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Texting feels like telegraphing. This is The Phone for that kind of usage:- Loud, clear sound- Even on speakerphone - better than our office phones- Lays flat on a desk - perfect for dialing passcodes while on speaker- Very strong battery life- Dual antennas that pull signal where iPhones and Blackberries cannot.- Plays well with T-Mobile.- Pretty much drop-proof (so far)- And tiny: A little longer than a credit card, but Hershey-bar flatThe downside is that this phone lacks every other conceivable feature. No music, no web, no contact lists (just phone numbers on the SIM card itself) and an internal non-network clock that seems to lose 5 minutes a day.But again, the sound is absolutely perfect. I've had the Motofone for about a year as my sole work and home phone. I'm a telecommuter and on the phone a lot - and that's an understatement: last month's bill was 4,500 minutes.
This phone is made for developing countries and its interface is weird (I'm familiar with RIM and Win Mobile 6.1)--more pictures and just different. So, I called AT&T again and they tweaked it, so there was some kind of infrastructure change they needed to make. They asked if this was an AT&T phone, and I just said no, it's an unlocked international phone and they had no problems with that. However, now that it's all setup, reception looks better than my Blackberry Bold; numbers are very easy to see; and you can program numbers 2-9 to auto-call family members. Apparently, phones pull your VM number from the SIM. I bought this phone for my 70 year old mother.
First, I had to verify the SIM number and provide them the phone's IMEI number. Also, you need to find your own manual online (very easy). I happened to have an extra "family plan" line on AT&T. I manually input the seven digits to call VM but that did not work either (nor did "123"). Hopefully this helps. I have only had the phone for one day, but here are some observations and "tips": 1) came in a Moto box that looked opened but the phone appears new; 2) I needed to call AT&T three times to get everything working right.
Finally, voicemail did not work out of the box.
The telephones were advertized as unlocked telephone to be used internationally, both telephones did not work in a foreign country.I am highly disapointed.
This is a durable, cheap phone that is only good for making calls. Who are you talking to that's worth $2000 a year to hear from no matter where you are. Oh well. I don't text much. How did we ever watch a movie or sit on the can in the bathroom without being able to text someone. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is the screen, which uses the electronic paper technology. My cost per year for using 100 minutes a month is $10 a month total with tax. Anyway, the phone has great reception, is tiny, easy to dial, has pretty good battery life considering how small it is, and you can run over it with your car and it will still make phone calls.
I didn't buy my phone from Amazon so mine was not locked. Now it's less than $100 a year. No contract, no nickel and dimming, and no changing my plan constantly, etc. Here's the bottom line. I only use the phone for a few minutes a month. I use it with a T mobile sim card with the To Go Minutes. I paid $35 each for two of them. I reset the language to English from Spanish.
If you want to spend between $1000 and $2000 a year on cell phone bills, don't complain that you can't pay your mortgage or your credit card bills. If you are a heavy cell phone user this phone isn't for you. My cell phone bill used to be $1200 a year for two of us. I try not to make more than 25 minutes worth because I don't like talking on cell phones in public, especially in restaurants and movie theaters where other people are annoying the hell out of me and everyone else with their "right to talk on the phone as loud as they want" but without the manners to shut up and let everyone else enjoy their meal. I didn't use all of the minutes the first year, so I bought another $50 worth before the end of the year, and T mobile rolled over my unused minutes so now I'm back to nearly 800 min good for another year.
Use the T mobile to go minutes and cut your bills, contracts and cell phone headaches down dramatically. Buy an unlocked one from Tiger Direct if you are worried about this one from Amazon. The codes are on Wikipedia for those that don't know how to do this. I make less than 100 minutes of calls per month.
Sweet. It makes reading text messages harder. I bought 1000 minutes (good for a year) for $100 two years a ago.
Save your money don't buy this. This is a base model this phone really sucks you can't see who's calling who you called and you can't retrieve missed calls, text messages.
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