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All rights reserved. https://www.phonescoop.com/img/rss_badge.gif https://www.phonescoop.com/ 88 31 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=33424#review33424 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=33424#review33424 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:38:28 GMT <p><i>hdtravel submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Solid well built phone for Nextel &amp; Boost Mobile.<br /><br />Very rugged construction.<br />Loud and clear audio on speaker and speakerphone.<br />Good bluetooth connectivity.<br />Nice large color display.<br />Very solid performer.<br />Weather, dust, shock resistant.<br /><br />Drop it, abuse it, no problem.<br /><br />I use this phone on Boost Mobile and love. You will too.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=32617#review32617 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=32617#review32617 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:12:42 GMT <p><i>iggycordova submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>They finally got it right with this one, feels reliable &amp; strong on the cellualr side and the performance side.<br /><br />Pros:<br />Rugged Design A++++++<br />Battery Life<br />Access Of Direct Connect Button<br />Backlight<br />Speaker<br />Buttons ( Little Too Small Though) A-<br />Position Of Mic &amp; Speaker<br />Bluetooth<br />Nav Directions on Screen A+++++<br />Charge Port<br />Sleep Mode In Holster<br /><br />Cons:<br />Could Use a Second outer shell like my old i355 but it's current outer shell is good enough.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=29979#review29979 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=29979#review29979 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:22:08 GMT <p><i>bossmoss submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Battery Talk: 4.8 hours max. (290 minutes)<br />Standby: 240 hours max. (10 days) LiIon<br />OH PLEASE! .. goes dead in 10 hours.<br /><br />My company bought a dispatch system with these phones.<br /><br />I have had this 6+ months: <br /><br />!. Maine (where I am )has VERY limited nextel range. I can travel an hour from a town only to get back into range and find out there was a service call back where I have left an hour previous. How handy! <br /><br />2. The alert: "java speaker" resets itself so that i cannot hear alerts when I get them.<br /><br />3. This phone must have been programmed by committee ..... to accept an option you have to hit OK, or next, or any number of DIFFERENT choices deoending on menu - no consistency! <br /><br />4. Dispatch system gives information not relevent to drivers (for office billing apparently)excludes helpful information that while appears on dispatchers screen does not appear on the nextel.<br /><br />5. Get hung and will not access menues without a lot of hassle.<br /><br />6. It has a mind of its own - as well as losing alert volume there are times when I can't confirm that I have received a call: i615 will default to "next delivery" instead of the usual "confirm" when a new call comes in .... so I scroll back up to "confirm" and hit "next" (next? not OK? - so intuitive) whereupon the nextel beeps to let me know I have a new call do I want to confirm: THE SAME CALL!. I repeat the procedure .... It alerts AGAIN! LOUDLY (as I have just adjusted it to 7 from 3 where it had reset itsef{see complaint #2.) you can do this 50 times and this phone will not shut up. ... even turning it off to reset it will not work. then after a while it will, when it apparently feels like it<br /><br />7. This phone is bulky &amp; heavy<br /><br />8. were I not financially responsible for this phone I would have chucked it out a window or hit it with a hammer long ago.<br /><br />My Razor phone with US Cellular was far superior in dependability, range, readability, ease of use, &amp; battery life.<br /><br />I do not recommend this phone at all<br /><br />I would sooner use two cans &amp; some string.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=16507#review16507 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=16507#review16507 Wed, 10 May 2006 22:38:39 GMT <p><i>bo67 submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Pros: <br />1. Large clear screen<br />2. Loud speaker<br />3. Very durable<br />4. Good reception<br />5. Good battery life<br /><br />Cons:<br />1. No off-network two way<br /><br />Overall a great phone by Motorola.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=15657#review15657 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=15657#review15657 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:14:18 GMT <p><i>adamlau submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>2.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Some words from a general contractor in the field of residental construction. Experience with both the i530 and the i355 has left me longing for something that the i605 has finally satisfied. <br /><br />i530 had great monochrome screen with excellent visibility under both sunlit and dark conditions. Sound and speaker quality rated as excellent. Paired with extended battery and battery door. <br /><br />Limited feature set moved me to the i355. Solid phone. Adequate feature set. Somewhat heavy and thick for regular pocket carry. Found difficulty finding a suitable pouch for combination pant/belt/toolbelt carry. Meant to prevent inadvertant key presses, rounded keys difficult to press. Often confused Power Off and End Call keys. Difficult to screen calls under sunlit conditions because of screen washout. Compared to the i530, earpiece quality rated as poor, speaker as average. That was my primary gripe with the i355: Poor earpiece sound quality. Distant and tinny. If you examine the earpice of the i530 or i605 versus the i355 you will see why. <br /><br />i605 is lighter in weight than either the i530 or i355. Can use Zoom sized text and still have enough Contacts in view to avoid excessive scrolling. Button are smallish, yet a breeze to depress. Power Off and End Call have enough separation to distinguish the two clearly. Minor gripe is the charging door which can be difficult to pry open. Sound quality is on par with the i530 if not better. True to the i58sr legacy which is ubiquitous on our projects.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=14613#review14613 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=14613#review14613 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:44:42 GMT <p><i>SI523 submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I spoke with PlatMan and he mentioned to me that he meant to give this phone a rating of 5 but forgot to rate it before submitting so a default rating was submitted in his review. So, I gave it 5 stars for him. My actual rating would be 4.5 stars only because I like the i325IS mostly and I feel the i605 is Nextel's second best phone ever made. The only reason I like the i325IS most of all is because the RF with the i325IS is unmatched and unbeatable by any. RF is the most important feature I want in a phone. Other than that, the i605 is by far the nicest cell phone with all it's features and the quality construction it supports. <br /><br />The i605 is a near perfect phone for what it has to offer and I have one too, because of this.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=14603#review14603 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=14603#review14603 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:06:26 GMT <p><i>PlatMan submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>2.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>All the features Nextel lists about the i605 cell phone holds true.<br /><br />My Pro's:<br />Other than all the specs Nextel / Motorola iDEN say about this phone my<br />personal likings of this unit are and not necessarily in this order:<br />Screen is perfect! Large, 262k color (176x220 pix) and can be seen clearly<br />in the sunlight.<br />Direct Connect speaker is LOUD. Excellent!<br />Speaker all and all is loud, louder than any other Motorola Nextel phone<br />that is out there.<br />Ear piece speaker is also loud and clear. I usually only need to set it to<br />5 out of 7. Same goes with the external speaker.<br />Ringers can be heard loud and clearly. Music, Voice, Sound, or Polyphonic,<br />all have excellent loud tones.<br />BlueTooth is excellent and very clear sounding using the Motorola #HS850<br />headset and the Motorola #HF820 car kit.<br />Keys backlight up a very nice blue. Pleasing to the eyes.<br />The indicator status light is also nice to have and rarely seen on monolith<br />phones.<br />Dropped calls very rarely happen. Other than the i325/i325IS being best<br />for RF, the i605 runs a very tight 2nd.<br />Memory is large and can store much.<br />Battery life is excellent, couldn't be better!<br />Built like a tank. It will be hard to bust this phone up!<br />Not too large or bulky to handle.... just the way I like my cell phones to be, built tough!<br /><br />My Con's:<br />I don't really have anything bad here or major, but:<br />Keys are a little close together and is sometimes hard to use with LARGE<br />fingers, but is tolerable and not as bad as some cell phones key<br />arrangements I have experienced. Tis is just a minor thing but worth<br />mentioning.<br />The charging port / accessory door cover is sometimes hard to keep closed<br />and pops open on occasion. Could have been a tighter fitting door. Again,<br />just another minor thing I notice.<br /><br /><br />Overall, fantastic cell phone and worth the money.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=12105#review12105 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=12105#review12105 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:23:45 GMT <p><i>hokie1972 submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS SCREEN EVEN IN THE SUNLIGHT...VERY NICE SPEAKER SYSTEM...SURE ITS LARGE BUT THATS WHAT I GOT IT FOR. THE RUBBER EDGES MAKE IT VERY DURABLE TOO. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LARGER BUTTONS.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=12069#review12069 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=12069#review12069 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:39:34 GMT <p><i>bigwrigg submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Overall the phone performs well. One of the biggest things I noticed is less dropped calls (Dallas, TX market). My previous phones were the i730, i830, i860 and now i605. Of all the phones so far, I have had far less dropped calls with this one. The earpiece seems to be very loud on this particular unit, with general volume at level 5 of 7, and rarely having to turn it all the way up. Bluetooth seems to work well with the unit and at this point I have not noticed a significant drop in battery power while its active. Bluetooth was tested with a Motorola HS850 and Jabra 250v. <br /><br />Pros -<br />Very loud earpiece<br />Improved battery life for an Iden unit<br />Better system reception - Less dropped calls. <br />Bluetooth seems to work well<br />Nice large screen<br /><br />Cons - <br />Small keys - to close together<br />Bulky Phone - no option for smaller battery or battery door at this time.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=10297#review10297 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=10297#review10297 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:51:11 GMT <p><i>Jeffola submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>1</b> (out of 5)</p><p>I jumped at the opportunity to get my hands on a bluetooth nextel (not wanting a blackberry) and I got this phone. it's big, not like "OH THAT BOAT IS BIG!" no more like "HOLLY %^&amp;( THATS HUGE" you dont really know how big it was because when you order them, no one has it. OK that being said (did I mention it was a bit large, not, because it's not, IT'S HUGE!) OK I couldn't get the bluetooth to work with the Parrot CK3100 and the on-board acura TL hands free link. It worked with my jabra headset, but you got static (noise?) when the phone was on your waist, I am tall, but this is ridiculous! The bluetooth then (after a few weeks of not working with ANY CAR KIT EVER) i was getting bluetooth power up failures. After that, it woundnt mate bond marry connect or even hint to anything bluetooth. i called nextel, and they could care less. So not really thrilled with a feature I bought the phone for or the ridiculous morons at nextel who told me, it's more than 2 weeks old and more than 400 minutes (which is like 2 days usage)<br /><br />Nice screen, bu the phone is BIG!</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=10258#review10258 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=10258#review10258 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:51:00 GMT <p><i>KEVIN1270 submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>2.5</b> (out of 5)</p><p>First of all a bluetooth bar phone? it's big<br />bulky.When is the last time you see a construction worker using bluetooth? thats what this phone is all is rough service.Meets milatary requirments.<br /><br />Pros: nice large screen, good battery life, bluetooth <br /><br />Cons: button's are very small to close together, end button is very close to power button very easy to shut phone off instead hitting end button.Smart button looks like all it does is takes the phone to the home screen ? <br /><br />over all this phone was a waste of money .</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=9876#review9876 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=9876#review9876 Sun, 22 May 2005 14:38:40 GMT <p><i>erikclarke submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4</b> (out of 5)</p><p>Firstly, the hardware is exactly as advertised so I will not repeat any of the features that Nextel advertises so well. The only reason I did not give this phone a five star rating is that it was not fully supported by Nextel upon release. The new Enhanced Mobile Email app cannot be downloaded onto the phone (or any of the other new models via the Download Apps program). If you won't miss doing without this great new Nextel Java Application for a while (as for now indefinitely because they have no anticipated correction date) go ahead and enjoy the hardware features of this hi-tech phone without the benefit of the most powerful Java Application ever released by Nextel.</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=9779#review9779 https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=647&r=9779#review9779 Mon, 16 May 2005 12:21:32 GMT <p><i>alitvid submitted this review of the Motorola i605 / i615:</i></p><p>Overall rating: <b>4</b> (out of 5)</p><p>When Nextel release their bluetooth phone I wanted to be one the ones who got one, cause I belive wireless should be be truely wireless and not have some cord dangle from your side or in front of you etc... so far so good by bluetooth headset works just fine and I am able to hear and be heard so I am a happy camper.... In my viewpoint the phone works better than the I860..... Now if they would only make a bluetooth headset with built-in ptt; I would be a real happy camper...</p> <p><i>(Follow link to rate this review or report it to us as inappropriate.)</i></p> https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/p_forum.php?ff=647