Motorola V220 Phone (Cingular)

Rating:
Summary: Great Phone
Review:

I've owned just about every brand of cell phone you can imagine. I found that the V220 is a tremendous bang for the buck. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying this phone is perfect. It does have it flaws, but the amount of features you get for the price can't be beat.

Pros:

Great looks
Great bang for the buck
It comes with all the right features

Cons:
Camera picture quality is poor
Screen is small and hard to see in sunlight
It could use more memory

Rating:
Summary: OK phone
Review: I needed a basic free phone for my teenager. This phone is fine in the features category. In fact I was very happy with all that she could do with it. However, it is very "plastic-y" and isn't capable of withstanding the wear-and-tear that teens can burden it with. I've already called my carrier to have it replaced when she dropped it and the display screen went partially black.

Rating:
Summary: I took it back the SAME day!
Review: If you're looking for a good quality picture phone I wouldn't recommend this phone. If you want to see if you're battery is charged or if you have a full signal I wouldn't recommend it. The screen is waaay tooo small and the picture quality is horrible. My husband picked up the phone for me after I told him I wanted it. I played with the phone for about an hour and then decided it had to go back. I took it back and paid the extra money for the motorola v551 which is da bomb all around!! Oh yeah, Motorola instruction booklets are the worst!

Rating:
Summary: V220 Good or Bad? Cingular?
Review: My review is on Cingular. I bought a phone w/service and was told I could return for full refund and only charged for any air time used. THEY LIE. THE PHONE DID NOT WORK IN MY AREA AND I CANCELLED THE NEXT DAY. THEY ARE CHARGING ME FOR ACTIVATION even though it never worked in my area. If you are uncertain you will keep the phone and service, DON'T BUY from Cingular. Amazon will also do nothing to reimburse.

Rating:
Summary: two days of battery life and impossible to download pictures
Review: So far the phone works, but there are two major dissapointments:
* The battery life is only about two days. Yes, I followed the instruction and went through a couple of full charge cycles.
* There is a camera in the phone and the USB port. But Motorola decided to squeeze more money from their customers, so they do not provide the drivers that allow you to download the pictures from phone to your computer. What is the purpose for having the camera if you cannot use it?! You have to pay separately to purchase the drivers from Motorola.

Rating:
Summary: Good phone, decent features, lousy support
Review: This cute little clamshell phone does it job. It opens to a small color screen and a traditional keypad lit by blue light. Features include a speaker phone (great for the car if you don't have your headphone attached), camera, voice-activated dialing, international capability, IM, web browsing, alarm, date book, calculator, as well as the more standard caller ID, address book, and call log information. The camera is slow - don't expect to catch anything in motion - but adequate.

The worst feature is the ring tones, as it comes with very few (compare to Nokia's). On top of that, the volume is not high enough to hear the phone from the bottom of my purse. If you want a distinctive ring tone, you'll have to pay to download tones from your service provider. Although the phone has a mini USB connector port to download your own music/tones and to upload pictures, you need to find a driver that will work on your computer. Don't expect help on how to find one. The Motorola site is useless, and my service provider salespeople didn't have a clue it was needed. The thick manual that comes with the phone is barely helpful, as it shows key strokes to access features without explaining crucial information; for example, it tells you how to access new melodies without telling you how to actually accomplish the download. In general, the manual looks helpful without actually being of use.

As of the writing of this review, the phone seems to be too new for electronic accessory companies to have come up with a non-brand auto charger and headset. You'll have to pay your service provider rates if you want these.

On the plus side, the flip phone style makes it small enough to fit into my palm. The sound is good, and the international capabilities (check with your plan) make it more versatile than some of its competitors. I love that I can create my own wallpaper and screensaver with just a few intuitive key strokes. Eventually, the sound features, with Motomixer and personalized ring tones, will also be great - as long as I find a driver.

For a relatively low-end camera phone, its performance is surprisingly good despite the nonexistent support. Since this phone is often heavily discounted or free when signing a contract, it is well worth considering.

Rating:
Summary: Ok phone.
Review: This is an ok phone but if you are buying it for the picture quality forget it . the camera is'nt that good the pictures are blury and it only works in moderate light. I bought it i was happy at first but then i noticed how bad the pictures were and i wish i would have gotton a differant picture phone , now im stuck with it for a year with cingular. Overall its an ok phone.

Rating:
Summary: Hmmmmmmmmmm.................
Review: THIS PHONE IS OK. NOT THE BEST OUT THERE, BUT DECENT. DONT GET IT FOR THE CAMERA THOUGH. ITS VERY LIGHT AND FEELS LIKE A TOY. ITS GOOD FOR THE PRICE THOUGH. THIS IS NOT ONE OF MOTOROLLAS BETTER PHONES, BUT I THINK ITS PRETTY GOOD BECASUE OF THE SPEAKER PHONE. AND THE SIGNAL IS MUCH BETTER THAN T-MOBILE!!!!!