Motorola V975 Review
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Review: April 2005.
The Motorola V975 is an entry-level 3G mobile. Its specification is
virtually identical to the Motorola C975,
except that it is a clamshell phone, not a "candy bar" shape.
Its 4-way scroll pad is better than the clunky joystick on the C975.
The V975 is a good all-rounder with everything that you would expect
from a 3G phone: video calling & video content downloads, integrated
mp3 player, integrated speakerphone, a good quality display, and an
expandable memory. The expandable memory is a very useful feature, enabling
you to store content like video clips and MP3 tracks on a TransFlash
card (up to 256 Mbytes), although you shouldn't expect to be able to
store as much as a dedicated mp3 player.
There are two cameras on the V975. The first points inwards and is
used for video calling. The second faces outwards and is intended for
taking pictures of people or scenes. The quality of both cameras is
fine, and the screen is large with 65k colours. It compares favourably
with rival 3G phones.
Usefully, the V975 comes with an integrated speakerphone and voice
dialling - ideal for video calls.
There is nothing really missing from the Motorola V975. It doesn't
have top-end features like Bluetooth, 262k colour screen or a megapixel
camera, but for the price you shouldn't expect that. Instead it's a
good all-round entry-level 3G phone, the only real downsides being high
weight and poor battery life.
Features of the Motorola V975 include:
- VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with LED flash
- Video capture, playback & downloads
- 3G video calling
- Handsfree speaker
- Internal display: TFT, 65,000 colours, 176 x 220 pixels
- Messaging: MMS, email (POP3, IMAP4)
- Polyphonic ringtones & MP3 ringtones
- Java™ games (embedded & downloadable)
- Phonebook (max entries dependent on memory)
- Memory: 16 Mbytes plus TransFlash™ memory card (up to 256 Mbytes)
- Connectivity: USB
- WAP 2.0, GPRS, 3G high-speed data transfer
- Triband + 3G
- Vibration alert
- Size: 94 x 49 x 27 mm
- Weight: 137g
- Talktime: up to 130 minutes
- Video talk time: 70 minutes
- Battery standby: up to 145 hours
Motorola V975 User Reviews
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Average rating from 100 reviews: 
Reviewed by shafid from malaysia on 5th May 2007
it's great phone.... i love using it.. unfnately there are no bluetooth...
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Reviewed by elsie from england on 12th Apr 2007
it is a very good mobile its works very well it has never had any fualts.over
all it is a very reliable phone and i love it. it is the best phone
i have had so far.
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Reviewed by Ro from Uk on 5th Apr 2007
Its a bit of rubbish I wouldn't give my worst enemy
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Reviewed by Dinesh from Sri Lanka on 17th Feb
2007
Actually this is the best mobile which I used in my life.this mobile
is very handy.this is a great mobile by MOTOROLA company.
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Reviewed by connor bruce from england on 14th
Jan 2007
its a good phone gets a bit skrached
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Reviewed by Paul Wilson from United Kingdom on
12th Jan 2007
I had a(v975)for just over 2 years and during that period grew to despise
it. Why? 1)Short battery life 2)Will not take calls whilst charging
battery 3)Side buttons for taking pocket pictures 4)Problematic USB
connection 5)Heavy and bulky 6)Many other things besides The thing looks
ok but thats about it. My recommendation is to stay away try and somthing
else i.e two cans and a piece string.
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Reviewed by Jack from UK on 28th Nov 2006
I brought this phone more than 2 years ago and at the time it was pretty
good. The only downside to it was the battery. It never lasted that
long. Now it can only mange to do 2 calls! Just looking for a new battery
since I given the phone to a family member. I ave since replaced it
with the Sony K800i and in comparison there is not contest. The phone
market is a lot better with better cameras, looks and battery power.
Some people complained about the weight. I would never consider getting
this now since there are a wider selection to choose from.
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Reviewed by Tomas from Poland from Poland on 26th
Nov 2006
This is very good phone he have very many options. But one problem is
batery. I like in this phone a good graphic but camera in this phone
is not good.
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Reviewed by Vittorio from Germany on 14th Oct
2006
Its great but he didnt have got bluetooth
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Reviewed by Eddie from Ireland on 14th Aug 2006
This phone is the entry level for 3 in Ireland. Coming from Scotland
I signed up to 3 stright away on the contract as I know they are ace
in the UK. I chose the M975 cause it was cheap and man I am finding
outnthe hard way that you get what you pay for. The phone, for doing
what it was made fro (making calls) is fantastic, cause it works. i
would agree with all statements made about the bettery life, the pics
that take themsleves (due to the over sensitive side buttons, the fact
it has no bluetooth or infared is a pain. All ni all it is an average
phone...ideal fro the 3G beginer, the video is quite good, pics are
rubbish and the memory is poor. if you want to just nake calls and catch
up on the footie scores thsi is sa perfect phone, but you will be sacrificing
a few extras like bluetooth and infared, if you can handle this(the
likes of my parents could) then it is a great phone!!!
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Reviewed by Florian from Romania on 19th Jul 2006
A very good phone for the price.You can download Opera Mini and enjoy
navigating on the internet almost as easy as from your desktop computer.The
only problem - the battery.
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Reviewed by Jinny from UK on 17th Jul 2006
I've had this since just before Christmas and I think most of the reviewers
must have a different phone, or don't know anything about mobile phone
care. My battery life is fine- I have to charge every few days. The
camera is rubbish by current standards but is fine for snaps. It has
low memory and no Bluetooth, which are my main problems with it. It's
my first flip phone and has completely sold me the concept. I feel like
Captain Kirk every time I use it, and although it's quite clunky in
size now, compared to the first 3G phones it is tiny (I had one the
size of a housebrick until this one) and it's really not that heavy.
Reassuringly present without being a burden.
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Reviewed by pete from England on 8th Jul 2006
To say the charge life on this phone is very poor is the biggest understatement
sice time began. The object I unfortunately have that masquerades as
a phone needs to be charged TWICE a day.My advice to you all-keep well
away from this phone!
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Reviewed by Tonie from England on 7th Jul 2006
The V975 modelis not that bad of a phone generally, there are just a
few factors that start getting on your nerves in a short time. E.g.
taking pictures of your pocket and bag via side buttons, short battery
life, low memory (although with the help of a memoryb stick this can
be solved) and the outside buttons that repeatedly change my ring style!
This is what i find most annoying, I go to school and put the phone
on silent, then i find that in class my mobile is ringing! this is because
of all the bashing around in my bag has changed the ring style back
to LOUD!! Great phone, but definietly has its problems.
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Reviewed by Sparky from England on 26th Jun 2006
This has to be the worst phone I have had the misfortune to own. Pathetic
battery life, the positioning of the Camera buttons on the outside,
ensuring you have a great catalogue of pics of the inside of your pocket.....It's
not worth the effort of typing this. RUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Loz from UK on 28th May 2006
This phone hasnt been the best ive ever had, my charger broke after
just 6 months and some songs take up alot of memory on the videos, the
cameras quite good i would say. It could be improved with bluetooth
or infared.
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Reviewed by aimee from - on 13th May 2006
this phone isnt the best phone i've had, but luckily it isnt the worst!
The camera doesnt work very well and unfortunatly it only let me download
1 song onto the mp3 player, after i had done that song, i tried another
and it said it was full. Other than that, i like the games, but that
is about it
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Reviewed by Chloe from UK on 19th Apr 2006
I've had this phone for nearly 12 months and I haven't been overly impressed
with it. What I like: The mp3 player is handy and the fact that I can
download my music to use as my ringtone. I like the weight of the phone,
personally I like having a weighty phone because I know that I have
my phone on me. I like the design of the phone and the easy access of
the camera button. What I don't like: The battery!!! The battery life
is terrible! I only have to make one or two phone calls before the battery
goes. Not good!! Although I like the MP3 player, the phone can only
hold about 5 songs and I cant send the songs to other people. The camera
quality is average but could be a hell of a lot better. I found that
the phone is easily damaged and scratched, it makes the phone look cheap.
Finally the camera button gets pressed inside my bag so I end up with
black pictures. Overall I wouldn't recommend this phone because of the
poor battery, it becomes a big bug bear.
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Reviewed by Chris Treacy from Great Britain on
7th Apr 2006
Having read some of the reviews I think that in general the phone may
be faulty, however I have had little problem with opening of the phone
book other than at the start up and the battery life has lasted up to
2 days. Yes the lack of bluetooth is disappointing however I think this
is a good phone especially if you just want a phone with basic feautures.
The main problems i have hasd with the phone are with the camera as
the quick access buttons on the side make it simple to access however
if the phone is in your pocket you may start to hear some snaps taken
and find your photo memory is full within minutes and the second problem
is that i find this phone very fragile or im very clumsy as the silver
finish has worn to a bronze colour, the camera button on the side is
broken and the charger card is broken (THIS COST £40 TO REPLACE) Never
the less I was pleased with my phone and have another one on order.
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Reviewed by Jon from Scotland on 5th Apr 2006
One thing really really annoys me about this phone: battery life! Why
can't this thing hold a charge for more than a day and why does it go
from 3 bars to zero in the course of an hour? No other phone I have
ever had has done this (moto v60, v600, Nokia 3310). In terms of useability
it is annoying to open, the buttons on the outside are a real pain (they
keep resetting my ringtone, volume etc.) and the phone doesn't seem
to register the same signal strength despite never being moved (that
could be 3G though). Overall I find this phone disappointing.
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Reviewed by kaleigh from england on 12th Mar 2006
i luv this fone but the only thing wrong wiv this is that it don't av
blurttoth and it can't connect anyway
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Reviewed by phil from england on 6th Mar 2006
the only bad point about this phone is the battery life
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Reviewed by phil harrson from england on 4th Mar
2006
ive had this phone for nealy 12 months and the bad points on this phone
over way the good points big time! first of all the battery life is
cack last about a day and half and i have bought batteries still no
improvement. secondly the alarm works when it wants to many a times
been late for work! thirdly it takes ages to open phonebook or any other
media source when switch on phone. fourthly the phone takes pictures
in my pockect when out so i end up deleting black pictures all the time.
finally every time i try and ring people it takes several attemps as
it comes up call failed most times. the point i think is good about
the phone is the camera and the easynes of the software thats about
it i am just clad i can up grade my phone in a weeks time!
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Reviewed by dug from Australia on 3rd Mar 2006
Some of the people here who have given the v975 more than one star might
actually want to try using it as a phone for more than a week. Actually...
more than 8 hours is a miracle, since the battery rarely holds charge
more than a day. The built in "auto battery flatten" feature is enhanced
by another great innovation - external video camera buttons that cleverly
start the camera filming the inside of your pocket. Just in case you
think the menu might let you program these buttons to NOT do this, or
even let you lock the buttons when the phone is flipped shut, think
again. No Bluetooth or IR are sad enough in a so-called "state of the
art" phone, but added to the dismal quality still camera ( video quality
is considerably better... bizarre ) and woeful TFT display resolution
you will hardly be waiting outside your Telstra shop to buy one. I've
had mine for a month, and I'm completely over it. Very, very disappointing.
Goodbye Moto.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on 24th Feb 2006
Hmm, people seem to have a heap of problems with this phone, so maybe
I just got lucky, but so far I have found it to be a solid and reliable
phone. I've had it a year, and have had no major problems with it. Minor
gripes are that the areial is a bit uncomfortable when it's in my pocket,
the camera buttons on the side are easily knocked, leading to alot of
pictures of the inside of my pocket, less than stunning battery life,
camera quality lacking a little, basic memory being enough to hold all
of 3 MP3s and the PC software being user unfriendly. However, I wanted
it to be a phone (rather than a fasion statement, MP3 player and personal
organiser rolled into one), and this function it performs as required,
when required, provided I charge it once per day.
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Reviewed by Kevin from United Kingdom on 23rd
Feb 2006
For the cost of the phone and what it does, it's a good solid phone,
It's a touch on the large side but no bigger than other 3G phones in
fact it's smaller than most. I've had it for about a year now and i've
not had any major problems with unlike previous 3G phones that i've
had. Basic but does what it's supposed to
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Reviewed by Angela from UK on 11th Feb 2006
ive had this fone for a while now i recently got the new lg u880 i think
this pnone is ok for a beginer fone but it is heavy, chunky, and slow!!
everytime u switch on it takes forever to load like the inbox,files,phonebook
just takes toooo long!! i think motorola could have done betta and it
is not gd value for the price it was sold as when it first came out
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Reviewed by Nick Hart from England on 4th Feb
2006
I was given this phone for xmas, on three pay, from day one i had no
signal and could not make or recive calls. After two days i turned the
phone of then back on again and suddenly i had service.however i continually
lost service, the phone on the front cover read no service and inside
the screen said unregistered sim. However the sim was registered.i have
spent all of jan trying to sort this problem out, the customer service
centre is in Indin and they have not been able to help, the phone has
been returned to the 3 repair centre twice, and returned saying it had
been repaired.I continue to experience the same problem. i cannot seen
to contact anybody in this country to sort the problem out. I an so
fed up as i appears the problem is down to 3 network not the phone.
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Reviewed by cara from cheshire on 31st Jan 2006
ugly, i hate it!! no one buy it! it keeps blacking out on me! Its too
much money for what it is!
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Reviewed by Rachel from England on 24th Jan 2006
I have had this phone since April 05 and am on an 18 month contract
with three. This has been the worse phone I have ever brought. The battery
life is terrible. When I make and receive phonecalls I have full signal
but the calls keeps cutting out and I miss what the other person is
saying. Sent it back to be repaired and it came back supposedly fixed
but no it is still doing the same thing am now about to send it back
again. I will then be without a phone for 3 - 4 days. I have always
had Nokias before and when I can I will be returning to them again.
There are no good points about this phone that I can think of.
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Reviewed by hana from uk on 10th Jan 2006
got this phone about 3/4 months ago battery life rubbish doenst last
a day. Quite often the phone freezes and u either have to turn it back
on or it does it itself but the screen is all white. it takes photos
it self whilst in my bag and i have 2 delete them all the time really
annoying! the video recording is awful and its max time is only 30 secs.
the alarm clock when set sometimes doesn't work. 3 network not very
gd and cuts out in the middle of a call. i think i might go back 2 a
sony ericsson.
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Reviewed by Kirsty from England on 8th Jan 2006
I have had this phone on contract for about 9 months and the main and
BIG problem is the battery life. I have to put the phone on charge every
night otherwise it never last all the way through the second day. It
switches its self off at random and is generaly a pile of junk. The
alarm is a pain, everytime you put the phone on charge (which will be
all the time) you have to reset the ringstyle. I got this phone from
3, I reported my disatisfaction with the phone after a few weeks to
be told yes we know everyone complains about this phone !! I had the
misfortune of receiving nasty text messages from an unknown caller,
the police told me my network provider should be able to bar the calls
but apparently, its not possible on this phone according to the 3 network.
The phone is being collected for the second time tomorrow for repair
for not charging at holding its charge so again I was due to be without
a phone. DO not buy this model!
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Reviewed by robin curley from uk on 2nd Jan 2006
my only qualm about this phone is the repair centre / service is absolutely
terrible! after 4 weeks my speaker started going on the blink and i
couldnt hear anyone talk, also when the phone rang - it would be very
quiet - even on max level. i sent it back 4 times - each time they would
say it's repaired but the fault was still there. in the end i went to
the link where i bought the phone and explained and demanded that they
at least provide me with a spare phone whilst i get a replacemnt - it's
not in 3's policy to provide spare phones - even though it had now been
away 4 times for up to 3 days at a time. its also not the link's policy
to provide a spare phone either. i wasent leaving the shop withought
a phone - in the end she went and found one ( probably because i was
driving customers away) anyway i got my replacement handset - a different
one same model and everythings been just fine ever since - touch wood.
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Reviewed by Daniel Strudwick from UK on 27th Dec
2005
I GOT THIS FONE FOR X-MAS. its a wicked fone but the battery runs out
kinda quick..i love the phone but people SAY i will have probs with
this fone sooner or later...ok then. at the moment i like it and it
came with £30 top up on it and i like that. u can download music videos
for just £1.50 and its the whole music video! MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH more
in this little thing........................................doesnt have
blutooth or infaRed.........sucks but i can live ay!
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Reviewed by Andy Sands from England on 20th Dec
2005
I have this on a Three tariff which (provided you remember to reclaim
the rebate cheques) represents extremely good value for money compared
to other networks. (I get 500 cross network minutes and 100 texts -
for what works out at 12 quid a month over the year, vs the 30 quid
for 200 I used to pay O2 for) But I have a few gripes with the phone:
Major concerns: 1) The battery life - it is absolutely rubbish. It never
lasts more than about 1.5 days on standby. This is far and away the
most annoying thing about the phone - my old Sony T610 on O2 lasted
like 8 days on full charge/normal usage. I know 3G sucks batteries compared
to 2G - but couldn't they put a better battery in it then to neutralise
this! 2) Ruggedness. I basically keep all my phones in my pocket with
my keys and change. They normally get trashed after about a year. But
this one I have had 7 months and the charger port is already on the
blink. Phones really ought to stand up better to wear and tear. Although
to be fair it isn't as bad as the old Siemens one I had where all the
buttons fell off. 3) No keypad lock. Okay it is a clamshell phone so
the normal keys can't get knocked.. Except the side buttons can - I
get quite annoyed deleting photographs of the inside of my pocket that
it has decided to take. Minor concerns: 4) No bluetooth/IR. I knew this
when I bought it and they do supply a cable so not all bad. But still
a bit annoying - though I suppose the battery life is already terrible
without adding bluetooth! 5) The camera pic quality is a bit pants.
6) The addressbook has separate entries for home/mobile/work etc - rather
than showing 1 entry per person. I'm not keen on this approach. 7) It's
a bit big. Thanks for listening to me rant ;-) Andy
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Reviewed by Christine from Australia on 20th Dec
2005
the 3 network sucks! i have had nothing but problems. as other people
previously have said, the V975 battery life sucks big time, mine doesnt
even last a day! i often have alarms that dont work, the fone freezes
up when it likes. i have had this fone replaces 3 times as it is still
under its free replacement 2 mth warrenty... every fone was rubbish
and had problems! the 3 network is a pain as i often have no reception
even though in am in the city right next to a mobile tower! it likes
to drop out mid calls and often doesnt let me make a call until like
the 3rd or 4th time of calling. definately stick with the big brands
in fones eg nokia and fone companies even though u might not get as
good as a deal, u'll get service and RECEPTION!
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Reviewed by Natalie from UK on 8th Dec 2005
Owned = 6 months. I have to admit, this phone not having Infared OR
bluetooth, does make it a bad buy. Battery i dont think is that bad,
probably the same as any other motorola or new phones always about 2-3
days i'd say. Menu is not very easy to use, but when you get used to
it its ok. My recent probably are with the call line, for the past two
weeks the line goes fuzzy, not due to lack of signal just due to the
phone playing up it crackles for a while then sorts itself out the does
it again about 2 minutes later. Very fustrating and has resorted me
to only texting now. I still think its very stylish and have had more
problems with my network than the phone itself. I note that most of
everyones problems are with 3 - how amuzing, i have had endless problems
with this company, I was on a cash back plan, which by the way DONT
EVER GO FOR, i never recieved my money, after a long fight with an operator
i recieved one cheque and then gave up sending the rest off. unfortunatly
i dont have time to take these half wits to court, i will be moving
on and going with vodafone. Piece of advise, 3 WILL NOT CANCEL YOUR
CONTRACT until you have registered your pac code with your new suppliers,
(they fail to mention that one in the contract) Hope this helps! phone
= OK. 3 Network = Rubbish!
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Reviewed by ismail from uk on 3rd Dec 2005
dis phone is bad i brought it and i havnt had a single problem it is
so kool u can download games and even rent games watch funny vids and
songs the pics r good and the recorder is good aswell i would recomend
it 2 ne1 and der cheap so get 1
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Reviewed by Tom from uk on 28th Nov 2005
Have had phone for 3 weeks now, after buying a super cheap 3 deal. Bought
it cos of cheap deal and lots of X-net minutes. Thought (clearly very
wrongly) that such a cheap deal - doesn't matter what phone I get, any
will be alright! Have always been a nokia user and regretting taking
this contract already. Phone battery life is very poor, menus aren't
as customisable as nokia's, alarm clock is rubbish... and many more
gripes! Lastly the software isn't compatible with Mac computers and
there is no bluetooth so I can't even transfer mp3s photos, etc, removing
the benefit of these novelty "extras". Having passed my 14-day no-quibble
money-back guarantee, I would appreciate any comments anyone might have
on how to sell the phone contract on eBay or otherwise. It's one of
these £15/£30 month contracts with a £210 cashback at month 6 averaging
the contract out to £5/month. Give me a nokia any day.
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Reviewed by Velicu Cristian from Romania on 24th
Nov 2005
I have a V975 and i don't have any of the problems mentioned in the
reviews except the poor battery life.
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Reviewed by jack from uk on 12th Nov 2005
Probably the worst phone you could ever use. It might not look too bad
but not good either. Functionality is absolute rubish.It keeps freezing
all the time. I'd certainly stick to any Nokia phone or even Sony-Ericson!
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Reviewed by Jim Black from UK on 7th Nov 2005
Enough Said
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Reviewed by Ben from England on 4th Nov 2005
Ive owned a Motorola V975 for about one year and theres a definate problem
with the phone. The video recording is to short, the camera qualities
very poor. The phone also either fizzes out and needs to be turned on
again or the screen goes white with no picture. The other thing I dont
like about the phone is that I keep loosing the signal - talking to
someone signal gone thats a bad phone. Not being able to get a signal
in a number of different areas thats a problem - not being able to get
a signal to the 3G element of the phone in a lot more areas thats also
a big problem. I dont like the phone and will be glad when my contract
with it finally ends - until that time I'll live with the torment.
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Reviewed by nikki from - on 28th Oct 2005
i have had this fone 4 about a year now and i absolutely HATE it i am
recieving the nokia 6630 tomoro and can not wait to get to get rid of
this piece of junk!!! da camera quality is absolutely POOR and video
only records 4 30 seconds max!! big tip: DON'T GET THIS PHONE!!! 1 gud
thing is.........well theres nuffin!!!!
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Reviewed by nathaniel from england on 27th Oct
2005
its a good looking phone BUT i dnt know how to put mp3s on it any help
?? thankzz
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Reviewed by Pob Totney from United Kingdom on
15th Oct 2005
What a pile of junk, recieved this phone on really good contract deal
from Three & instantly regretted it.Very true the phone looks good but
appearances can be very deceptive.Only used it for 5 weeks before giving
up & selling it on EBAY {If its such a good phone how come they only
go for £60}.In my 5 weeks of use it was returned for repair 3 times
due to software problems,would lock up when it felt like it & would
not restart. Each time a new battery was supplied & would still only
get 2 days standby out of it & I am not an excessive user & actually
live in a good THREE area,in the end had to buy 2 extra batteries from
Hong Kong. all in all was glad to see the back of it,have always been
a fan & user of Motorola mobiles but alas no more,have now gone back
to my LG which gives me 5 days standby & constant 3G coverage which
the V975 could never manage.
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Reviewed by Lin Saunders from UK on 7th Oct 2005
My phone started to have problems after 30 days (if it had been within
28 the shop would have just replaced it). The screen kept going black
and although I could make and receive calls I couldn't access my phone
book or texts because there was no display on the screen. My contract
is with 3 who have 'repaired' it twice and sent it back to me only for
the same fault to reoccur. The third time it was sent back they replaced
the handset but only with a refurbished phone. The phone I received
worked for a couple of hours but then exhibited a fault (which was different
from the first phone I had). The screen goes from colour to white with
black writing in the middle of calls and cuts me off. If I try to access
anything with a screen display such as phone book or messaging a timer
appears. Occassionally it does take me to the message menu but if I
press the select button the white and black screen comes on and the
phone reverts to the start screen. I phoned 3 customer service who have
offered to repair this phone for me and assure me they will replace
it (with another refurbished phone!) if the fault reoccurs. I have only
had my contract for 2 months and am getting nowhere. They obviously
are repairing the phones but if the fault recurrs and they eventually
replace your phone, someone else down the line gets your phone if theirs
fails and inherits the problems along with it. I have told them that
I am going to cancel but no reply so the phone is going back by registered
post on Monday and the direct debit being cancelled as they obviously
have not been able to provide me with the talk and text time that I
have purchased. This phone has been a nightmare - I noticed all the
other minor faults such as external buttons, battery life and non-functioning
alarm but would have put up with them if the phone at least worked!
If youu've got a V975 that works properly count yourself lucky!
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Reviewed by Rachael from UK on 4th Oct 2005
i signed to a contract with 3 at the end of august '05 and ive had nothing
but problems with the phone since. It keeps dropping calls half way
through them, or it says call failed even though the reception is a
maximum, and sometimes it doesnt receive calls. It doesnt ring my end
and the caller is directed straight to my voicemail, which cos i cant
ring out i cant collect. I sent the phone for repair and it came back
but nothing had changed, with the help of The Link where i got the phone
through weve discovered the fault to be with the sim card. Today is
the 4th October '05 and ive spent most fo the day talking to 3 customer
services...which is laughable and they offer the customer no service
what so ever. They repeatedly told me the fault wasnt with the sim and
that the phone just needed reprogramming. Ive gone through exactly the
same 'reprogramming' with 4 different 'advisors' today and on 3 other
attempts they said i was lying, cut me off and said the computers werent
working, even though when i called straight back and talked to a colleague
their computer was working fine even thought theyre networked. In the
end The Link ( who have been wonderful by the way ) called the 3 customer
service while i was in the shop, first time they hung up on her, second
time they refused yet again to replace my sim card, and then said it
was my fault for using my phone during peak time!!!! she telling them
that they ought to try using the bloody phone and then slamming the
phone down. I have been to the bank this afternoon and cancelled my
Direct Debit, there is no way theyre getting another penny form me,
as far as im concerned they are in breach of contract for refusing to
provide a service i signed up for. I shall be visiting Citizens Advice
Bureau on Monday and id advise anyone with similar problems to do the
same. Perhaps this phone is as good as people say and all my problems
are with the '3' Network, so i gave it a 3 star rating based on the
phone
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Reviewed by Andy from UK on 1st Oct 2005
I only have this phone, because it seemed the most reasonable that the
3 network were offering. I'm not intersted in video calling (or that
much in the multimedia options) but I do like getting 500 minutes a
month to next to nothing. I'm sure most people use 3 for this reason.
Having had an LG phone before, I can honestly say that this phone has
been more reliable during calls. The previous phone I had used to cut
off several times during a call. I have rarely experienced it with this
one I have read the other reviews on this page and I agree with two
points in particular: 1. the battery life is very poor. Two days standby
time seems to be it's upper limit; and 2. the buttons on the outside
of the camshell allow for the phone to regularly take pictures of the
inside of my pocket. To conclude, if you need a highly reliable phone
for business use this isn't going to work. If you need a phone for pleasure
and for a lot of free voice calls, which is fairly reliable, you can't
go too wrong with this. Just make sure you make a note of the dates
that your cashbacks are due. Apparently less than 16% of people actually
claim all of their money back. The 28 day clause catches out most. Don't
be stung!
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Reviewed by Why Oh Why from Australia on 22nd
Sep 2005
I cannot belive I brought this phone. I know 3 other people who have
this phone and we are all having the same problems so I know it's not
just my phone playing up. a word of warning- I use my phone as an alarm
in the morning. Because of the terrible battery life, I have to charge
it over night. Make sure you don't set the alarm then connect it to
the charger otherwise your alarm WONT go off. If you set your alarm
then get a message, you have to go and disable the alarm then re-set
it or it won't go off!! Every action with this phone seems to reset
the alarm. you have to plug it into the charger, then set your alarm
then leave it alone and don't touch the phone at all or your alarm won't
go off. Everyone keeps saying the video quality is good????? What????
the quality is horrible, I tried having a video call and I could hardly
make out the person on the other end it was so pixilated!! Brought the
phone cause 3 raved about it so much in the store and how fantastic
it was and how good 3 coverage was in my area, yet how come it's always
on roaming??? When it is on 3 signal, I'll go to log onto 3 site on
the phone and it always drops out and switches to roaming. I have rang
3 about 10 times due to issues with the phone because the manual you
get with it is hopeless and doesn't explain a thing!! But everytime
I've called 3 I've been put thru to people who i can't even understand
their language, and they can't understand me!! it's stupid. 3 are NO
help. Anyone know how Myself and my three other V975 friend owners can
get out of the contract - I'd be glad to know!!
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Reviewed by Daren from England on 14th Sep 2005
i too have gone from Samsung to Motorola and wish i hadnt dont get me
wrong the V975 is a good phone (with the exception of some flaws)it
just hasnt got the quality of a Samsung. the problems i have had with
the phone are as follows. Battery Life rubbish Phone Gets very hot when
on a voice call MP3 player shuts off after about 5 mins use and the
whole screen goes blank. the mobile phone tools software does not always
make connection with the phone and sometimes disconnects when in the
middle of file transfers. lots of call drops. other than that its a
good phone in theory. but in practice it just about stands up for what
it says on paper. good phone for a teenager not so good for a 30 something
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Reviewed by Sharron from England on 7th Sep 2005
Although Ive been spoiled with Samsung slide phones previousley, I feel
I have downgraded to this phone. OK, I do love it as I love flip phones,
the tones are great and the mp3 idea is great, the video is fun too,
however my mp3 turns itself off after a minute or so of the phone being
shut while playing, which is very annoying so after 6 weeks its got
to go back to 3 to be repaired!! I too was fed up with the very low
battery life as it only lasts a day or so, so I invested £4 in a spare
battery from ebay, fabulous!! I also agree that there is not enough
space for mp3s, ok I know mine needs attention, but its looking as though
I will have to invest around £30 for a memory card to store more than
five tracks on it! that is if 3 find anything wrong with it, I would
be interested to see if anyone else has the same problem with the mp3
player??
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Reviewed by Roger from UK on 23rd Aug 2005
Great potential, but poor user interface, and a few design flaws, leave
me wanting more! On paper this looks like a great phone (for the money).
But two or three flaws really hurt it in practical use. I bought a clam
shell so that I don't have to worry about locking the keys, shame Motorola
don't offer that option. Whatever you do, the volume (ring mode) buttons
and the camera buttons are active. So put it in your pocket, and the
camera is forever taking pictures of the inside of your pocket (with
the display turned on), waiting for you to confirm it, then finally
timing out and going back to sleep. Or worse still you put it in silent
mode, and it beeps when you try to change to mode, expecting you to
confirm it. Also I'm not sure if Motorola or Three are to blame, but
the OK, and back keys keep swapping places. So in one set of menus,
the right hand button is "Select", and left is "Back", you type in a
load of info, then all of a sudden the left one is "Send", and the right
one is "Cancel". pressing the right one loses the information you've
just entered. I'm sorry, but simple things like this shouldn't have
made it into a production phone!
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Reviewed by Luis Soares from Portugal on 23rd
Aug 2005
I bought this phone at about 2 months. Its outstanding. Why? It's a
reasonable cheap mobile phone, it's 3G, has a mp3 player (although the
32 mb is short for listening music, you can buy the 256 mb transflash
card), the display is great, the O.S. does not hang or appears to be
non-responsive in any kind of situation. There's no Bluetooth or IrDa
but the package cames with the USB cable. The battery life is short
in 2.5G standards but in 3G mode is acceptable in this days. If you
don't mind (as myself) charging your mobile phone in a 2 day basis and
want to have a mp3 player and a 3G phone at a low price I doubt it if
there's a better phone than this. Cheers everyone and a big salut from
Portugal. Obrigado(thank you)
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Reviewed by Pedro Ferreira from Portugal on 21st
Aug 2005
This is a great phone! Great screen and camera, compatible with almost
all java games... The only thing that is poor is the battery. Very cheap
for a 3g phone and as good as Nokia 6630! It doesn't have bluetooth
or Infrared but with the data cable you can do what bluetoth does. Buy
it while you can!
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Reviewed by Akbar Arain from england on 19th Aug
2005
This phone is an amazing phone it has eveything u need great camera
and great colour screen, it is a very reliable phone and very stylish
with an mp3 player just wat u need!!!!!
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Reviewed by Philip from England on 16th Aug 2005
a number of reviews mention the poor battery but how long are their
batteries lasting after charging and how long would they expect? Mine
doesn't last more than 24 hours. Otherwise the phone is pretty good
and does what the makers say it will do.
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Reviewed by Giuseppe from UK on 15th Aug 2005
Battery has a poor performance, signal on three network is poor despite
the comapny's web site states afull coverage in my area, the mobile
is not handy, the graphic is poor and the camera button switch it on
continuously unintentionally because of its location....advice: consider
alternative purchase
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Reviewed by alex from romania on 10th Aug 2005
pluses: gret looking, solid, 2 cameras, 3G minuses:no BT, no IRDA, battery
life sucks,heavy,and the worse it's the fact that when u close the phone
a little bit more roughly it looses signal and it's somehow reseting
itself,the menu it's miserable! P.S. i got this phone as a present.....but
i'm gonna sell it!
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Reviewed by Matt from England on 1st Aug 2005
Just got this phone - really happy with it. Only problem is lack of
comprehensive information in the user guide. Someone below has written
you can assign individual tunes to individual people as ringtones -
but I can't work out how to do this. I can set downloaded mp3s as the
main ringtone, but can't set different mp3 tunes for different contacts.
Can anyone help me out?
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Reviewed by Martin from England on 30th Jul 2005
I have just recieved my phone an am very impressed with all the features,tha
mp3 player is excellent the only thing i can not do is put the anologue
clock onto the front screen as shown in lots of pics of the phone can
anybody help?
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Reviewed by Andy W from UK on 20th Jul 2005
There's nothing specifically wrong with the phone as such, barring the
odd one that goes pop, but that happens with all makes/models. The camera
is pretty decent for a phone and the video calling works well. It has
a built in MP3 player and upgradeable memory which puts it above several
other phones in the same price range. The dual screens are also nice.
However, it is not without it's letdowns. The battery life is, for want
of a better word, laughable in a phone of this generation. It has no
Bluetooth, meaning you cannot use any wireless handsfree or car kits,
and some of the menu choices are badly thought out (such as ringtone
assignments for example). That said, it's by no means a bad phone, and
if you can live without wireless handsfree and being able to leave your
charger at home when you go away for a weekend, it's not a bad buy for
the price. To any of the "lovers" who defend this phone with teeth bared
when someone points out it's drawbacks, bear in mind that to some people
these drawbacks mean more than others. I personally like the phone,
but I can see why some people think it is lacking.
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Reviewed by Toni from Australia on 14th Jul 2005
REPLY TO JAMIE Hi Jamie, Load up your software from the cd that should
have been included with your phone onto the computer. plug in your phone
to the computer using the usb cord. open up the phone software. Go to
Multimedia, then to Explore Phone. It will give you step by step instructions
on how to transfer songs etc to your phone. Basically a screen comes
up that lets you select a location on your computer where your mp3s
or pictures are saved, then you hit the 'send from computer to phone'
icon in the middle of the screen, this will transfer it to your phone.
Hope that helps Jamie. And your right, the manual is not very clear
about alot of things!! :)
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Reviewed by jamie from england on 9th Jul 2005
Just bought this phone and it seems a quality peice of kit. One thing
though I havent a clue how to work the mp3. How do I transfer songs
on to the phone, the manual is not clear. thanks
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Reviewed by Toni from Australia on 8th Jul 2005
I've had this phone for two weeks, and I must say, whilst most of the
features are fantstic, there are a couple of downsides that I do no
like about this phone. A) If you download a sound or mp3 and assign
it to a contact so that song plays when that person rings you. It will
also play that song when they send you a text message. You CANNOT assign
ringtones to people in your phonebook, then have the phone just do 1
beep for a text message. It will play the song for a call and text message.
the only way you can get the phone to just do a standard beep or sound
file for a text mesaage alert is to just have the standard boring ringtone
that comes already standard on the phone. This defeats the purpose of
being able to assign ringtones and sounds to different alerts!! B) In
your messages folder, you CANNOT create new folders, for example you
cannot create different message folders to put important messages in
and another folder for family messages etc. It ALL goes into the ONE
f older in the phone, so you have to flick thru all your messages to
find the one your looking for rather than being able to seperate them
like you can with most other phones, even older phones have the 'create
new folder' capability!! This is the same with your Videos, Pictures
and Sounds- They are all stored in the one folder for each item. If
anyone knows how to get around any of these issues, then I'd love to
know... I have contacted 'three' and they have told be I am right and
you CANNOT do any of the above on the phones- I found it dissapointing.
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Reviewed by Nick from United Kingdom on 1st Jul
2005
This phone is excellent, trust me on this. Before buying the Motorola
V975 I had an NEC e616 from the 'one stop phone shop' and although the
phone had an excellent interface, the amount of limitations imposed
on the phone by 3 were ludicrous, and to overcome them were complicated
to say the least and in some cases impossible (I could list them here,
but it would be better to refer you to an NEC e616 review and comments
on forums) since I would never stop writing. Motorola V975: good size
(advise you to buy a stubby aerial from ebay for only $2 to replace
big aerial). Weight is heavy but which 3G phones aren't. Screen is small
but very good screen resolution so pictures are sharp (NEC e616 has
a big screen and take it from me, do not choose a phone just because
is screen is bigger). No bluetooth/No infrared, again one of those limitations
imposed by 3 to restrict transfers of music and files from friends (don't
fret about this, you can come to some arrangement to have it downloaded
via USB from your computer). Java applications are of course not straight
forward to download since once again 3 imposes limitations in order
to use their browser. Trust me on this, there are many ways to overcome
this by just going to the web and obtaining the right info to overcome
these issue (type in smart moto into google, and you will learn that
it is an unofficial software used to tweak the Motorola and help you
access things you couldn't normally do without having to go to 3 browser
and waste money. Quality of MP3 is excellent but don't put too much
emphasis on this when buying a phone, buy an mp3 player and stop wasting
your phone's battery. Battery like most 3G phones do not last long,
probably the major drawback on this phone. You have a 2 screens on the
phone, a small one in the front and a bigger one inside, this is an
excellent aesthetic touch but probably one of the main reasons the battery
suffers so quickly. Interface is good, I have seen better but still
good enough, probably easier for ex-motorola owners to adapt to. Camera
and Video options are excellent but once again do not put too puch emphasis
on these things when buying a phone, buy a digital camera. In summary
the pros are: Size, looks, screen sharpness, good all round features
and most importantly easily tweaked by unofficial software. Cons: Heavy,
Battery, No bluetooth, No infrared, Not easy to download games and java
applications without paying for them (but again this can be overcome)
camera button is on the outside so can automatically swtich itself on
if phone is places in tight pockets (not big drawback, can unlock phone/or
individual features on phone). Best 3G phone bar the new Sony Ericsson
which in my opinion are the best phone makers for the last 5 years.
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Reviewed by Alice from uk on 26th Jun 2005
i have had this fone 4 about 4 months now and i havent experienced any
problems with it, its a gr8 fone regardless of it not havin bluetooth.
its a quality fone and if something like not havin bluetooth puts u
off buyin it then u clearly need to be less stuck up! the mp3 quality
is amazin as i have used it as my car stereo (due to lack of one) this
fone is top quality and does everything it says it does unlike some
fones.
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Reviewed by Steve from UK on 26th Jun 2005
No real problems with the phone. Never been cut off mid call or anything
like that. Camera adequate. Battery life not great, but you can get
spares on e-bay for a couple of quid. However, I find the instructions
book rubbish. Mainly about how to connect to premium rate 3 download
sites. As a consequence, can anyone tell me how to voice dial people.
I can and have set a few of them up, but can't find anywhere how to
use it to dial. Any info or link to a forum where I could ask would
be great. Thanks
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Reviewed by robert from uk on 18th Jun 2005
this is rubbish,my got it for me and it kept switching on and off.dawn
phone i got my dad to sent it back after 2 days.
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Reviewed by robert napier from england on 15th
Jun 2005
my dad got me this phone and it was rubbish.the battery did not last
long it had a great viedo and camera.i hated this phone now i am getting
a nokia 6230.
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Reviewed by tom from uk on 13th Jun 2005
i got dis phone 2day and its great! the mp3 player is exellent quality
and the graphics on the games are fabulous aswell! the video and the
camera are exellent quality too. get it or ur missin out big time!
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Reviewed by Andy from england on 25th May 2005
Absolutly awful, has died after 3 months, charging problem, no bluetooth,
and uses the same old ancient menu system, avoid this phone.
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 23rd May 2005
This fone is fantastic, any1 who says that this fone is rubbish is not
right in the head!! The fone is very stylish, has great camera quality,
along with videos and pictures! great reception for saying 3 were on
watchdog about there terrible reception! Love the keypad lay out, and
is so easy 2 use that my 85yr ol d granny can even use it! (And thats
sayin somethin!!) Had a choice between LG8120, but that aint a pach
on this! I strongly recommend this fone 2 any1!!!!! ITS WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;0)
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Reviewed by Zaid Kureeman from England on 20th
May 2005
GREAT PHONE, GET IT.
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Reviewed by Me Me Me! from England on 20th May
2005
Well, I think it's pretty good. You can't really expect Bluetooth or
Infared for the price, now can you? If you want infared get a more expensive
phone. That said, my old phone (LG U8110) had infared, and I could never
get it to work anyway. My two (and only) problems are the battery life,
which is NOT good, and the amount of heat it kicks out, especially during
calls. I have not tried uploading Java games onto the phone with the
USB cable yet, but if I got it to work on my old phone in the same way,
I'm sure I can on this one! And I have to tell those who have said the
phone only comes with 2mb of memory - it doesn't, it comes with 16mb
(well, 17 and a bit mb's, actually). All told, I'm pleased with the
phone - it looks the biz!
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Reviewed by Shaun Patterson from england on 19th
May 2005
This mobile phone is a disgrace.what is the point in bringing out a
new phone with NO BLUETOOTH OR INFRAREAD.who ever made this phone needs
to know we r in the year 2005 not year 1450.
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Reviewed by OANA from ROMANIA on 18th May 2005
IT'S EVERYTHING I EVER WISHED FOR!
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Reviewed by Andy from on 15th May 2005
First I'd just say something to the people moaning that the phone doesn't
have bluetooth or infrared.Try reading the specs of the phone before
you buy it, clearly avaiable on the Motorola website or any other phone
site you can buy the phone from or even in the phone shops! Also to
jonP and Kirsten, the phone actually has 16mb onboard memory. You obviously
can't read or have the V980 which is on Vodafone! Why can't you lot
who are moaning get a life. Don't buy the phone if it doesn't have all
the features you want. On and Sid who left a review on the 26th March
2005. - READ THE MANUAL. You can set the date format to UK or US. Obviously
being spoilt by Nokia phones has removed your common sense. And yes
I have had about 6 different Nokia phones so know all about their features.
And Brandon who reviewed it on the 18th March - you deserve everything
you get in life. If you assume something then you have no one to blame
but yourself, and the phone does actually come with a data cable! Right,
moron bashing aside - The phone is great and does what it says in the
manual. What more could you want?
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Reviewed by laura from england on 13th May 2005
i think the phone itself is excellent, whocares about bluetooth it has
otha features only problem i have id i dont kno how to put music on
it frm the pc thru the usb cable it just siads that it cannot be done
plz help me if n e one has done it many thx xxx
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Reviewed by sunil from uk on 11th May 2005
it is a really good phone and the fact it aint got blue or infa is annoying,
not because it aint got it, but because u cant get games on it thro
a cable. otherwise i wouldnt have cared
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Reviewed by james b from scotland on 4th May 2005
its as much a query as a review to be honest, have to phone a month,
the camera went dead and came back again.. no idea why it did either,
that the only issue so far with it. my question is this - just got the
256mb memory card today and happily went about downloading a few albums
onto it for the bus home. I was happy to see the phone split the album
folders into "categories and not lumping them all in together.. but
my issue is this.... how can I play continuously without having to go
creating play lists for each album... considering I'll be changing albums
and songs pretty regularly this will be a big pain if I have to go creating
play lists every time. is it possible to pick a "category" and let it
play through????
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Reviewed by Jennifer Ingole from United Kingdom, England
on 29th Apr 2005
I think it's good for the wrong reasons. Isn't the phone supposed to
have a built-in MP3 player? It said so in the manual that came with
it but the problem is where is it? I really do regret buying this phone
sometimes but I guess overall the phone is good but not great.
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Reviewed by Littlewood from UK on 21st Apr 2005
Very impressed, don't really miss the Bluetooth. I'm just quite disapointed
that I can't get the sync to work.. Could anyone help?
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Reviewed by julie from u.k on 13th Apr 2005
fantastic value-good tarriff through 3-only problem-can't access wap
by inputting url address.-no other problems yet
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Reviewed by Graham from UK on 10th Apr 2005
Well it is a phone!!!! If people want a camera why don't they just go
buy a camera? If they want a video camera then go buy a video camera.
I didn't expect this phone to have a 5 megapixel camera nor a top quality
video camera. What I got was a phone that I can talk to people and friends
with and also I can snap a little picture here and there and also up
to 30 seconds of video. The software it came with is very good and if
uploading pictures or video's to the the pc, well!!! the quality is
fine. It is dissapointing to see that the phone has no bluetooth of
infra red but with the data cable and the tools supplied it is a fine
piece of work. I think also that the phone could and should have been
supplied with a memory card and I think this is a bit of a rip off because
there aint much internal memory to mess about with. Using the supplied
stereo headset is fabtastic and the stereo is marvelous too. Overall
I would give this a 4 Star rating, had it have had bluetooth an/or infra
red then it would have got a 5 Star from me. One other point is being
on the 3 network I would have expected some problems, but I have had
no problems so far and I am very happy with the network. And one final
point: The phone itself looks and feels very robust and also looks really
smart.
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Reviewed by Sharon from Scotland on 11th Apr 2005
ok so it doesnt have bluetooth!!! I've never used bluetooth anyway so
this doesnt matter 2 me!! i did get confused with the delivery report
thing but all u have to do is when ur finished writing ur msg press
the middle key and go to message options then turn the delivery report
on. Fantstic camera and I think the graphics are great, fun downloading
music vids and stuff and the data cable and software thats supplied
is brilliant. Does evrything I want a mobile phone to do and more!!!
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Reviewed by Mark from UK on 8th Apr 2005
This is the first mobile I have ever owned, so I have nothing to compare
it against! Bluetooth would have been nice for the handsfree side of
things, but the supplied earphones do the job. A lot of people have
complained about various features not being included, but for me it
does the job - afterall IT'S A PHONE! That said, I did receive a bundle
of extras including some software and a data cable for transferring
data to and from my PC. Not tried this yet, so cant comment. With 500
anytime mins and 100 texts per month, I would say that £4.99 month
is excellent value for money and I have had no problems with the 3 network
so far, although I dont and wouldnt use the videophone.
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Reviewed by vixbix from uk on 7th Apr 2005
I liked the phone, but you can't have delivery reports I was told by
3....Also, when taking a picture on the phone and setting it as your
wallpaper/screensaver it is blown up to fit the screen and makes the
picture go so blocky- this feature is awful. Can anyone help me with
this?? I sent it back as I couldn't see the point of having a camera
phone if the pictures are such poor quality, but I would reconsider
if anyone could help me!!!
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Reviewed by Ben Stone from UK on 5th Apr 2005
Quality phone, it doesnt have bluetooth but get over it!! i just upload
everything through usb on the pc and it comes with an awesome editing
disk which actually makes it better because u can choose bits of mp3's
for ring tones etc instead of the whole thing!!! everything else is
good and i have had no problems atall with reception, if u dont like
the aerial get a small metal one from ebay......sorted!
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Reviewed by Evrae from Bolton Uk on 4th Apr 2005
I am disgusted at reading these reviews. The phone isnt advertised as
a Bluetooth/Irda handset. It has 16mb internal memory as I have managed
to get a few WMA tracks on. The most problem I have is with '3' as they
have messed about with the functions like the App Loader so you have
to buy games instead of sending them yourself via USB. Sending mine
back for the want of an unbranded V635 which has Bluetooth!
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Reviewed by rhian from wales on 1st Apr 2005
good phone, but how do you set the delivery reports???
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Reviewed by Paul from England on 30th Mar 2005
500 X net min, 100 text on 3 all for less than £5 line rental
per month. On a 12 month contract this phone could end up costing less
than £100 a year with all the incentives on offer. At that price
this renders the phone a bargain and well worthy of 4 stars, if you
want bluetooth choose an alternative handset, you can change the date
time format in the menu - no problem. Looks good, works well, so far
so good.
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Reviewed by Ash from Wales on 27th Mar 2005
You have to spend too much money to buy it.
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Reviewed by Sid from UK on 26th Mar 2005
Quite an inferior phone I have to say. After years of Nokia I guess
one does get a little spoilt in terms of ease of use and functionality
but this V975 really is bad! As the others have said, it has no bluetooth
and I could not find infrared either. The screen appeared very very
average with a rather poor display quality. I also found that the date
display on the home screen appeared in the US format (mm/dd/yy).....I
mean get serious. Motorola surely didn't expect the rest of the world
to flip over and adapt the US date style overnight now did they? Also
the contacts menu appeared to have about 8 different categories but
when entering contact details, I could only select from 4 - Friends,
Family and Work were not available which sort of meant that almost 99%
of my contacts had to go in General or Personal. How bad is that? Needless
to say it went right back.
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Reviewed by jonP from uk on 25th Mar 2005
this phone has no bluetooth which is a big letdown, on top of that it
has only 2mb on onboard memory. fair enough you can expand using transflash
memory but a small size card is not even provided with the handset.
the camara is nice quality with 4x zoom and considering its on the '3'
network it can obtain a good signal quality thanks to its big aerial.
overall its a nice handset but letdown by the manufacturers.
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Reviewed by Abdool from England on 22nd Mar 2005
My dad just bought it with three network,It's a good phone and very
good quality of camera and video clips,and a maximum length of only
30 second of video camera,I can't see any symbol of infrared marked
on behind of the handset and no bluetooth or recorder etc...,,,
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Reviewed by Brandon from England on 18th Mar 2005
just brought this phone and yes theres no bluetooth nor infared (not
realised when buying just assumed it had)and in my opinion 3 has me
buy my nuts as i normally use bluetooth all the time, so where can i
get a cheep adapter from?????
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Reviewed by laura from united kingdom on 15th
Mar 2005
it is a good phone it has a god quality camera and video, it is easy
to use and there it has everything you need on a phone
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Reviewed by Kirstin from England on 12th Mar 2005
No Bluetooth - need I go on? O.K then I will. It feels really nice to
touch and the operating system works fine, although the graphics are
chincy. The keys are georgeous and the video calling is brilliant. It's
a shame it has an ariel, would be lush with out it. Size not bad compared
to others in its class. It has an on board memory of 2mb's - yes that's
a whole two megabites - but do not fear you can use a t-flash card (whatever
that is) to expand your memory to a pathetic 256mbs. Why can't we just
have a phone with a gig of memory as standard - this is the year 2005
and memory is cheap as chips. Oh I remember why, because they are screwing
us that's why. No Bluetooth.
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