Motorola V600 Phone (T-Mobile)
Completely Customizable and Decent All-Around
I stumbled across the reviews on the Motorola V600 phone and was surprised at how negative many of them were, so I thought I'd share my 2 month (so far) experience with the V600. <br /> <br />The V600 was my first \\"21st Century\\" phone.  My previous phones had all been Nokias.  My last phone was a B&W TDMA Nokia 8265.  I was a Nokia fan for numerous reasons - my first choice for a new phone was a Nokia 6230 with Cingular, but they would not offer me a good deal because I had been a AT&T customer.  So, aggravated, I moved on; T-Mobile had the best deals going and I got the V600 for -$20. <br /> <br />At first, I was intimidated by selecting a \\"complicated\\" phone.  My husband has Sprint and has gone through many Samsungs, Sanyos, and LGs.  But the menus on the V600 are very easy to learn (I spent a good solid hour customizing everything and more time with the phonebook).  I preferred the phonebook on my Nokia, but Motorola's is not bad at all.  Everything about the phonebook is customizable!  Actually, everything about this phone can be customized.  For example, many reviewers complain about volume being too loud while playing games - it can be turned down by going to the \\"Java Settings\\" in the main menu! <br /> <br />Anyways - the screen is bright, the camera is decent, and the faceplates can change.  I live in the Boston area and get pretty good reception everywhere.  I get tremendous battery life, in the 2 months I've had the V600, I have never once ended the day with any less than half a charge (and that's on an incredibly busy cell day).  Most of the time, I can hear the person on the other line very loud and clear (better than my Nokias ever did).   <br /> <br />The only things about this phone I don't love is the fact that \\"locking the keys\\" requires a password and occasionally I will have the phone in my pocket on silent and somehow the side buttons get pushed just right, and knocks the phone off of silent mode - it'll ring.  Also, being a Nokia fan, I do not feel comfortable with the flimsy way the Motorola chargers connect.  And one last thing, the pictures are kind of confusing to organize. <br /> <br />In the end, if you're going with T-Mobile, good move - you will love the customer service and rate plans.  However, you are stuck with a pretty limited phone choice - know that even a year after it's release, you can't do much better than the Motorola V600. <br />