Motorola A630 Phone (T-Mobile)
It has flaws, but unique design still wins out
I bought my a630 in May, and after a few months of heavy use (got a 2500 minute plan) I can say that there are definitely some flaws: <br /> <br />- The charger connection really is finicky, and Motorola uses this charger across the board, so they really should address *now*. <br /> <br />- The sound quality varies hugely depending on how you hold the phone to your ear. You have to get that tiny little slot directly centered on your ear if you want full volume. (a bad case of design winning over function) <br /> <br />- The e-mail and web browser software is pretty light in terms of capability. But two things help. 1) Surf the web through Google - they adapt anything in their search results to fit a cell phone, so you can surf a lot of sites that would otherwise be impossible. 2) Get new software - this phone runs on Java's J2ME, so you can just get better applications, just like on a PC. <br /> <br />Those are the cons. The pros are  <br /> <br />- A very long battery life. I run multiple hour-long con-calls back-to-back, no problem. <br /> <br />- A real keyboard. You can type a paragraph-long e-mail without even a hint of frustration.  <br /> <br />- A sharp color screen, in everything but the brightest sunlight. <br /> <br />- Cool factor. To most people, this means showing-off the unique flip-open design - \\"look, I have a Zoolander laptop!\\". To me, it's the opposite. I have 50-75% of a Blackberry's capabilities, but I can pull out this phone in a social setting without feeling like I have a dorky scientific calculator hanging off my face. Discrete, yet capable. <br /> <br />