Motorola V60i Phone (AT&T)

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Summary: zero customer service when things go wrong
Review: After 2 antennas I called their customer service looking for an explanation and/or warranty consideration. I should have just talked into the phone before dialing....for all the good it did. This phone was not used as a football. It was treated like a $400 jewel. Yet, just using the phone gently seemed to break antennas, I think due to the property of most metals called "work hardening" - ie when you use a metal (antenna) too much, it eventually becomes brittle and then breaks. So I built my own. Take a piece of speaker wire about 4 inches long, expose some strands at one end. Remove the old antenna base. Jam the wire into the hole and secure it by snapping the back case over it. It's work fine that way for me for a couple of years now, better than the original antenna(s).

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Summary: OH MY GOD..tengo un v60 virgoo... vacilatelo enrique marquez
Review: Estas lineas van dedicadas al magnifico!... El prof. y diputado a la asamblea de la república, Ciudadano Enrique Márquez (por cierto, salimos de circuitos ya... Estamos volando verdad prof!):
OH MY GOD.... ahora puedo echar pinta con un perol de estos... solo me faltan los cobres y el civic 2003 en el estacionamiento!!!
perro e'cañada (edicson parra), ya puedo grabar la conversación de la wona (andrea) diciendole vainas al WON (Jaime Villa)...
pilas won... mira vale tu si eres linda wonaaa(andrea)!

cara e nalga, vamos a destruir el imperio... gisus HENTAIIIIII
no tengo nada mas que decir, esto es un rato de mucha pelazón!

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Summary: Dissappointed
Review: for $145 this phone should have color, web browsering, and mp3 tones. The antenna broke on my phone and everyone else who who bough this phone. Even with the antenna i had a hard time getting dignals anywhere, while my friend's samsung worked fine.

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Summary: Great Phone-But Needs Work
Review: I bought this phone about 3 years ago and I have had no problems with it functioning. The menus and functions are easy to use thanks to the idiot proof programing.

However, I have always had a hard time hearing out of it while in any place where there is noise. I can almost never use it in the car while driving unless I have it hooked up to the $100.00 Hands Free Car Kit. Even when I use it at home, I have to put the TV on mute and shut off fans, radios, etc.

The other problem with this phone, is that the antenna is large and not sturdy. It broke off about 2 1/2 years after I bought it but I always keep it in my pocket. I think it stood up well to my abuse but I think Motorola should redesign this antenna.

So overall a great phone, but it would be even better if it was redesign by Motorola to fix these two problems

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Summary: love this phone
Review: i have had no trouble with this little phone. it is small enough to carry in just about any pocket, and very light. the antenna is just fine as long as you use this phone responsibly and take reasonable care. it is very easy to use with one hand while driving, walking, etc. i have used it on military duty with no problems, submitting it to harsh weather, sand, rain, etc and it has never failed me. i am sorry to see it discontinued.

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Summary: Excellent phone, never had a problem
Review: I've owned this phone for over a year and never had any problems with it. Good reception too. If you have bad reception then its the provider not the phone. And if you wanted all the bells and whistles (mp3, color etc.) then you shouldn't have bought this phone in the first place.

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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE
Review: It is a total piece of junk.

The antenna will break every 3-6 months. I also have experienced the problems reported by another user where the phone turns off by itself, etc. This is my last Motorola phone. I just ordered a new Samsung.

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Summary: Best product for use as a comunication device
Review: The Motorola V60 cellular phone is the best phone i have ever owned. It is a very simple to use phone, yet for the more advanced users, you could get it to do almost anything you wanted. The phone always had a great signal in comparison to other phones i have owned with the same service provider. The phone was very compact, and its best feature of all was the battery. It would fully charge in only 3 hours, while it would last up to ten days on standby. During periods of normal use, i could get by with only charging the phone every 6 days or so. I really hope the new Motorola color phone that is taking the place of the V60 lives up to its predecessor.

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Summary: Do Not Buy
Review: This phone is total junk. I would have given it a rating of zero stars if the option were available. Problems include--shutting off on it's own in standby--shutting off during coversations--won't turn on--ring tones changing to silent mode by themselves--need I go on? I feel fortunate that I did not have to use this phone during a life-threatening emergency. I have owned several cell phones over the last 10 years including another Motorola (which was also junk) and am not cell phone "illiterate". These problems are not due to "operational error". I see some of the same problems with this phone that I had years ago with another Motorola. You would think they would get a clue. No more Motorolas for me.

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Summary: Avoid this phone
Review: This V60 joins a long line of very bad Motorola handsets I have had the displeasure of owning. I will no longer be getting any Motorola phones.

Bad:
1. Very low battery life. This phone needed to be charged at least every other day and I didn't talk too much on it (60min/day).
2. Not intuitive. Menus were not where you would think they should be placed. The SELECT and CANCEL buttons changed places depending on the menu. This was very annoying. Either keep the button on the right or the left at all times. Contacts were poorly organized. Most people have several numbers that could be organized under one entry, i.e. John Smith. Mobile, Home, Work, etc. This phone had a different entry for each type of number. Why not use a regular directory tree like Samsung or Nokia!?!?!
3. B/W screen for the price of a color... What a deal? This phone costs the same as the Nokia 6015, but gives you a state of the art (1990s) two color screen! What a deal!


Good:
Replaced the phone with a Nokia 6015. No problems since.

Don't walk away from this phone, run! It seems like this phone was designed as an afterthought....