Motorola A630 Phone (T-Mobile)
Great phone, but it's big
I upgraded to the Motorola A630 from a Samsung e715, a phone that I loved.  When evaluating, I was trading off the bluetooth, speaker phone, and keypad features vs. the size and weight increase.   <br /> <br />For the good stuff I wanted:   <br />(1) The bluetooth is fantastic.  The signal is clear and the battery life is reasonable (~1.5 hours).   <br />(2) Speaker phone is an absolute delight.  I've actually used the speaker phone during a conference call, and it worked suprisingly well.   <br />(3) I found the keypad to be really convenient for sending short messages and for general entry of names and phone numbers.  I am 6' tall and about 200 lbs, so I thought the keys would be too small, but I haven't really had problems typing on them.   <br /> <br />Now the bad stuff:   <br />Initially, I thought that a tenth of an inch here, two tenth of an inch there, an ounce heavier... no problem.  Well, I first found myself constantly being aware of the extra bulk in my pocket.  Now, I just take the phone out of my pocket whenever I am sitting down.  I carried the Samsung e715 in my pocket for over a year without ever being conscious of it.  I am now trying a nerdy solution with the A630: carrying the phone on the belt...  <br /> <br />Unanticipated cool stuff:   <br />(1) Menu shortcuts.  You can easily program shortcuts that quickly turn on the bluetooth only when you are using the headset to conserve battery.  You can also create shortcuts to calendars, alarms, whatever...  <br />(2) Button lockout.  Something that used to annoy me about my old Samsung is that one of the side buttons would often turn the camera on in my pocket and fill the memory with pictures of my pocket.  The A630 has a button lock that prevents this.   <br /> <br />Unanticipated bad stuff:   <br />(1) The battery charger does not take 2 hours on my phone as advertised.  It is more like 3+ hours.  You really have to charge it every night.   <br />(2) The built in camera is worthless.  The delay between pushing the shutter button and the detector capturing the image is long enough to make it useless except for static shots.  If you are counting on this camera phone capturing precious moments of your kids in action, you might be disappointed.   <br /> <br />Summary:   <br />This is a great phone, but it is not perfect.  Inspite of the extra bulk and other weakness, I found the extra features (bluetooth, speakerphone, and keypad) worth keeping and giving a high rating of 4 stars.