Review: Motorola T720

Motorola T720 Review

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The Motorola T720 is a fun flip-phone aimed at the personal market. It offers a colour display, polyphonic ringtones and downloadable Java™ games. The phone is easy to use with an icon-driven menu, making good use of the colour display.

Features of the Motorola T720 include:

E-mail (POP3 compatible)
• EMS (add graphics, animations & sounds to messages)
• Colour display (4096 colours, 120 x 160 pixels, 8 lines of text) plus external display
• Downloadable Java™ games
• Polyphonic ringtones (32 preset & 32 downloadable)
• Ringtone composer
• Interchangeable covers
• Voice recorder
• Voice activated dialling
• Phone book (500 names)
• Fax / data capability
• Optional speakerphone
• Downloadable wallpaper & screensavers
• Predictive text messaging (iTAP)
• WAP 1.2.1, GPRS
• Clock, calendar, calculator
• Size: 90 x 48 x 21 mm
• Weight: 101g
• Battery standby: up to 165 hours
• Battery talktime: up to 4.5 hours
• Vibration alert
• Dual band

Motorola T720 Consumer Reviews

Average rating from 100 reviews:

Please, do not submit any more reviews of the Motorola T720 - 100 reviews is enough!

Reviewed by Randall from Canada on 13th Jul 2004
I've had my T720 for a couple of months and I don't get the reviews! Bad screen, false, very clear and large! Bad reception, false, very clear, probably your sevice provider. Poor battery life, try CHARGING, just plug it into a CHARGER at the end of the day and OMG it's always charged, unless your stuck on a desert island with no electricity 5 days out of every week it's your fault not the T720!! The web browser is slow, false, fast as any dial up! The flip top is poorly made, wrong, it is very sturdy, try opening it without trying to be Captain Kirk and you should have no problems! The ringer is too low, so wrong again, if anything it is too loud, once again I think it is the fault of the user, maybe just wants a whole restaurant to hear his new and irritating download of Snoop Dog's latest! Email is not bad although this feature I find kind of stupid on a phone at this price, if you need it pay $500-$600 for a BlackBerry 7780! Text messaging I leave to the kids, but it works fine too! This may also apply to kids too, the ringer cannot be heard in clubs!! Too bad! The design is superb and funtional compaired to other flip tops. and the large keyboard is user friendly. I have had Motorola's before and they have always been a good product. After reading the reviews I found it interesting that about 90% of the complainers are from the US, while about 90% of the reviews from outside the US are positive, go figure! Seems like the phone works well in the outback of Australia, the heat of Gabon and the urban center of London but fails to make the grade in Knee Bend Nebraska? Too bad as Motorola is an American owned and run company! I give this phone a good rating as it deserves 5 stars!!
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Reviewed by George P from USA on 12th Jul 2004
alright this phone is pretty miserable but its got some good features to. one good thing is that the phone is fully customizable i mean u can change EVERYTHING. it is also the most durably phone i ever had. (i left it buried in snow for 3 days and it came out fine) the web access also isnt bad. now time for the disadvantages (to say the least) this phone is so quiet its practically mute!!! seriously, if u stick it in your pocket you will never hear it. not even in the quietest of places. also i dont think ive ever had more then 2 bars or service on this phone and ive had it for about 6 months. if u want a neat little toy that u can screw around ith (light up batteries/antennas, bad@$$ covers etc) then this phone is perfect. if u actually need a phone, do not get this hunk of garbage.
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Reviewed by Electrick from USA on 5th Jul 2004
As seen in other reviews, the phone resets to a purple screen, drops calls all the time, I have had it replaced by Cingular FIVE times, the last two were refurbs (they don't tell you that when they hand them to you) There is a tag under the battery, that is not there on a factory phone. I broke my contract with Cingular, b/c they wanted me to buy another phone, or file a false insurance claim (saying it was lost or stolen). I gave them 10 days to replace the phone with no money out of my pocket, they declinded to do so. I paid for the phone, it no longer works, and was replaced due to factory defects 5 times in 7 months. Clearly voiding the contract. You can't make calls on a broken piece of junk. The customer service was a joke. I've been a good customer for a long time, I do not understand why they would not replace a phone that cost them pennies on the dollar, to keep a good customer, with multiple lines. The phone is junk.
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Reviewed by Julio Angel from Guatemala on 2nd Jul 2004
you must have a T720 is the best phone ever, but is not esy to buy one, the menu its awesome, if you can buy a T720 do it.!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Diakonos from USA on 25th Jun 2004
Compared to the Nokia 3585 I used to have, I thought it was a good phone (even thought the Nokia had better reception). Compared to the LG LX5450 that I traded it in for, it is somewhat on the cheesy side. Being that this was the first flip phone that I owned, I found it to be very user friendly and the color screen was phenomenal. However, there were a couple of things that eventually cause me to exchange it. First, this phone doesn't have an easy to use alarm clock function. To get it to alarm, you have to set a calendar reminder, which proves to be somewhat of a hassle. Secondly, the battery life on this phone sucks! Once fully charged, it's supposed to give you 90 - 225 minutes of talk time. The most I could get was just under 60 minutes. I had to charge the d_ _n thing every night. On top of that, I realized (after having another flip phone to compare it to) that the Motorola T720 is not as sturdy as the phone I am currently using. As far as phones go, y ou could do a lot worse than this phone, but you could also do a lot better.
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Reviewed by Mike from USA on 25th Jun 2004
SUcks, I have gone through two.
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Reviewed by peter from USA on 23rd Jun 2004
How do you stop that darn startup music at the power up and power off?? Overall the phones okay. I've read some of the previous reviews about the battery. LET IT RUN DEAD THEN RECHARGE PEOPLE! DO YOU FOLKS HAVE TO HAVE THAT BACKLIGHT GLOWING (TURN IT OFF OR DOWN).
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Reviewed by Steve from usa on 22nd Jun 2004
Don't buy this phone !!!!! You better believe all the bad reviews, I wish I had done so. I've had one for about 7 days now, it is junk. It won't let me make calls and when the 1 out of 50 goes thru I can't hear what is being said. Reception (laugh out loud) it's a joke. Fortunatly I'm within the 15 day test time so I can trade it in, there's an LG phone on the way as I type. I used to Have a moto star trac... excellent phone
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Reviewed by Ido Dubrawsky from US on 15th Jun 2004
This thing is by far the worst phone I have ever had. I've had it for a year and both chargers have failed on me (I keep getting an "Unable to Charge" error now), the battery life is nowhere near a full day, reception is miserable - calls drop for no reason - and the thing turns itself off if I look at it wrong. It's slow and unresponsive. My Samsung phone was better than this piece of junk. I can only say that I am now back in the market looking for another phone. Stay away from this one and shame on Motorola for even putting this on the market the way it is. Their Q/A group must have been gutted during all the layoffs.
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Reviewed by mobyman from uk on 14th Jun 2004
Why would anybody want a phone that take almost a minute to turn on! how stupid. its like loading up a game on my old comodore 64 when i was a kid!
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Reviewed by Darby Hill from USA on 14th Jun 2004
I orginally purchased the T720 for myself ( I am a cellular agent) My phone never worked right, voice dial wouldn't work, couldn't hear well off phone, phone wouldn't not charge all the time and phone beeped every minutes losing service. My husband next wanted to get a T720 so he went and got one, his wouldnt' charge correctly either. So finally his stopped charging all together and the hinge on mine broke so I shipped them off. I recieved my phone back w/ replaced hinge and they replaced the inside so it will charge. I got his back and was told it had water damage. This is not so. I wouldn't have either bothered sending it off if it got wet. With me being an Alltel cellular agent I have seen many T720 phones the past few months with the same problem and I give them motorola's warranty address and ask them to send the phones to them. Noone has came back to me telling me thei phone wasn't replaced but it makes me wonder since Moto is trying to say the hubby's phone has water damage when I no it doesn't. I am fixing to contact Alltel since I have 1 T20 left to sell and ask them to take it back since they seem to be poorly made. I switched to an LG330 and love it. I get service again and can actually hear calls now!!!!! p.s. and it charges when i need it to
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Reviewed by paul from uninted states on 11th Jun 2004
well it appears that people have been getting mixed results from the t720. some say it sucks and some love it. i loved it at first, and its a really nice looking peice if you ask me, but i have some serious qestions about its qaulity. when you open it the plastic sqeaks and groans like its gonna fall of. this is also not a durable phone. mine got a big crack in the front lcd screen and now that screen doesent work. as far as operation, i think this thing does pretty well. the color screen is big and great, the menus are easy to use, and for me at least, the reception has been great. but for the money, there are much better phones out there.
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Reviewed by Tina from USA on 29th May 2004
I'm so frustrated w/this phone, it phone makes me want to break my contract with AT&T and go to another service provider. I'm a broke college student, unable to afford some other phone at the moment (because I spent $200 on this one), so I've had to stick it out with this horrible, Motorola t720 for a little more than a year! In the span of a 10 minute conversation, they'd be 2 dropped calls--The phone would magically turn off, bringing me to a purple tinted screen. It's takes ages to turn the phone ON, it takes minutes to load, the "Please wait" screen frequently appears when I attempt to go to my phone book. There's many glitches--I can't even begin to list what else is wrong w/this phone because it gives me a headache. All you NEED in a phone is decent reception, the ability to ACTUALLY MAKE calls, HEAR people on the other end, flip thru your phone book for numbers, -- But you can't even do basic things w/a Motorola t720!!!
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Reviewed by James from England on 23rd May 2004
mororola done it again this a great fone with full on colours its cheap NOT LIKE NOKIA and the battaries last long.
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Reviewed by Jeanette from U.S.A on 23rd May 2004
This is the worst phone anyone can buy!!!!! First of all the battery life sucks, i leave it charging all night and next thing i know the damn phone still dies. I have tried replacing the bettery several times but that doesnt seem to help either! The colors are very bad sometimes all you see are blue and purple spots on the phone and worst of all its not even worth downloading a song when you know that the sound of the phone makes it sound like s**t. I cant even hear the phone ring sometimes and its on LOuD! the worst thing you can do is buy this phone. Learn from my mistake DO NOT PURCHASE! be smart and invest on a Nokia
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Reviewed by april from usa on 20th May 2004
This phone is the WORST INVESTMENT EVER! Unless you like throwing your money away DON'T BUY THIS PHONE!!!!!!
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Reviewed by David Ramstein from USofA on 18th May 2004
Wish there was the option for NO star. Earlier I posted a review ( Back in Dec.)of this phone and I gave it pretty good marks. At the time I had noticed no malfunctions and was very satisfied. That was until just a couple of weeks ago when out of no where the phone started smelling when being charged, and then suddenly smoke rolled out of it. Had nothing to do with the battery , nor the charger, as both were tested and proved to be perfectly functional. The board inside the phone decided that it didn't like it's whole 3 volts and went in to melt-down. The cingular tech. was amazed. He then gave me a new phone and charger and 750ma batt. and off I went. I never even made it home before this thing started doing things that I had read about in the postings several times, i.e, randomly turning itself on and off, and all the while saying that it had a full charge. Thinking that I may need to give it a chance to sit over-night on a charge, I returned home with it and did just that...16 hours of being plugged in.In the morning I left for work with the phone and remebered that I needed to call and wake my daughter for school, and when I called her I got about two minutes conversation off before it shut-down and said the batt. was low again, only to turn itself back on moments later claiming it was full again, and again moments later of it went. It did this all day. Finally, a co-worker who also had a Moto sugested that we try my batt. in his phone, and sure as heck...it worked fine, but was about half discharged. After work I returned to cingular with the phone, and what was amazing to ME was that when the tech. came from the back room where they do their "Techy" thing, he was holding in his hand...yep, a T-720 and he proceeded to explain to some lady how he just didn't understand why her phone was doing whatever it was doing, but that he would replace it with new guts. I very calmly explained that if this phone wasn't replaced with another brand that I would be heading for jail as he was heading for the hospital. The folks at cingular as well as motorola know full good and well that there are some very serious issues with these phones, but the one mass-produced a bunch of them, and so they need the other to do what they can to push them to the market, even if it means having to swap better than half of them out. If they can just do this long enough for the warranty to run out, maybe they won't lose as much production money. But they need the service providers to be "Hush Hush" about the problems...or else! I was fortunate to make it out of there with the Nokia 3300 as even exchange, and with no prison sentence. Hope everyone will have the same or better results
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Reviewed by Kumar from UnitedKingdom on 13th May 2004
I am using this phone for the past one year,really it's a horrible experience with this instrument.Most of the time i am loosing calls, and screen hanging.When you browse thru the ringtones, sometimes it hangs and even after moving to the next ringtone, u'll be hearing the previous tone which u can't stop it.Most of the time i am removing my battery and starting the phone again.Another worst part is the volume of the ringer, it's toooooo low!!.Don't ever buy this phone!!!
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Reviewed by Paul from US on 2nd May 2004
Hi, has anyone been experiencing a burning sensation in their eardrum from using the motorola t720? I've felt this in my ear as well as my bladder area. Please let me know if you are experiencing anything similar. email me at pablobear21@hotmail.com. Make the subject line Problems with Motororola T720 Thanks
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Reviewed by Katie Orcutt from USA on 1st May 2004
This is the worst phone i've ever had. I have had this phone for a little over 2 months, and I originally bought it because of the design. Great color screen, and I love flip phones... HOWEVER, I could not believe how terrible the reception was ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE (and it isn't the service i use either, because i have been with cingular for years). It costantly drops my calls, friends of mine can't hear me when I call them, etc. Basically everything that was already said. Yes, its a nice design, but the phone is an absolute ripoff. My fellow coworker also has this phone and he HATES it - has the same problem i do.
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Reviewed by Goran Stojcev from Macedonia on 30th Apr 2004
The phone looks well balanced in shape and size. Many people are complaining about some things regarding this phone, short batery life, bad reception, bugs etc. But, in my experience you get very good product regarding the cost. I have owned 20 phones till now from different manufacturers, and this phone seems to be the best of them all in his class. The batery is always network dependable, so i cant say that it has short life. The menu is very good, and it has a lot of functions. The reception is excelent (typical for motorola. i have also motorola v70). I must say that this is the real phone for you. Stylish and full of functions.
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Reviewed by beckhamfan from USA on 27th Apr 2004
This phone is a piece of junk. I've had it for almost a year and a half because I am a poor collage student and can't afford a new one. I have experienced all the problems other people have written about (except a broken hinge). My four biggest complaints are 1.Very short battery life. People have written that it lasts about 5 days. Mine has stayed on that long too, IF YOU HAVE HAD NO CALLS! If you are talking on the phone (which is the point btw) it lasts only about an hour. The battery meter on the phone is not an accurate indicator either. 2. The screen blacks out and freezes up and you have to take the battery out to unfreeze it. 3. It rings very quietly 4. It drops calls in areas that seem to have full reception. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! Kudos to those of you who have suffered through owning one!
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Reviewed by abe from us on 24th Apr 2004
I think this is a great phone. The sound and picture are excelent. The menus are easy to use and customizable. The only problems i've had are that the antenna broke and the hinge is a bit loose, but I always just toss the phone in my pocket and I take it everywhere so i think these things could be expected. My service seems real good too and usually if I have a problem anyone i talk to doesnt get good reception their either.
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Reviewed by Johnny Love from Down Under on 23rd Apr 2004
Whats the prob, had it for years now Does what it should do no drop outs no flickering screen no batt prob no shitri if you are experiencing constant problems, than more than likely your phone carrier has you bent over and really driving it home. G,day and Catch,ya
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Reviewed by Sergey Muzyka from USA on 22nd Apr 2004
I went for this phone because of slick design and style as replacement to old faithful Nokia 5120. I still love the design of T720, but using it is much less pleasure. First of all, it takes about 15 sec to tome to life and establish connection. Second, flipping it open with one hand is a struggle. Absolutely not fun in the car. Third, blind dialing is a challenge, the buttons are so flat, that you can't tell one from the other, unless you really concentrate on it. Finally, an ambitious and overloaded UI squeezed into this phone runs real slooow and has poor usability. Just to mention that you can't summon your quick dial numbers unless you are in the main screen(!). Searching through the the telephone book is pain again: if the person's name starts with say, "S" and press the "7" key four times, the phone gives you a message that it could not find entry starting with 7, p, q, ect. Forget searching, they don't have page scroll, you have to scroll row by row! Well, I still can live with all of it, but now it randomly discharges the battery, apparently, because of an electirical short-circuit and sporadically reports full battery after 30 sec of charge. Well, I've got one year out of it, time to move on, will think 3 times before bying Motorola again.
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Reviewed by Kelli from USA on 21st Apr 2004
This phone is a piece of dog poo! For the first 5 months or so everything worked great, then it all fell apart. The screen goes off and I have to take the battery out to fix it. The battery has a short lifespan. I can hear myself when I talk. I have static that makes me unable to hear the person on the line. Sometimes I get calls, but it never rings. Or I get calls and it rings, but I can't answer it because the screen has gone out and I have to take the battery out. I'm sick of all the problems with this phone. It's not worth the money!! Don't waste your time!
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Reviewed by James from UK on 18th Apr 2004
Let's be clear - this phone is not as bad as it is made out to be. The menu system is clear, easy to use and customisable. There is a lot of memory available for phone numbers and email addresses. The predictive text is different from the T9 used on most other manufacturer's mobiles, but can be got used to. The signal reception is good, as is the call clarity. Even WAP/GPRS is quite good for train times etc. It also looks good - alot better than other clamshells available. (Roll up the Sharp GX10/20/30) Yep, the battery doesn't last too long - although I get 5 days out of it - but you can always (shock horror!) CHARGE IT! This is Moto's best effort yet, and the newer models will build on its success. Don't be put off!
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Reviewed by jmk from UK on 17th Apr 2004
I've had this phone well over a year and have found it tough, reliable and easy to use. Internet connection useful - and the colour display excellent. Would recommend it to anyone else. Only becoming a little dated now with all the new phones on the market - it was a trend setter.
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Reviewed by Aaron from Canada on 16th Apr 2004
Well, I've had this phone for about 3 months and I have to say I'm fairly impressed with it. Before I had one of the old Fido Nokia's that were free so this is a definite change. That and the nokia's are a piece of crap. The flip is stylish and convenient for saving the screen and keypads from damage. Those purple and blue lines you get, that's called grease people, try wiping the phone off after you use it. The biggest complaint I have is when it drops a call suddenly. While this isn't a major thing just a minor irritation (How hard is it to redial?) I don't have any other problems. I've drop kicked this thing down the street and it keeps ticking like nothing. I've had the "unable to charge" screen come up a couple times, but simply removing the charge plug and replacing it corrects this. As for everyone bashing the battery life, I can go 4-6 days without a charge and talk on average of a half an hour each day without problem. Thing is, cell phones arn't meant to replace LAN phones, you shouldn't be talking for hours on end on one. If you need to do that, go use a pay phone, they're everywhere anyways. I think many of you failed to follow the vendors directions when you got the new phone. The batteries are a certain type where they have a first use "memory" of sorts. You have to drain them completly on first use. (Play games, call people, whatever) then recharge it fully without using it. (Keep it turned off as well). This takes approx 24-48 hours. Then repeat once more. After that the battery is set. Most people generally just have at it and plug the thing in whenever the charge gets low. WRONG! Read the manual people, it's all there. The hinges on the lid? Never had a problem, but then, I don't rip mine open and jump around all insanely when I get a call. The low quality of the speaker, had a bit of problem with this, but it's 2 things, the volume for the speaker has to be changed WHILE YOU'RE TALKING. Secondly if the person who you're talking to has their volume down you arn't going to hear them worth a damn. Busses, well, they're loud arn't they? You have to shout anyways. That's a dumb reply. All in all it's not something worth offering up as the greatest phone in the world, but it's also not the worst I've come across. 3 stars for this one.
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Reviewed by David from USA on 13th Apr 2004
I have had several phones with Cingular of Arkansas in the last 10 years, this is by-far the best. I read all the other reviews and could not believe it, sorry! The only problem I do not like is, I wish the volume was louder, hearing and ringing! Also, I live in a small remote town in Ar. I have never had trouble with reception!
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Reviewed by CDF22 from England on 11th Apr 2004
Excellent phone I think its good unlike other people i have had no problems with it and ringtones sound sick on it!!!!!!1
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Reviewed by Blanquita from U.S. on 10th Apr 2004
This phone is a piece of garbage!
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Reviewed by Jay Ray from USA on 10th Apr 2004
The phone has good reception and when you place it correctly on your ear (very difficult to do), you can hear fine. The phone takes forever to "boot-up". Navigation of the menus is OK. I've had two T720's since December, 2003 and both developed screen problems. Including the two T720's, I've had four Motorola phones since 1999. The first was an analog Startac; the second (my kids are still using it) is a Motorola digital Startac. Both Motorola Startacs are rugged as Hummers. The only problem I've had was with the antenna (one broke, but was easy and inexpensive to fix). Now about the main problem with the T720. I purchased a second line with Alltel in December, 2003 and received a Motorola T720. It is a very nice looking phone with lots of cool features. Around 3/1/04, I noticed the screen would not completely turn off when the phone would go into standby. It was glowing with a slight blue glow even when the phone was closed. This would cause the battery to disch arge in less than 8 hours. I took the battery out and left it out several times (once for several hours) hoping to "reset" it. This didn't work, so I took it in for repair to Alltel. They gave me a replacement T720 (it was used). Two weeks later (3/19/04), Alltel called to say that Motorola claimed the phone had been damaged and that it "appeared" someone had tried to disassemble it. Alltel wanted the replacement phone back (or pay $165) because mine was not covered under warranty. I told them that my phone had not been abused and I had not tried to take it apart. I wanted it repaired! The technician and manager after examining the phone agreed with me and sent it back to Motorola again (thanks Alltel!). The replacement worked fine until 4/9/04, when the screen went blank. The phone worked and the small screen on the cover worked, but the large screen would not come on. I took that phone in and they gave me a new T720 this time (thanks again Alltel!). Alltel has the best reception in this area. I hope the phone lasts until my contract is up. I plan to look for a different phone. Motorola has the ability to make superior phones (the Startacs have been great; rugged, great reception and easy to use). I think the T720 is a bad design and is flimsy. I definitely think there is a design or manufacturing flaw with the T720 screen.
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Reviewed by jake from us on 8th Apr 2004
phones great most people either got a faulty phone or a bad provider i have verizon and ive had it for 1 1/2 years still works perfect
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Reviewed by CHARLES from USA on 8th Apr 2004
NOT LOUD ENOUGH, CANT HEAR IT WHEN IT RINGS, I MISS CALLS.
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Reviewed by mikel from usa on 5th Apr 2004
this is the worst phone I ever owned in my life. it constantly drops calls. the screen keeps blinking on and off. it takes 4ever to come on. it is definitely not worth the money. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! i wish someone had told me first!
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Reviewed by Cyrena from USA on 4th Apr 2004
I had this phone for a little less than year. The screen kept freezing up on me! I had to remove the battery to reset it again. Several friends with the same phone had the same problem! Took it back to the Verizon dealer and replaced it with the T-730. So far no problems. Verizon is an excellent carrier, I have never had any problems getting service. Even out in the middle of Dumont Dunes in Death Valley, and other friends with Sprint, AT&T, and Cingular could not get service! My phone gets the most use out there!!
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Reviewed by Disappointed from Canada on 1st Apr 2004
From the start I had poor reception all over the place. To use the phone from home I have to stand beside the front window otherwise no one can hear me or the call drops all together. For 3 weeks it was at the repair shop. They "apparently" soldered some connection between the circuit board and the antenna. I got it home and it was no different then before. I know two people who have the same phone and have had no problems with it. It seems there are some serious duds since this is the worst cell phone I have ever owned.
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Reviewed by Jarred from USA on 28th Mar 2004
Worst phone ever!! I had to get a land line in my apartment because the reception is so bad and it drops so many calls. The screen blanks out just like everybody else says, and it says it's completly charged when it is dead. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. Also, AT&T won't do anything about selling you this piece of S*** for $150 either, they believe that the phone is fine and won't give you a rebate or money off of a new phone either.
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Reviewed by Pink Panther from Romania on 28th Mar 2004
I have this phone for 4 month and had a lot of problems. I will not take into consideration here the lifetime of the battery - The problem is ta peolple don't hear me when i talk, and i don't here the , too.i tried to fix this problem , because it's in warranty period - i already brought it two times there and still having the same problem. I hope they will give me the money back or change it with another model. think before u buy this phone- it looks very good, i admit, the menu isn't complicated- as a matter of fact it-s very easy - but i prefer now a complicated menu, rather than not hearing anything !
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Reviewed by John from USA on 27th Mar 2004
PROS: Neato Moto software Light and easy to carry Can get a signal on the Verizon network just about anywhere CONS: Short battery life Can't transmit outgoing signal well Hard to hear inbound or talk outbound without separate earbug and mike. The Verizon guy is right-I can get incoming signal with my T720 just about anywhere. Incoming is crystal-clear, however people I call can't hear me and drop off. It could be Verizon's antennas can't pick me up or (more likely) the phone can't transmit a signal worth anything. Microphone and speaker are weak. Conversation stops when a bus passes me on campus. Motorola has a cheap, cute, mass-produced phone. Put the software and the clunky phone together and you get a customer anxious to wait for his contract to end and get a new phone.
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Reviewed by melonie from usa on 27th Mar 2004
The phone looks nice, however the inside is horrible. The ring tones on this phone are not working. Wil be using my Nokia 3595 from now on
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Reviewed by Zachary MacLellan from Canada on 26th Mar 2004
This Phone is a dream. It is beautiful and has many features and a gorgeous color screen. The Phone is easy to use too! It is much better then my old nokia. I absolutely love it.
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Reviewed by Frank from USA on 26th Mar 2004
It may be too late for Samantha, who wrote a review in December 2003, but I had the same problem with the "Invalid Battery" message and intermittent spontaneous power-downs. I took the phone to Verizon, and tried a new battery to no avail. To make a long story of ignorant people giving bad advice shorter, it turns out that removing the battery AND LEAVING IT OUT OF THE PHONE FOR A MINUTE OR LONGER allows the capacitance to discharge and will cause the phone to properly reset when powered on again. Quickly swapping batteries or momentarily removing the battery then replacing it may not be sufficient to get it to reset. Once this was pointed out to me, the phone reset just fine and works perfectly again.
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Reviewed by jason from australia on 24th Mar 2004
this is the best phone ever everything in it i love ever single bit the colour backgrounds screensavers ringtones it all is good i have been a motorola user for all of my 5 phone but this one is the best out of them all
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Reviewed by Stacey from USA on 22nd Mar 2004
Within a few months of buying the Motorola T720, the hinge broke, leaving me without a phone. At a replacement of $50, I purchased another phone of same kind, thinking that a second phone wouldn't break in the same way. Less than three months later, the Motorola T720 hinge broke; same break as the previous phone. Motorola appears to wish to continue having customers by making an inferior product guaranteed to break quickly. The reliability is high in that area. Customers, rest assured this phone will break; it's just a matter of months. If you want a phone that won't break -- this is not the one for you!
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Reviewed by mattias from sweden on 18th Mar 2004
i realy like this phone. it has an very good screen, many god ringtones and very good games. many people complains about the batterycapasity of this phone, but i havent had any trubbles with it. a good mobile.
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Reviewed by Cranky Creeky from Canada on 17th Mar 2004
I don't understand why some people are having so many problems with this phone. I guess they must of gotten the bad pick of the bunch. I recently purchased this phone from Rogers Wireless and it seems to be fine to me. Sure you will lose reception sometimes, but what phone out there today does have this happen? You blame bad reception on the phone when most of the time it is a service provider problem (signal). Overall, I enjoy the phone. Only real issue I have is that I wish the games had sound to them.
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Reviewed by Brent from USA on 13th Mar 2004
I don't know why y'all are just sinking Motorola's boat! I like this phone a lot! It's a lot better then my old Nokia 3585i. It has a color screen, computerized ringtones, mobile web..etc..EVERYTHING A KID WANTS IN A PHONE!(Im only 13!) The only thing I don't really like is the square shape...although it has a screen on the front. It has a outstanding battery life. I give the T720 4 stars. P.S. It does not drop calls!
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Reviewed by Rob Blackler from England on 12th Mar 2004
I have had this phone for just over 6 months, and its the worst I have ever had. The ring tones are so quiet that on full volume from a few feet away u cannot hear it. The texting procedure is totally useless and takes ages to actually do. Whatever u do DO NOT BUY IT!!
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Reviewed by mauricio from dominican republic on 11th Mar 2004
This is my second Motorola phone. I am very satisfied with it for the way it looks, the reception quality, and the colordisplay. Some negative points are: the ringer volume is too low and the lid is not too robust.
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Reviewed by Peter Kay from England on 2nd Mar 2004
I have owned many mobile phones over the years smart phones ,all sort ,and wanted a small phone to use at weekends as i find the Samsung T100 awkward to use and my sony ericsson p900 too big .i purchased the Motorola T720 a little reluctantly as in the past had nothing but trouble with Motorola [18 replacement Startacs]but read the manual properly and set the phone up and i can tell you if a good product not like Nokia every few weeks having to have the software upgraded and losing everything stored on the phone and the battery life is excellant ,i can only asume that the people that have slated the phone are either from another manufacturer or have not taken the time or trouble to follow the instructions,i would advise any one thinking of buying one ,go ahead it,a good phone.if you want a bad phone purchase an Orange E100 or Orange E200 then you realy will have problems and i mean problems the battery will last you 4hours if you are lucky and dont get more than 2 or3 calls o f 3-4 minutes.
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Reviewed by Carson from Canada on 1st Mar 2004
I had the phone for 24 hours and the screen went blank. Taking it back to the dealer and ensuring it does not come home with me.
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Reviewed by alex from UK on 29th Feb 2004
this is tebest phonethat I have ever laid my eyes on its got all you need and feels + looks great.
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Reviewed by Harris from USA on 29th Feb 2004
This has got to be the worst phone that any person would be able to get. The phone is cheap and corny. The lcd screen keeps on getting blue and purple marks all over. I NEVER get any good reception. Whenever it shows good reception, you make a call and it suddenly jumps back to no reception. You charge the phone for 5 minutes and then it says charge complete when ya use it for 2 minutes and goes dead. It always blanks out in a middle of a call, Mmode, or when you flip the phone on or off. A little too big for young teenagers to use for such a piece of a crud company's products. Speaker is so low that i cant even hear it in my own house. Takes nearly 45 seconds to start up. And then when it finds reception after startup, you go to games, phonebook, calender, etc, it tells you please wait for 15 seconds. The lcd screen has no protection like nice phones do. It is easy to be scratched anywhere, anytime. I fell down on that floor and now the whole lcd scre en, split, and everything in the front of the phone is scratched until it was see through. It was definetly not worth buying this piece of junk with the plan even though it was for free. I would rather recommend the big phones we used a long time ago. I will NEVER EVER BEVER SEVER BUY A MOTOROLA AGAIN!!!
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Reviewed by tenroom from UK on 22nd Jan 2004
"Upgraded" to this phone from a V50 after years of robust and functional Motos and within a day, wished I hadn't. Absolutely c***. Have to wait an age to delete a text message whilst the "Please Wait" message flashes in the display. Takes 30 secs+ to switch on so I avoid letting the battery run low enough for the thing to switch itself off. Constantly crashes and misses calls. Says I have missed calls even when I've answered them - baffling. Frankly Motorola should offer everyone a free upgrade to something better. Never mind - getting the new V600 as soon as it's available and consigning this year long nightmare firmly to memory. Only good thing is I'll get a £50 trade-in from my srvice provider.
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Reviewed by Jeff Mongeon from USA on 15th Jan 2004
Motorola engineers must of been in a real hurry to push this piece of * out the door. This phone has been a DISASTER. No talk time, always dropping the signal, saying fully charged when it is dead, giving unable to charge errors ALL THE TIME. Apparently they were recalled, and when I sent my phone in (twice) to get repaired they "tested all functions" and the phone came back as crappy as before. I will NEVER buy another Motorola phone again.
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Reviewed by Mick from USA on 1st Jan 2004
Likes: Nice space between keys. Comfortable. Nice display. Dislikes: Ring tone is too low. Battery life..what life? Poor reception.
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Reviewed by ray from usa on 27th Dec 2003
My wife and I both purchased the phones, I was concerned at first with the reviews this phone was getting about it's owners manual and poor quality ring volume. I was also concerned about the supposed difficulty in usage, but obviously the people who were attempting to use this phone or read this manual were a little less than the brightest bulbs in the pack. This phone is wonderful 5 to 6 day battery life, very visuable and self explanitory menus if you use just a little common sence. It also is very compact and classic looking with it stillish case, that is interchangable if you so desire. Over all well over a five star purchase and deep thanks for a quality product Motorola
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Reviewed by Dave Ramstein from USA on 17th Dec 2003
For you folks complaining about battery-life on this phone, and the few performance questions you may have; It's all about being smarter than the phone. I repeatedly hear people who have used mostly Nokia products and the such in the past, slambing the Ease Of Use of this phone.That's like being an Apple Computer OS2 user forever and suddenly jumping blind to an IBM and Microsoft Windows based system, expecting to know all the commands and funtions in an hour...Clue phone,it's for YOU! I wonder if you even hear it ringing! Things just do not work that way. Electronics, baby, electronics. Say you've been using an old Sony ProLogic Receiver for the past ten years in your home, and today you went out and bought a new Pioneer Elite 7.1 theater receiver with multible sound fields. Do you really think that your Sony knowlege will do you a bit of good when setting-up this state-of-the-art Elite Theater Processor? Well, certainly that it's taking you a while to set it up means it 's junk, right? It takes time and trial and error before you'll get used to ANY new electronic device, which brings us to the battery issue: Your new Chevy truck has a 350 c.i.d. Vortech V-8 engine in it. Chevy equipped that truck with a whole bunch of gas-pedal to shove to the floor, and when you do, that baby takes off like a bat-out-of-hell but, when you nail it like that you can just about see your fuel guage move with the increased consumption, so chances are, if you're smart, even though the power and pedal are always there, you're probably not going to be riding all over town with the pedal mashed to the floor. Drive in moderation and suddenly you're getting twice the milage to a tank of gas. Where I'm going with this is that there are features on the T-720 that can and should be configured for power savings. You can adjust how long the back-light stays on and things of the nature, and I promise you that if you take the time to CORRECTLY configure your phone (requires a touch of reading...hope you're able)you will find that this phone is actually a super nice offering. As far as the lid hinge...hyper-extend your elbow a few times and you'll soon find the error of your ways! Don't get so excited when you receive a call and that lid will last a very long time :-) My brother and I both have the T-720 and he too was having short run-time from his bat. I had him go in and hit the master re-set and then re-configure the phone and now he's amazed at the extended time he gets between charges. It's a telephone, not a television, therefore you don't need that back-light on at all times. I mean, come on, what do you do, sit and look at the display the entire time you're talking? I like my phone too, but I'm not so excited about it that I sit and look at it for hours! There is more to MY life than my silly phone, and I hope there is for you as well.
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Reviewed by Tony from USA on 15th Dec 2003
I have to get 2 new phones a week its pointless dont get it its the worst phone out there
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Reviewed by Elizabeth from USA on 12th Dec 2003
What a piece of junk!! This is by far the worst cell phone I have ever owned. For the past 5 years I have always had a Nokia, dependable, sturdy little phones. Well I recently moved and had to change from AT&T to Alltel. When I found out that the T720 was only $49 after a mail in rebate I couldn't believe it! I thought it would be a great little phone, looks good, nice and small, supposedly has good talk time. Well about a week after I had the phone that all went out the window. First of all the battery life on this phone is worthless. I can talk for about 45 minutes when fully charged before it goes dead. The antenna is weak, flimsy and offers poor reception. I'd say at least 4 out of 5 calls would be dropped in the middle, and that was when my phone would actually ring!! The next worst thing was the blue red screen of death! Randomally and for no reason the screen would blank out for a few seconds and then flash back on, saying no service and sometimes took up to a full minute to recover service. My battery stopped charging, after being plugged in for fewer than five minutes my phone would say fully charged, you turn it on and the battery was still dead. Keep in mind that this phone was only 4 months old. Lets just end it there by saying that I sent my phone in to get it fixed, motorola sent it back without fixing it saying that it was user neglect! Let me tell you that there was nothing neglected about that phone, it was just a big piece of junk! Needless to say I went down to the store today and purchased a brand new Nokia 3585i today and am very satisfied. From now on I'm sticking with my Nokia! Buyer beware!!!
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Reviewed by webguy from usa on 4th Dec 2003
I have two phones and they are perfect!! The bad comments are from the other dealers, and phone companies!
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Reviewed by Scott from USA on 4th Jan 2004
This phone is horrible. You would think after you spend the amount of money that this phone cost that you would actually have some durability. I don't see where or why this phone was so expensive to buy. It's got crappy parts, the cpu speed is slow, and it's just not a good buy for what you get. I sure hope Motorola made a profit off this phone, because it's not even CLOSE to the quality that you would expect with the pricetag you pay
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Reviewed by Samantha from USA on 2nd Dec 2003
My god this has been nothing but a problem. It says its fully charged but then gives a low charge warning an hour later. Turns itself off for no good reason. Not to mention when it simply doesnt ring, despite having full signal. Today it turned itself off for good... I plug it in and it says invalid battery no matter what I do. I have one announcement in the datebook, and it reminds me at least once a month, always on different days and times even tho its set to yearly announcements. Just don't get this piece of c##p.
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Reviewed by John E. Smith from USA on 29th Nov 2003
I purchased this phone in August of this year. After 2 weeks, the phone simply went crazy; blue inner screen, no service which would randomly change to full signal but no calling ability, random characters on the outer display. Verizon exchanged the phone. 1 month later, the replacement phone will not charge half of the time -- "Unable To Charge" message. About a quarter of the time, it will say it is charging but the battery never gets the juice -- when charging is complete, according to the phone, the phone starts beeping at me almost as soon as I unplug the charger. I could not and would not recommend this phone to anyone; I will be exchanging this phone tomorrow -- or terminating my Verizon account -- one way or the other.
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Reviewed by Brian Andrews from Canada on 27th Nov 2003
Just purchased the phone in Oct and so far this is the coolest phone I've ever had. Features are great and so is quality. My wife Amanda as since gone and got one as well. Good price too!!!! Battery is lasting on average of up to 5 days so far. Good job Motorola on this one.
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Reviewed by steven from Malaysia on 25th Nov 2003
This phone consider a good phone and full features. But slow in cpu speed and also software sometimes have problems... Screen just shown nothing when navigate menu and at the same time a incoming call ... Color also not as good as others eg. samsung... T100 same color resolution 4096.... Very disappointed with it.
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Reviewed by Tami from Swaziland on 10th Nov 2003
Very modern with quality polyphonic ringtones,color styles,and space for a digital camera is all that makes the T720 stylish.And what's more, its is one of the most affordable color phones on the market unlike other brands like Nokia which are expensive for no reason ! Once again ,thank you motorola for inventing such an impressive device.... INTELLIGENCE EVERYWHERE !
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Reviewed by Tami from Swaziland on 5th Nov 2003
As a university student, i like classic things which are up to date and this is all i can say with my new cell > moto T720.I think its the coolest mobile on the market and what more it is very affordable and its features are the best...nice poly ringtones , a very bright colour screen and the games are fabulous , a lot can be downloaded from hellomoto.com a site exclusively for motorolas.... I'd like to congratulate Motorola for coming out with this talk-of-the-town cell ..The camera is also wonderful at least i can select my own photos as wallpapers..... Well done motos !
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Reviewed by Dong Loc from Vietnam on 30th Oct 2003
Though the phone equiped with many features but not as good as I've though before as I have exprerienced severals problems as below: - The polyphonic ringtone is not beautiful and not loud enough if using in a noisy environment - The inergrated email client is not sufficient for checking mails due to the 10,240 bytes limit. You could not download larger mails. - Caus SIM card problem due to the reason that the phone is not fully supported GPRS. As my service provider now has changed from GSP to GPRS, it oftens displayed "Unregistered SIM" in stanby mode so you can not make or receive any call and have to restart the phone but the problem will happen after a short period - Screen response to keystroke was very slow, may be it must take time to think what to be perform. He he! - Phone book with 500 entries, but only one item for each contact and no contact group e.g: business, family, friends, etc.. can be created. - Very clumsy in creating new message, needed to make many steps. - Sometimes during WAP browsing, it automatically turn off and turn on itself and you have to reconnect to the previously logged in site - battery life is short Overall, it's not as good as I though before and I will purchase a Siemens or Nokia for replacing this one.
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Reviewed by Christina from U.S. on 28th Oct 2003
I received my new Motorola T720 phone back in February, only to have the plastic hinge on the right break on the phone 45 days later. I was lucky to have the manager at my cellular store take the phone back and give me a new T720, or so I thought. It is now October and again, the same problem with this phone -- another plastic hinge on the right side broke! Now I cannot get the manager to take the phone back and have been waiting for over 1 hour on hold with Motorola Warranty to see if this is covered under the warranty. I read in these reviews that it is not covered through Motorola. Either way, this phone is obviously defective in its manufacturing with (2) broken hinges within 8 months! I recommend to any of you consider this phone to buy another phone!!!!!!
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Reviewed by H King from United States on 28th Oct 2003
This phone was forced upon me when my carrier was bought out by another system. At the time I was using the Motorola V60i and was pleased with the durability and ease of use in the extreme enviorments of Southern Arizona, but when I was handed the T720 I knew that there was going to be problems. Simply handling it and you understand that this is not a phone capable of taking any rough handling. The plastic is not "high impact" and the hinges are very fragile. The V60 it replaced had a metal case and cover as well as high impact plastic on the inside facing. Outside in the sun, the color screen if VERY difficult to read. I find myself seeking shade or covering the face with my body trying to read the screen. The color screen becomes more of an impediment than a feature... Battery life is another issue. My V60 could pretty much run for up to 5 days without a charge in standby mode, but the T720 needs charging within 24 hours. Not good when you are miles from an outlet. Make a series of calls and you have about 16 hours of battery life... When there is a better selection of phones with my carrier, I will be exchanging this one for something that can take the enviorment and with the battery life to go more than a day without a charge.
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Reviewed by Jo from UK on 27th Oct 2003
Well.. i got this phone thru a catalogue thinking wooohoo! great!.. then i recieved it and it was the most shocking thing i have ever bought. The thing randomly turns off, and if its on ring and vibrate and u recieve a msg, the damn thing doesnt stop ringing + vibrating till u take out the battery! (Not to mention the crap quality of the pictures of course) Honestly.. i've had nothin but trouble wiv this phone and will be glad 2 c the back of it! Luckily the catalogue says i can return it and they're gonna put credit back on my account! Phew! Btw.. if n e 1 wants to recommend a decent phone then feel free to point me in the right direction!
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Reviewed by TT from UK on 27th Oct 2003
Sylish and compact is what drew me to this phone.. Having used Nokia before it took me a while to get used to the Texting bit of the phone.. Other than that a solid phone with cool looks.. However not sure why anyone would change covers from the SILVER?? If you do the basics such as phone and text - choose this ONE.. If you want Triband you'll need to upgrade to the Nokia 6100 as I did! Enjoy..
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Reviewed by Rob from USA on 23rd Oct 2003
This phone is very poor quality. The software running on it, is very slow. The battery life is terrible. By terrible, I mean I can charge it all night, talk on it for 30 minutes and it starts beeping, that the battery is low, and then it will die. Think it's the battery? No, I've replaced 4 batteries now, working with different phone vendors, etc. I've had 3 resellers of this phone tell me, during this process, that people are unhappy with this phone for the lack of battery life, and just overall being a poortly designed phone. I agree, here I spent a chunk of change on this phone, and it's garbage.
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Reviewed by catseyes from uk on 17th Oct 2003
ive had this phone since last december so feel im in a position to give a proper review not an impulse reaction based on having it for a few hours !! decided to change to motorola after being a lifelong nokia owner . well , we all make bad decisions and come this december i will be changing straight back to nokia (probably 7250i) . right , lets get to the the good and the bad . good points : 1. good , sharp , large display 2. good sized keypad , especially if you have large fingers . 3. quite like the flip design as it protects keypad and makes the phone quite compact bad points : 1. very poor build quality 2. itap predictive text is a total joke , nokias predicatext is the best in the world . 3. battery life totally unaccaptable . 4. turns itself off for no reason (with battery fully charged!) 5. takes far to long to power itself up (30 secs at least) 6. polyphonic ring tones are just laughable . try downloading the spag western tone . its just terrible , out of key , sounds like one of my cats has just walked over the keypad! worth downloading though if you have a sense of humour . overall this phone is so far behind its competitors . i cant wait for my contract renewal in december when ill be straight to the shop to upgrade back to nokia . one last thought , as far as im aware my service provider has taken it off their shelves . we cant all be wrong !!
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Reviewed by Kylie from Australia on 13th Oct 2003
Wow! What a phone.This is such a nice phone. Not too bulky and fits nice in the hand (i have very little hands too). Even though its compact, the keys are well spaced,The menus are easy if you give it a couple of hours.The ringtone is nice & loud.Polyphonic and monophonic tones both sound lovely. The gaming is ideal(thanks to well spaced keypad).Its not too badly priced either for what you get.The colour screen is nice & clear.The games etc that you can download are exceptionally cool.Now, as for faults,theres hardly any.The leather cover design keeps coming off while your using it.Its a pain. But overall, its the nicest phone ive had yet. Highly recommended for anyone!!
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Reviewed by Komal from USA on 6th Oct 2003
I bought this phone 8 months ago, this phone looks beutiful, but functio nally it is not so great. I cannot see the screen in direct sunlight. And the most annoying thing is when I try to charge the phone and get a message 'Unable to Charge'. Initially thought it is because of the bad charger, but even after the charger was changed the phone I acnnot charge my phone most of the times. I hate this phone, I wich I had stayed with Nokia.
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Reviewed by Gayle Hanson from USA on 4th Oct 2003
I had my phone for approx 1 month. It started powering down in the middle of phone calls. We sent it to Motorola and they sent it back refusing to fix it. They indicated that it had liquid damage. Let me tell you I didn't have it long enough to get liquid damage !!! I will never purchase another item from Motorola because they don't stand behind their product. I should've stuck with Nokia !!
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Reviewed by Michele from USA on 12th Sep 2003
I HATE THIS PHONE! at its loudest volume setting, i can barely hear it ring. doesnt vibrate very well either. for some reason, the screen will go blank when i open and close the phone...and im not talking about quickly flipping it open and closed. screen is difficult to see in the sun. i am constantly getting the message "please wait" between functions. poor signal in good areas. i wish i had stuck with nokia, but i just had to have this "adorable" motorola flip phone. "adorable" is about the only good quality this phone has.
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Reviewed by Smithy from England on 10th Sep 2003
A rubbish phone, poor features and incredibly slow to do anything.
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Reviewed by George Nanoo from Ghana on 29th Aug 2003
This is a phone for people going places.its smooth and soft touch makes it a unique toy for bigger guys in the communication industry,kudos MOtoRoLa you are simply the BEST
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Reviewed by Chris Dunn from Scotland on 25th Aug 2003
Hey Everybody. I bought my moto t720 in febuary 2003.i had a nokias before but i decided to give motorola a chance. It is an 02 contract phone and ive had a problem since i got it.1-when you go to charge it up it keeps saying "unable to charge" on the screen. the ringtones are too low and the standard ringtones are c@@p!!!!!!!!!.and why does a modern phone like that take so long to turn on??30 seconds at least!apart from that it is a very cool phone with colour screen which has not bad colour and it is very light and compact. cheers!
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Reviewed by Mark from Australia on 23rd Aug 2003
have not had this phone long but am very happy with it so far However does take a long time to start up (about 10 secs) and has turned itself off once.read alot of reveiws bagging battery life but quite frankly mine has been great Have only had nokia's in the past'but if this phone is the standard of Motorola now days would recomend them in an instant
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Reviewed by asrul hamdi from malaysia on 23rd Aug 2003
i've been using the phone for the past 2 month..its a great mobile with the user friendly interface and its slick design..the downside of it is that i am having a hard time in gaining new ringtones. i've heard about the ringtone composer but do i need to dwload it?
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Reviewed by Amir Khan from England on 20th Aug 2003
nice phone to start with but after a while gets frustrating as the color screen is poor in direct sunlight. so on the odd sunny days you have to find some shade. Also the phone is very plasticy, when making calls you often hear the phone cracking away- not very pleasent.Also the maximum volume is poor, if you are lookin to buy this phone i would advise not keeping it for a long time
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Reviewed by baseball4416 from United States on 19th Aug 2003
It is great and i think that it is the best phone i have ever used.................the only downside is the sound level it is a little low, but otherwise it is great. I mean you can still hear and answer all of your calls it is just not the highest sound ever. If i was you i would buy it!
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Reviewed by dave from lancashire on 31st Jul 2003
Bought this phone in January 2003, everything was fine apart from not being able to hear the ringtones(should have normal tones as well),after 6 month's phone switched itself off (power amp failure),replacement given the day after, after 2 day's use could not ring out or ring in, hardly any signal in area's of known good signal, replaced again the day after....Not a bad phone,stylish and very user friendly,good quality screen and colour's....But at the end of my contract it's back to NOKIA.
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Reviewed by Suresh from Malaysia on 26th Jul 2003
I have been a Motorola user for a long time and recently i bought the t720 and found it wos really supperb.I cant find any other phone better it.i love the design as it looks profesional and suits me.it easy to use and the color screen does not give any problems at all.compared with the v66 the t720 is superb.
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Reviewed by chris from australia on 21st Jul 2003
this is a simply magnificent phone!!! it is the best phone for its price...it is also hard to find a more sleak modernly designed phone. Motorola have once again out done themselves with this maginficent phone!!! if there is a better phone on the marketi am yet to find it!!!
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Reviewed by Cat from Malaysia on 10th Jul 2003
I am a Nokia user. Quite disappointed with the sudden blank out screen & easy to crack body. Have been thinking of getting either T720/@Samsung A800 very soon. There's not much price difference in both phones in my area. The good point about T720 is its colour screen & I heard that it's easier to use than Samsung phones. Does anyone experience using both phones? Is the phone's body more lasting?
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Reviewed by Heriu from USA! USA! USA! :) on 21st Jun 2003
I recently purchased this phone and I LOOOOVE it. The only downside was a low battery time, but that was eaisly solved with the extended battery. The screen is wonderful, the sounds are fabulous, and when I am extremely bored, I have the ring creator to play around with. It has wonderful reception, easy access to all of the menus and such. I would highly recommend this to anyone.
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Reviewed by Jessica from - on 17th Jun 2003
This phone is awesome! its got everything you need!
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Reviewed by Derek from Lancashire, England on 16th Jun 2003
Quite a few reviews for this one make the phone appear quite bad....However this just ins't the case, yes the ringtones are not as loud as say your Nokia on level 5. but they are loud enough to be heard, and are of a very high quality. Yes you can send a text to someone not in your phone book, I've got the full version of Motogp on my phone, its not my type of game, but the java makes the game & graphics run smoothly, and compared to other phones the graphics are of a high quality. The phone might not look as sleek as say the Samsung T100, but it is a lot easier and better to use than the Samsung. Overall this phone is excellent, easy to use, good sound & graphics. You will not be disappointed with this phone.
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Reviewed by Ariadni from U.K on 11th Jun 2003
It's too sloooooow!!!! It is a real nightmare to write a msg or delete your msg list!
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Reviewed by Ari Whisenhunt from USA on 4th May 2003
Great phone while it lasted, but three months after I got it the plastic hinge on the right side broke, making the phone unusable. Figured it would be covered in the warranty, but figured wrong. I guess making breakable plastic hinges on high stress areas is not considered a manufacture's defect. $350 down the toilet...Don't buy this phone unless you have a replacement contract and don't mind your flip phone flipping off it's hinges
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Reviewed by Marcos from HK(China) on 1st May 2003
The phone is decent,playing java games like SplinterCell downloaded form gameloft.com is a plesure,which could compare with Gameboy's colour games,You can also DIY a wallpaper with your own picture,but consider it will cost you 20 bucks in mymobilesoft.com. I currently live in London as a student,my Moto T720 is a Vodafone version, which didn't come with java game Tetris, does anyone here can help me to find this game ready to download for T720? thanks!
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Reviewed by Howard from England on 20th Apr 2003
I have had my phone for about six months and have expirienced no problems. The things i found disappointing were the volume of the ringtones, the fact that you only get the demo versions of motogp, tetris and breakout,no stunt man! Then the fact that you can't text anyone who's not already in your phone book, the text "outbox" is non-existant, and the fact that without the camera you cant send any pics that weren't already on the phone when it came. Also don't buy it without the camera, you can't buy find it anywhere, not even on the official website!! One last moan is that the phone takes at least thirty seconds to switch on! these are only very superficial things, the phone is excellent and im very glad I bought it!! This was my first mobile and i found that as long as you skimmed through the manual it was a very user-friendly phone. you can get hold of a lot of free java games, including the whole version of breakout. Another good thing is that the memory is huge, you get tons of ringtones with the phone, I have downloaded ten large polyphonics to go with it, at least thirty pics from the esato website and then I got rid of tetris and got four new java games!! Wap is great on the phone, it's so easy to use and java is outstanding, the screen size is a real bonus, twice the size of the sony ericsson t68i! well worth the money.
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Reviewed by Joe from China on 19th Apr 2003
Stylish design, large colour screen, interchangeable front and back cover, decent battery life etc, all make Motorola T720 a great choice for those who don't need a phone camera and desperate for colour screen. But,as for bad points, Motorola still need to improve its polyphonic ringtones compare to Samsung T100,the menu also need to simplify which took a new Motorola user like me two days to understand it,thanks to the User Manual,I would be really greatful if they give another 20 pages to explain this phone more detailed. It's been a nightmare to download stuffs from HELLOMOTO, there are three ways you can get your ringtones or java games downloaded, I have tried SMS purchase, spent few quids to send a SMS messgae and never get a reply,I have also tried credit card purchase,this time they reply very quick,by sending a message to your MOTO, then just follow the download instruction......finally, what I got was not the ringtone but a error message saying the data server is not available.
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Reviewed by Pauline from UK on 5th Mar 2003
I do like the T720 but with regards to the last review, the battery life isn't that long!. It's abit tiresome trying to download games as they take a while and don't take 2 minutes like they say it will. So at £1.50 a min it works out quite expensive. Overall the phone is good, this is the first Motorola I've had I usually stick to Nokia's but seeing as this one was free how could I resist!.
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Reviewed by Afan okagbue from Nigeria on 22nd Feb 2003
i bought this fone in my country Nigeria and all i can say is i am really enjoying this fone with its long battery life,dual display and color screen .I am a student and i like to show of things and my t720 does exactly that with its anodised aluminium and exchangeable cases.
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