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This phone is great!!! I don't know why people are so horrible about it!!!
Yo guyz!! im here to giv a review so i better get cracking. My m8 has got dis fone n i fink it is good it isnt de best but i have seen worse. As i'm lookin for a new fone n i gotta say motorola is de best make of fone u cn get so i've been tryin out phones n i see dat dis fone has gotta be one of da worst by motorola. The Motorola v550 which isnt included in dis sight is de fone im gettin it is sound man!!!!! Motorola v525: The choice of style is great that is de only good thing i cn say everything else has room 4 improvement. The display of the pictures by the camera r often turned out blurry or too bright n this is not hte holder of de phones fault. It takes too long to open messages and it isnt user-friendly. to find de camera n java games n ringtones is literally inpossible. a wide selection of ringtones, screensavers, awallpapers r included wid de fone but they are crap if their gona giv u these things y don't u giv us good pics that we cn actually use without bein embarassed n dull. the shell of de fone is great a blue n silver colour co ordination is nice n modern and very different to other borin phones. Motorola v550: only 4 words would explain dis fone n that is - Gotta Get dis Fone!!!!!! It is literally amazin! Superb quality pictures, amazin speed of openin messages n turning on/off!!!!! Truly the ideal phone 4 a teenager or adult!!!!!!! i'd suggest dis phone 2 ny1 the motorola v525 is a let down to the motorola name i have always thout that motorola phones were de best but v525 has really let the company down n if they don't watch out companies such as samsung and sharp are creatin amazin n outstandin phones of great quality!!!!! cheers guyz!! Mel xxx
Got this phone for my birthday in March and it is still working perfectly!!!! It looks cool too!!
I just bought this phone a few days ago and i think it is really cool! The camera is amazing and is totally easy to use, unfortunately there is no video recorder and thats why it doesnt take the five stars. The phone is really easy to navigate and the java games are great. If you think you dont need a video recorder camera, believe me, BUY THIS PHONE!
hi people, i love this phone it is my first ever flip and i have got it for christmas i have allready tried it out tho and it's so FAB the games are great my phone came with three games my favrouite two are stuntman + monopoly they are very addicting once i got on them i couldnt get off them i would give all the three games 10/10. The camera is very vibrant colourful and clear once you have took the picture you can use it as your background on your phone i will give the camera 10/10 too.The ringtones are cool too i listned to six of them at www.hellomoto.com thats where i got all my information from i will give the mp3 and polythonic ringtones 10/10. But i eventually got it from the carphone wearhouse and it came with £10.89 FREE airtime and i got a discount i got it for £1.40 (i love the phone)...i first saw it in the argos book but it was £169 pound i thought that i could get it cheaper from the carphone wearhouse.i really like the picture phone book too i theink that tha t is very useful. The buttons are also very stylish and very easy to press i would give the picture phonebook and the stylish buttons 10/10 too the looks on the motorola are cool too the blue fornt with the shiny silver gives is a very smart and stylish look the arial is cool and small and it dosent stick out of your pocket 10/10 for the arial.the small clam shell desighn is cool aswell it isn't big and fat like the sharp gx10,gx10i and the sharp gx20 they are massive i was going to get one but when i saw them they looked horrible!!!!it is allmost scratch proof too my mate hasent had one single scraatch on his exept when he dropped it the camera smathed and he had to get it replaced it wouldn't have smashed if it wouldnt have been on concrete my overall rating of my motorola v525 is 20million stars because i love it so mutch. it is way better than the nokias camera because the nokas cameras are all blurry. i hoped you engoyed reading my reveiw and i hope it has given you a b etter vision of the motorola v525 all the best of getting a phone :-)=-/
good looking and stylish. picture display is very poor. takes a long time to get on to the wap. but over all i think quite good. xx
Dreadful. Had it for almost a year. It seems mobile phones are becoming disposable items these days and hence not enough care is put in to ensuring they work properly, especially with the V525. Earpiece volume is awful and had to send it back twice to be repaired, still doesn't work properly. Plus other glitches I can't be bothered to mention. I would not recommend it, but that's just my opinion.
Have just got a second hand Sharpe GX20 as I am being driven mad by my V525 and since my contracts not up for another 5 months I decided to swap my sim card over to the second hand Shape. Think I have been lucky compared to some owners, had no freezing up on me, however Bluetooth doesnt work, impossible to send MSM messages, buttons on the side are a menace, forever knocking them and having silent switched to loud (embarressing at best), battery life not wonderful although Ive had worse, and camara quality terrible - like many other reviewers it started off not bad, but seems to have got fuzzier as time has gone on. However, reception on this phone is good - I can get a reception with this even when others on the same network can cannot, another redeeming quality is its looks and the colour screen is nice. The mp3s, and ringtones are good - but I never have found a way to change my text alerts - using downloaded sounds - maybe Im just thick, but Ive never had this problem with any of the Nokia's that Ive owned. Dissapointing that my sms inbox can only take 50 or so texts as well. Predictive text is okay, but am finding texting on the sharpe alot easier and have only had it a few hours!! I wouldnt buy another Motorola after this - will see how the Shape goes and then its back to Nokia for me when its time for an upgrade. Would'nt really recommend this phone to anyone thinking about getting it, has a few good qualities but I think the faults outweigh those. If I had to rate it 1-10, I would only give it a 2!
This phone is good but its more for work then play, and i can't find a way to put the pictures i've taken onto the copmuter! Can anyone help???
I was taken with the great look, which reminded me of a Star Trek communicator, so I upgraded to this phone. This is the result of using one of these phones for a year. The outstanding features are: The battery lasts 1 - 2 days on standby -tops. Recharging takes ages, and the cable won't always connect. Caller sound got weaker and weaker until I could only use it with a earpiece or on speaker. It seems impossible to send pictures. It takes 5 minutes to set any alarm and uses about 8 screens. Reception is weak. The clam shell is difficult to open with one hand. The phone freezes or goes dead and you have to remove and replace the battery to re-boot. The feature button activates while it is in your pocket. The software is beyond belief - if there's a wildly stupid, counter-intuitive, LONG way of doing something then that's how it will be done. You cannot find anything by thinking it through (like you can on a Nokia) you have to look it up in the inch thick manual or stumble onto it after about 10 minutes hunting. Once you get past the fact that it has a camera (2 or 3 days) and that you can download the "Buffy" theme as a ringtone (which you then realise isn't suitable for business situations anyway...) it does the business of being a phone very poorly indeed. I've concluded that this is only any good as a young girl's posing accessory, and for sending occasional texts. Business users, or just grown up people, should avoid it at all costs. Me - I'm going back to a basic Nokia again.
This is an amazing fone! I just snapped it in half stupidly yesterday after having it for a very happy 10 months! (I dropped it while open then stepped on it by accident with my very heavy boots!) So i shall be upgrading, but this fone really is a gem! Aswell as it's sexy look, the picture quality is amazing during the day (although pointless at night) and on my fone has stored almost 250 photos which I found to be very remarkable! It can store a vast amount of mono, poly and real tones which play crystal clear! One thing which I love about it is the battery life; perfect! I only had to recharge it every 3 days and considering I take many photos and look at them all the time that's pretty cool! Games; fantastic, aswell as the games already on there I downloaded 5 other games, one of them being Rayman 3 which plays in EXCELLENT quality! The menu is extremely easy to use and navigate and can be rearranged to your preference as can the soft key! It records voice notes which can be very handy if you cant be bothered to use the quick notes section in the text messaging zone! Oh! Another thing which I think is great; take a photo - apply it straight away as a wallpaper or screensaver or contact, or all three! It's fantastic colour an photo quality, crytal clear sound and many features are all well worth it! the only drawbacks is the weight of the phone, it's not that heavy but hey the battery life makes up for that! BUY IT!
This phone seems to have really polarised opinion-you either love it or you hate it-a bit like marmite really!! Anyway, I love it! I'm not a very demanding user, which may or may not help and my previous phone was a Nokia 3410. I do like the camera function. Even my husband says that it isn't bad quality for its resolution-and he's a professional photographer. I find the menus surprisingly easy to use and the ringtones are certainly loud enough for what I need. I can hear my phone ring above traffic noise, which is an improvement on previous phones that I've had. It seems to have been quite reasonably priced too. When I bought it in September, it was £130, reduced from £200. I haven't seen many comparable phones substantially cheaper, although I gather that some places are now selling it at around £100. I've found 2 slightly negative points. 1. Battery life. I've now got into the habit of charging it up every night and have bought an emergency charger-only £5.95-just in case. 2. I didn't find the instruction book overly helpful. I've learnt more by trial and error.
ok where do i start this phone is rubbish ive had it for about 6 months and it no longer works the battery used to run out of life in a day it never used to charge and systems like the camera always used to crash if you want a basic phone with a camera then it is ok but nothing else the functions ae poor and boring and dont always work i sent my phone back to vodaphone and they said they couldnt fix it so now im stuck with a broken £150 phone its not worth the money honestly
I Have this phone and it so rubbish the camera is so slow. when you try and take a picture the camera actually takes the picture about 3 seconds after you press the button. i seriously recomend you to not buy this phone.
I had the v600 but then i swaped it tp v525 and i have to say i'm happy with my choice the only thing the v525 is missing is the video player but other than that it's much better
This is my first phone!! It's not as bad as u think! It has everything you want in a phone except for video and a mp3 player, but the price is pretty good so you should get it if u dont want to spend too much on a phone. Positive features: Camera-Excellent better than all my mates' Screen-Nice and clear Looks-Great and modern Use-easy Negative features: Locked to Vodafone Can't seem to setup GPRS, MMS, or email :( have to go to a vodafone shop Overall it is a very good phone for its price and is one of motorola's best phones.
the worste phone!!!!it freezez, while you are in a conversation, it will drop and the phone will crash, you need to wait sometimes 50 seconds untill the call diconnects, anoying!!!!!! call failed, it gets stuck, response slow to my comends, a real piece of shi#!!!! do not ge that phone, maybe just AT&T stincks... a possibility,hate motorolas, but i like flips, what can i do?
I got this phone almost a year ago and at first was throughly pleased with it, i couldn't stop showing it off. Then within a few months it kept crashing on me! I never realised phones could do that! More recently however i'm unable to hear somebody talk when they phone! Nothing! So if i want to speak i have to have it on loud speaker!! Great when your on the train to your boyfriend!! I would advise people to save their money for a better phone! I'm getting a new one, prob a Samsung so goodbye moto!
I was so excited when I first got this phone, I couldn't beleive i had as cool phone for once (b4 had a siemens a55 and a sagem enough said). At first this phone to me was gr8 it had a camera very cool games and real tones, but 3 months into my ownership it started freezing or just turning its self off, camera was ok wen first saw pic that I just taken but wen stored it turned all fuzzy and had to delete many good pics, also inbox gets full very quickly and bluetooth doesn't seem to work. Phone good in looks but lacking the necessacity to be an outstanding phone. Hoping to get a nokia 6230 next or a nokia 7260 but can't decide which is best any ideas???
I hate this phone so much that i threw it on the ground in bad temper. I have had this phone for about a year, and it was a year too long. The camera is rubbish, the phone freezes (mainly when playing a game), but my big problem was the battery. The charge only lasted for about two days, and this was only after having the phone a couple of months. This was the factor that was to be the demise of the phone, because when it cut out in the middle of a call, after suggesting that there were two bars of battery. I seen red. And buy the way. The only reason i gave it one star, is because i didn't have the option to give no stars
This phone has the worst key pad ever and I mean it, it is highly frustrating to use and isn't even very clear. The camera is awful, applications are complex and could be made so much easier for the less experienced phone user. Basically I hate this phone and wouldn't recomend it to anyone and I wish that half my family hadn't bought it thinking it was 'fantastic.'
When i first got it i thought it was cool but then soon found out its not as great as i first thought!!! Hard to use, cameras not all that, battery life sucks, stay well clear & dont bother getting this phone!!!!
I have had the v525 for a year now, when i first got the phone it was great and i was really pleased but after a couple of months it seemed to go faulty, it randomly switches itself off, i could leave it sitting on the table switched on and when i return half hour later to get it, its turned off!! If your txt msg is sorta long it always runs into two messages! the battery goes dead quite quick and it takes about a year to get into the pictures. Although i think the camera is good compared to some phones, also the layout and style of the phone. If your going to buy, id look else where unless you wanna see for yourself! Im getting a new phone next week anyway and reading another review- it does NOT have a radio (wish it did)
I've had quite a few phones now and this has to be easily the most disappointing one I've owned. I've had mine for just over a year now. When I first got this it was really good having a camera and MP3 ringtones etc. After just a few months I was on the phone to Motorola reporting a number of problems with it. They said I should send it back but they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to keep all my numbers etc. I didn't have a way of backing them up so I didn't bother sending it back. Good points about the phone: Makes phone calls Sends normal text messages MP3 ringtones Looks quite good Bluetooth The mirror on the back so you can aim the camera right Cut and paste when writing messages Bad points about the phone: Heavy Ariel sticks out Slippery The alarm doesn't always switch the phone on Some of your words disappear when writing messages Can't send MMS messages with it (facility there but they never arrive) Buttons on the side are badly placed/hard to use Rubbish games! Battery life is pathetic Very slow when writing text messages Using cut and paste slows the writing down even more In summary: Its not an awful phone, but its not far off it! I will never buy a Motorola again.
Dont bother wiv it. I bought it 2nd hand and glad i did!!! The battery takes for ever to charge,and then while its charging the light stays on it! Once charged ,it can stay on 3bars then plumpet right down to 1 bar.Reception is a joke at times too. Its scratching easily,and when texing a msg the phone has frozen up on me loads.The multi media album section you try to activate and it comes up fatal error.Ive taken back to the store and they say its a fault with my handset,but my freinds is exactly the same and she bought hers new. Wouldnt bother with a motorola again,
Reading the last review i beg to differ the motorola does NOT have a radio!!! It is a nice little phone.I find problems linking bluetooth to the pc,and the camera could be alot better. Ringtones at mo im finding , are only available via downloading,(£3 a time !) as tried to send from pc but with no luck. The case is scratching easily too. Sometimes i also find (whether it being a flip phone)The reception is not what i call brilliant.Ive had it 5months but is now thinking of buying the sharp GX15,as my son has one and it seems alot better.
I think the Motorola V525 is quite good as a frend I know bought 1 the other day. Camera is excellent!!!!!!!!!!! The fone even has a built in radio! All in all, this fone is amazin cos u can change the covers on it! Go 4 it!
Had the phone a year now and first one was faulty but was replaced free of charge, then next 1 lasted 11 months then ear piece went faulty, all fixed by vodafone free of charge!!! Reception pick up is very good and the phone has a lot of features for its age, when i bought mine it was simpily the best in the price range, okay newer phones are better but it copes very well against the rest, still a good phone!!!
Reasonable Phone Firstly I got this phone because I like the blue and silver styling but also because it seemed a good phone and came with a damn good deal from Vodafone. The camera was great but is now in the shadow of newer phones, the sms system is pretty good and the bluetooth works well with a headset but thats about it. I think Vodafone have monkeyed around with it a bit, including horrendously shortening the number of characters one can put in a single text message but giving no indication until after sending that your message has spilled over into a second message. The battery life is a joke, firstly with it being way too short - coupleof days max with average use plus the battery meter can stay on 3 bars for 2 days before plummeting to empty in the space of a couple of hours standby. Then theres times when it gets confused (especially regarding GPRS) and you experience button lag and basically nothing happening. Charging is a nightmare, when you eventually get it to start charging, the exterior screen sometimes stays on all the time or sometimes even the main screen when the phone is closed. Recently when trying to access my sms outbox, the phone turns itself off which it does of its own accord pretty often anyway. However the 5MB memory is pretty good for phones like it as are the mp3 ring tones which are one of its few saving graces. Overall, a disappointing phone with one or two redeeming features (mp3 ringtones, bluetooth, looks) which has sort of put me off motorola now.
dis fone iz sooo cool!!i got it the oda day and its da best!iv had like six fones but dis one beats em al!!u have to get!!believe me
I got this phone back in March last year on the Vodafone contract and found it to be an excellent phone. The picture quality isn't as good as some phones, but the features make up for it. Especially the truetones which the phone is able to support. All in all, a great phone!
Probably the worst phone on the market today. Its huge, heavy and incredibly difficult to use. If you flick through the menu too fast it crashes, meaning the battery has to be disconnected to allow the phone to reboot - which becomes suprisingly embarissing. Be prepared for the buttons on the side of the phone to press themselves in your pocket, and change your ring setting from SILENT to LOUD. Was is really a great idea to have the loud option directly after silent? At least if the phone decided to change itself from silent to vibrate who would get a bit of notice before the Simpsons theme tune blares out at your next board meeting!! Overall this phone is riddled with faults and bugs. Thats probably why Motorola replaced it so quickly. Avoid this phone like the plague.
i think that this phone is one of the most easiest phonews to use.I am a chief executer of a phone generator factory and i say that this phone is absolutely outstandig!!the camera quality is excellent and the phone itself lokks very stylish.its quite quick for a motorola which is another good feature.overall this phone is excellent.BUY IT!!
I at first was attracted to the V500 because of the excellent deals available. However, in was in high demand and so I made do with the Motorola V525. When I used it I found everything eaasy to use, the buttons, the camera, the ringtones, the internet and the predictive text. It's main features were excellent quality and was worth spending more. The camera is a very clear and I have had no problems with it yet, there is alot of memory available compared to the V200 and so you can enjoy using the camera for at lest 5 months without deleting any pictures or moving them onto your computer (with a usb sold seperatley). The battery life, amazingly, stayed for a while even when the phone wasn't in use for a few days. The charger which came with the phone is stylish and less bulky than other motorola chargers. The internet is superbly cheap and quick and easy to use. Of course there are the odd packages which cost a pund but they inform you brfore you try it. The colour screen has a high resoulution pointing out every detail on a wallpaper or a picture that you've taken. The sound is excellent, the phone itself is v.v. stylish and is what you would want for a camera phone used for the average person who uses txts, and the internet for catching up on news, wheather, gossip or sport. I hope I have been a help and so I hope you consider this phone as yours
Now come on... this phone is smart but dodgy wat r u lookin for in a phone? somethin that is easy and compact to carry with somethin that lightens the load... like carryin a little digital camera in ur pocket which even video records...WELL THIS ISNT WAT UR LOOKIN FOR!!!!!!!
this phone is wicked.I've had it for a year and it's really cool ok sometimes the screen freezes and it could be quite slow but there's no such thing as a perfect phone cuz all phones have a fault but come on be realistic!it's cheap looks great ,has good games {better than most phones like nokia and samsung i heard they have pathetic games}the ringtones could be better but once again better than nokia my mates r always complainin'about their r-tones.Shame it hasn't got a video player like v600 but it looks way better!
well, where do i start, at first you think, ye gr8 fone, but then after bout 4 5 months it does any of the following: randomly turns off, battery is ****!, sumtimes wont even charge, sumtimes u cnt even turn it back on once off. taken it back 2 times to get it sorted, now been given brand new one, still doing the same fings! cnt wait to get new phone nxt pay day!
great fone but the fone has a tendancy to crash if u send more than 1 mesage at a time!!! kool games and great sounds!!! worth the money just not great wen ur tryin to send mesages to multiple amounts of people!!!
I JUST BOUGHT THIS PHONE AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH IT!BUT CAN EVERY ONE TELL ME WERE CAN I FIND THE DRIVERS FOR USB CABLE?THIS IS THE INCONVENIENT!I CAN'T FIND IT!
This phone is so cool , if u don't agree then get ya head tested cuz it had boom looks and slamin' games an' tones plus it's quite cheap too!
When I first got this phone i was so happy it's cool with great looks and fab games my mates were so jealous but then i noticed some bad things about it like the way the screen freezes and how the backlight keeps going off after 60 secs but other then that it's a wicked phone
i had this phone for aobut a year and i have had to send it back twice due 2 problems the battery loses power after about 1 day and it keeps crashing and doesnt charge dont buy!!!!!!!
I love this phone. My boyfriend has got this phone and i just love it i think it is great the way that you can take pictures and then you can save them as your backrounds i think this phone is absolutly fantastic i have had many phones (14 10 of which have been camera phones) and as soon as i get paid i am going out to get this one. Plus my boyfriend only paid what... ?149 and then ?10 credit on top of that and i think that is a great deal. Buy It its well worth the money
Well, it seems you either have a good one or a bad one. I have a good one as does my other half. No probs in functionality, reliability or durability. I keep mine in a pocket or sliding about on the dash and it still doesn't have any scratches. It does switch ring style if you stuff your keys etc into the same pocket so guess what? I don't do that any more. D'oh!
I have had this phone for 9 months now. At first this phone seemed excellent with a good camera and nice features (although the bluetooth function is bad; you can't transer ringtones with friends as ringtones are locked!) but after about 7 months it started generating faults, I know about 6 people with similar phones (v525, v500, v300 & v600) and their phones seem to be doing the same. I am very dissapointed with this phone and i shall never buy a motorola again (at least until I know that they have sorted all these faults). Here is a list of all the faults my phone has generated: >It switches itself off >The date keeps changing back to 00:00 January the 1st, and you can't set the time yourself as it is done automatically so you are stuck with the wrong date and time! >The screen goes blank >It plays ringtones when nobody is calling me >The earphone is too quiet to hear >People on the other end of calls can't hear me >When I plug it into charge it either doesn't charge or switches on >It makes random bleeping noises >When you close it the buttons scratch the screen. Nice idea but very badly thought out and made. I would never reccomend this phone ar any motorola for that matter to anybody, infact I would tell everybody not to buy it!!!!!!
Had this phone for a year now. Have had a few problems with it like the screensaver not working.Other than that i LOVE the phone it is easy to use and very stylish.I would recomend this phone to anyone.Cheers Mally....
simply outstanding!the best phone i have ever seen in my life.amazing camera,bluetooth,mp3,quadband...its got everything.
hi have had it for a while now, its fine and works very well, with good battry life, it does freeze sometimes but not for long. easy to use and text with.scratches easily, probably wouldnt get another one but so far its been reliable and has loud ring tones which is good and clear screen.
this phone is ok if your in a business but when your not its useless. the signal on it is very poor. i thought that it was broke when i couldnt hear anyone on the other side of it, so i took it to a mobile shop and the manager said that there was nothing wrong with it, its just not a good mobile phone
At first i loved this phone but then started to hate it. The picture quality seemed to get worst when at first i thought it had the best around! The good things about this phone is that its quite easy to use and the graphics on the games (although i hardly ever played them) where excellent! The reason im gettin rid of it now is because i've had it 11 months and within 3 it was badly sratched and looked about a year old! Also, if you have a lot of texts, or like keeping more than 60 messages, then this ISNT the phone for you. It has quite a low memory i think and sometimes it just cuts out and switched itself off whilst im doing something! its a good phone all in all but just has a few faults!
This is the fisrt and last time I will ever but a Motorola phone... This phone changes volume when in your pocket, turns its self off on a regular basis and freeze's at least once a day. Ive had it back to Motorola (postage at my expense) and they say its sorted... NO ITS NOT... Its still does everything Ive said above... DONT BUY THIS PHONE... Im back using my old Nokia till my contract expires and as usual trusty old nokia still keeps on going... I guess my new phone will def be a NOKIA!!
BOUGHT THIS PHONE BACK LAST YEAR, IT SWITCHES ITSELF OFF FOR NO REASON,THE VOLUME CHANGES WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE, THE CAMERA NEEDS CLEANING EVERY MONTH!! AND THE PICTURE QUALITY IS POOR, IF THE PHONE RINGS AND U PICK IT UP AND PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE SIDE BY ACCIDENT YOU CUT THE INCOMING CALL OFF! PLUS U CAN'T HEAR THE BLOODY THING IF ITS IN POCKET OR YOUR HANDBAG!! NOT GETTING ANOTHER MOTOROLA PHONE EVER AGAIN AS MY OTHER MOTOROLA V600 WAS EXACTLY THE SAME!
Three hours ago I got a Sharp GX20 . But before that about 4 months I had a V525 . The phone is extraordinary and I can' think of a number of phones in any price range larger than the number of my fingers ,better than this one . It's easy to use , looks very nice , excelent contact point , simple menu and the picture quality is more than reasonable. I'd reccomand it to anyone ! (and for those who wonder , yes , we do have phones in romania , we have TV's and cable and we don't live in trees). Buy one !
The V525 is hardly 'fiddly' Timothy (31st Jan 05'), it's a quality little phone, easy to use, looks good........ Ain't you got nuttin' better to do than sit there texting all day ?? Not a student by any chance are you ??
fiddly to use and poor text set up i would rather go for sony ericsson k700i a much better phone
If there was a rating of -10 this phone would get it. Had three replacement phones all had different problems. First and last motorola I buy.
Stunning looks, wicked games , one of the best phones around
Disappointed with this phone. Mainly to do with the functionality and menu system - headed back to nokia. Stabilitywise I have only had 3 or 4 crashes in the last 10 months. The casing is looking a bit tatty now. Games available are limited. Camera is good. I must admit the battery performance seems to have improved over time??? Annoyingly easy to mistakenly access GPRS and long time to disconnect.
I got this phone about a few weeks ago. At first when you get it, it looks so stlish and cool. sometimes the key's can stick and the responce from the phones system is slow but I have to say the camera is the best. The games that you get free with the phone are 100 per cent medeoker. the phones battery life is just about ok. I got this phone at a vodafone shop and it cost me 320 euro. All in all the motorola v525 is ok. But the price is not. If you wanna ask me a question about the phone please e-mail me at thetanker2003@yahoo.co.uk
at first when i brought this phone i thought it was brilliant but afta about a week i got bored of it it is really heavy and chunky and afta a while doesnt look stylish at all the outside scatches really easily and ive been having trouble charging it i put my charger in and it keep saying unable to charge i have to hit it a couple of times to make it work i need to buy a new phone the motorola v525 is not worth the money
fandabidousy phone great camera easy to use bright screen great ringtones got loads for free wasnt supposed to u were ment 2 pay ?1.50 for them hehehe good games
Listen guys, this phone is really good value for money at just £100 now in many mobile phone shops. The nasty reset bug can be fixed by flexing the phone with the latest software, and also flashing the phone with the latest firmware. Although mine had a newer firmware in so I just flexed it with the v600 software and now I can also play videos on it like the v600, also load more new hidden features and options, inc a techie menu for those of u out there who are into messing about. If anyone would like there phone updating then ring me for details on 07863 232359
Not to happy with this phone had it for 3 months now but i have had two of this phone, firstly the first one crashed and wouldnt turn on so i had i replaced, but being on contract you can only have the same phone if your currunt one breaks, the second one , battery life is very poor a day if your lucky, the back screen keeps turning on when it is closed, (wasting my battery more), the screen scratches well easy, camera when dusty is impossible to clean so once its dusty then your pictures wont be as good anymore,and it takes ages to close from GPRS. other than all this the sound quality is well ....quality, the signal is second to non, the funky lil aerials that flash are rad, is easy to use, looks great people always wanna play, and even though i have had all these problems is still worth the hassle. thumbs up but really needs to be looked at before releasing anymore, for instance the way it shuts off as it closes doesnt work properly so i think that needs to be addressed. buy this phone but dont be let down if it f***s up.
it is junk exactly what the girl said it cuts out and switches itself off randomly, the screen freezez and does a matrix effect,it scratches easily and looks like a piece of junk in about a week and the batterly life is astonishingly bad! On the other side the camera is really good - sometimes!
i adore this phone !!!! i have had it for a month , and i have to say it is the easiest phone to use ... ever ! the picture quality is excellent and the screen size is good !! i am a very happy motomate !!!
Not a review as such but more an observation on other reviews. Agree the buttons are a nightmare, they always turn my phone to silent which doesnt make an acknowledgment noise so you don't know until you find umpteen missed calls. The reviewers who say the camera gets worse with time is quite simple to answer. The lens on these cameras is very small and gets coated with, dare I say it, your own skin, or dust if you prefer. Thus they become fuzzy. ust need wiping with the corner of a tissue and it will be as bright as new again.
ive had this phone for over a year now an when i first got it it seemed really good and the camera was pretty good, but now the picture quality is awful, the pictures seem to move an go v blury a few seconds after iv taken it! i dont kno how to download mp3s cos i didnt think you could. Does this fone seem left handed to anyone? cos the calling buttons seem in the wrong place!
To Laura Chapman, England, you need a Bluetooth adaptor for the pc to transfer pictures. Overall I have found this phone to be very reliable and good, I have had it for nearly 14 months now and have had no problems. It has been dropped multiple times onto a concrete floor (I am rather clumsy) and it still works perfectly. I am looking to replace it, only because I want a new toy and a Motorola would come into the equation, although I think I will go back to a Nokia merely for the amount of extra games that are available.
Well i'll agree with the rest below. My first ever phone away from nokia and my first flip phone. although it seemed good with the large screen and the game monopoly (yes i bought it becaus of that) it didn't live up to it's standard. Slow, crashes, ear volume isn't always loud, i have to fiddle about with it to get it to charge. Definately bot recomended. I'm going back to Nokia and have bought the 6230. Read those reviews.
Ok first of all this phone is quite slow... and for some reason i cant hear a word that comes out of the callers mouth.. it is so quiet without the headset and speaker put on... it sucks i mean who wants to put the speaker on to hear soemone when everyone else can hear what you aswel. and who wants to keep that dam headset on them all day... the V525 does have a great camera though and i looks good. but come on a phones main purpose is talking to others and this phone lacks that HARDCORE...
This fone is gr8!!! ive had it ages and no probs. looks gr8 feels real comfortable and has exl features. Camera GREAT! screen fab qual, games exl
The Motorola V547 is a neat clam style compact phone which has a video & camera, as well as many other features. At £130 it well worth the money, but if you keep your old sim card & are with O2, then the price is just £119. On the front of the phone the time is shown either in 24hr or digital, you can also see how much battery & signal power you have. When you open up the phone it lights up, the first thing you see is the colour screen. To access some of the phones features, pleas
A few months ago I was offered a free upgrade to a Motorola v525 with my Vodafone contract. It had all the features of my Sony Ericsson t68i plus a camera and a few other bits and bobs so I thought I’d give it a go and sold my t68i on eBay….so I’ll share my experiences with you! I was fairly pleased with the phone when it arrived as it looks pretty stylish; predominantly silver with a metallic midnight blue section on the front (which actually is metal). The only complaint I’d have
Like many, I had never considdered Motorolla as a viable alternative to my trusty Nokia and SonyEricsson handsets. Yet my first encounter with this phone left me so impressed I went out and bought it. Motorolla have never gained the same foothold in the European market as they have in the States, which I feel is a shame as they are often overlooked in favor of European champions Nokia. It was while I was complaining one day about the minuscular keypad on my SonyEricsson T61
For a while I've wanted to return to my review writing but just as I thought some spare writing time was created I?d remember some coursework that wasn?t done or a test I needed to revise for but anyway here I am returning during my brief break from hectic revision for my upcoming exams. I wanted my returning review to be good and something I could review well and I admit that most of the old spare time was spent pondering over what I could review as I have so many ideas for so many products.
is fone iz kl i've had no probs wit it and i think its a gd fone 2 get
I have had this phone for a year and found no problems with it, it charged every time and the battery lasted for a long while. The only problem i found was when you used the voice activated dialing it would dial the wrong person.
i have a his phone and it is great but the bluetooth does not seem to work
i loved this phone when i first got it lved the style the ring tones the text storage is brilliant and the phone capacity is more than enough. i'd had no problems with it at all in the 8 or so months that ive had it until about 2 weeks ago i went to put it on charge and it just would not charge ive been trying every day since then but its just not happening now the battery is completely dead so i ant even turn it on. thing is i cant tell whether its the charger or the phone thats broken!! ive had to use my battered old 8310 since the v525 been out of action and it doesnt even work!! Blue tooth is non existent on my phone it just wont connect.
i bought this phone last october paided around £130 for the mobile started off yeh great. next day i plug the charger in as it says above it would not charge had to "fiddle" round with the charger to get it to work. THE NEXT DAY I BOUGHT THE PHONE! the quality of this mobile is disgusting! its cheap, tacky, fat and ugly. i got recommended this phone by someone in a vodafone shop "not mentioning names" he claimed it was the best phone around amazing graphics with camera, awesome ring tones,multi txt messaging the usual stuff u get with a modern mobile. right now my camera pictures are fuzzy. the phone crashes when typing texts out. it wont send texts and yes i do have credit! it send 1 message but dont send another. what else hmmm.... oh yes cannot change the main ring tone very embarresing walking in the middle of a shopping center with your mates having a laugh all of a sudden HELO MOTO spot light on yoo! i dont like to be center of attention but come on you might as well we ar a pair of your grand dads old pants on ur head with milk bottle glasses aint a good mobile i would never ever buy a moto-rola again absolutly disgusting for the price and quality disgusting! also might i add extremely slow to my command example texting! im half way through a text and the mobile is still on the first few words. in a call the mobile freezes cant hear anything wont disconnect then it swtiches its self off and wont come back on. this is the worste mobile you could ever even dream of! plus i still complain about the ring tone pain in da a*#!
Not gonna go into details, every bad thing that has already been said (and other things) are completely true. Do NOT buy this phone, it is absolutely dire. "Hello moto"? No no no definately goodbye, forever.
I dont konw what is happening to yours phones but my v525 is excelent!!!Nice camera everything working fine!!!Except the sms storage for incoming sms is small but everything else is excelent. I have it 8 months. And i have the problem with charching but i gave the phone on service and they fixed it:NO OTHER PROBLEMS!!<<<<<<<<
Absolute garbage. I HATE this phone. Rubbish ringtones, rubbish menus, rubbish picture quality, volume changes itself at random, crashes at regular intervals and dont even get me started on Motorolas PC620 tools! Buttons all backwards etc... etc... would never touch another MOTO again. Good ridance!
I loved this phone when I first got it and stil do.. although I have had one problem with it which was the I couldn't hear anybody when I rang them or if they rung me so I had to send it off to be fixed and it took ages!!! The picture quality is quite good though and the colour is amazing! especially on the games.. and its really easy to text people. I'm not bored of it yet. but the blue tooth doesn't work very well which isn't very good...
Have had the V525 for over a year now... Overall a good phone, with sexy styling and the best method of texting that I have ever come across. Some serious issues with it though: the Bluetooth is NOT full Bluetooth - ie it works with headsets and SOME other phones, but doesn't communicate with all phones or any computer. The outbox jams up and crashes the phone every time you try to access it, and the storage capacity is poor. The camera lens gets very dirty very easily, and the pictures are not actually that good quality. The whole phone quite often just freezes, requiring the battery to be removed before it can be restarted. The charger is very delicate and the phone will only charged if wedged in a certain position. Hope this helps.
Up to now the 525 is 5* plus for me. I have owned several models of PAYG phones from the best to the rest and this one so far is one of the best. All models of all things have their problems, if you get a bad one it is obvious that your feedback will be negative, but one bad one will not mean another if you persist. This colour screen is great and the reception is fantastic from land lines to all different service providers that I am in contact with mobile numbers, even in underground car parks!
hi i hav had this fone since it came out!!for the fist couple of weeks it was excellent but then it kept on freezin wen i was tryin 2 send txts nd yesterday i dropped it in a little puddle on the grass bi accident ouch so now i mite get it fixed or upgrade
Having read the other reviews I am wondering if they have been unlucky, or I have been lucky with this phone. It has not, in over a year of service, frozen or crashed requiring the battery to be removed; the software has not been difficult to understand or bug ridden; the phone has not changed it's volume or gradually dropped to a whisper and reception has been better than three different Nokias and two Samsungs. I can get a signal whilst most others can not, on the same network. It does what it's meant to do, act as a phone and in this respect it works well. Battery life is good (another complaint which I can't understand) 8 days on standby as well as a good 2 hours talking/ringing before it needs charging, ten times better than my wife's Sharp. As to the scratching of the phone I find a £10 case means that the phone is in the same condition in which it was bought. Overall my phone has been consistently good with no problems and not only would I recommend it to friends but when I need to upgrade I will almost certainly buy another Motorola.
i ad dis wen it first come out!At first i was ova d moon wiv it!! it was gd! den after a few weeks i got bored! ye d camera quality is brilliant n d zoom is useful but d fact dat usin d camera wud make d batry go down from full 2 2 bars-after chargin!!! and dat it kept frezin on me like everyday was pretty frustratin, i cudnt go through d menu or even set a alarm on wiv out it freezin! whoeva thinkin bout buyin dis fne i wudnt!!
If you need a phone for business purposes or any kind of grown up activity STAY AWAY from the 525. Battery is terrible, software is completely clumsy and see all comments from Mike below. A bad purchase - I'm going back to Nokia. I'm losing business at this stage because of this damn phone!
this phone is not built very well if you go throught the menu to fast it freezes plus its a bit too bit when in pocket so if i was you look around for anther phone
i must have had about 12 phones over several years and being totally honest this is the best ive ever had.nice shape phone,very easy to navigate menu,quad band,real tones,a plethora of functions,good quality built in camera x4 zoom,bluetooth etc.very loud ring,good vibrate,quality crystal clear calls,long standby time.if there has to be a negative its the lack of predictive text ,works on i tap instead which takes a bit of getting used to if youre a novice but overall i would recommend this phone to anyone.well worth the money. i am really pleased with this phone and might take some parting from it.buy it you wont be disappointed.
This phone rocks!! i just got it today for my birthday on friday. The screen is amazing quality, the camera is brilliant and the ringtones are cool. The only problem is i dont really know how to put pictures onto contacts it says i havent got any contacts can someone help with my question?! !:O its really annoyinh. Plus the battery life isnt great but hey who cares! this phone is the phone of 2004. I recommend it to everyone!!! lol Kenndel
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