Motorola V180 Cell Phone

nice little basic cellphone

By discdogger  Feb 16, 2005 | 11 out of 11 found this Motorola V180 review helpful

Pros: size, reception, voice quality, battery life, simple menus

Cons: screen's a bit small, outer faceplate smudges easily

Got it for free with a new T-Mobile 1 year contract, and after using the phone for almost three weeks I have basically no complaints. The phone's look and features are very customizable, and the size is wonderful--sleek, super-lightweight, and sm...all without the buttons seeming cramped, although there's room to have made the screen itself larger. Nice outer display too. The best aspects of the v180, though, are its battery life (10 days on standby! 7 days with lots of calling!) and its reception and voice quality: no crackling, nice loud microphones, and great signal (but that might be more because of the carrier than the phone). People think I'm on a landline. Speakerphone feature works great too. There are plenty of ringtones, from songs to simple rings, and more to be downloaded. I've heard complaints about the phone feeling cheaply-made, but although there are a lot of plastic parts on the v180 it doesn't feel flimsy to me. The black faceplate is easily scratched or smudged, though. So what that it doesn't have a camera? For just making calls, the v180 rocks. I'll be investigating some of its other features (texting, downloading photos to the phone, web browsing) soon, but in the meantime I'm enjoying it. Read more Less