Motorola V300 Phone (T-Mobile)

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Summary: You will be sorry-don't do it! Just say no to the V300!
Review: I bought this phone in Dec. 2004. In Feb. 2005 the battery stopped holding a charge so Tmobile sent me a new battery. That stopped working a week later so they sent me a new phone.
I noticed the new (could be refurbished they said) phone seemed "tighter...even the batteries fit better.
Three weeks later the phone stopped working. They wanted to replace it with the same model. I said no. So I cancelled and stopped the autowithdrawal at the bank and will not pay the cancellation fee. Ever.
Tmobile is great. The V300 sucks. Anyone interested in starting a class action lawsuit against Motorola and this phone email me [e-mail].


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Summary: think again!!!!!
Review: After intensive reserch and window shopping, I finally decided on this with T-mobile, getting my minutes doubled with a bit less money than what I had with AT&T/Cingular. Pics from Camera are surprisingly good. A plus for me is that the Mobile PhoneTools and USB cable I bought for V60i also worked for this phone allowing me to transfer numbers within two seconds from the old phone, make my own wallpaper with any pic from computer and make ringtones from any mp3 songs or CD track with the free Ringtone Ripper.
Pros:
1. Loud Speakerphone
2. Bright, big, high resolution display screen
3. MP3 ringtones and wallpapers from computer
4. Decent camera
5. Sleek nice-feel exterior
6. Auto-updated time
Cons:
1. Phone book (whoever went backwards from the StarTec to come up with one entry per number should be prosecuted.)

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Summary: A Step Backward
Review: I've had this phone for a year, with T-Mobile. Reception is good in San Diego & NYC Metro area, where I've used it most. The phone is starting to show problems with the flip. Occassionally the screen is black when you open it, or blacks-out when you press a key. Pressing the earpiece too hard to the ear also sometimes blanks the screen and/or drops the call. Most annoying is the one number per name contact list, and the lookup by only the first letter. I've had Moto's Startec (best phone), Timeport, now this. As they add features, they seem to lose others. Also owned Ericsson and Samsung (S105). I've just ordered a Nokia 6600 and am hoping it will be better.

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Summary: warning: do not buy this phone
Review: I bought Motorola V300 on June 2004. There isn't a t-mobile network where I live, but in general I have full reception using borrow ATT or Enstein network. I can't complaint about T-mobile since I'm very satisfied with its customer care center.

After about three months using this phone, it suddenly stopped working. It keeps blinking on and off everytime I flip it open. I can't press button since everytime it blinks the phone would refresh to the home screen. I bought the phone at amazon and had difficult time asking replacement from them. I asked around local phone repair service center and despite Motorola insistence none of them are affiliate with Motorola of which they refused to fix my phone. I searched the Motorola site and found a repair center in Texas. I sent the phone to the repair center for them to fix. Naturally, they deleted all my contact information which I hadn't able to save because of the blinking problem. After a few weeks, they sent my phone back. It was the same phone as before. The blinking problem was solved. But as soon as I used it, it wouldn't work again. There is another problem, no voice. I can't hear neither incoming or outgoing voice. It was frustrated since I expected that they should check the phone functionality before sent it back to me. All the while, I have been borrow someone else phone or go about without any phone at all.
I'm avoiding any Motorola product forever.

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Summary: So-so phone
Review: I've had the V300 for more than a year now, and I think this sums it up:
PROs:
* Keypad and menu are user-friendly
* Speakerphone and three-way conference capabilities
* Encased in a non-slip material
* Durable
* Ringtones are nice

CONs:
* You open the phone to answer, and it keeps ringing for one or two more times before it finally connects.
* Heavy
* When calls drop, sometimes it just keeps ringing and you can't stop it for the love of sweet Jesus
* It shows received calls as missed calls
* Calls drop (often), but it doesn't tell you till way later in the "conversation."
* The camera isn't that great

As for reception, I think that has more to do with T-Mobile's general suckiness than the phone itself (I think). But all the talk about the charger is incorrect. It does take 2 seconds to show that it's charging, but so? And I've never heard of the volume dropping out, or it switching to silent by it's lonesome.

I've been around the world with this phone, and have generally abused it. It has survived.


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Summary: Dropping calls after 10 minutes
Review: I have noticed that v300 drops calls after 10 minutes. Called the T-mobile helpdesk which offered to replace the phone.
It seems to be a known issue for T-mobile.

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Summary: The worst phone I've ever had
Review: The Motorola V300 is the worst cellular phone I've had, and I've had quite a few. The phone will drop a call and then start ringing without there being an incoming call. It doesn't charge worth a dang and this is my third phone since purchasing it in April of 2004. I've only had this last one for a week and it's doing exactly the same thing! The other day it took me 30 minutes just to get the phone to turn back on. The dropped calls are ridiculous. I finally lost it with T-Mobile and insisted that they give me another model. Hopefully I'll have more success with this one. Motorola dropped the ball on this phone and this experience has given me a very negative opinion of Motorola. I will never buy another phone made by Motorola.

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Summary: Great phone great value.
Review: Had this phone for almost a year. Almost no complaints. Has all the necessary functions, although rather useless camera. Recommmend.