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Summary: Honest review....
Review: When upgrading from my 2 year old Nokia 3390 with T-mobile I ran across this phone and the price was very attractive. But it was nearly impossible to get this phone on an upgrade because of its short supply. So i eventually settled for the Sony Erricson T610 good phone but not a flip, kept it for about a week but returned it and to my surprise was able to get the V300. When i first began to use i noticed the difference and I was happy I didnt settle for the T610. This phone rivals and exceeds the more expensive Samsung E715 in many categories. Hands down the best phone ive ever come across and I plan to keep it for a long time. The only issues I have with the phone is the inability to change the case, the software is a little fluky at time (but the E715 is as well), and i hate that the ring&vibe vibes first then rings. But other than that best phone out there.
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Summary: Awesome little clamshell
Review: This phone is everything I hoped it would be. Reception is good, the screen is beautiful, and it has snappy operation. iTap word recognition is very cool. (you type the word with numbers and a couple letters in it starts figuring out what word it is based on the possible combinations of numbers) The newer ones appear to be bug free (early v300's had some freezing problems) Phone comes with a nice holster, international adapters, charger and ear bud. It even plays MP3's. You get free WAP access through tmobile so you can get all sorts of internet info free once you bookmark the sites. Feels great in your hand. Comact when folded, but the length of a real phone when open.
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Summary: Very Good, but not quite
Review: As you can tell from the other reviews this is a very good phone and well worth the money but IMO undeserving of all those raves. The reviewers that got poor battery life can be ignored, if they read the manual they would see what they are doing wrong, but there are some fairly stupid, albeit minor flaws in this product that *do* deserve to be mentioned. Motorola's support, in terms of providing clues as to the phones features, is minimal at best. Their web site is difficult to extract any usefull information out of and the manual that comes with it is a joke. Several very important features (features that were the reason for me buying this phone like FM Radio reception and MP3 ringtones) are completely not mentioned in the manual or on the web site. Often the service providers (like in my case Rogers AT&T), are offering the picture phone service for the first time and are equally unhelpfull as to how to operate the newer features. In other words be prepared to spend a week on the Internet finding out how to use this phone. As for the design of the phone itself, there are a few major drawbacks. First, there is a rather idiotic feature called the "smart button" (ironic ain't it?) which cannot be assigned to do anything, but tries to figure out it's assignment based on the last few things you did with the phone. In other words it is a button that changes it's function all the time so you never quite know what is going to happen when you push it. Great eh? How this could be considered to be usefull I am at a loss to understand. Second and perhaps worst of all is the phone book application in the phone. It is better than a lot of such things in other cell phones but far short of even the most basic PIM contacts application. Considering this is the one application you will be using the most with the phone, I was shocked at how rudimentary and awkward it is. I thought it was a cruel joke until some of my friends pointed out that other cell phones are "worse", but in my opinion there is just no excuse for it. It is Baaaad! A minor, (picky?) annoyance is that the screen blacks out after a while to save battery power, but there is no button you can push to "wake it up" again. Any button you push will wake it up, but it will also perform that function. That is it will send you into an application or switch to another screen etc. So if you are in the middle of doing something and the screen blacks out you are basically out of luck. Lastly, there is a glitch when you try to access the web in that it will automatically try to hook you up to the server. If you decide at that point to back out of accessing the web, (cause it costs money) it throws you back to a screen where it automatically hooks you up again. In other words you are stuck in a loop and the only way out is to turn the phone off rather ungracefully. I still really like my v300, but I wish I knew all this stuff before I bought it, which is why I posted this (rather substantial) review.
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Summary: Motorola headed in the right direction
Review: The Motorola V300 combines many of todays popular features, and has rolled them into a nice package and improved on many of the traditional motorola functions.
The phone has excellent sound reproduction, excellent signal reception characteristics, a camera that while still being a phone-camera is nonetheless much better than the Sony Ericsson T610 camera and also has much more memory for storing pictures.
Motorola has greatly improved their predictive text iTAP feature as it can now remember words, and in addition has added a stand-alone alarm clock with snooze feature. The screen is fantastic and offers rich colors and easy to see in all light conditions.
The phones exterior has a "rubbery" feel which is odd at first, but i've found it extreamily useful in holding the phone and not having it slip out of my hands and also in keeping it from sliding off surfaces like a table or the car dash, etc...
My only complaints is that TMobile removed the POP3 and IMAP functions, however you can send and receive email in the form of SMS to/from your @tmomail.net address, and secondly the phones lacks wireless data connections via BlueTooth or InfraRed, but for the price i can't complain too much!
In addition, the phone lacks the traditional motorola status light, but thats no big deal.
I've found the battery life to be exceptional. Some users report battery problems but i suspect that is due to improper battery initial charges. When "fully" charged overnight, the battery gives excellent talk time and adequate internet usage time.
The phone is tri-band for intl users, and comes with intl plug converters.With TMobile service this is as close as you'll come to having it all!
All in all i'm very happy with my purchase. Way to go motorola!
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Summary: Battery is very bad..
Review: My battery discharges in under a day with less than 30 mins of talking. I changed 2 batteries, but still the same problem.
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Summary: The phone does have a alarm
Review: This is a great phone for a great price (free). The camera takes good pictures. The storage is good (5mb) and above all this, the battery life is better than what i anticipated. The speakerphone feature is also pretty useful. If you are in the market for a camera phone this is one of the collest one. Btw this phone does have a alarm. I use it almost everyday.
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Summary: Alarm?
Review: I have a question for the people who have already bought this phone. Well, first a comment. I was using Amazon's compare feature, lining this phone up against some others, and I saw something that made me hesitate to buy this. Under the heading of Alarm, the compare feature said this phone does not have one. Is that true? I travel, and sometimes you don't always have access to an alarm (or, at least one you know is reliable) to wake you up. I would like for my phone to have one, but when I saw this one didn't have one, I hesitated. So, to the people who already have this...Does it have an alarm? Thanks :)
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Summary: Great Phone
Review: Nothing more to say other than this is a great phone. Has a great deal of functions, camera option is great. Speakerphone is also wonderful but volume on it is kind of low even when volume is all the way up. Other than that phone is great and worth buying.
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Summary: good quality, weird keyboard and weak battery
Review: I can't believe the battery can just stand for 1 day long because the advertisement describes it can stand for more than 3 days. Maybe the reception (Tmobile) at my area is not good at all. Otherwise is great based on my one week experience. The assembly quality is excellent too.
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Summary: Nice, fair priced phone
Review: I work for t-mobile and hand over fist these are one of the coolest camera phones out no doubt. I also am getting a e715 but these due have a good battery life and awesome reception. Although i love the e715 by samsung better if u dont have alot of $$$ to spend and want a camera phone dont hesitate these phones are a rarity.
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