Not suitable for kids (Motorola V66)

Member Name: forzaf1

Product:	Motorola V66
Date:	04/05/02 (692 review reads)
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Advantages: wap works well, quick load up time

Disadvantages: txting is hard, no alarm, buttons annoying

Motorola are an American company who have been around since the dawn of mobile phones so you would think they would know abit how to make them.

Well in answer, yes they do know how to make them. The V66 is one of the smallest and stylish phones on the market that looks sexy and can fit into your coat or handbag. Its ultra light, lighter than Nokias 8310. The screen is about the same size at the Nokia 3330 so really its a combination of the Nokias.

BUT, really this phone does lack alot. First up I would say this is for people that only want to use it for the WAP or making/receiving calls. Txting really is out of the questions because the text is very hard to see when in 'zoom out' mode (normal). The buttons are small and they are indented into the phone and don't stick out like the Nokias. It has an annoying habit that you have to wait a while if you want to select 2 characters on 1 key. E.g. AA so you type A then wait about 4 secs before you can touch that button again. Its also not that handy because the flip isn't at the right angle for you to write your txt, its to upright. You don't get reports back when you have sent a txt, can't send smiles or pics etc.

Games, stick with Nokia because they games are pretty boring and simple.

They have tried to copy Nokia with the changing faces at the front but it doesn't really pay off because the strip on the front must be worth like 10p but your paying about £8 to change it.

Scrolling down a txt message, the phone doesn't like. Imagine you have a slow PC and when you want to scroll an email, it stutters abit and it slow, well its like that on the phone.

The good thing I think is that the WAP browser works very well. I have never been able to log into Yahoo before on my Nokia 7110 but managed to do it with this. Its fast and simple to use.

The screen, you can choose 3 colours (Red, Green or Orange). All 3 are pretty bad and not tha
t clear, infact its better when your in the pitch dark.

For a phone that was released last year, its not got that much cutting edge equipment, the good think is that you can record notes on it but I don't know many people who would find that handy.

I would stick to Nokia for personal use and if get a Motorola just for the calls. But I think the 8310 is a better phone than the V66 so I would pick that if I had the choice.

Alex

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