mahmah @ May 22 9:06 PM
OK - But not Great
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3.8 out of 5
By: M. Kelly on Monday, June 29, 2009From: Inver Grove Heights, MN (United States)
Experience: 5 Months
Pros: Nice appearance - Keypad is consistent with previous Motorola Keypad. Can change some of the defaults.Cons: Music Button keeps getting pressed.
Hard to take a good Picture with it.Summary: I know it's a phone not a Camera - but it takes really bad pictures for a 2 MB pixel camera.
Holding it less than a rock steady results in a fuzzy picture.
No setting for indoor/outdoor light.
No shutter adjustment for action photo - like someone running in a race or kayaking.
Or even a Deer walking alongside the car turns out fuzzy.
The Music button was always getting pressed - and since I don't ever plan on using it for music - and it can't be Progammatically disabled (Hint for a new feature) I carefully put a drop of super glue on each edge.
All the volume settings should be in one place for the ringer, the ear piece, etc.
Hard to take a good Picture with it.Summary: I know it's a phone not a Camera - but it takes really bad pictures for a 2 MB pixel camera.
Holding it less than a rock steady results in a fuzzy picture.
No setting for indoor/outdoor light.
No shutter adjustment for action photo - like someone running in a race or kayaking.
Or even a Deer walking alongside the car turns out fuzzy.
The Music button was always getting pressed - and since I don't ever plan on using it for music - and it can't be Progammatically disabled (Hint for a new feature) I carefully put a drop of super glue on each edge.
All the volume settings should be in one place for the ringer, the ear piece, etc.
Very Poor Quality
Overall Rating:




2.2 out of 5
By: Jack Meoff on Wednesday, January 14, 2009From: Mandeville, LA (United States)
Experience: 99 Days
Pros: Looks GreatCons: Completely sucks.Summary: Has bugs in software, text typing wigged out cant use. Sound is bad when on phone. MUSIC PLAYER KEEPS OPENING EVERYTIME I OPEN THE PHONE! VERY ANNOYING TO HAVE TO HIT END EACH TIME.
OH! AND THE HINGE CRAKLES AND KRINKLES IN YOUR EAR WHEN YOU HAVE THE PHONE PRESSED AGAINST YOUR EAR.
DROPPED ONCE. FRONT FACE CRACKED.
TAKES BAD PICTURES.
OH! AND THE HINGE CRAKLES AND KRINKLES IN YOUR EAR WHEN YOU HAVE THE PHONE PRESSED AGAINST YOUR EAR.
DROPPED ONCE. FRONT FACE CRACKED.
TAKES BAD PICTURES.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Best PTT for Verizon
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5 out of 5
By: ed burns on Monday, September 08, 2008From: glen burnie, DE (United States)
Experience: 30 Days
Pros: Size, Build, Signal, ClarityCons: Should Come with HolsterSummary: This is the best PTT that Verizon offers. The speakers, earpiece and external are clear. The signal strength is great as is the screens, clear and bright.
The build quality of the phone is fine and should last for years.
Highly recommended from a long time user, not a one day complainer!
The build quality of the phone is fine and should last for years.
Highly recommended from a long time user, not a one day complainer!
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Great Phone
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4.3 out of 5
By: Don Johnson on Wednesday, August 13, 2008From: Williamson, NY (United States)
Experience: 2 Months
Pros: Speaker Phone, Display, Camera, MP3 player.Cons: Nothing majorSummary: For the reviewer who tried to put the battery cover on must be only once...It does sit flat you just have to push the sides of it a little harder than what is normally comfortable. Also he complained about the plug covers, they DO feel cheap but they are pretty strong actually. I had a Moto W385 and LOVED IT! This phone is a VERY good replacement. The battery life is about 4 or 5 days with about 1 hour talk time each day and about 15 messages in that 5 day time. That would be the only thing I would consider a con, if you want a phone to last a week or more this prolly wont do it. Feels very rugged, front buttons for your MP3 playback! Inside display is AWESOME! Highly recommend this phone for sure.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
V750...Don't buy it until they fix the bugs!
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4 out of 5
By: Casey No last name on Friday, August 01, 2008From: Portland, OR (United States)
Experience: 2 Days
Pros: Best signal of all 4 cell phones in the house. Cons: Freezes up and resets itself during use and message cancel does not work.Summary: I loved everything about this phone...except that it kept freezing up. The display was locked and the keypad went dead. I did not use the push to talk feature - this happened while texting, talking or taking pictures. Sometimes it would recover after a minute or two, other times the phone would actually turn off and then turn back on. On numerous occasions, I had to remove the battery in order to get the phone to recover. The oddest thing of all is if I canceled a text message, it would still be sent to the recipient...even though my phone indicated it was canceled. This happened 100% of the time, not just occassionally. I have internet blocking so I'm sure I didn't download a virus or other web junk. I plan to purchase this phone again...once the bugs are worked through!
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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I still have to leave the building where I work to make a call. The phone feels and acts significantly less rugged than the old Nokia. It is slightly thinner, but at least as heavy to carry.
To use the camera, Verizon customers must phone the pictures somewhere, and pay Verizon's charges for transmitting them -- I read it is 75 cents per photo. Verizon blocks downloading them directly to a PC (Geez, I always thought when you bought a camera, by definition you owned the photos that you took with it). If you buy the Motorola Phone Tools to download photos to your PC and perform other "magic", Verizon blocks its capabilities, so you either pay their charge or do not use the feature. When I was unable to use the software, Motorola added in the "tech support" email that Verizon blocks all the software's multimedia capabilities. At least Motorola replied to my requests for help; Verizon did not. Motorola told me they warn buyers before purchase, saying "check with your provider". I thought I read the description carefully, but I missed this warning.
Back to the phone itself: The GPS only works in Verizon areas of the USA, and they charge per month to use it. I have a great Garmin that works through the USA and Canada without regard to where Verizon has coverage --- and I do not pay a monthly charge (the annual map updates are less than half the Verizon charge). All phones text. My iPod has mediocre sound quality, but it is significantly above the phone's, so I wouldn't consider putting MP3 files on it.
I bought the phone at a Verizon store, and there they told me they did not have in stock the cables and software to download photos, but that I could just order them online, or they could order them for me. I chose to do it myself rather than driving back to the store. Obviously, I was misinformed. If the Motorola software, or the reviews I read had mentioned clearly that Verizon forces its customers to pay for every feature on a per-use basis and blocks transfers otherwise, I definitely would not have bought this phone, let alone the Phone Tools package. Until and unless Verizon changes its policies, from now on I will just buy the most basic and cheapest phone available. Why stay with Verizon? Because it is the only carrier that has coverage everywhere I go regularly.