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Modu: World’s Lightest Phone has arrived

Name: Modu: World’s Lightest Phone has arrived
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Abe Olandres September 4, 2009 · 1 min read

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At only under 43 grams, the modu phone is the world’s lightest cellphone and it’s now available in the Philippines thru Globe Telecom.

Listed in the Guinness Book of Records, this fully functional phone is just 5 grams shy of the iPod Nano’s weight.

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Aside from a music player, it’s also a mass storage device (with 2GB internal memory). If you looked at the keypad, it doesn’t seem to be the regular alphanumeric one we’re familiar with. I’m curious how the navigation works.

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Globe will exclusively carry the distribution of the modu phone in the Philippines. No word as to how much these little things will cost.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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83 Comments

FRANCIS G MENDOZA · 13 years ago

boss

meron pa bang modu phone na binebenta dito saten? ang alam ko po sa globe dati. pero 2009 pa yun im desperate to have this phone

thanks

arvin montilla · 15 years ago

jeje !! please inform me if you know the exact location here in manila or anywhere.. !! this is my no.!! 0916******* !! please !! txt me . !! thnx. !

arvin montilla · 15 years ago

i have phone mocu pearl. !! please give me an exact location here in manila !! because i wanted to now him. !!

jeje · 15 years ago

would you please give the exact location??? elsewhere in manila… i nid to use my phone badly

jeje · 15 years ago

where is the service center of modu in Quezon city or nearby?? my phone is not functioning well…….

arvin montilla · 15 years ago

my phone also .. !! my modu pearl are not functioning q

g · 15 years ago

Do not get it! Every one that calls me says that they hear their echo.

andromeda · 16 years ago

umm.. I’m not sure what is the real price of this. This is what it said on the website of Globe:

“Modu at Modu Prepaid Phone Kit: Php 4,990”

“Each Modu prepaid kit comes with one (1) Free Express Jacket. Modu Express and Mini Jackets are also sold separately at Php 1,150 only.”

But I’m still not sure if it is 8,000, 7,000 or 4,990!!!

Sara · 16 years ago

Can it be unlocked?

john · 16 years ago

where can i buy modu phone in cebu, philippines?? can you tell me the exact store in the cebu.??

john · 16 years ago

where can i buy modu phone in philippines?? can u give you tell me the exact store?

cloud · 17 years ago

can it be unlocked?? i want to use my sun sim..

RoMann · 17 years ago

I went earlier sa Globe, its only Php7,000 if you are only interested with the unit and not with the line. I like this phone because of one of the jacket, the sport jacket, kasi I could really, really use that pag sa gym or jogging, sadly, hindi pa ino-offer yung jacket na yun. Haaay…

Rosanna · 17 years ago

Only perfect if you are a super basic user who looks for style over features. Just to call, text, listen to music and carry around files not greater than 2gb.
Perfect for girls who like tiny handbags or boys who carry everything in their pockets.

If you need bluetooth, camera, wifi, 3g? Not for you.

Maricel · 17 years ago

Really? At P8,000, that isn’t so bad at all. But I’ll have to wait a bit to hear reviews from those who already has the phone.

Kinny · 17 years ago

It costs Php8,000 for pre paid and Extension Plan 250. Php7,500 for Plan 500, Php7,000 for plan 800 and free if you subscribe to the higher plans starting at Php1,200.

Comes with 1 free express jacket.

Prepaids get free immortaltxt for one year every Tuesday and Thursday.

Ben Tambling · 17 years ago

For those of you who baby talk with their comments… Grow up man!!! anyway… for the product catalog, click here: http://www.modumobile.com/#/catalog/ This is a cool gadget and would really match matons and kikay, “metrosexuals” wardrobe any day of the week. given that you have 7 jackets. pressed powders’ not included hehehe. peace

Ben Tambling · 17 years ago

For those of you who baby talk with their comments… Grow up man!!! anyway… for the product catalog, click here: http://www.modumobile.com/#/catalog/ This is a cool gadget and would really look good for matons and kikay, “metrosexuals” alike. peace

sight · 17 years ago

I think they should market this to the OFWs. A promo partnered with Globe’s roaming service. Cool tandeem – roaming phone, relatively small, and a media player.

myke · 17 years ago

based on some random google searches it’s priced at $280 modu phone + 2 jackets

myke · 17 years ago

hmmm seems like the designer is fond of power extreme when s/he was a kid

Robert Sanchez · 17 years ago

Here’s a video of an interview with the Modu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-NAIA1iyCQ

The Philippine Island · 17 years ago

Hi Yuga,

would you mind to ask what’s the price range of this phone? I wonder if it is now available to the Philippine market. Thank you.

Justin Lancomb · 17 years ago

Yup it’s light but i’m retty sure it’s a challenge to text on those things… maybe for the business traveller, yes. but not your frequent texter.

Phoneman · 17 years ago

the guys at this website seems to take it seriously and have some info on the modu: http://www.moduonline.com

kiko · 17 years ago

astig aman itong phone na to…
wow magkano aman kaya..hehehhe…
nagmomorph depende sa jacket..huh!!!

LeoLutero · 17 years ago

Oh…
This entry doubled my saliva production. Globe? That’s good. I wonder how much this will cost. I hope its a cheap-o so I could get one for myself. Modu’s a new company so this might be cheap.

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Calvin · 17 years ago

scary, it can get picked off your pocket without you knowing it.

Raven · 17 years ago

Ac0rding t0 gsmarena, it c0mes with s0 called jacket. 3 c0mes in retail package and others are s0ld separately.

edz · 17 years ago

It says World Lightest Phone not Smallest

Pink · 17 years ago

Weird looking but I guess worth a try Ã¼

nanayMo · 17 years ago

Cute little thing, and Globe will market these pansies. Remember the Sendo? For those born before this, search it. Those were times when cell phones were big clunky things, and this Sendo (of English technology) came forth. It was small by current standards, and heads really turned whenever I flashed it. I bought one from Globe. They were quite pricey too by prevailing standards. To make a long story short, it didn’t last long. However, Globe were such nice people and they tried repairs – sending the contraption to whoever were qualified for the task. Nothing much could be done on the poor thing. But I was not sore, they were such professionals and I just let the thing go and bought another brand.

Unrelated to your post maybe, but oblige this reader. Moral? There aren’t any, save that technology does that to you. And oh, I like these Globe people.

Reel Advice · 17 years ago

Hm…interesting concept. So this is kind of like the Motorola phone that had a touchpad for keys. You can change key function on the fly depending on what you are doing.

Ardz · 17 years ago

I’d rather get the LG wristwatch touchscreen phone. It’s much smaller than the modu but the screen may actually be larger than this.

Lucien Tiojanco · 17 years ago

Hi Yuga,

Let me shed some light on this.

Modu is a modular phone. The primary body is light however you are suppose to add “add-ons” to it which give it additional and different functions. I’m not sure which of these add-ons will be available locally however I’m sure at least a few will be made available as the phone will be useless otherwise.

Check this website out for more information – http://www.modumobile.com/

Thanks!

marvin Paul catalan · 17 years ago

sorry for the wrong site… it’s http://www.modumobile.com pala bsta maganda din yang phone na yan auko lng mga design nung jacket…

marvin Paul catalan · 17 years ago

alam ko etong phone na to may kasamang JACKET ung JACKET na un for the phone itself may iba ibang jacket na available para sa phone na to, check niyo http://www.modu.com aun makita niyo dun i like the concept of this phone kasi every jacket ibaiba ung pdeng magawa.. basta search niyo na lng hehehe…