Motorola V600 Phone (T-Mobile)
OK
The phone is basically OK.  The battery life seems better than my previous phone, and apparently with these lithium ion batteries don't have memories so they're less hassle to keep charged.  However I found a few things annoying about the phone: <br /> <br />1) the connector on the bottom, onto which you connect the charger or a data cable, is weak.  Sometimes you connect the charger or the data cable but it doesn't quite connect all the way, and a connection can't be made.  So you think you're charging it, but you're really not. <br /> <br />2) Despite being a flip phone, there are several buttons on the outside that are activated even when the flip is closed.  As a result, the buttons can get activated while the phone is jostling around in your pocket.  This is exactly the situation I was trying to avoid by getting a flip phone.  It would be better if the external buttons could be disabled while the flip is closed. <br /> <br />3) The lens for the built-in camera is close to the hinge of the flip.  That's also where the button to take a picture is, and it's exactly where your fingers will be unless you have very tiny hands.  As a result your fingers keep getting into frame.  It's tricky to hold the phone with your fingers far enough away from the lens, but also close to the trigger to take a picture. <br /> <br />4) When the battery gets low enough, it gets so weak that you can't even recharge it when the phone is on.  Unless you turn off the phone, all the external power goes to powering the phone, apparently, so the battery will never get charged.  You have to turn off the phone for a few hours during the recharge.  You can avoid this by recharging when the battery is only a little bit depleted. <br /> <br />Other than that the phone seems to function well enough.