Motorola V600 Phone (T-Mobile)

Rating:
Summary: Good phone but few problems
Review: CONS
Font size is too small. I asked Motorola representative and they've told me that there is no "Zoom" feature for this phone.
If anyone knows how to make the font size bigger, please tell me.
PROS
I like how it lights up when phone rings. If you have the phone on vibrate or silent you can see the lights.
Good camera.


Rating:
Summary: Pretty satisfied
Review: I had a Nokia 3650 as my previous phone, but I was very dissapointed with the phone and the service I got from T-Mobile, so I wanted to get a phone that has many of the same features that wasn't as big as the Nokia. It's definately smaller and has almost as many features.

What it doesn't have that I have been told that it did is infared, video recorder, and a flash for the camera. Other than that, I've been pretty happy with it so far. It's definately much more simpler than the Nokia 3650, which is built for the level of genius which I don't possess, and apperantly t-mobile as well. It was so technical that neither t-mobile or nokia could help me figure out how to work it.

On with the Motorola though. Everything is done for you, such as the connection to sending and recieving e-mail, and AOL is definately much much easier. The camera is great, and it zooms up to 4x. The phone is overall more fun with all the extras, like the color rings and the downloadable game choices.

Some complaints from others, the buttons on the outside are easy to push, maybe too easy, and then the buttons on the inside are harder to push, or harder to find the right place to push. Haven't had any dropped calls yet, and reception in my area which was bad is much better, anywhere in my house. Also, for the missed calls/recieved calls complaint, they're all listed under "recieved calls", but the missed calls do not have a check mark next to them, where the recieved calls do, so you can tell the difference.

The phone is just fun to learn how to use it, but definately not the type for someone who needs to constantly access things with a quickness, like a rushed business person. Oh, another annoying thing, if you hate I-Tap, beware. When you're inserting a person's name into your addresses, it will automatically go to I-Tap, but by pressing the # button, the inserting mode will change. I just hate I-Tap with a passion.

Unlike the Samsung E715, the middle button is the select button, and you can turn the camera shutter sound off, or change it to a different sound, like a duck or chimp.

If you've never had a motorola phone before, make sure you check one out, because they're definately different. It takes patience to get used to them than say a Nokia. So far, it's a great phone, and just a relief to not have to deal with such a technical phone as the Nokia 3650. I love it so far.

Rating:
Summary: Worst Phone Ever
Review: I just sent in my phone to Motorola for repairs. In addition to Motoral being completely consumer UN-friendly, the phone has serious problems. As you will read in other reviews, the side keys are way too sensitive and will turn the phone to silent if you're not careful. The key response is very slow. It can take over a second for the phone to register the pressing of the key. I've had the phone for about 6 months and the internal screen started to come off and leak some sort of jelly-like substance. My experience with their customer service was, quite possibly, the worst I've ever experienced. If you're looking for a good phone, pass this one up. I'm going back to Nokia.

Rating:
Summary: You get what you pay for!
Review: I'm kicking myself for not doing enough research before buying this phone. Bought this V600 and a V300 on impulse based on 1) the VERY low prices, and 2) good customer satisfaction reports from Consumer Reports for T-Mobile: second only to Verizon. But I made a huge assumption that all GSM networks are created equal, so although I was switching from AT&T/Cingular's GSM network to T-Mobile's GSM network, I figured network coverage would be the same. Also, since Amazon advertises this as a "Quad Band" GSM phone I assumed it would be able to roam everywhere that there was ANY GSM signal. WRONG! First problem: T-Mobile only supports the 1900 MHz band in the US. The phone is actually only a Tri-band, and the missing fourth band is the 850 MHz band that is growing rapidly in the USA, especially in rural areas. So a couple of days after getting the phone I had the frustrating experience of driving for several hours in a rural area of Texas where my wife was easily conversing on her AT&T wireless V180 quad band phone, while my GSM phone had no service at all. Got home that night and started the research I should have done in the first place, to find out that T-Mobile has very limited roaming beyond major cities and interstates, and appears not to be positioned to support the 850 MHz band, which in addition to being the future of rural GSM, apparently has better reception characteristics everywhere (like penetrating deeper into buildings). So now I'm really ticked, but frankly it was just too much hassle to consider returning the phones, getting new AT&T/Cingular phones, and hoping to somehow port my phone number to the new carrier. Luckily I'm only committed to one year, so I can jump to Cingular if T-Mobile hasn't decided to support broader roaming by then.

On the good side, T-Mobile lived up to its reputation for good customer service. Pleasant and knowledgable CSR handled consolidation of my two Amazon purchased phones into one family plan, and the porting of my old AT&T wireless phone number to the new phone(took less than 12 hours). And the phone itself has been great. So if you don't care about roaming, this phone might be perfect for you.

Also, I learned how to enable the 850 MHz band of the phone with some "Seem editing" tools available widely on the internet, making the phone a "Quad Band" again (and you can make the V300 a quad band too!) -- but that doesn't really do any good unless T-Mobile starts supporting roaming onto the 850 MHz networks.

Rating:
Summary: Great when it works
Review: I'm VERY disappointed with this purchase! The screen on the front often distorts and stops working. The internal screen stops working all-together. Then, suddenly it begins to work again after a week. Then, it breaks again. I've had to switch back to my old phone.

A friend of mine also has the V600, and is experiencing the exact problems I am having.

I don't recommend this phone. Motorola really slipped up on this one!

Rating:
Summary: Features/style - 5 stars, Bug vulnerability - 2 stars
Review: In design, this is a great phone. The reception is good, the camera takes pictures as good as one can expect on a camera phone. The phonebook has groups (or categories) that you can group your contacts in, but it is a little clumsy accessing them. The only major problem is bug vulnerability. Periodicaly, the screen will freeze up and you will be required to remove and replace the battery to fix it. It seems annoying, and it is, but once you get used to it you can do it in 5 seconds and it isn't a big problem, and it doesn't happen alot. If you plan to use the phone in a rural area, don't get T-Mobile, as it is only for cities and interstates. Get Verizon instead. Overall, this is a pretty good phone.

Rating:
Summary: Not A Reliable Phone
Review: Mine i got it brand new and it dies within 1 month. I have it replace by T-mobile and the new one once a again dies within 1 month of use. since then i have been replacing it for 2 additional times. So people, you see how reliable this phone can be right!!!!

Rating:
Summary: The worst phone yet
Review: This is the worst phone built by Motorola. The v300 was much better. A lot of bugs and problems. I had my phone exchanged 3 times. I called Motorola support, and they deny the problems.
First, of all the phone is a bit bulky. The top cover can be very easily scratched. Next, the top LCD screen keeps on getting distorted, I have to turn the phone on and off.
The phone has a slow responses time. The phone sometimes automatically turns off or freezes. The buttons on side of the phone are too sensitive, you can by mistake set it on silent mode. The phone doesn't have any better signal then v400.
I think this phone was built by a bunch of rookies.

Rating:
Summary: Totally Amazing
Review: This phone is extremely awesome. It has some of the best features I have ever seen, not to mention that is looks great on the outside. First of all, all the people that I have called tell me that they can hear me very crisp and sharply, almost as if I was on a regular phone. Also, the playback sound is great. The quality is one of the best I've heard on any cellphone

The phone is also extremely user-friendly. Everything in the phone is easily accessible. The menu is small and concise, and, overall, nothing is crowded in front of you. T-Mobile is also really awesome. I'd choose this over any other service provider. I am in the 30338 Atlanta area, and I always have a full bar.

Finally, I'd seriously recommend this phone. It is perfect. Also, the fact that you get paid to actually buy it (through the rebates) is awesome. This phone is truly one of the most stylish, feature-ready, and inexpensive (thanks to Amazon) on the market right now.

Rating:
Summary: awful phone from an awful service provider.
Review: Twice now ive had to return this phone becuase it got no reception anywhere, not in my apt not in my school and not even on major freeways. Clearly a defective phone, twice. This happens everywhere, its not like the walls are 2 feet of thick concrete, its like this on the freeway! Also, people with tmobile and other phones seem to get decent reception but its not even close to the quality of verizon and cingular and sprint in this area. tmobile in columbus ohio is very spotty, and the v600 is just a poorly designed/made phone. I heard its been recalled by cingular for having terrible reception due to some antenna issues, so Id suggest staying away from this. Also, stay away from motorola phones in general since the ones ive dealt with have VERY slow software programming, poor interfaces and tend to randomly freeze up (requiring pulling the battery off and then reinserting). Getting bluetooth to work with this is also a pain (and im not exactly stupid when it comes to computers), and to top things off, it wont ring and vibrate at the same time, the best it can so is vibrate and then ring after two vibrations. very stupid. also, the sound quality with full reception sounds a bit muffled. its like analog phone quality (without the coverage) in a digital world. id suggest a samsung a680/e317 instead.