Motorola Q Cell Phone

User Reviews for Motorola Q Cell Phone

• Reviewed by: joey301

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Nice Features. Easy to use. Bluetooth works very well. Speech dialing very easy to use

  Weaknesses: Slow to start up. Synchronizes only with Outlook out of the box. Verizons data plans are too expensive. No FM radio

  Overall Evaluation: I have really enjoyed mine so far. I returned the Chocolate for this one. I like being able to add my own music and listen to it from the mono bluetooth instead of being restricted to stereo like the Chocolate. I use if for listening to podcasts on the ride to work and it is easy to transfer mp3 files. I wish Verizon offered a phone with FM. The Nokias and the Sony often have them, but none of Verizon's phones has it. I would also be happy if I could afford Verizon's data plan, but a minimum of $80 a month is just too much for the casual user. I have not found a way yet for the phone to monitor bytes used, so the 10mb plan is out of the question . The only other thing I have noticed is the area of the phone where some of the buttons are located in the front. I think one could too easily pull that top layer of plastic off just above the enter key. However, I think that overall the quality of the hardware is very high. Joey
• Reviewed by: averase

  Duration of ownership: 1 Month

  Strengths: Thin, light easy to use interface

  Weaknesses: Must purchase a data plan, but Verizon doesn't tell you that before you buy. Had to replace the phone twice. Battery life is a joke. No Office applications. Can view, but not edit, Office documents. Never did pair it with a Belkin Bluetooth adapter.

  Overall Evaluation: It isn't so much the phone, but Verizon's backhanded sales gotchas. I had the phone for a month before I got a bill from Verizon. They had piled up $350 dollars in data services, which I never used. The phone was "phoning home" to update applications without my permission. In the process of trying to resolve this bill, I was told, "You should never have been sold this phone without a data services contract." Duh. Ya think? Why is this even necessary? Could they never have envisioned someone who just might want a combo phone and PDA? As to the phone. I had to replace it twice before I got one that worked. The battery that comes with the phone is exhausted in eight hours tops. The extended life battery lasts about sixteen hours without a recharge. The extended life battery ruins the thin design. The lack of support for Office applications is a turn-off. You can get a document viewer, you can even use this phone to do presentations, but you have to edit on your PC. The sound is adequate and loading music is a piece of cake, but you'd do better with a KRAZR if whate you want is music. I know. I traded in this dog for a KRAZR, not that using the KRAZR is easy, but that's another story. The phone isn't a very adept PDA, so next purchase is - A PDA. Verizon's hidden charges and the phone calling home all day are the big problems as I see it. If what you are looking for is a phone get a phone. If what you want is a PDA, get a PDA. This phone just isn't capable.