Motorola V265 Phone (Verizon Wireless)

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Summary: Great carrier, Great phone!
Review: First off, Verizon Wireless has superior coverage and a great network. I love the phone, battery life better then all the phones ive had in the past and ive had maybe 5 or 6 phones already.Has all the features like txt messaging,voice dialing,mobile web and can download ringtones,games, wallpapers etc. everything works really well. The only thing wrong with this phone is the camera isnt as great as other Motorola phones. i know a couple people with Motorola V400's and their camera is noticably better then the V265's camera, But other then that everything is great on this phone.

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Summary: Just got two today! Got it, love it!!
Review: Had two samsungs previously. I love the speakerphone. I think some are cellphone spoiled on the feature demands. It has to sound like a lexus, and this one does. Motorola does a great job at making the voices sound good, which others didn't quite do perfectly. Talking and listening to conversations is what you buy a phone for, and this one does it perfectly.

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Summary: bad battery and color resolution
Review: i had used a nokia for 1 year - nokia 6610. it is an amazing phone. but with t mobile. i wanted a better network so had to switch to verizon.

if i compare this to nokia... its not even close.

bad battery.. 2 hours of talk time, which is not what they claim. my nokia easily lasted more than 200 mins. and is charged within 1/2 an hour!! this takes more than 4 hours to charge, even my laptop charges faster. so i have to charge this phone everyday or maybe 2 times a day!

the camera is horrible, the display resolution is sad and depressing, if u compare this phone with the latest samsungs which have an amazing crisp and clear colors, so u can have impressive wallpapers. this hardly looks like a color screen, in this digital world.

on the positive side, i think its keypad is really soft and gr8! better thn nokia maybe. and when you open the phone it looks impressive! the reception is good. speaker phone is good as well. u can record ur conversation, which is cool as well. also very easy to use!

but if u "have" to go for verizon, i think this is the best choice, as samsung/ LG are not as good as motorola when it comes to reliability. and i think nokia and motorola are definitely better brands and better phone companies than samsung and LG.


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Summary: Great Phone
Review: I just love it, I have had a number of different phones on different carriers and have come to the conclusion that the Verizon Network is far superior and this phone is a good blend of strong features and good usability. The Amazon price is impossible to beat.

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Summary: phone's battery doesn't last long.
Review: i've had this phone for about 3 weeks now, and battery does not last long. seems like there is a memory effect. i can talk 1.5 hrs straight, and the phone is dead!

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Summary: Phone and Carrier are terrible
Review: Phone's display is so small and Verizon has a policy of extending your contract anytime you change your rate plan! I know several people who haveactually been extendedand they were never told or asked if this was ok! Beware of Verizon and this phone!

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Summary: Phone problem and bad customer service
Review: There is a glitch in the switch that determines if the phone is flipped open or closed. When I open my phone about a quarter inch the outside screen momentarily shows the time again, just like when the phone is closed. At that point your call will get dropped if you have your phone set to answer upon opening it. It only happens if you open your phone slowly. The switch sometimes malfunctions when I close my phone in that it thinks it is still open. I have to close my phone a couple times to get the outside screen to show the time again which means it is closed.

I went to a local Motorola service center. They had a similar gitch when opening their demo phone but not when closing. I was told by them it would take 3-4 weeks to get it back if it was sent in for repairs under warranty. The local service center was out of loaner phones so I was out of luck unless I was willing to give up a months worth of phone service for which I pay $40 a month.

The service representative suggested contacting Amazon. I just tried returning my phone to Amazon, but I was not allowed to return it. There is a 30 day return policy that appears to be strictly enforced (I bought mine a month and a half ago) even thought there is a 1 year warranty on the phone. Even if they did allow a return, I would be without a phone for who knows how long while it goes through snail mail. I am angry.

Because of the cost of mailing a return and the loss of service while making an exchange, I would NOT recommend buying a cell phone from internet stores like Amazon. Also, I was charged for phone service by Verizon starting the day after I made the purchase even though I did not get the phone in the mail for over a week after the purchase.



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Summary: Motorolas the best
Review: This is a very good phone, alot of phones offer the same features but motorola phones are just better than LG Samsung Audiovox etc. With verizon as your subscriber you cant go wrong clear reception not like T-mobiles garbage system or nextels you keep breaking up trash thats probably why they went to push to talk so you would overlook the clarity. All i have to say is i know you can hear me now.

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Summary: Nice Phone - Daylight viewing solved
Review: This is a great little phone for the money. I originally had the same problem with viewing the screen in the daylight but resolved it by changing the background wallpaper to none and changing the color scheme so the background is now white. This makes the screen easy to read in all but direct sunlight. Turning my back to the sun is sufficient to see the screen well.


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Summary: No Better Carrier and Great Phone
Review: Yes if you take advantage of a promotional price plan or purchase a subsidized phone Verizon Wireless will extend your plan. I don't have a problem with this 1 because I don't intend to leave and know I can change the plan at any time and 2 if they are paying for me to get a new cool phone like the V265 for free then I would expect to give something back (and I am not really giving anything because I am not leaving anyway).

On the Phone... It is the best ergonomics of phones out there today, just the right size not to small not to big. All the features work well. The camera could be better but after all it is a phone not a camera. I like having it for the quality I would expect to always be in my pocket for emergencies or they hey let me get a picture of that to reference later. If I am taking pictures of the kids or vacations and I plan to print them later I carry my 5mp cannon! There is no cell phone that will ever produce this quality... Its all about lens size and I don't want a cell phone the size of my cannon.