Motorola V3x
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- Big Al
- UGr
- 10 Jan 2006
I just got this phone for a few days, my previous phone is a SE T630. Overall, this is a nice phone with lots of features. Almost everything is working as expected. Below is a random set of comments:
- The entire unit is made of high quality plastic. The battery door is a little flimsy. There is a soft speaker grill (make of soft plastic) on the back of the phone, make sure you don't poke it or else it'll break.
- Phone is fast enough for menus, it is definitely way faster than the sick SE T-630.
- Battery life is short, it died within 24 hrs. I guess I spent too much time mucking around with all the functions and MP3 players. Besides, I'm only on a 3rd charge here, battey life probably improves after 5-6 charges.
- The LCD is bright and sharp. Color is superb.
- Bluetooth seems to be working alright as well, whether it is paired with my SE HBH-660 BT headset, my SE T-630 or my laptop PC. File transfer or address book entries transfer works fine.
- The phone doesn't have iTune. I believe only US version will have iTune (I'm located in HK). There is a Motorola Java MP3 player. The problem with this player is that it doesn't resume after answering to an incoming call. You need to manually resume the player. You can use the phone's built-in MP3 player (primitive) as an alternative. There is no folder to orgainze your MP3 files, it just shows you a big list of MP3 files from all folders. Very hard to find a song (you have to scroll thru' the entire list and there is no find function). If you want to use the built-in player, you do need to build a playlist in order for it to play one song after another. Also, the player will not play MP3 files over 192kbps bit rate, and the delete function is buggy (incorrectly deleted your playlist when it asks you to delete an unrecognized MP3 file). All in all, the MP3 function is marginal. Now I really wish iTune is there.
- The included headset has USB connection for music and voice call. There is no provision for using a better headphone. Sound quality is ok, definitely not hi-fi enough for me (could be the limitation of the headphone).
- Phone does attract finger prints easily, so often cleaning may be necessary.
- Camera is ok, don't expect quality like a dedicate digital camera. It's probably similar to the latest Nikia or SE phones.
- Speaker independent voice dial is not reliable, may need to spell the contact name in another way in order to get a match. Wish they put a voice recording function for the contact name in the phone book so that I'll surely get a match with voice dial.
- Phone does allow MP3 ringtone residing on the micro SD card. It also lets the MP3 ringtone comes thru' the BT headset, which is nice.
I had a total of 4 reboots of the phone out of the blue. Two cases where me making a call when the battery is low. The phone just rebooted instead of shutting down. One other case the phone rebooted during a BT transfer after extensive BT transfers were made. And one other time was after I closed the flip after answering a call. This happened after I mucked around with the MP3 player extensively. Not sure if I got a lemon with defective hardware or simply a firmware problem. I suspect it is the latter and newer firmware in the furture will likely to fix this.
Al
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- danny
- mys
- 10 Jan 2006
i am on contract with 3 and i have a motorola e1000 and i hate it
it keeps crashing turning off and it does not charge propley.
now my menu button does not work and i have tried contacting 3 by email but do no seem to get a reply
it says that i have to phone em
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- sdn
- P%$
- 10 Jan 2006
Does anyone know what is the mp3 player for this V3x? a Motorola mp3 player or iTunes music player?
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- Andy
- Qs{
- 10 Jan 2006
Hi, Im getting the impression that Vodafone UK have recieved a very, very bad bacth of the V3x?? Am i correct in saying this? Im on the 3G network in Australia and cant see any problems with this phone for all your comments. I am seriously thinking of getting one on an upgrade as the SEV800 is very chuncky but with a great battery life!! We cant have everything now can we?
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- melissa
- nF9
- 09 Jan 2006
hello,,im 4 months into my contract but want to get this phone.what would happen..would i have to buy out my old contract or have the choice of paying a large fee and carrying on the last 8 months with a new fone ...im on voda and it has this fone in ..thanks for any little help.
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- avo
- n24
- 09 Jan 2006
why aren't there pictures taken from this moblile phone?if anyone has pictures show it to me please thanks
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- wayne
- nue
- 09 Jan 2006
Ok was just wondering if anyone else is gettin a slight pop from the speaker phone when chattin or playing mp3 ringtones you have edited and sent to the phone yourself?
Help on this would be great, Thanx.
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- mt
- n$F
- 08 Jan 2006
look here http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=810042&page=3&pp=15
Seems that nobody knows about the no operator logo version!?! i want to know whivh features are damnly restricted.Only god maybe?
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- Kristian
- iCN
- 08 Jan 2006
Can somebody send me a photo which was made with these phone on my e-mail adress !!?!?
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- Ollie
- my8
- 08 Jan 2006
I have the V3x - I would like to just say that Vodafone uk should win awards for being the worst company in the world to deal with. 2 months + and they are still making so many mistakes.
The phone - seems good. I had been going to get just a V3 ages back
Battery cover seems like it wants to fall off.
ALSO having real problems with viewing pics I've taken and the phone locks up/freezes (?) when I try and look at pics.
I have no idea how to download them.
TV with vodafone is a gimic. Also - need a few decent ring tones - these are all poor! Don't want to pay for them!!
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- below24
- nFH
- 08 Jan 2006
I have this phone, got it when it first came out! Thought it was great but in the first day i had to get a replacement from voda, i now have two memory cards but thats besides the point. I didnt like the fact it didnt come with a cable or a CD. If you want the drivers to charge using your USB 2.0 cable.
The drivers can be found on my site.
http://www.freewebtown.com/below24/
Its a great phone personally, once i get over different user interface (im used to the P910i).
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- mT
- n$F
- 07 Jan 2006
Can somebody tell me if this phone is produced unbranded without the vodafone or 3 logos and softwares? Where can you get it from unbranded? Please i am desperate and don't know. I've called motorola in my country and they cannot confirm
Please!!!! answer if you know!
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- oscarD
- mgb
- 07 Jan 2006
Jus recently purchased one on 3, I previously had a v3 which got nicked NYE :( the v3 had lots of useability issues which all seem to be resolved with the v3x. :D so far so good, was warned by bloke in the shop to charge 4 @ least 10hrs & i havent had any issues yet...(touch wood)
A new battery will set u back £25 from motorola.com
I think all v3x's on 3g will have been butchered by your provider to allow them to control content.
also did yours come with a memory card??? mine didnt:(
My question is... RAZR V3x or NOKIA N70?
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- Gavin
- BwW
- 07 Jan 2006
With the motorola you can forwards items on via bluetooth its simple. if you go into multimedia, then the file type, select the chosen file and press the menu button then scroll down to copy and then this will give you the option to copy it via bluetooth to another device.
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- Anonymous
- nw9
- 07 Jan 2006
Can somebody give me an opinion about the camera of this phone? i know that is a 2MP camera, but the mpx220 have 1mp camera and the camera was "discusting", and i want an opinion about the camera, the quality image in the display.I ant to buy this motorola or the sharp 703 but im confussed, i dont know what phone should i buy :S
Thnks
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- mT
- n$F
- 07 Jan 2006
Can somebody tell me if this phone is produced unbranded without the vodafone or 3 logos and softwares? Where can you get it from unbranded? Please i am desperate and don't know. I've called motorola in my country and they cannot confirm
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- Matt
- PNI
- 07 Jan 2006
Does anyone know if this phone can function on the normal GSM network, such as Telstra in Australia, without a 3 sim card?
Can you turn off 3G to better the battery life and if so, how?
Email me please!
Cheers guys, Matt
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- Chris
- mm$
- 06 Jan 2006
I have just got this phone on 3 and I am not very happy with it at all, I would not advise any of you to get it. I had the D500 before and I think that it was a much better phone and now with the D600 having a better camera I wish I had opted for that on a different network. The main problems I have found are that it has crashed a few times and also it lost the theme function not letting me enter this menu so i sent it back and they say that its not faulty but just needs resetting, but i dont want to have to always reset my phone!
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- TheOneDazz
- MF{
- 06 Jan 2006
gud fone dun get mi rong but moto tuk da slash a little wiv it, day anounced in q1 2005, we in q1 2006 an it jus cum owt now, seriously dats nokia tactics dare but sumtimes moto anounce a fone (e,g e1) an release it les dan 2 months l8r, need 2 sord da consistancy owt moto, howevr no doubt dis fone wil make lots ov ppl apy
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- aaron
- mDF
- 06 Jan 2006
Oh yes nearly forgot- another reason to steer clear is the mobile phone tools software isnt released yet and you will have to BUY it. what a liberty. Now I had a V3 before and loved it. What went wrong motorola? I repeat for anyone thinking of buying this phone for more than to ring people on- then dont.