Motorola V500 review from United Kingdom
"Good features, but not nice to live with"
What things have gone wrong with the mobile phone?
Terrible to charge: Can sometimes take up to 20 minutes to get it to charge!
Paint comes off all too easily: It's worn off the edges of my phone in under a year!
General comments?
What an awful phone!
This phone is terrible to use. There are no easy shortcuts, and it is very slow on opening menus. Plugging in the charger is a nightmare as it's a "hit or miss" situation as to whether it takes the charge or not.
Texting is not easy. It's a horrid phone for texting.
The camera and screen are quite good.
For the price paid, it's a well stacked phone, with a camera, 65k colour screen, bluetooth, and MP3 ringtones.
But overall it's a disappointment. I've had a Motorola before, which was never this horrible to use. Since that Motorola, I've stuck to Nokia. And I shall stick to Nokia from now on.
| Would you buy another mobile phone from this manufacturer? | No |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Reception marks | 5/10 |
| Voice Quality marks | 5/10 |
| Build Quality marks | 2/10 |
| Screen Quality marks | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use marks | 1/10 |
| Vibration Strength marks | 1/10 |
| Camera Quality marks | 7/10 |
| Approximate Battery Life in days (no calls made or received) | 4 |
| Approximate time to charge the battery (from flat) in hours | 10 |
| Previous mobile phone | Nokia 3510 |
| Date of Entry | 10th April, 2006 |