Motorola V710
So since many of us HATED this phone after a few months...
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I did like LG a lot back with the 6000. But now that Verizon uses the same crappy menu system with every phone (except Mototrola) I refuse to buy one. I wonder how many problems with the RAZR happened because of the switched out menu system.
Just for fun, I've gone into the stores and asked the salesman if I could change the color of the bars (and also to see if they finally allow you to do it). They ALWAYS respond yes. Then I attempt to change the bars and fail. Then I ask them to do it and they usually respond with "through the menu." I then insist they show me and then they fiddle around with it for a while and then they grumble "I guess you can't."
Note: Same thing happened with v710 bluetooth. ME: "Will this work with my computer'...
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I didn't mind the menus so much, and I liked the voice dialing, but most other functions were not particularly useful. What a waste.
The outside screen was a big disappointment. If I could make it unique, great, but as it was, it was fairly useless to have that quality of a screen for what it was used for.
Don't get me started on charging. The tiny charging connection is the world's worst. I'd lose connection and not notice it, and not have juice when I needed it.
On the inside screen, the buttons marred the scre...
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So pretty much all those complaints are addressed by switching to a GSM carrier and getting a RAZR. Maybe once the refund actually comes I'll even splurge on an unlocked v3i, since getting a base RAZR doesn't actually cost anything and we MAKE $50 on a V360 for my wife. And other carriers have better plans, too...
What puzzles me is why anyone would continue to do business with a carrier whi...
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Unless I were to convince all of my family, my business partners, and friends to switch as well, I just can't see giving up unlimited free calls to those people (seriously, almost everyone I call is on Verizon).
I'm sure it makes up for Verizon's more expensive plan (in my case at least).
Camera? I could not care less. Only use it to snap photos of something I may be shopping for or even the packaging to remember model numbers etc. In a way, I use it as a short-term notebook.
The reception is GREAT, rarely have a dropped call, the speakerphone is GREAT, a few software glitches here and there but nothing that wasn't solved with a simple re-boot (like any normal computer...cell phones like this really are basically a PDA in a sense). I've owned three cell phones in my life, the last two being Moto's simply because they had the features I was looking for at the time. (I was actually VERY happy with what the bluetooth o...
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