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3.5 stars
"Great as a phone... Aweful at everything else"
Pros: signal strength
Cons: everything besides signal strength
Summary: Like many of you, I searched long and hard for the right Verizon cell phone for the best price. After doing much research I decided to take the advice of the Verizon store manager and go with the LG 6100. I went through 2 of them because (as many have already said) the LG's drop calls like crazy and their overall reception is terrible. Yet, I so didn't want to give up that phone. It had the best camera, menu system, screen clarity and overall functionality of any of the other phones I could find in that price range. But... it just stunk as a "phone". So, I made the switch to the V265. The difference is night and day as far as voice quality, reception, and signal strength. The V265 far surpasses the competition which is why I've stayed with it. When it comes down to it I need the phone to work as a "phone". On the downside, everything else about the V265 is atrocious. The screen is small, dark, and not too clear. The camera is even worse. The menu system... don't even let me get started on Motorola's backward menu system. Don't they have anyone working in the US at Mot that examines the competitor's products? Isn't anyone at Mot reverse engineering the LG's and the Samsung's? The Asian phones are so much more logical in their software as compared to Mot's garbage. Well... the choice is yours. Sadly, there is no LG 6100 out there with Motorola's transmitting and receiving power. So, you have to make a compromise somewhere... reception and signal strength versus features. Lastly, for those interested... here is the "secret" behind the V265's strong signal strength and reception: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-5020357-1.html?tag=txt sorry for my mis-spellings
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I have had my phone for about 9 months. Well not the same one. I will get my 2nd new phone in these 9 months this week. The software in my phone messes up and blacks out the entire phone. But talking on it is fine, everything else about it sucks.
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The phone has excellent reception. Yet it transmitts barely legal levels of Radiation. Highest of any phone on the market. CNET did a report here: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-5020357-1.html?tag=lnav
I really need to get a new phone.
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