Motorola V710
Average Ratings
This Phone is Awesome!!!
I had to retract my statement about the Audiovox 8900 phone for Verizon. When I got that 8900 it was the best phone ever. After owning it since June 2004 and having to return it on Nov. 26th 2004, obviously my original statements did not count. That phone froze up and they couldn't even retrieve my phone numbers from it to put on my new phone this V710. This phone has been awesome for my Brother, and now myself. All of the features rule. The phone is higher quality material than the audiovox and the reception is awesome. The camera feature is a bit weak but thats to be expected on a cell phone. This is a keeper. BUY IT!!! If you can find one!!
Take it for what it is
Keeping in mind that this phone is a moto, and there design is backwards compared to all other phones. It makes it difficult to use, work on, and explain. There are those who love it (moto heads) and those who hate it(folks who work with them on a daily basis)Its a cool phone, with a lot of neat features, but the cons to this phone far procede me wanting to buy it. I hate the charging port (here me moto, change it and get with the program!!!!!,make it easier to charge so that there are less problems with the phones port) The headset is way cool, works well have tested and will go 30 feet way from phone & still work, way cool! This phone does a good job of keeping signal (can you hear me know? good! :-) but the battery life could be better. All in all its not so bad, if you can deal with the few problems it has like the spotty camera
Great phone, crummy carrier
Loving my new V710. I was able to get ringtones to the T720 I had before via the datacable. This phone has a sim card that makes it even easier. I found it has issues with the card when used on the mac. I think its the invisible files the Mac leaves around that seem to confuse the phone.
Speaker phone is great! Voice dialing without training is such a nice feature.
Word on the Forums is Verizon will cripple the copy from card to phone (free ringtones etc) in a future version of the SW. I hope not. But it is so like them to do such a thing. They are so sleazy that way.
The things I like about Verizon is they have great coverage and good customer support.
The V710 is a good phone. Buy the support contract ($5/mo) in case you drop this thing. It has too many potential points of failure (camera lens, front window, inside window, etc.).
Good luck!
Very Disapointed
The camera is useless and bluetooth is limited(no file transfers). Other than that it is ok.
Awesome Phone!
This phone is exactly what Verizon Wireless needed. A bluetooth phone that was built with quality and with a lot of features. My favorite features are:
- Expandable memory with transflash card
- Integrated Mp3 player - paired with the headphones make for a very high quality Mp3 player!
- Bluetooth
- Speakerphone
- Crisp screen
- Integrated digital video camera
These featueres make the phone exactly what I was looking for. Everything works flawless and I have had no problems with the phone, it is great! Thanks Motorola!
Damn Good Phone for Verizon
This phone is the best phone on the market for all of the features you get for the price (319.99 $70 rebate 2y contract). I have had 3 weeks to play with it and I am impressed. Here are the pros and cons.
Pros
-Sound quality is great. As a phone it works very well.
-The size is good even with the antenna.
-Color screen is very nice and colorful. Not the best on the market but still good.
-External screen is nice. It does turn off but that is to save power and with a push of a button it turns right on.
-Camera is good but is no replacement for a digital camera even with MP res. (needs well lit area, LED light doesnt do well in darkness) Video capture with sound works good
-Transflash card works great. Can store MP3s, Jpeg pictures, and 3gpp2 (new mpeg4 movie format) movies. I have 128 meg card and its smaller then my thumb nail. Use the SD card adapter and you dont need Get it Now just use a SD memory card reader and transfer pictures, movies, and MP3s between your computer and phone. Faster and more useful than USB data cable.
-Speaker phone works great, loud and MP3s sound pretty good. Ringer is very loud.
-Voice commands are easy to use and work very well
-Bluetooth is a plus but is limited (Verizon limited it not Motorola) use Transflash to get around that. Does sync with computer and BT headset works well (doesnt play MP3s through headset??? Weird)
Cons
-Small scratches have shown up on the outside where the flip hits the rubber stop. Dont know if it's my defect or on every phone.
-Not the best menu system just needs time to get adjusted
-I dont know if external screen can be changed. Would be nice.
-Full HTML would be nice for web browsing.
-Battery life is very short if you are using the camera and Bluetooth a lot (1 day) but under normal usage its not bad.
For people looking for a phone to replace their digital camera forget it. If you are looking for a solid phone with some great features this is the one.
ONE GREAT PHONE
I have had this phone for three weeks now. Received my BT Headset from Motorola. I have also had and still own the LG 7000 and the Samsung a670. both are good phones but not great. The Motorola v 710 is a great phone. Much has been made on this form about the short comings of this phone but most fail to remember that this is indeed a Phone first and all else second. This phone talks from areas where the 7000, 670, and even the LG 600 would not. that is a bid plus, it is a phone after all. My use of the phone is in an outdoor business enviorment, the ear peice is plenty loud and appears to be getting louder. the phone book allows me to assign to the name what type of number it is unlike the 7000 or the 670 which only allow one business number, one fax number and the like. ringers are loud and easy to hear in a outdoor working, loud enviorment. Not sure what all the hoop-do-loo about the BT is. It works for me and this is a phone not a computer, Game Boy or Play Station, it is also not a DVD Player.
That said the camera function is not as good as it could be. I am disappointed in the quality of the pictures. the LG 7000 takes much better pictures, but then again it is a phone.
All in all it is a great phone that deserves the respect of a phone that will talk and receive where other will not, while nothing is perfect this is one great phone.
I am a Verizone customer with five phone lines and count on my phones for daily business and personal communciations.
What I wish they'd told me before buying
Bought this phone on August 11. Mostly I was waiting for BlueTooth. I expected to be able to do all data connections using BlueTooth.
Turns out the only BlueTooth feature that works now is the headset, which I don't have. Can't use it as a wireless modem, can't transfer pictures (Verizon DID tell me that, tried to sell me 20 pics/month for $5), can't transfer phonebooks even if you buy the PhoneTools software that says you CAN transfer phonebooks. However, two separate reps in Motorola's software support have told me that a BlueTooth software update will be released within two weeks, and that ALL of these missing features will then work.
Also thought it would be cool to have a decent camera. But this one does quite poorly inside, as far as I can see on the small screen. I can't find any reference to the camera technology, but it has the characteristics of CMOS rather than CCD. The "light" is a tiny white LED. Sorry, I don't buy the "it's a phone" argument. What's the point of device convergence if one of the devices is sub-standard?
Well I should at least be able to use my standard headset for now, right? Well, when I plug in the headset, it intermittently goes into voice memo recording mode. And if I try to voice dial, it always exits before I can say a command.
And one thing that really bugs me is that I can't look at the phone and know if it's on! There's no LED, and the screen blanks out after a few seconds/minutes (depending on various settings).
The manual is okay for basics but lacks depth. Motorola support is courteous enough but not very knowledgable; I was disconnected twice today--one rep said that happens a lot (always nice when a phone technology company can't get its phone technology working). If you DO get through to the software reps (15+ minutes), they seem to be more knowledgable.
I may keep this if the BlueTooth update works well, but the initial release is a disappointment overall.
From a530 to 710
I had the 530. Loved that phone. but the addition of speaker phone and camera..... Makes it worth it. But by far the biggest thing that stands out is the screen. It so nice to have all that screen space. I think the 710 is more pocket-able. I had the extended battery on the 530 and it made it a bit thick. The 710 is actually thinner. Now i just have to figure out how to hack GIN programs to work with this phone. Memory card is also a must for this phone.
Overall the size of this phone is a benefit not a hindrance. It actually feels like a phone you can hold not not drop.
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
Pros Good RF
Nice Design
Cons Camera tilt from day one
Camera useless in anything but bright sunlight, even with led flash
Voice commands which worked flawlessly originally stopped working completely after about one week
Most wanted functions crippled by Verizon
Outer display useless and can not be customized except for a few colors
Ear piece has to placed exact on the
users ear or callers can't be heard
Speakerphone volume low and can't be used with the flip closed.
Returned after 10 days because I was concerned that it had too many bugs already. So much for Verizon's long testing process.
