Is being small light and pretty enough ? (Motorola V3690)

Member Name: rsykes

Product:	Motorola V3690
Date:	03/01/01 (194 review reads)
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Advantages: Small light good-looking

Disadvantages: No i-r, no WAP

Well, almost. This mobile looks lovely (mine is in the dark blue colour, which to me looks less cheap and plasticcy than the paler colours) and everyone who has seen it has wanted one, especially girls. I have had more offers to buy this phone from people that any of the other 8 or 9 mobiles I have (and still do) own over the last couple of years. I got mine on a Cellnet contract for 50 quid.
And I am almost tempted to sell it.
The construction of the phone is acceptable - it can stand up to being dropped from short distances (not something I would recommend however), the screen is excellent - this is in my opinion the best thing about the phone - battery life is reasonable with 3 days or so achieved with some talktime and SMS messaging done. Recharging takes 3 hours or so, not overnight - the person who said this might have a defective battery. The menu system is typical Motorola (having used C520, M3688 and owned L7089) - there is the customisable quick acess button, but it is not as good as Nokia menus. There is a paucity of ringtones, but to me this is an excellent feature, as I hate tunes on mobiles, and the vibrate is just about strong enough to be felt in your trouser pocket. There are no games - if you want games, buy a Gameboy. There is no WAP (no great loss) and the main area of disappointment is that there is no infra-red port, as the phone is a perfect size to be carried round with a PDA for Internet browsing.
So overall, cute, small, light, not feature-packed but a reasonable phone.

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