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| Motorola W315 Phone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: Motorola
Category: Wireless
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $0.01
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 16997
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: LG-VX8700
UPC: 723755886803
ASIN: B000LNPS2G
Release Date: December 4, 2006
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Back to Basics January 29, 2007
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
This phone is a very good basic phone. Absolutely no frills, simply a plain vanilla cell-phone.
I obtained it through Verizon Wireless, so this review is per Verizon Wireless's setup.
Looks and Feel: Very attractive, similar to the PEBL look (mine is in dark blue). Rubberized texture keeps phone from slipping out of my pocket. External LCD is interesting because the color is inverted and text is vertical. However, it can be changed to horizontal but it looks silly that way because the time is displayed on two lines.
The buttons have a very nice, solid feel to them. This phone is constructed much better than my old LG, which felt cheap. There is a bit of side-to-side play in the cover when the phone is closed (I've read this in other reviews), however when the phone is open it feels solid.
Features: This phone does not support Get-It-Now or Mobile Browser, which I had on my older phone but hardly ever used. Nowadays, anywhere I go has internet access so it really isn't a deal-breaker for me. The standard ring-tones selection is a joke, but I usually keep it in vibrate mode anyway so I don't notice. The vibrate is slightly less powerful than I'm used to, but I still notice it. If you're reading this review, you probably know that it has no camera (I can't have one at my work).
Sound: The phone's normal ear-speaker is bright and loud and sounds very full. My old LG sounded tinny. The phone's 'speaker-phone' is located on the back of the phone, near the bottom of the battery compartment. Quality is not as good as my old LG VX4650, but still loud enough to hear while I'm driving on the Freeway. One nice thing is that the call stays connected even if you close the phone (if speaker-phone is activated).
I haven't had the chance to play any ringtones other than the standard tones (BitPim doesn't yet support this phone). Unfortunately, since it cannot receive pix or objects in text messages there is no other way to get any media to the phone. I heard about Motorola Phone Tools, but I don't want to buy this so I can't comment on operability with that.
Battery Life: Great. I took the phone off the charger saturday morning, it's now Monday and the bars are still at full charge. Much better than my old LG.
Tools: Calculator, alarm, calendar, voice memo. Simple and effective.
Connectivity: There is a mini-USB connector on the side of the phone which the charger and data-cable can plug into. The data cable is the same as my palm-pilot and samsung MP3 player had, so that is very nice. Thanks Motorola for not using a proprietary interface!
Summary: Very good BASIC phone. Don't expect to be able to customize the phone very much (with Verizon anyway, your carrier might be different), other than the color scheme and some basic midi ring-tones. I gave it 4 stars because the vibrate function isn't as strong as I would like, also the speaker-phone quality is not as good as my older phone. Also, the external display doesn't tell you if the phone is in vibrate mode or not. But a great battery life and very nice-feeling keys and sturdy construction make it a great phone.
UPDATE 7/5/2007:
Updated text slightly in last paragraph to include disclaimer about ring-tones using verizon Wireless).
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