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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / August 2004Motorola V710
Well, after waiting for a couple of months for this phone to come out, it is a bit of a disappointment! The receiver volume is very low and it is hard to hear incoming callers. The camera is tilted about 5 degrees off of level so either you have to tilt the phone or the picture comes out crooked. The outer screen shuts off completely after the backlight times out...totally blank! You have to press a key or open the flap to get it back on. Weird! And last but not least the Bluetooth implementation is broken...not sending or receiving from a computer (obex protocol). No wireless sync. On the plus side, the inside screen is very nice! Bright and very clear. Menus are very close to the T720/T730 so anyone coming from that phone will have no problems. Also, chargers are the same and work fine. Reception is pretty good. Not a lot , but somewhat better than my T720. The voice dial stuff is neat...expecially the voice digit dialing. I am taking mine back after work and getting a refund. This is just not ready for prime time. Maybe with firmware upgrades in the future it will be, but not yet, and for $419.00 it sure is not worth it. Maybe as an upgrade or a new customer at a lower price some people will find it attractive, but not me!! While it may not be in the category of a lead balloon, it's price is too high to allow it to be a good seller, IMHOP. Concur with your evaluation. Regards sounds like more of t720/730 problems. and the price, wow! the hotshot > While it may not be in the category of a > lead balloon, it's price is too high to > allow it to be a good seller, IMHOP. > Concur with your evaluation. Regards > Well, after waiting for a couple of months for this phone to come out, it is > a bit of a disappointment! [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Maybe as an upgrade or a new customer at a lower price some people will find > it attractive, but not me!! Perhaps you got a defective one. Go back and swap it out with another. I have been reading nothing but postive posts on phonescoop.com and howardforums.com. I do agree with you on the price. My contract expires on Dec 30. Hopefully they will have lowered the price by that time. Log on to howardforums.com for a discussion group. I see it at the VZW website for $249.99. > Well, after waiting for a couple of months for this phone to come out, it is > a bit of a disappointment! [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Maybe as an upgrade or a new customer at a lower price some people will find > it attractive, but not me!! That's if all is perfect timing wise on contract term and includes every possible discount and the $70 rebate. I bought mine for retail $419 at Verizon store rather than enter into higher $$ contract than I had and so forth. Never the Less ( and hoping to get $70 rebate honored ) am very happy with phone even if I had to go retail. George in NY > I see it at the VZW website for $249.99. > That's if all is perfect timing wise on contract term and includes every > possible discount and the $70 rebate. I bought mine for retail $419 at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > I see it at the VZW website for $249.99. The price breakdown is Full Price: $419 ($349 after rebate) 1 year: ??? 2 year: $319 ($249 after rebate) New every 2: $219 (requires a two year contract) ($149 after rebate) In order to get the 1-year or 2-year prices, you must be within two months before the end of your current contract, or have completed the contract. However, a salesperson at a VZW store told me that they have leeway to extend that price up to four or five months before the end of the contract. In order to get the New Every Two $100 credit, you must be within two months before the end of a two-year contract or have completed the contract, and you must sign another two-year contract. The two-month provision cannot be waived. Both plans must be $34.99 or more to qualify; this is the base price of the plan, excluding any extra minutes, family plan fees, taxes, etc.  SignatureStop Mad Cowboy Disease: Vote for John Kerry. > Well, after waiting for a couple of months for this phone to come out, it is > a bit of a disappointment! > > The receiver volume is very low and it is hard to hear incoming callers. Have to learn that phone must be held just a bit lower on ear than it feels like it should be held then booms. > The camera is tilted about 5 degrees off of level so either you have to tilt > the phone or the picture comes out crooked. I guess if you take hundreds of photo's aday that could get tiring. For the amount of photo's most would do I don't think that slightly angling the camera will give anyone a sports injury. My presumption that the camera and ear speaker placement was trade off on design and inclusion of various other abilities of phone. > The outer screen shuts off > completely after the backlight times out...totally blank! You have to press > a key or open the flap to get it back on. Weird! Not of you have your settings correct, play some more. I do wish that they had allowed for leaving lighting on when shell opened period instead of only timing sets. >And last but not least > the Bluetooth implementation is broken...not sending or receiving from a > computer (obex protocol). No wireless sync. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > pretty good. Not a lot , but somewhat better than my T720. The voice dial > stuff is neat...expecially the voice digit dialing. Agree with you > I am taking mine back after work and getting a refund. This is just not > ready for prime time. Maybe with firmware upgrades in the future it will > be, but not yet, and for $419.00 it sure is not worth it. I needed BT for pairing with cars HFree system, that works very well although I am hopeful that a future firmware upgrade will enhance data sending to include signal and batt strength to HF system. > Maybe as an upgrade or a new customer at a lower price some people will find > it attractive, but not me!! I paid retail and still very happy with it! Coming off low end phone so this is real difference to what I had past year and a half. Plus rivals StarTac in feel and size and I miss my old StarTac. George in NY NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Earpice volume on mine was too low anywhere I placed it. It is a known bug. My T-720 was twice as loud and that phone is not as loud as it should be. And you are wrong about the outside display...it DOES turn off completely after a short time. It is blank as can be then. Not just the backlight. And for the camera, it is not acceptable either. For the price of this phone, $419.00 in my case, it should just plain not be off kilter. There is no excuse for this poor workmanship. And the crippled Bluetooth is another that should not happen. I took it back and got a refund. It is not ready for prime time. Verizon blew it on this phone. After the long wait from FCC approval until release, they should have fixed all the bugs..not sent them out for us to beta. I may still buy a new StarTac...I saw some advertised brand new in box. Still the best phone out there. > > Well, after waiting for a couple of months for this phone to come out, it > is [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > George in NY |
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