarTAC 85 - User Reviews

  • The StarTac 85 does not use mini sim. The whole card is inserted at the bottom of the phone, and there is a quick release switch on the back for removal.

  • I used that mobile 2001. Really that was nice one and very comfortable.Still I keep it with me in my Show case.

  • me too, i love playing clash of clans on it. lol

  • This phone rocks I have so.many games and so.gs on this

  • trololololol

  • replace its old cell.

  • Hi all member Motorola startac... I want ask & help me how I can't buy this StarTAC phone??? Thanks... Pls...send me email, [email protected]

  • i have these many battery , thin and thick one

  • where can I buy this kind of batterays

  • You can buy from e-bay.. I bought and now using. Everyones who see this unit in my hand get shocked..

  • Hi my name to buy this phone,, very grt phone, i love it.. reallyGopal Surya, i wantis

  • anyone know where can get this phone???

  • I am verry like this phone StarTAC 85.... I want buy this phone.... Can you help me for give this phone......

  • Does anyone know the SAR value for the Startac 85?

  • What a wonderful futuristic society we live in.

  • Its not good phone,because standby time are very short.i prefer nokia 1280 than this old and ugly phone

  • it was my 1st ever cell phone i bought in 2000,thanks to motorola

  • The first phone I got is Motorola 5200 and i still keep it and still working, only the battery that is damaged. Then I use Startac85, it felt good, small and lightweight. And the third I use the L series, I love the voice dialing and voice notes who owned L series. Great phone at that time .....

  • This is the best looking, elegant cellphone ever made! Today it looks like still special, rare and hot! I have 8 startacs (and, for example 3200, 8200, 8700 etc), all working and look almost unworn, with strong main and aux batteries. Nowadays I use startac day by day. :-)

  • this brings back memories, this was my second after Microtac

  • the sim card slids in under were you charge it from the sim card is the old style one almost the smae size of the back of the startac.

  • i may sound stupid but i just got a motorola startac and i have no idea where to put the sim card, can somebody help me out? please.

  • The best phone I ever had the size for that period in mobile phone history was minute.

  • what i mostly love on this phone is its pretty damn good HD video recording capability.

  • WHat I love in this fone is the ZOOM capability of its camera w/c 20 megapixels, with auto focus btw. Great strong wifi b/g/n. Blue tooth is updated at 4.5 With a resistive touch screen w/c is small at only 2" btw, what a waste good fone AAAAAA plus!

  • It was a best seller. Total innovation design good times motorola. Nowadays Nokia rules Motorola is ruining down.

  • this phone has and excellent camera!! those 8Mpx are aweasome! and the wifi is one of the most powerful ever

  • great software

  • Jajajajajajaja good one

  • to JERRY - what u talking about? wifi in 1997??? on startac85?!? are u drunk?

  • i really enjoy using this phone, i especially love the wifi functions

  • This is the best phone i have ever used. i have used many modern phones but this one was very special to me.

  • best phone ever......

  • I'm think of buying a StarTac. My question is would my sim-card work?

  • I loved the StarTAC when it was introduced, which is why I invented the StarCAP. I wanted to make it more durable and pocketable. I'm happy to see I wasn't alone.

  • I got my StarTac in late 2001 and I�m still using it today. I�m on my 2nd battery and things are going just great. I bought a StarCap antenna protection clip soon after I saw other people with broken antenna�s. So how did I choose the StarTac? I watched which sales guys ran out of the building to use their phones and which ones were walking around inside the building with no reception problems. Like everyone has said, great UI and sound. I found out I could get a new phone free from Verizon, so I started looking at the Motorola KRZR and LG 8600 and decided to just keep my StarTac for now. I�ve also got a Palm TX which covers most bells and whistles anyone could need.

  • Was this the first flip phon inbvented it ROX I wish i had t5he mouny for this phone

  • Is the Star-Tac 85 compatible with the new FCC inspired satellite system in the US? I went to a Verizon store and the jokers talked me in to buying a new Moto-Razor, it was horrible. They said I had 15 days to take it back. I returned it in 2. When I asked them to turn my old Star-Tac7800W phone back on they said "oh, we neglected to tell you", we cannot reactivate that phone because it's not on the new Verizon satellite system. I was furious. I am now looking for a similar phone that can work on the new Satellit system. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Don-in-Seattle

  • Great phone!! I think i'm not wrong when I say it was the first phone to have been released in true clam-shell format. Still good-looking, still going strong after more than five years of operation. From a time when pc-to-phone comms and polyphonic ringtones were sparks in the eyes of designers :D

  • I just got this phone last week in Bangkok. it's a second hand phone but it looks so neat and beautiful. kind of classic phone. i know someone seeing it feel jealous me. I think it is very new. I love it. Also I used StarTAC before. I now i use Moto. E680i and StarTAC85 at the same time.

  • It is NOT possible , you have to compose your sms and then switch to the phone book and memorise the number ... good exersize ;) ...sms was not important when the phone was released. Robert

  • de best phone since 1998 i bought, but how to send message with phone book ? can any one help me ?

  • pls mail where we insert sim card in model startac 85 ... emailaddress not valid !?? answer: in front below the charger connector. You need a BIG sim card. When have trown away your big simadapter-card ... ask a friend or a shop ... use cellophane tape on the backside to keep the sim in place in the adapter.

  • pls mail where we insert sim card in model startac 85

  • how do you put the sim card in ? i do not have a slot like it says in the manual , plus i have a startac battery and it keeps saying that it is invalid

  • motorola StarTac 85 is a very nice phone.it is very easy and simple to understand. i like it because it is durable. please, i mistakenly locked my motorola StarTac 85 phone and it has refuse to open. how do i go about it. i tried to see what i could do but t was requesting for special pin code. please, i need your help. worried customer, Alex.

  • how do i use this phone on orange uk it is not regidtering does it need unlocking if so how.

  • I need the notice of the MOTOROLA STARTAC 85 ,because it cause menay problems. Think you.

  • where can I find, or download a user manuel for this phone. Thanks for your response, Jerry Neuburg

  • i still use this thing can you believe it hahahahahhaha

  • how can u pple say shit bout this phone, it is 7 years old!!! i bought the newer version the australian version, it was a great phone, until it got droped, by last year its antenna had fallen off, the badge where it says motorola started to loose its black paint and became gold everywhere, the phones battery is f***ed thats the only reason i changed phones, you cant say there was anything better at the time because this was the classic true flipphone and it will always be a classic i will never sell mine, the phone is worthless, but it beats phones made even years after it, this is less faults than my 8210, 8250 which both screens have broken, due to nokiaz faults which they would of fixed but they gave out no notice and i found out after. all the volume buttons have broken etc, i have to take off the case to turn off and on the fone. this fone has none of those troubles. if only this fone didnt stuff up with the batt. i would still use it great fone changed the world i rekon, so small yet soo old as seen on the perfect murder movie.

  • One of the best 'phones you can buy if you just need a good 'phone without all the 'Bells & Whistles.' Fixes SIM card problems experienced with StarTAC 75+ (see my review) and SAR level is only fractionally higher. Overall rating 8/10

  • How is the phone decoded. or better still .opened.

  • hello can we insert a sim card for this phone plz give me information

  • the best beautyful and elegant phone even yet!!!...with style

  • Hello All, I mistakenly bought this cellphone last year same time.The cellphone has good looks but the battery life and the capturing of Signals is very poor.So I suggest you all never to buy Motorola cellphones,especially STARTAC.Take this as a humble advice.Now I use this phone as a paper weight Kind Regards, Sreekesh Krishnan

  • The phone is definitely grt, i love the reception..it works even in elevators!! only painful scenario being the absence of a reply feature for sms...damn u gotta keep memorizing the no. to which u gotta reply. also, not too robust, I have had to repair it twice, once for the display and once for the keypad.

  • meilleur sans �gal

  • je pense que motorola startac est meilleur que tout le reste des portables utilis� par moi. Je souhaite obtenir de la part vos services de ventes un autre car le premier a �t� vol�. Actuellement j'utilise un nokia 3310 qui ne me satisfait pas autant.

  • hello i would like to ask where could i buy motorola startac 85 thanks

  • How to un lock my strartac i forget my security code

  • the best!

  • it's a very beautiful gsm. i bought it for it's small size, the vibracall option and the li-ion battery. but i have it for 4 months now, and it had to be repaired twice!