Motorola MOTO VE240

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13 Nov 2009 kittysaysmeow

2.3 out of 10

It's a piece of poop. You get what you pay for. A cheap phone.  It's a hassle to get your music onto it and when you finnally do figure it out, the volume is so low you cant hear it when you're on a subway. It freezes constantly. Mine has now frozen completely after about a year. It starts off with minor glitches and over time they become more frequent and longer lasting until finnaly the whole thing just dies on you. It's not a flip phone so don't try keeping it in your purse or pocket. The battery guage is completely unreliable. It will tell you the battery is full and 2 minutes later your phone is beeping low battery and dying. Also don't try turning off the phone when you are in a meeting and trying to be quiet. Turning it off automatically plays the  annoying 'shutting down' tone on absolutely full volume even if the phone is on mute.

Pros

mp3
cheap

Cons

very low music volume
no camera
glitches
freezes a lot
unreliable battery indicator
shuts on/off at full volume no matter what you set it to
dies after a year

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What a nightmare....

25 Sep 2009 goattongue

3 out of 10

Bought the phone off the MetroPCS website. It was being promoted along side their $30 a month unlimited plan. (which is perfect for me)



I put it together when it arrived and poked around in the menus and such. I sat down to dial *228 and get it activated and figured out I need the serial # under the battery! Took it back apart, wrote it down...then the battery cover wouldn't go back on! Spent 2 hours trying to get it back on. Even searched YouTube for any advice on it...offered my brother $20 if HE could get it on....it wouldn't budge!



Took it to a MetroPCS store the next day....they told me I had to take it to the corporate office. (WTF) Drove to the other side of town and they gave me a new battery cover.



Got home - talked to a lady who took my info to setup the phone - THEN she tried to tell me that this phone was not able to be on the $30 a month plan. I tried to give her the web address of the pages online that showcase THIS phone WITH the plan....she still said no. Told me to take it back.



I called back 10 minutes later and talked to another woman. I explained the problem and she put me on hold to "check if the phone works with the plan".....waited...waited...and figured out she had hung up on me.



Talked to a NEW guy who (for whatever reason) set me up on the $30 a month plan. (after several resets of the phone..ugh)



Now the phone seems to be able to make calls...but WILL NOT SEND TXT messages!



.....so I go to sleep tonight furious..knowing I have to call again in the morning!



Im scared to buy a micro SD card for it.....worried about that damn battery cover screwing up all over again!

Pros

It SEEMS to be able to make calls at least....

Cons

The whole ordeal has left me disgusted!

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FROZEN 240'S

12 Sep 2009 darayl

4.3 out of 10

I BOUGHT 2 OF THESE PHONES AS X-MAS GIFTS FOR WIFE & DAUGHTER...they like to text...these phone's had the annoying habit of FREEZING UP(have contracts with cricket,both under warranty).
had to take each one to cricket,they take the phone's and give you replacements(at $35 X 2 thats $70.00 dollars.
and then send the originals to motorola,and tell you ,you will be credited(your account $70.00)if the phones are found to be defective.
each time my account was credited $35.00 each time,so to make a long story short,bought two other phones(THAT WERE NOT MOTOROLA)and had them flashed to cricket.
with those experiences i will not even look at a motorola phone...when given a chice to choose.
because you know why ?,it's my money.and i will not spend it on inferior product's like the MOTOROLA VE 240



                                                                          THANK YOU,FOR READING THIS
                                                                           darayl b.

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