Motorola E815 / E816 Hollywood

If you think this is a bad phone stay away from the LG 8100

I have to disagree with you on some of the stuff you mentioned.

When I press the buttons mine doesn't make a creaky squeaky noise....

The hinge is not the tightest but either was my vx7000, plus im not gonna sit there and push the hinge back and forth...


dim power key doesn't really bother me, i have had other phones with the same problem I think its the red or something, I believe only my samsung A310 had a dark red power key...

Speaker phone is loud as hell I don't know why you would want it louder...I think this is one of the loudest phones I have owned and the ringers are loud too...

So far haven't heard a buzz in my phone when talking to someone, but I'll look out for it. My vx7000 did make some funny noises and that g...
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Boulderboy said:
There are some pros to the phone like reception and battery, but here are my gripes:

Loose creaky squeaky construction of phone, makes cracking noises as you press the keypad. You can feel the case moving.

Sloppy side to side play in hinge. Mostly felt when flip is closed.

Echo or sound like I'm speaking into an empty 55 gallon drum.

Buzz or crackle in ear-piece heard when other party speaks on high notes, regardless of my volume setting.

Dim power key.

Not the loudest speaker-phone I've heard.


Now here is the part I really don't understand. We all waited somewhere in the area of 5 months while VZW tested this phone, or at least that is what I read here on numerous threads. Exactly

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"Loose creaky squeaky construction of phone, makes cracking noises as you press the keypad. You can feel the case moving."

If I press down hard on the button, I guess it makes sortof a crackling noise...but it doesn't bother me at all. You make it sound like it's breaking the phone, but it just sound like you're pressing against some crackly, flexibe material somewhere on the inside.

"Sloppy side to side play in hinge. Mostly felt when flip is closed."
Being that I don't use the hinge when the phone is closed... :-P

"Echo or sound like I'm speaking into an empty 55 gallon drum."
Haven't heard it yet, although I've only had this phone for a few days.

"Buzz or crackle in earpiece heard when other party speaks on high notes, rega...
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I got my phone the very day it came out, so it is one of the early ones. It is solid. I do not have any of the problems you listed, no creaks whatsoever, not at all. earpiece is crystal clear, hinge works great, no echo. and beleive me i am picky. for sure some of the phones are bad and some are good, i got lucky and i am afraid your phone is most likely defective. so, take it back and echange it and you will be as happy as i am with it. but make sure you take the new one out of the box and try it at the store to be sure you do not get another bad one. verizon should be ahamed of themselves for releasing problematic phones...but just do you know, they are not al bad. mine is wonderful, by far and wide the best phone i have ever had.

You pretty much summed up every issue I have with this phone also. I guess there is a reason it launched at $299 instead of the $399 it was originally supposed to start at...

I ordered mine July 5th as soon as it hit the site and I never had any of the problems you metioned. It has froze up 2 times but that's all. I'm very pleased with this phone.

I have had my e815 for a week now, and I have to say it is the best phone I've ever had, bar none. The feature set is awesome, the directional keypad is fully customizable, the reception is unbelievably great, and the manufacturing quality is superb. I cannot say enough good things about this phone. Verizon have outdone themselves. Also it was a sweet deal, I got it through my corporate program for about half the cost of the public retail channel. 😁

When I'm walking around with my bluetooth headset on, I feel like a SUPER GEEK! Combined with the new call forwarding system at my work, I was able to conduct business yesterday afternoon while walking through a forest glade dappled with sunlight, the summer air punctuated by the sound of bi...
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Go with the consensus: take the phone back to the store and get another one. You can find another e815 without any of those problems. Take your list with you, take the new phone out of the box and test it, and don't leave until you have a good one. Once you get past the problems, which I'm sure you will, it's worth it. I like mine more each day as I learn to use its great features. Especially love the voice recognition. And don't let the sales people convince you no one else is having problems.

Boulderboy said:
There are some pros to the phone like reception and battery, but here are my gripes:

Loose creaky squeaky construction of phone, makes cracking noises as you press the keypad. You can feel the case moving.

Sloppy side to side play in hinge. Mostly felt when flip is closed.

Echo or sound like I'm speaking into an empty 55 gallon drum.

Buzz or crackle in earpiece heard when other party speaks on high notes, regardless of my volume setting.

Dim power key.

Not the loudest speakerphone I've heard.


Now here is the part I really don't understand. We all waited somewhere in the area of 5 months while VZW tested this phone, or at least that is what I read here on numerous threads. Exactly wh

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Here is my question...is everyone still in there 14 day trial period???....I had to go through only one phone and the second phone's only issue was that it didnt have the vcast which I had updated...and works fine now...the pix messaging was a little buggy but seems to be working now...BUT when I did try and go exchange the phone the first time no one had it...i had to go to two stores before I found one that still had any in stock

I will tell you what I think is that some of you guys are overly picky when it comes to these phones and maybe need to sit back for a second and relax a bit.

If you compare this phone to the other verizon v-cast phones this is by far the best one of them all I mean c'mon now the reception on this phone is amazing, you guys need to relax a little and stop being so manic!!