Average User Rating

Design: 8.1; 81.33333%
Features: 7.2; 72%
Performance: 6.7; 66.66667%

Good

7.6

out of 10

Based on 30 opinions

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11 Sep 2007
Motorola Q9m Review

The Motorola Q9m is currently one of the best SmartPhones available by Verizon. It does everything that is expected of it, and then some. The Multimedia Home Screen is an added bonus that many users will enjoy. The Call Quality and Reception are top-notch, despite the Speakerphone sounding a little distorted at higher volumes. The QWERTY keypad is designed well and is easier to use than that of the enV or the pervious Q model, since the keys are closer together and require less thumb movement. We highly recommend the Q9m for anyone that is looking for a Windows Mobile SmartPhone with added Multimedia capabilities.

Good

8

out of 10

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1. Good but gone...

25 Nov 2008 by Chris Carico

73.3%7.3out of 10

Overall good phone, but I am getting rid of it. Crashed a bit often, but I have used other Windows Mobile phones before and am used to it. User friendly, one of the best smartphones right now in my opinion.

My only real problem is that I am currently in a contract with U.S. Cellular because they get the best reception in my area which is the most important part to me so I got this phone and I really think that U.S. Cellular got the cheap Korean knockoff or something because I have has 2 of these in 3 months of using it. The first incident was that I was walking out of a class and dropped it on the pavement and the entire screen cracked and died...all be it that I wouldn't expect this phone or any other candy bar type phone to survive that so I went and had it replaced and it took about 5 weeks to replace...(freaking Motorola's fault)...then I had it for about 2 more weeks and knocked it off about a 3-foot tall night stand onto padded shag carpet and the screen broke again...

Never the less it is now gone.

Pros

Nothing bad about it really.

Cons

U.S. Cellulars type breaks like a glass baby

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2.

23 Nov 2008 by Anonymous

73.3%7.3out of 10

Didnt want to take the time to post but, i seen someone saying its "bullShi*" that it crashes alot.. and i got my phone 4 days ago and loved it for the first 2 days.. havnt done to much with it.. put songs on the memory card that doesnt effect the phone its self.. when i take showers i leave the phone in a different room to keep moisture from getting into it.. i have never dropped it and have a protective case on it.. and.. now it wont work at all .. 4 days after buying it.. half of the keys wont work or take you different places than where you clicked.. can no longer send or look at TXT messages... its just horrible.. idk if mine is just one out of alot that is messed up or not..i have seen alot of complaints about them breaking..

and as for someone else who said there are hardly in any cons to this phone there full of crap...you cant check text while talking ( i would double check before typing that but..i cant.. my phone wont leave the home screen).. but ..it is nice if it works..if these phones even do work.. this post might not be worded correctly but, im venting right now because i dont understand why they release stuff before making sure it works..

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3. 10 month update

16 Sep 2008 by Anonymous

83.3%8.3out of 10

I bought this phone 10 months ago. I have concluded that I can no longer function without it. It is extremely userfriendly and customizable.

There have been comments about it freezing up. Some of these are valid. My has frozen probably 5 times since I bought it. There is a maintenance program that runs occassionally called "calnot.exe" or something like that. It really screws things up. My recommendation is to set up the right Soft-key to function as the Task Manager. Then you can periodically Kill All programs. If you ever see this running, you should shut it down.

Also, when the device is syncing to your PC, leave it alone. I "monkeyed" with mine in the middle of a Sync and it overwelmed the phone.

10 months later and the little battery lasts about 3 days.

I bought this to replace my phone and PDA. Compared to my Dell Axim, it rocks. That thing froze up to 5 times a day. When my contract expires, I wouldn't be surprised if I kept my Q. The sliding smart phones just aren't my thing.

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4. Better than Blackberry Hands Down

21 Aug 2008 by Brian

88%8.8out of 10

I love my Q9c. It has mostly every thing I need. It is very user friendly. I would recommend this phone to anyone in corporate business. Does not work with outlook express or flash player, those are the only cons for me.

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5. Very Nice Phone

18 Aug 2008 by Nester

96%9.6out of 10

I have been using my 9QC for about 6 months and it has been very great! I love the features because they are just what I need any where I go. In fact, I hardly browse internet on my laptop since I got this phone. I recommend this great technology to everyone!

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6. Q9c for the win

17 Aug 2008 by Christ B

88%8.8out of 10

I've never been into smart phones, but I have to say...this converted me...I'll never own a regular phone again. Its awesome. Easy to use, tons of programs to load, and can do just about anything.

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7. more like OK then good

17 Aug 2008 by Bc

74%7.4out of 10

as of now own this phone, its nice looking and has great features!
the real problem is the keys on the phone there way to small and its hard to use for example using the enternet browser if i was supposed to type in google it would be hard for me to type it in with out me re-typing it a few times. Its my first big phone and i like it but im thinking of returning it for a another phone if this phone doesnt work out. Other then that i dont have any other problems with it.

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8. The best phone I have used

5 Aug 2008 by Domino

94%9.4out of 10

I would just like to start off by saying that the previous review (the one saying this phone crashes all the time) is complete bullshit. This phone does *not* crash all the time, in fact, it has only frozen up on me ONCE in the entire time I've owned this handset. It's a very stable handset, and this guy either got a bad one or has damaged his in some way to make it behave like that.

anyway, to give you a little backstory... I had never really gotten into the whole "smartphone" thing up until recently. I saw these Palm Treos and HTC devices and then saw the price tag and was pretty much discouraged.

Needless to say, on a vacation in myrtle beach I dumped my LG Voyager in the hotel pool and roached it beyond all recognition. When I returned I went to the verizon store and the rep told me about the "new" Q. (Apparently Sprint has had the Q9C for some time now so I say 'new' loosely)

so instead of giving you a sales pitch, I'll just give you my pros/cons for this phone, from what I have experienced.

PROS:

- Very long battery life, mine lasts 2 days easily even with browsing, texting, and automatic mail retrieval. Don't ask me how, it just does.

- Keyboard is amazing, I actually tried typing on a friends LG Voyager and I realized how cheap the Voyager's keyboard feels. The Q's is rubberized and not crowded at all. I love it.

- You can browse the web, text people, and listen to music ... all at the same time. It's everything I need in a device. Windows Mobile has pretty good POP3 e-mail management, and I can manage all my accounts in one spot.

- 3rd party apps: Unlike normal verizon phones which are locked down the Q lets you install whatever you want, whenever you want. I can emulate NES roms, use google maps, use VZNavigator, view webpages in real time with Opera Mini, back up remotely with Dashwire, and much much more.

- And lastly... the PRICE... this thing is like 100 bucks with mail in rebate. I got mine through a work discount for less. It's very slim and very affordable for people that don't have 300+ to shell out on a bulky smartphone.

Cons:

- Data package isn't *required* but not getting one cripples this phone. (Mine is 29.99 a month for unlimited)

- For whatever reason, the browser does not come with out-of-the-box Flash support, so you can't use Youtube without a fix ( go to www.everythingq.com for the fix)

- Clean out your SMS inbox regularly because once it reaches a certain size, it overloads. This is not hard to do, and seems like common sense to me.

- No WiFi

- Scroll wheel is just about worthless, I never use it.

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9. Reviewer

28 Jul 2008 by Spizzel

52%5.2out of 10

This phone is 'meh' at best. Sounded awesome at first but was quickly let down. The system crashes ALL the time. Only way to fix it you ask? Well power cycle the phone of course! This is something you will need to get used to doing, you will be doing it alot. The phone itself is pretty nice. It has a nice display, the keyboard is awesome, the scroll wheel is nice. The thing is, all the 'ups' of this phone, many other phones have as well. To me thats the deal with this phone, it has some ok things, but there are phones out there that do everything better. As for internet, i reeeeally hope you dont plan on doing ANY kind of surfing on this phone. Its a smartphone so i didnt expect anything grand in this department but just checking email is a headache. The broswer locks up constantly resulting in having to powercycle. Bottom line, it crashes alot, there is a lot of delay when trying to do things (just plain lagging out), the internet isnt even worth mentioning and its a pain having to trouble shoot it. It does have a awesome keyboard and the reception is amazing. Unless you can get this thing for dirt cheap or free, save yourself the headache and dont even bother.

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10. This Phone is Grrrreat!!

8 Jul 2008 by N/A

82%8.2out of 10

I have had the Moto Q9c for a week and it has been one of the best phones I have ever owned. It does everything I want it to do plus more, I have no complaints about this phone other than the camera could at least be 2.0 instead of 1.3, but other than that I love it, thanks Moto!!

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