Motorola V600 Phone (T-Mobile)
Stop the music. Out of range.
In terms of overall quality, feel, and look, the Motorola v600 is a solid and well-made product. I won't go into all the technical pros and cons that are already listed on this page and which, for the most part, work as described.<br /><br />But there is one exception: some advertisements for this phone list that it has an MP3 player included and it does not (it can play MP3 ring tones only).<br /><br />More annoyingly for me, it also has a tone that alerts a user when the phone goes into and out of a coverage area, a tone that as far as I can tell cannot be disabled or turned down, even if the ringer volume is on silent. This makes for a bothersome symphony of beeps in any situation where the reception comes and goes, such as on a train passing through tunnels and rural areas or in steel or stone buildings where coverage can occasionally be blocked. Unfortunately, I live in such a building and unless I keep it near a window I risk being kept awake at night by the alert tone telling me that at 3 a.m. the phone has found and then lost a signal.