Home page
News
Reviews
Phones (all)
Carriers (all)
Forum
Glossary
Phone filter
Compare
Motorola V265 review
Published on: 01 July, 2005 by Jeremy W.
Size
The exact dimensions of the phone are:
|
|
|
3.60"The phone has four buttons on the ourside. Three are located on the left side of the phone and one on the right. With these buttons you can do a few different features. First you can change what mode the phone is in. With the push of a button (left buttons) you can change from five different modes: Soft (Quiet Ringers), Vibrate (No audio ringers or reminders), Vibe&Ring (First will have a series of vibrations then rings), Silent (No audio or vibration), and Loud (All tones are louder). All of these profiles can be customized to your ring tone selection and volume. It is very nice since you do not have to open the phone to change the mode. Very useful! The button on the right side is not used with the phone closed unless you have a headset connected, in which you can activate the VAD (voice activated dialing. Very nice as well!
|
|
|
The camera is located on the front as well. There is no cover for the lens so it is open to the elements. However, the lens is indented back a little so it is not as easy to scratch.
|
The external display is not color, but definitely compliments the phone. The background is black with a silver font.
An issue that I have with this phone is kind of feels cheap. It is made entirely out of plastic and it feels that way! Some phones just have a better feel to them. I noticed how easy it was to scratch the silver portion, while the black areas just showed every finger print. I admit, I am very ruff on phones so it may just be my treatment of it!
The interior has the same color scheme with as the exterior (black and silver). The blue-lit keyboard is easy to see in the dark and looks great. I have an issue with the lighting though. It shuts off at random times, even if you push a button. I have found if you cover the * key, the keypad will remain lit. There apparently is a light sensor around that button that detects if the light is needed. Interesting, but I hate it! Good concept though. I have found it to not light up when I need it, and there is no disabling it!
The keys are spaced nicely and raised just a little from phone. The right and left side keys are a trapezoid (a rectangle with diagonal sides) in shape. The center buttons are regular rectangles. The SEND and END buttons are actually switched around like normal phones. Motorola has had a past of having the buttons opposite of the industry standard. (SEND on right, END on left).
|
