Average User Rating

Design: 6.6; 66.31579%
Features: 5.8; 57.89474%

Good

6.6

out of 10

Based on 19 opinions

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1 Jul 2005
Motorola V265 review

The v265 has a good combination of essential features. The call quality is good and has a decent battery life. The essential features are great, but the 'extras' just do not cut it. If you are just looking for a solid, good-looking phone, you have it. But if you are addicted to having the newest technology with all the 'bells and whistles', you will not be happy with it! For the price, it is a great deal for what you get.

Average

5.3

out of 10

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1. Quit griping, it works wonderfully as a phone!

5 Jul 2008 by Eureka

74%7.4out of 10

I got this phone in early August of 2005...I'm just now replacing it because the button that determines whether it's open or closed is worn out. I think three years for a cell phone is pretty impressive.

So in these three years, I've noticed it does like to freeze up...rather annoying. The camera isn't that outstanding, but it's not that terrible. Compare it to a Samsung Stripe and see what you think. Anyway, it's a portable telephone...if you want high quality pictures, buy a digital camera.

Also, I went through a period of a few months where the call sound quality would randomly be horrible. People on the other end said they couldn't understand me, I sounded like a robot. I hung up and called back and usually it was fine. Verizon suggested I update by calling that *(whatever 3 numbers) and it still did that for a while, but it eventually stopped. Also there have been a few times I would drop calls for NO reason in places where I had full signal. I'd watch the signal bars slowly climb back up to five after it dropped...and it would drop repeatedly (I tried calling back until I got sick of it. I think one time it dropped a call 5 times in a row. That was nice.)

The only design issues I have are yeah, a pretty small screen, and the goofy antenna (that does nothing) sticking up.

Digging for the date is pretty dumb. Agreed.

Speakerphone is mediocre.

And that battery hasn't been too great, either. I've pretty much always had to charge it every night. If I don't use it at all I can get 3 days out of a full charge.

Keep in mind I'm only listing the problems I've had. I've dropped it quite a few times, but it's always been in a leather case. Even so, those shocks can't have been good for it. Sitting on any phone, esp. a flip phone isn't good and I do that sometimes. It's gotten wet, too...not completely submerged, but definitely wet.

So I've beaten it up in THREE YEARS, and I'm only getting a new one because of that button issue. It's just getting old. When I open it, the screen either stays dark like it doesn't know it's open, or it flickers a few times. I had to change the answer options to pressing a button because it would hang up on people when I opened it. But then, over the years I would fling it open and snap it shut, so I'm probably partially responsible for that poor little button.

So yeah, it's had some annoying problems, but it's been a tough little soldier. Sleek design, sturdy build (a little wiggle at the hinge...like I said...I sit on it), and the ringtones are fine, the color schemes are diverse, I've gotten signal where most other people don't, and as of this moment, the lifetime calls is: 801 hrs, 2 mins, and 25 secs. So I remain wholly impressed by my phone.

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2. Great phone for day and dollar

2 Jan 2008 by Chris

78%7.8out of 10

Its a good phone that takes a beating. Ive had mine for 3 years, altho the battery sucks if you buy the bigger battery like the nextel iden phones use youll get 2 days talk time. it does have some occasional glitches but whats perfect these days. sad but true i have 2 of these and use them daily i dont plan to upgrade till the phone falls apart. motorola makes by far the most durable electronic devises, the razr and krzr being exceptions.

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3. good phone

1 Jan 2008 by josh

54%5.4out of 10

if it had better picture quality and if it could record video and a biger screen i would love the phone
its still a good phone

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4. well..bettr than nuthing

16 Jul 2007 by patrick

38%3.8out of 10

im a little embarrassed to say i used to own this peice of junk. it was horrible. i have verizon..yeah, its the best service but i got horrible service with this phone. the camera sucks, and it feels like cheap plastic inyour hands and it feels like its gonna break in your hands. the battery is horrible! and the texting on this phone is gay. im so glad i got a new phone. for those of you who have thi sphone: THROW IT OUT!!! and upgrade.

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5. Decent for its time

27 May 2007 by Reviewer of discontinued phones

78%7.8out of 10

When I got this phone over two years ago, it was $80 with a 2-year agreement. It's pretty good considering it's not exactly meant to be a high end phone.

Design: Like your typical cell phone. The placement of the camera is sensible. It's hard to accidentally get your fingers in the way. The interface is easy to navigate. The downside is that it can be slow at times, often processing for several seconds just to add a contact.
Features: Pretty weak now, but for its time, it was pretty good. Not many phones of its price supported graphical WWW, and the 500 contact phone book is quite useful. Annoying that there's no apparent MP3 support.
Sound: Sound quality is a bit weak, but this could be an issue with Verizon. Friends tell me that they have trouble understanding me when I'm outside in the wind, and in crowded areas, I usually have to turn on speakerphone to hear who's calling me. Speakerphone works great, though, I can typically hear it fine, even in the car.
Signal: I've rarely had issues with this.
Value: Much more than I expected for $80 two years ago.

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6. well...it's a phone.

4 Mar 2007 by patrick

70%7out of 10

i just got this phone from verizon a few weeks ago. but before i got it, a lot of my friends have/used to have this phone. i thought it was really cool, and they were all trying to tell me its really not.
PROS:
-sound quality
-signal
-LOUD ringers
-speakerphone
-design is kinda cool
-its a cute phone
-it has a camera
-battery is good.

CONS:
-when you turn it on, it takes a LONG time to get service.
-the ringers are kinda lame.
-when you go through the menus or something, it randomly freezes for a few seconds. its really annoying.
-camera is ok i guess, i never really use it so it doesnt really matter to me.
-for motorola phones, it takes like a million steps to get to the simplest things.
-the screens are really faded.

so basically, all this is, is a basic phone with just a little bit of advanced features. i like it, but im happy im getting a new one soon. im not saying this is a horrible phone, im just saying that there are a lot more BETTER phone than this.

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7. WORST PHONE MADE

24 Jan 2007 by brett

20%2out of 10

This phone is almost as bad as Weekend at Bernies 2. I have had to deal with two years with this garbage. This phone was good when i got it, but after 2 days, it was terrible. First of all, now, the speaker does not work, I have to PRESS IT REALLY HARD against my ear, causing the whole side of my face to turn red. The phone frequently freezes, scratches easily, making me almost want to buy a new faceplate, but, that's a ripoff. The phone takes like 30 seconds to even dial a number, and after 1 call it immediately turns to Low Battery. The AC adapter broke in like a month, so now it wiggles, i even bought a new one, but guess what... still wiggling. he phone has a really bad camera. 0.3MP, that sounds better than what it looks, and it doesn't sound good. This phone has a really bad speaker. Also, when downloading off Get It Now, it takes forever! More money down the drain. Really bad themes, all look girly. It's a very bulky phone, compared to new phones. I think its thicker than the LG V when it's closed. The screen smudges, doesn't have world map or tip calculator. The phone once took 8 Hours to send a text message (sent at 10, arrived at 6). This phone is highly overrated (if anyone likes it), disgusting, a ripoff, highly unrecommended. Everything that could go wrong with this phone happened. DO NOT BUY!!!!!

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8. THis is the worst phone

19 Jan 2007 by Patty PAt

44%4.4out of 10

THis absolutly the worst phone i think that i have ever seen. Yes it has a camera but its such a bd camera that there really isnt any point in having it. I am getting the new enV from LG in a couple of days and im so excited it is going to be the biggest change...

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9. okay?

24 Jul 2006 by tader salad

74%7.4out of 10

this phone was ok for me for a while, the screen started to freeze. so i got a new one the same thing happend within' 2 days, its a good phone but i think the motorola company should work the cinks out before puting it on the market

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10. They told me this V276 was great!

26 Jun 2006 by Pissed On Verizon Customer

38%3.8out of 10

I was old this phone after I had told the Verizon sales person that I liked to use the camera and download ringtones and wante dgood battery life. The battery is pretty good but and spo is the camera. The charge adapter isn't the best either, they come loose over a period of time. The problem came when I tried downloading a song for my ringtone. It sound so muffled and crappy. I had the phone replaced after much argueing with customer service. I was told that it was too bad and the only way to get a new phone for the least amount of money was to switch carriers! Switch carriers?! I couldn't believe it! So now I am getting the oney together to terminate my contract and get into a new service with a far superior phone.

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