Motorola StarTAC Rainbow

  • Released 1997
    112g, 23mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
  • N/A 230,706 hits
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    2x12 chars
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 500mAh
    NiMH

Motorola StarTAC Rainbow - 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 Alphanumeric
Size
Resolution 2 x 12 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 Monophonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Browser
Clock No
Alarm No
Games No
Languages 16
Java No
Battery   Removable NiMH 500 mAh battery
Stand-by 40 h
Talk time 120 min
Misc Colors

Motorola StarTAC Rainbow - User Reviews

  • The screen doesn't any any color.

  • This phone definitely looks like something from it's era

  • This phone looks awesome.

  • It's so cute! I want one!

  • This phone is literally a toy!

  • wow never seen a phone before

  • Where can I get this phone?

  • i know right

  • Can i buy extra battery?

  • These remain one of the most impressive milestones in phone history. Even now they are a small, light device that is ergonomic to use but then disappears into your pocket. My very second hand one went throught the wash several times because it didn't increase the weight or bulk of my pants enough to notice. When they came out they were like a star trek com unit. I wouldn't trade my smart phone but the star stac is perhaps the most amazing device ever for it's moment in time. You can still make the case for one if you carry a bag - the phone is for calls and a tablet is in the bag for web, email etc. Nokia came over the top with cheaper, friendlier devices but the Motorola was the class of it's time.

  • Where can I get this phone? Want this badly!

  • This phone sounds legit.... Damn! I like this one... Wait u guys think its differemt than others Then u gotta really really check this phone yxtel w888 Funiest phone ever!

  • i had one till now ! its my favorites, like benetton i call Clown cellphone

  • Whatever dude why would I buy this when I have an app on my iPhone that transforms it into a rainbow flip?

  • this was my favorite fone right after i opened the package it worked like a charm for stoning that ghost in my closet

  • yea man

  • this phone looks like a toy you find in tyangge.

  • omg! i super like this phone!

  • WOW!!! It's so cute!! I like it's color so much!! Is this still available in the market? Coz' I would like to buy one. Thanks for releasing this kind of phone motorolla!

  • i agree with "me" :d

  • I´ll buy one have anyone from you one of this phone

  • this is the craziest mobilephone all over the world can you sell me yourse

  • Wow! I have one of those laying around at home, didn't know they are worth that much these days!

  • its a pile of wank

  • one on ebay 169.00 plus delivery bargain!!!

  • ayayay! best that iphone? don't make me laugh! but this phone is crazy!

  • best phone i ever saw way better than i phone 4

  • why would anyone buy the iphone 4 wen can u get this phone ??? + i bet its cheaper and far more attractive ^^

  • you can buy refurbished startac on this website www.lekki.fr . they are french but they ship abroad.

  • Motorola StarTAC is back!!! great phone!!!

  • I love this phone and i plan on getting this for my girlfried =) i share a mother daughter relation with her ;) weird huh? can anyone tell me this is discontinued? =(

  • hi, yes the 'RAINBOW' does look like lego, but that is the very reason some people inc myself love it, because it is like no other phone , completely original,whereas all touch screen phone are all the same !! yaaaawwwn zzzZZZzzz

  • this looks like it was made of legos .........thank god for the touchscreen generation

  • Never mind the colors that is not he importance of this phone. This cell phone made history, the StarTac was a revolution that started a lot of trends that we still apply today in cell phones. It was the first clam shell style phone. I still have on in the old electronics drawer and I wish I could still get it hooked up and use it, sometimes simple is better in my opinion.

  • Agreed! love it!

  • After much deliberation, i have concluded that this very handset is a classic and should be considered as such by all. The Bold design taken by Motorola should be applauded. I'm falling in love all over again.

  • man it is toooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much bright colour ... thank god they have stopped making these

  • work for a phone company, but this totally kicks iphones ass.....i mean just look at it!!!

  • hi im matt, i work for a phone network and love this phone so much...its the best eva. i want one on a texter plan so i can call my gangster mates and go party!!

  • very pretty phone!

  • i like this phone and it is very brightly coulerd and at the time would have booe good as a first phone!!!

  • i like this phone and it is very brightly coulerd and at the time would have booe good as a first phone!!!

  • ha would you dare walk aroound with this joke of a phone... NO I WOULDNT

  • looks like a walky tawky XD

  • i am only 10 years old .i like this phone design . but the specifications is..............LOW AND OUTDATED!!!but i still very like it.

  • I'll be embarassed to pull out this phone in public. I hope I won't be caught dead holding this phone. It will be public humiliation.

  • well if you would like to sell it just let me know . dont hang on to something you hate mate!! thanks.

  • the RAINBOW is certainly DIFFERENT , i want one but they seem to be like GOLD dust!! any suggestions where i can get one ? thanks. TOM.

  • I am still currently using this phone its Ace! you could almost say the word Coooool ! xx All the kids want the same as me. its like a rainbow in my pocket :D

  • Apparently this was the first clamshell ever! Cool...

  • Wow... now I know I'm in the wrong dimension! :D

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  • What the hell is this

  • yon kk konsa pa merite pou yo mete nan figi moun nanmm�d mon blan

  • blan sa pat gen anyen poul' te f� ke se malpropte sa li f�, kom kk a ka gentan mouri. mwen pa mande mal pou li

  • this is a ( malpwopte ) phone

  • i looks like a toy phone i prefer getting a toy fone than this fone

  • ilovethis phone...

  • WEST SIDE!!!!! this phone is SO cool and i know a million scene kids who would want it.. they should bring it back from discontinueation

  • is this a phone??? lol it sooo ugly

  • can i get a westside for the sickest phone on road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Are you wanting to sell this phone? if so how much and which country are you in?

  • this handset is so fck'd ugly, i almost took a sht in my pants LMAO

  • alright, a rasta-phone !!!!!

  • Designer...you should put the TFT 16 milion colors in its display, not in its body.

  • i have one of this and need money xD

  • oh my God,is this areal phone?i wish i could buy it for my 3year old son because it has attractive colors.

  • This iS rEaallY cOOl i WAnt It no In any CoSt... PlllllLLLZZ...... Take $1100 aNd gIve it to me...:-)

  • wicked

  • i want it! now!!!!

  • OMG ! mummy will u buy me this walky-talky cheezo! i bought a candy fone and it wuz almost da exact same design !!!! i remember my gran talking of this in 1992

  • i.. want.. this PHONE

  • How many times does it flick up ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahaha. They should bring out again for like 1�. lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

  • this thing look like a walkietalkie but i want one!

  • Well, i got�z to own it! What does it take, to change a man... - a starTAC rainbow OFC !

  • :L, im pretty suure i was this in the charity shop in my town!!, or it was a little kids walkietalk (as stated in below comments), either way, it does just about the samething as one (walkietalkie that is) LOL, "mummy, why is your mobile made out of lego blocks?" teehee

  • Cool as french connection uk.. and i have one !!!! ;-)

  • I cannot imagine a more painful death than being given this phone and then told i have to use it in public... almost like a kitzch iPhone really...

  • Funkiest phone in the whole damn town!

  • Rename it StarFAG, moto you suck.

  • relly best phone ever how can i get it neeed one now relly fantastic good work and nice colors i think it's a new phone rigth ? and keeep the good work keept up (BATMAN)

  • This phone has the prettiest design ever. It's almost Jamica's flag. It's fantastic.

  • omg can you believe this hes right it does look like a �1 babies walky talky the designers should be ashamed of themselves

  • This is my first phone last time, i think this is better than n95 8gb

  • its the most beautiful design phone i ever seen in my life. i got this phone. nice work motorola!

  • this fone is discusting i mean look at it it looks like a babys walky talky i just got this fone on contract and i cannot beleive wot they have sent me i am totally outraged i hate it its got nothing on it i hate ittttttttttt

  • oh my god it looks like a phone mc hammer would have... back to the old school hip hop i think...

  • oh my god it looks like a phone mc hammer would have... back to the old school hip hop i think...

  • Looks jamming this phone! Proper jamaican style mannnnnnn...

  • dis worlds best fone i aready got it its totally wicked dude dudealert

  • I think this phone is quite sophisticated. I love the sleek lines. The colours remind me of little children. children playing in the mud.

  • beautiful man!

  • very ghetto..

  • Stop dissin my phone! i love it!!

  • what a phone such a class phone and easy to use lol

  • This phone is absolutely fandiddlytastic, i currently have a sony ericsson w910i (red), but now i have seen this phone im am going to have to flog it on ebay and get one of these. Cant wait to show all my friends i just know they will love it.....YES MATE!!!!

  • colorful cool phone..is it like made by motorola and kids r us? hehehhehe..i like the colors anyway.

  • urmm,this phone is qiute cool. the colour is very "ceria" haha. its great. i'm using it now. haha. =)

  • it looks like one of the venomous snakes you can find along the coast lines.

  • most attractive phone i've seen

  • this looks so freaking retarded

  • do they mean startack?

  • i like this phone.... so do the kids ;)

  • WOW!!!It`s was my first mobile!!!

  • this is toataly my phone why is every 1 baggen it out omg

  • You know - this was made as a promotional tool and one, errr, bright General Manager at M wanted a limited run made, a bit like the odd VW Polo you still see around (spot the same colours?) - absolute nightmare to make and V. expensive - no scale economies. Good performer - A StarTac 75 under the skin..

  • wew,, "better than the nokia n80 or the new apple iphone" >>> u are blind man... i admit it's cool 10 years ago, so how if you buy N80 n i buy this phone (well, still has some second hand at some old store) and then we trade ? i don't mind that ^^....

  • The best ever made cell phone!!!!!!

  • better than the nokia n80 or the new apple iphone

  • I totally agree, before I saw your comment I said to one of my collegues that it looks like an Early Learning Centre walkie-talkie! How could they commit this crime against everything sacred in the 1990s? I mean, I know we had the Spice Girls but this is a nightmare!

  • cooooooooooooooooool fone

  • Only a drug addled mind could be responsible for this abomination. And to think; the designer can't even make an excuse about it being "retro" style. It was released in 1997!

  • Wow, what an individual phone. I think this mobile telecommunication device is top notch, I would like to get my hands on it and just go wild, Brava Motorola, I would love to see this re-released with a 2 or 3.2MP Camera and updated features, maybe even a slider in the same vain, touchscreen would be nice with a multicoloured stylus.

  • TO LUCY: We bloody well damn there wont be another one like it.

  • Oh my word, tis not a phone it is a kids walky talkie.

  • what kind of a phone is this? looks more like a children's toy rather than anything! harlequin-inspired, perhaps? baduy...

  • Damn I just want one coz u kno theres neva gunna be anutha fone manufactured like it.

  • this phone is rareeee you try get these i remember when thay hit the shops many years ago OMG 699 the good olddays LOL monoi screens

  • This phone is absolutely deadly, I wouldn't mind owning one of these beauties. Pure retro magic, any one know of any retailers in England.

  • this phone is amazing i've had mine for 8years and it also doubles as a great sex toy

  • this is a puffs fone!!

  • this phone is crazy. I want one like this soooo badly. Whoever has this is an exclusive gangster. and shud join the website www.iamexclusive.com. CRAZY PHONE

  • This phone makes you get a head ache

  • Now I know what TAC stands for... TACKY!!!!

  • this phone is super rainbow and super stinky

  • is this a phone or a "walkie-talkie"?? DAMN!!! i cant believe my eyes!! im glad i didnt own this before..hehe!

  • i am so shattered that this phone has no longer been available in the market, its ashame that i cant buy this for my little cousin . who really loves the coliurful look.

  • this phone is super cool\ p.s.super stinky !!

  • it is a rainbow phone it rock the guy who invented this rocks p.s.just kidding !!!!

  • me and my boyfriend steve have just traded both of our 8800's for this... it has very pretty colour and is good for playing with together! steve and i are very happy.

  • motorola are the best thinkers :-) the guy that envented this phone is a genius(just kidding)!!!:-)

  • This phone is the best, its so great you can call people from it and its rainbow! how amazing ,i love the fact that it has no camera. I wish they would bring it bak and the good thing is, if they do bring it bak then it'll be cheap

  • I hope I can afford this

  • I luv this phone. I bought 30 of them for 750$ each. Wasnt that a great deal. This phone has the best features like calling people. I love this phone soooooo much. --------------------------------------------- P.S- this phone is a rainbw of fun.

  • WOW......oh my god like this fone is like sooooo the next V3........bring it out again motorola...WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS THE BOMB BABY YEAH!

  • It looks like the insane clown posse phone.

  • what was motorolla thinking! this is such a crappy ugly phone. the ericsson ga218 looks better uptill this day motoralla still make crappy phones

  • ey this phone is sooo cuute wish i had one!!!

  • i think this fone is so stupid it looks like some toddler baby fone

  • i love this phone.....ive had it since i was 3.......its so easy to use and looks just like a toy......i love it so much i gave it a name "Tomy my first phone"

  • Classic Startac phone and a design icon � the rainbow is now a collectors Item and has recently been added to the Design Museum in London. If you can Get one do so � present value $200 plus

  • this phone excellent but its features arent very good but hey who cares i didnt invent it ive got a class fone so i cud paint it them colours ha ha

  • startac... or startacky

  • OMFG, WTF is that! That is the most hideous phone i have ever had the displeasure of seeing, how can you people actually say that is a good looking phone, are you blind? That is the most degrading phone i have ever witnessed, if someone showed me that phone i would seriously think it was a toy, its stupid, ugly and basically wrong.

  • it is cool look the colors mmmmmmmmm i want to eat that cellphoneits the best cellphine in the world it has infraded port,and all that. i need to buy one now i am going to order it ;) :P

  • is a very faz cellphone!! very artistic!!!!!!!!!!! i want to buy it!!!!! yeahhhhhhhhhh jajajjaja.......please, who invented that phone!!! :P

  • Those colours are totally sexual. I want one know, thats one fine phone. Is it colour screen :p

  • dude, this phone- i mean what`s with the colors, uhh.. is this like designed for a 4 year old i mean come on that`s pathetic sorry buddy but who ever designed this has got some real thinking to do.. haha

  • hello im gettin this fone 4 crimbo so plz dnt dis it. ive heard its dead ghud is it???

  • this fone does vibrate, i have 1in my my drawer for when my new fone's break, and its still workin fine to this day

  • Are you sure you guys knowe what you are talking about ? Seems to me you are poor informed. This phone was the top of the line back in 1997. Were you even born at the time ?. This phone is history and highly collectiable. Go Ebay and see what you have to pay for a phone like this in new condition. Poor guys. Next time make some intelligent comments.

  • Wow! This is like one of those phones you see in movies from the early 90's people thought they were sophisticated.HAHAHAH It looks like a colorful block

  • this phone.....has no cam or bluetooth..how is that possible......? what some ppl comment one this...is it even real..cuz ...doesnt seem to have that technology..in those days

  • Who ever said it has bluetooth and a 4.2 megapix cam, please tell me you were joking, this phone is poor. i looks like a toy for a baby.

  • wut is this an antique fest? dude my dad had a startac when i wuz 4!!!!lol that stuff is for sale and every 1 wants it now? ARGH!!!

  • hi this is the best fone ever its got: Bluetooth colour screen 4.6 mega pixel camera gprs memory stick its very small this is the best fone any 1 can ever get

  • this cinder block kept me laughing for a good couple day's no lie!!

  • I am so glad that I found a brand new one in a store in Hong Kong for sale today for only $250HKD (around $30 USD) brand new in box only one in the store when I saw it I say I have to buy it right away and now became a very proud owner of this classic StarTac Rainbow =D (Too bad it doesnt come with the red battery) =(

  • thisphone looks kinda cute maybe you could buy it at a toy shop

  • Man, look at this! is completely 80's style :) rubish n crap! throw it at the garbage :))) hehehe

  • are u lot nuts diz phone is crap look at it! it looks in the 80 style of clothes u used to hve!

  • i love this phone!!! i want 10 of them.

  • You may get a nice return if you sell this StarTAC on eBay - it is indeed rare.

  • I have one of these rareities, has anyone any idea how much they are worth? have never been able to find another on E-Bay.

  • lol, that phone sucks dude

  • now that is more like it

  • dunno about startac how about tac full stop

  • This phone is so CUTE! If I didn't already have a great cell, I'd hunt this down on eBay...

  • Do u believe i actually had this phone??? But i kinda like it. Very funky and cheerful lookin. Everytime i use it in public, every1 thought im mentally disordered person hus escape frm the mental hospital talking on this 'TOY'! But still, i have it with me.

  • loooool rainbow looooool bad

  • are you kidding?

  • This is a phone man???I don`t think so.

  • how about the price? i can`t find it anywhere but i want to buy it. Can you help me? Thank you

  • I have a brand new boxed ex display model for sale -- if anybody is interested !

  • I wish I could have a startac rainbow, but I have no access to purchase it, because it is an old model, I love to have one, Can anybody help me to buy one?

  • OH MY GOD what a purely horrific phone. I don't think I've ever seen anything as scary in my life. No matter how good this phone was, no redeeming factors could win you over from the colour!!!!! My Eyes are bleeding!

  • i love the phone , infact i have one myself but i've misplaced my manual that came with it . i will be glad if you can help me out with it. thanks

  • it's nice but i want to order for it but do not know how to do it. please,send me a mail telling me how to order.

  • love the colour but did not have game, nor clock thank u.

  • it's really cool. lovely colours. quite funky really. who could say aney thing bad about it

  • A very bad phone!