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Motorola fLaRe

Released in 1995

Network = GSM 900MHz

Weight = 250 g

Dimensions = 142mm x 59mm x 37mm

Battery Life = 60 mins talk time and 720 mins standby

The Motorola fLaRe family became available in 1995. They utilised the main Motorola Micro-TAC phone body, but dispensed with the flip. These were basic featured phones that had an LCD screen that could display 2 rows of 12 alphanumeric characters and additional icons. The phone's address book could store up to 100 telephone numbers and associated names. Call logs recorded the last 10 calls made and received and call meters recorded duration of a call and a running total of all calls made. Finally, the fLaRe could receive but not send SMS text messages.

The Motorola 6200 Flare was offered in four colour choices of yellow, blue, green or fuchsia on black. The Motorola DCS fLaRe was released in 1996 for use on the Orange network where it was branded as the Motorola mr20 where it succeeded the Motorola mr1.