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61. Ridiculous
5 Jun 2008 by Kasey
10%1out of 10
Okay. So I've gone through 4 of the W490 and I've had nothing but problems with the phone. The first phone was great for a few months but then everything started to go downhill from there.
The battery life went down very quick, from about 7 hours of talk time to about 2 hours of talk time in about 4 months. After my battery started acting funny the signal started to go out randomly and I had to remove the battery to restart the phone and regain signal.
Besides the signal, the phone kept freezing on me when I would open it and also when I would receive a text message. T-mobile has been no help, telling me that there is nothing they can do about me having problems with the "Best phone that t-mobile makes."
I would have given it a zero but the site wouldn't let me...I am very disappointed with this device
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62. HORRIBLE
5 Jun 2008 by emilyinfini
66%6.6out of 10
This phone was great for a few months- I love the design of the exterior and the reception is decent. After only 6 months it busted (got slower and slower, and eventually the screen would never come back on if I closed it) and T-Mobile just sent me a refurbished version of the phone.
I am VERY unhappy with the poor quality of Motorola phones.
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63. Major Flaw
4 Jun 2008 by Bamaboy
56%5.6out of 10
My first W490 broke on me after a couple of months. It started pressing buttons itself, and wouldn't let me press any. So I called T-mobil, they charged me 10 dollars and sent me a new phone same model. Now I am having the same problems with the new phone, but I am one week out of my warranty. I found this forum searching for this flaw, and lots of people had it.
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64.
2 Jun 2008 by happycamper2010
94%9.4out of 10
this phone is THE best phone I have ever received. I'm a junior in high school and it has ALL the features I use on an everyday basis. I text alot and the keys have never given me any problems. I've had this phone for over a month now and it is AWESOME!
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65. Can't figure it out!
27 May 2008 by Raven
78%7.8out of 10
I got this phone in Febuary. I haven't had any problems until about a month ago. The screen does not show up! I didn't do anything to it. This was not worth the money.
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66. hmmmm.......help?
23 May 2008 by Hilary
82%8.2out of 10
heya, i've had the phone for several months and absolutley love it! only problem is they lie in the phone manual and say u can close the phone to take self portraits and i can't find the tty feature which the manual says is in the Initail Setup page. which royally stinks......anyone have info on that? if so pleeeeeeeease write me at hilsignsasl@gmail.com. other than that love the phone,,,,,plus the fact that i'm the only person i kno that has it and it is ~GREEN~ makes it that much more awesome. =)
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67. Key pad volume
22 May 2008 by Mr. Chivo
90%9out of 10
For the guy who is asking how to mute the keys, here is how:
1)main menu
2)settings
3)Ring styles
4)vibe & ring details
5)Key Volume (change to zero)
There you go . . .
This is a great little phone. I've had it for three months now and I love it.
The only two complaints I have are:
1) the lack of a notepad application.
2) The location of the usb port, OK when connected to a pc, a pain in the butt when connected to a charger when talking, unless you hold it with your left hand.
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68. How to find the music stored on memory card
18 May 2008 by Gwen Ross
82%8.2out of 10
I love the phone, the only problem is that I don't know how to find the music stored on the memory. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me at ghawk140@aol.com.
Thanks.
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69. So far...
15 May 2008 by Kanie D
96%9.6out of 10
I am in love with this phone. The camera on it rocks for a camera phone. I have a computer for web usage so I don't really care that the screen times out after 20 seconds. It's super easy to set a shortcut so that I can get to my media player quickly. It fits perfectly into my jean pockets which is awesome. I had a Samsung t509s before this phone and I would always loose it in my pockets and purse. This one is small enough to fit anywhere yet big enough to still know where it is at. I don't really take self portraits with the camera on my phone, I grew out of that stage years ago. I love the color. i got the Bubblegum color and all my girlfriends are just envious over my phone. On all my other phones I would have push the phone into my ear for me to hear anything. On the w490 the sound quality is amazing. And that's saying something for someone partially deaf in one ear.
My only thing against this phone would be I cannot figure out for the life of me how to turn the darn key tones off. It's so annoying for me to hear a beeep beep noise every time I press a button unless I have the phone on silence. I have looked all through my phone and the manuel and still cannot figure out how to turn that setting off. This is only the second motorola phone I have used before. The SLVR I used before I swear I was able to turn this setting off. And motorola is nothing like samsung. So if anyone has figured it out and maybe I'm just a little slow on this part please let me know.
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70. WORST PHONE I'VE EVER HAD
12 May 2008 by Chris
10%1out of 10
I have had to have this phone replaced FOUR times on me now. This phone was great when I first got it but long term, it's not so good. After a few months you can see the signs. It starts getting slower and slower until eventually when you open the screen nothing happens. It just goes totally white. Not only has this happened to me but 3 of my friends with this phone as well.
NOT WORTH IT!
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