Oh and after i personalized my v8 with how i wanted the phone to sound with vibe and ring, the ringer had gone to not ringing at all after about 4hrs, all on its own. Did the external controls silence my phone while it was in my purse or is there something up w/my phone?

I think it is super sexy……

1 - is the speaker loud like when you play ring tones and stuff

2 - memory what’s the internal memory for the one on t- mobile.

3 - i currently have a nokia and i can shoot videos for a long time as long as i set the saving to my memory card, i wanna know if the video length can be changed if i set it to save on the memory card instead of the phone itself, and if there even is such an option.

4 - just overall on the scale of 1- 10 were does it rank please non biased replies.

thx in advanced

I shouldn’t be wasting my time replying to you as it seems you didn’t even understand what I was saying. On top of that you had to resort to personal attacks and name calling. That’s real adult of you.

My point about the external screen was that the TOUCH CONTROLS ONLY WORK FOR THE MUSIC PLAYER. Not that the external screen only works as a music player. For all other external screen functions, you must use the side controls.

I’m not going to argue with you about whether or not the phone is good or bad because we’ve have differing opinions and you’ve already made your decision.

In my estimation it’s a well built phone and works well if you use it as a cell phone. Running the IM apps can cause it to reboot in the middle of calls. More functions should use the external screen with touch control.

The USB door breaks off at some point but that’s not a big deal.

Battery life is very good depending on your service and how close you are to the towers.

At any rate, that’s how I feel about it. I use my Razr2 for phone functions and my iPod Touch for all other functions.

– Bob

going back to the razor2, i experience some of the problems posted here, like not being able to view the missed call from the external display.. hanging every now and then. BUT in general this is a very SEXY phone that funcions WELL for a phone.

now, when i’m working, i have to depend on my razor2 for calls, text and MMS.
unfortunately, my new iphone 3G is just for my personal calls, and i tunes.

The ONLY issue I have with this phone is the usb door WILL ABSOLUTELY break at some point no matter how careful you are. I’ve had my phone since it first came out so well over a year and I was very careful with the door. It just won’t last. It’s not a big deal as the phone is fine even without the door. Just like the older V3’s which never had a door to begin with.

Oh and it does occaisionally reboot in the middle of a call. And like I said before, it seems to be related to having another app running.

As for people saying you can’t do stuff with the external screen, you can. The ONLY application that uses the front screen touch controls is the music player. Other than that you MUST use the side controls to view your messages ect. on the front screen. Why they didn’t program touch control for these other functions is a mystery but it’s certainly not a huge deal.

As a phone, this thing is solid and works great. If you aren’t playing songs all day long, your battery lasts and lasts! I’ve hung on the phone with people for over 2hrs and multiple calls throughout the day and their phone batteries died and I was still going!

Don’t listen to the people who are saying this phone sucks as they have some axe to grind. The phone may not be the best of have a bazillion stupid features but it works fine as a cell phone.

i purchased my V8 last february when i upgraded my t-mobile account.
so far, up to now i haven’t encountered problems with the keys, battery, unable to use the external display etc.
only problem i encountered was the phone hanging/freezing about 3x already.
my cover for the charger is still there.. i’m careful when i charge my phone.

bottom line is.. most of the people who posts here have problems with the phone that’s why they come here.. the rest, the other thousands who bought the phone are fine with it.. with no problems.. just like me.

i have owned tons of electronics from samsung, nokia, TReo’s to traditional palm PDA and even the 1st generation iphone..
so far MOTOROLA surpassed the rest in terms of durability.. i still have my V505 clamshell phone after years of abuse, falls, scratches, minor liquid dips and splashes..

my conclusion is.. there’s really no “BEST” or ” ultimate” phone out there.

to all future buyers of the V8 or V9…
it’s the CRYSTAL talk ( best reception among all the phones.. so far) that got me choosing this one.
and the “FEEL” of a solid, well built ( not plastic) cellphone on your hand.

if you prefer an MP3 player with some phone features.. go with an iphone perhaps.

Apart from all this i think this phones hot i actually wanted 2 purchase the luxury razr but thats too expensive n has the fame feature like this one… so whoever is planning to get this phone ….what u waiting for get it nw!!!!

The other casualty is the USB port door. It broke the other day.. well, sorta.. the part that makes it sit flush with the side of the phone came loose from the little piece that slides in/out. I couldn’t even superglue it back together so I ended up just pulling the whole door thing out of the phone.

I always thought from the beginning when I received this phone that the usb port door would be the first thing to go and I was right.

Anybody with this phone is going to experience the same issue after using for months and charging it a lot. It’s inevitable.

Does anyone know of where we can obtain a replacement door?

Thanks.