Motorola V620
Review
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Review:
November 2004. Updated January 2005.
Based
on the Motorola V600, the Motorola
V620 is a very highly-specified phone with an integrated digital
video camera, MP3 ringtones and Bluetooth™ wireless connectivity.
Quad band lets you roam globally.
The
main difference between the V600 and the V620 is the addition of
a video recorder and an enhanced internal display with 262,000 colours
instead of 65,000.
The
V620 has the same styling as the V600 except that it comes in a
distinctive black finish and is very slightly larger (and a few
grams heavier). It's a great looking phone, although larger than
most comparable clamshells. The quality of the display is top-notch
and the camera and video recorder perform well. The software glitches
that dogged the V600 seem to have been fixed in the V620, however,
there are widespread problems in getting the V620's WAP and MMS
settings to work. Some of our users have written tips on getting
this to work, so read the user reviews below if you are experiencing
problems with these settings.
Features
of the Motorola V620 include:
- Integrated Digital Camera with 4x digital zoom
and video recorder
- Video Clip playback with sound
- Internal display: 262,000 Colour TFT (176 x 220
pixels)
- External display: 2 Line (96 x 32, Inverse image)
- Event lights
- 22 Embedded polyphonic ringtones (24 voice),
3 MP3 ringtones
- MotoMixer (Remixable MIDI ringer software)
- Downloadable Themes: Animated screensavers, wallpapers
and ringtones
- Java games: Golf (full version), Wakeboarding,
FotoFunPack 2 and space for downloads
- EMS & MMS (Picture / photo + text + sound)
- Instant Messaging Support
- Email: STMP, POP3, IMAP4
- WAP Browser version 2.0, GPRS
class 10
- Bluetooth® wireless connectivity
- USB connectivity
- User-customisable Softkey Functions, Main Menu
and Shortcuts
- Voice features: Voice-activated dialling
- In-built Hands-free Speakerphone
- Internal Memory: 5 Mbytes
- Phone Book: Up to 1000 entries
- Picture Phonebook: Up to 100 KB
- Calculator and currency converter
- Date and clock
- Datebook with Reminder Alerts
- PIM functionality
- Vibration alert
- Quad Band (900/1800/1900/850 MHz)
- Standby time: Up to 240 hours
- Talk time: Up to 450 minutes
- Size: 89 mm x 49 mm x 25 mm
- Weight: 123g
Motorola V620 Consumer Reviews
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Average rating from 100 reviews: 
Reviewed by retr0b0y from UK on
28th Feb 2005
This is my first non nokia phone, and my first flip phone, my live
it's brilliant, lond ringtones great colour screen sexy metal casing
good build quality, well as you can guess i'm impressed oh and buy
the way i've had no probs with mms or wap it's all working perfect
(i'm on vodafone network) HURRAHHH MOTOROLA on a cracking little
phone 11 out of 10
Rating:  Reply Reviewed by Mart from England on
28th Feb 2005
Finally got WAP to work after 3 weeks and help from below and other
web sites. Was in carphone warehouse for hour and a half and they
did not have a clue and denied knowledge of a problem with this
phone?? either lying or stupid. Can receive MMS messages fine but
no one can receive mine. Shows as being sent but they just vanish
into thin air. Any advice? on 02 contract. Think I am gonna ditch
this piece of junk. Useless.
Rating:  Reply Reviewed by Keith from England on
27th Feb 2005
I bought this phone a few days ago! Now I've managed to sort the
MMS settings out, I am pleased to say this phone is the best phone
I've ever had. It looks good, feels good and sounds good too. Makes
a change having a polyphonic phone, that one can actualy hear ringing
while it's in my pocket. Camera is ok, but I only ever use it to
add a picture to my contacts. If you want a phone with a camera
that takes very very good pics then this phone isn't for you. Although
the picture quality is better than most VGA cameras. The menus are
very easy to navigate. Writing txts are very easy too. Not keen
on Itap, but then again, I've never really used predictive txt.
But it appears getting used to the Itap would become second nature
after writing a few txts with it. The flashing lights are a novelty
and cause exclamations of wow and cool, from the younger folk when
they see it. As has been mentioned a lot here. The only down side
is, the MMS and Wap settings don't work. If you buy the V620 then
you gotta set it up yourself. But it's worth it in the end. If your
looking for a good well made mobile with ease of use, then this
is the one for you. I would reccomend this phone to anyone. I would
have given this 5 stars if I didn't have to mess around setting
up Wap & MMS.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by gringo from croatia on
26th Feb 2005
I see lot of people haveing problem with MMS and WAP, I have used
settings for motorola E398 and put them manualy and everything is
working just fine. The phone looks very Darth Vather which is cool.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kelvin from England on
25th Feb 2005
Hi, have been reading all the problems with WAP, and I have submitted
a review previously. Having got the WAP working I am still getting
the message "Page cannot be displayed" on some WAP pages. Especially
o2 pages such as games and chat. Is anyone else having these problems.
I`m on o2 contract. Thanks. Phone is quite good by the way, but
feel it should not have been sold whith all these problems and it
seems it has been superceeded by the V636 already!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by benjamine from - on
24th Feb 2005
it is junk and i can not use it!!!!!!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Melissa from England on
24th Feb 2005
I brought this phone sim free somewhat two months ago now and have
had nothing but trouble.I paid £200. (extremely overpriced
for what you get) As i brought the phone unlocked this meant that
I had to insert my own sim card. Which I used from my old phone.
However I could not send nor receive mms or wap! It took me some
2 months to get this probelm sorted out and now I still can't even
recieve photos!!! I am sick of all this trouble it has caused me.
I shall never be buying a handset again EPSECIALLY not this model!!!
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Spike from UK on
24th Feb 2005
I bought the phone from O2 and could not get the MMS or WAP working
at all!!.I rang up O2 direct and they told me how to do this and
that but no joy.I decided to put my old ORANGE chip in and got the
settings from there website direct (setup.orange.co.uk).The closest
model is the V635 and they worked fine with full WAP & MMS.The phone
is now "Brillant".. I think there should be more info on how to
get your MMS & WAP right first time. Spike..
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Craig from England on
23rd Feb 2005
Absolutly brilliant phone and extremly stylish also dosent feel
like a toy unlike similar phones like this one I had some trouble
with wap and mms to start of with I took it to my local Orange shop
they were no help at all!!! They basically said that i need a new
sim card (something i didnt want to do because i would lose my get
out there orange package that i bought when it first came out) So
if they try selling you a new sim card then tell them where to go!
because if you go on the orange setup website (http://setup.orange.co.uk)
and get sent the settings for the v635 then it works perfectly on
this phone! hope this helps everyone that is on orange!!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Joe from UK on 23rd
Feb 2005
Like many I am sure I had problems sending MMS messages and video
clips. Whilst reading the other reviews for help came across one
written by 'Toby' posted on February 3rd. Top tips mate thanks alot.
Follow his intructions as they work. My phone from carphonewarehouse
website on o2 was setup for t-mobile mms. Toby's instructions get
you to change your settings to correct o2 one. Top Man!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Motorola from Auzzie on
20th Feb 2005
This fone is absolutley awesome!!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Mark from England on
20th Feb 2005
No WAP or photo messaging out of the box on O2 but with help from
Carphone Warehouse WAP works with settings from Motorola. To get
photo messaging to work don't forget to get settings and ALSO ask
O2 to turn photo messaging ON with a PICON text to O2. Why oh why
didn't anyone tell me that the day I bought the phone? The info
is in the O2 welcome pack but they didn't give me one. Now everything
works its a great phone, even getting used to the predictive text
messaging...
Rating: Reply Reviewed by humble_rasta from uk on
19th Feb 2005
I bought this phone two weeks ago and i fine it to be and xcellent
buy. yes i did have the dreaded problem with the mms but i got it
soughted 2day and its brilliant. 4 all virgin payg customers here
is the formula ;-). first go to the menu and select webaccess, then
scroll down to web session and select,u then press the menu button
again and scroll down to new then select. then name:picture message,
homepage:http//mms.virginmobile.co.uk:8002,gateway IP:193.030.166.001.,
line type 1: isdn,line type 2: isdn, gprs APN: goto.virginmobile.uk,
user name: user,and leave password and all other fields as they
were. now save this and still under web sessions scroll down to
"picture message" which u just created and press the menu button
and select "set default", then exit out to main menu. At the main
menu select messages, then message inbox, then scroll down to "setup"
and select it. Now at "mms message setup" select change then scroll
down to "server info" and select it. a list of current servers will
be displayed scroll down to anyone of them and press the menu button
then select edit. u change all the info according; service name:virgin,
server name: http://mms.virginmobile.co.uk:8002 web session name:
scroll to picture message and then select it. select done and at
the list of current server screen u will see "virgin" displayed
scroll down to it and then select it. exit all the way out and then
try sending a mms message and u will get through perfect. if this
helps anyone hit me up at olemongrel@yahoo.com and let me kno about
it. cheers and i do say this is one awesome phone 4real.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by john from england on
19th Feb 2005
this mobile is the best mobile motorola has made
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kazer from United Kingdom
on 16th Feb 2005
What a lot of rubbish. Should never have been put on the shelf.
Great phone but technical problems going on the WEB. Apparently
this is known by Carphonewarehouse and o2 so why have these on the
shelf when they do not work properly. I have been told that I can
change the phone to another but find all this very disappointing
and unecesary.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Rob from U.K on 11th
Feb 2005
sheesh can't see why you guys are complaining? i spose maybe because
i couldnt care less about wap, and i dont feel the need to send
picture messages, its brilliant!!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Andrew M from Uk on
11th Feb 2005
Put PAYG Vodaphone sim and have managed to get EVERYTHING working
eg Internet + sending of pictures & movies. You need to get vodaphone
to send the V600 settings to the phone and then make a few changes
to some options here and there and VOILA. ALL OK.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by tracey from uk on
10th Feb 2005
can sum1 plz give me the settings 4 this phone. im using orange
sim card . but cant seem to send/recieve videos or send/recieve
pictures.. plz plz plz help
Rating:  Reply Reviewed by modfather from scotland
on 9th Feb 2005
this phone should never have been released,bought it sim free and
have vodafone sim installed,have been on to them 8 times and still
can't get on the internet.motorola should have sorted this out before
they cashed in at xmas.£200 down the plug-hole!can anyone
tell me what sim to get and the right blooming wap settings,damn
you motorola!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Andrew M from UK on
8th Feb 2005
Again, had the Messaging/WAP worked then this would get full marks
and probably more memory ! Apart from that - it's a KOOL phone.
With a Virgin PAYG sim - Virgin's web site can send the settings
to your phone, but the V620 is not listed - just the V600, V500,
V300, etc SO can someone tell me which to choose at glgbmw@aol.com
. Thanks.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by tony from uk on 8th
Feb 2005
Great phone but the ongoing problem with o2 mms & gprs settings
has put a real downer on it.I have personally emailed o2 several
times on this issue and recieved totally contradicting answers every
time,none however explaining that o2 doesnt support the phone yet!I
hope those o2 customers who have bought the phone continue to pester
o2 till they sort this,i certainly will.The only criticism of the
phone is that it could have had more or expandable memory 5mb isnt
much.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Wayne Rooney Fan 4eva from
England on 4th Feb 2005
As it's my birthday this week, I was really looking forward to recieving
my motorola v620. I'm 15 and loved the idea of seeing my mates in
260,000 colours. Unfortunately this is not the case. When I took
the pictures they were blurry and so were the videos. I also wanted
to acess the internet on it but how ever much I tried (And believe
me seen as this phone cost my grandma £179 I did) I took advice
from a person on this site and still no internet. I got this phone
on o2 and am regretting it very much!!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Toby from UK on 3rd
Feb 2005
Great phone. Just got it this afternoon and MMS works a treat (after
some messing around.) Try the following to get MMS to work. Head
into WebAccess > Web Sessions. Use middle menu button to create
a new web session with the following settings - Name: o2 MMS, Homepage:
http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8080, Gateway IP 1: 193.113.200.195, Port
1: 9201, Service Type 2: WAP, Speed (Bps) 1: 9600, Line Type 1:
ISDN, GPRS APN: wap.o2.co.uk, Username o2wap, Password: password
Go into your text message inbox. Use the middle menu button to enter
Message Setup. Go into MMS Message Setup and change the Server Info
to "o2 MMS" or whatever you called your new web session
from above. Job done.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Nicky from England on
3rd Feb 2005
This phone is brilliant with the flash and video. Its a great improvment
on the Motorola V220. The bright lights are cool and who ever said
this phone was rubbish must not be thinkin staight!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Andy from U.K. on
3rd Feb 2005
Excellent phone... Sorted O2 browser issue thanks to Mike.. What
more could you want from a phone.. After all it is just a phone.
Anyone else looking for a phone to control their life, needs to
look elsewhere i.e. for a laptop or PDA :-)
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Simon from UK on
2nd Feb 2005
Sorry, but having purchased this phone having read so many reviews
on this website I have to be the odd one out and say I think its
a terrible waste of money. I am in my 40's so probably ancient compared
to some of the posters here. If you are aged 15 - 25 I guess its
ideal. It has loads of useless flashing lights, tinny sounding ring
tones, the colours are the worst I have seen and the predictive
text drove me nuts. Havnt been able to get the WAP or the MMS to
work correctly either. I know I am showing my age , but all I wanted
for nearly £200 was a PHONE !!! Not this toy... cant recommend
it sorry.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Julie from Uk on
2nd Feb 2005
I love this phone but like so many others on o2 can't get the web
settings. this is the only drawback with this phone.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Ollie from United Kingom
on 2nd Feb 2005
Great phone...but the whole O2 shenanigans is pretty off-putting..I
mean..how long has this phone been out for now? I would've given
this phone 4 stars if the GPRS/MMS settings worked, and it would've
been 5 if it had a memory card slot. And maybe a more user friendly
bluetooth..where "Find Me" is permanently on. Sending a text takes
some getting used to...but it's the same whenever you switch manufacturers.
To the people who are complaining about the video length go to Multimedia
> Videos > Press the Menu key > Scroll down to Video Setup > and
change video length from MMS to Maximum.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by matt from england on
2nd Feb 2005
i have just bought the motorola v620, its a greta phone but every
time i take a pic and then save it it has this sort of faint pattern
over the screen that slightly distorts the picture, but when i apply
the picture to the wall paper it looks fine, is there any way you
can view the photos you have taken in nfull size, can you save them
in full size so that you can view the ones you have taken with out
this problem?????????? has any1 else had this prob????? and i cant
get the wap/gprs to work, plus mms. is there any answer to this
problem??, any help welcome,,,,cheers
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Carla from United Kingdom
on 31st Jan 2005
Hi I've just purchased the V620 and have had the handset unlocked
for use on the Orange Network. Like many others I am unable to use
MMS or WAP. Does anyone have any idea what the correct settings
are? Any help wpould be appreciated. Reply to carlag30@yahoo.co.uk
Rating: Reply Reviewed by QT_GaL from uk on
30th Jan 2005
HeY...im on o2 contrct n cnt seem 2 b able 2 send pictur msgs on
dis fone...i cnt evn dwnload da pics dat ovaz send me...plzzzz help!
luvin up dis fone bt jus ddnt tink it wud weigh as much as it dus...n
da video recordn tym is reli short...bt it is beta lukin den da
typical silva flip fones. plzz help!much apreci8d!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Mazza from England on
30th Jan 2005
Hi, To all you Motorola V620 users, o2 network, payandgo, BIG, BIG,
PROBLEM. MMS messaging, o2 Wap/GPRS, come on o2 sort the problem
out!!! Same problem as Kelvin, o2 wap page cannot be displayed,
followed Ade's advice for settings on Motorola T620i, spoken with
numerous technician's, one of which emailed all the settings that
I needed for the phone. STILL NOT WORKING, was told o2 software
will be sorted by the end of Jan, with only a few more days to go,
come on o2 get your finger out and sort it, you have a lot of customer's
relying on you. Phone o.k. but not much good if can not use all
of it's functions. Forgot to mention purchased the phone from Carphone
warehouse. (Where else!).
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Noz from UK on 30th
Jan 2005
Purchased the phone early this month. Wasn't told that 02 isn't
supporting some of the features! Can't access or download some of
the menu sites especially the ringtones and wallpapers etc!(Message
says 02 does not currently support this handset). So when will all
V620 users be able to gain access to everything they are entitled
to. When you buy a phone or take out a contract you are asuming
you get what you are paying for!! Come on 02 get your act together
with Motorola for the V620.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kudos from UK on
27th Jan 2005
Excellent phone! looks pretty smart and works alright. its got a
good picture quality and transfering data between my pc is straight
forward (once i managed to get it installed....) One thing wierd
though and probably the only downside, everyone is saying that the
video timing is quite long but on my phone you get about 30secs
worth (huh?). Otherwise good buy! I think this phone would still
look good a year from now, while others would look outdated.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Darren from UK on
25th Jan 2005
I bought this phone SIM free for use on Vodafone. I was particularly
impressed with teh design and styling, as well as the features,
though in my opinion it would have been nice to have had Infra-Red
connectivity included rather than just Bluetooth. I would have given
this phone 4 or 5 stars if it wasn't for a problem that's started
to occur. I was unable to send or receive MMS messages. After spending
an hour on the phone to Vodafone and several attempts to receive
and load the settings, the support guy told me to perform a full
RESET of the handset via the menu option. I did this and hey presto,
MMS now works! BUT...Bluetooth has now stopped working and some
wierd things are happening to the battery display/meter wherby when
the main adapter is plugged in its not showing a full charge (only
1 bar) yet when uplugged it show a full charge. I guess the software's
got itself in a twist. I tried resetting a couple of more time but
to no avail. Has anyone else experienced this?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kelvn Baker from England
on 24th Jan 2005
Hi have finally got a genuine cure for the continuing WAP Dial up
(not the GPRS) problem on o2! You need to creat a new profile in
Web Sessions and change only the following fields: Name : O2 Wap
Home Page : http://wap.o2.co.uk **Please note this still does not
work yet as o2 have not yet approved the phone but will do in near
future - but you can enter another address such as google or bbci
for homepage for now** Service Type: WAP Gateway : 193.113.200.195
Port 1: 9201 Timeout : 2mins CSD No1: 91500 Username: o2wap Password:
password Speed: 9600 Line type : ISDN You will be able to access
other wap pages if you have the addresses for them but still cannot
get the o2 homepage!! At lease its a start and hopefully o2 will
sort their problem out soon. The phone is great by the way!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Jules from United Kingdom
on 23rd Jan 2005
Myself and two friends bought this phone on Saturday 22nd January
2005, on Virgin PAYG, from The Carphone warehouse. The phone itself
is lovely, nice size and weight, with excellent ringtones and picture
quality. However,you try to get the GPRS and MMS to work. We spent
most of yesterday on the phone to Virgin, who were very un-helpful
and basically told us that because they do not do that phone on
their website, they couldn't help us. So we spent 3 hours today,
in Carphone Warehouse trying to get the problem fixed, with no success.
They rang, Virgin, who again were very un-helpful and did not want
to know. They rang Motorola, who said that the person who deals
with this type of problem wasn't in until tomorrow, so we were stuck.
After spending all this time, and having my phone messed with for
3 hours, the camera and video functions do not work, and my wallpapers
do not work anymore. Needless to say, they will be going back tomorrow
for a full refund.We are all really disappointed. I can't see why
they are selling these phones on Virgin and 02, knowing that all
these problems are arising. Oh yes, and Richard Branson? sort your
staff out, cuz their attitudes are disgraceful.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by MATT from UK on 22nd
Jan 2005
Great phone, prefer it to my old Nokia 6230. Only choose the moto
as its one of the few phones that fully work with my BMW bluetooth
car kit. Not had a motorola since my old tacII. Like many other
here, I'm having real trouble accessing wap & mms on my o2 pay monthly
account. I have tried unsuccesfully the tips listed below. When
I try and log on to the internet I get the following message 'Page
Cannot Be Displayed.'? Can anyone help me? Matt ebay7mat@yahoo.co.uk
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Paul from England on
21st Jan 2005
Had the phone for a few days now, 10 times better than my old Samsung
D410 which kept breaking down, so was glad when they couldn't repair
it and gave me the V620 as a freebie. Nokia has the most easy menu
system but the Motorola is all about getting used to it thats all.
The quality of the camera is also very good and much simpler to
use than other camera phones I have had. Overall I am happy and
would suggest this to anybody looking for a new phone, also most
people I know now carry the latest Nokia so its nice to be different!
At first I did have the same problems as most people here but i
then checked out Mike's soloution and hey presto it now connects
fine all you need to do is change the settings below on the O2 option
in the web sessions list. Change Service Type 1 to HTTP and Port
1 to 8080. One thing before I got it to work by using the above
fix I downloaded settings from Motorola website but they didnt work,
now I have a setting in my web sessions list with a padlock next
to it and I can not delete it any ideas how to get rid of this?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Steph from England on
21st Jan 2005
i have just brought the new motorola v620, great phone but my picture
message wont work!!any help on this would be much apprechiated!!thanks
Rating: Reply Reviewed by HariN from USA on
19th Jan 2005
Jan 19, 2004 Good phone - I just got it today and was a little disappointed.
Voice quality seems good as are standard phone functions including
speaker phone. No problems with call dropping. Bluetooth headset
works fine. I initially had problems synchronizing with outlook
but i think that was at the PC end with the Motorola software....
no issues with the phone. I must say that the Motorola menus are
the worst. After having used Nokia (6820) and Sonyericsson (T68,
R520) and now the Moto V620, I'm almost tempted to go back to Nokia
or better yet Sony ericsson. Very difficult to find things in the
MotoMenu. The suprising disappointment (at least I did not expect
this) - the phone does not automatically update the clock. I travel
a lot and it's a nice to have to have the phone clock automatically
updated. Since I bought the phone direct-market i.e. not through
the service provider, it did not have a voicemail nuber programmed
in. I entered it and possibly entered it wrong but now I cannot
change it. The menu option to change it is missing. If I'm missing
something and anybody has a way around for my problems let me know.
In case anybody needs more info send me an email to hari70@comcast.net
Rating: Reply Reviewed by LSW from England on
19th Jan 2005
Great phone. Just wish I had been told when we got it that O2 doesn't
accredit the handset yet, so cannot use any of the facilites on
it for downloading etc from O2. You would think that these companies
would talk to each other??? Motorola should make it clear which
networks support this new phone and if they don't yet, when will
this be resolved. Put my daughters Orange SIM card in and that works
fine with download music etc. Even the Motorola website doesn't
support the V620 yet? Frustrating have a lovely phone which you
van't use all options?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by chris bridges from great
britain on 19th Jan 2005
this phone is very classy, its a phone that looks good inside an
out. With all the accesary's needed who could ask for a better phone.
(this 1 is a keeper)
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Mike from UK on 19th
Jan 2005
Great phone. I just sorted the now infamous V620 GPRS O2 problem...without
their help. Change Service Type 1 to HTTP and Port 1 to 8080. Bingo!!!
mowen3@talk21.com
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Dave from uk on 18th
Jan 2005
Ok. well what can i say about this phone other than .....disapointing.
Im not saying its not a good phone but it definetly should be better.
To start with, only 5mb of space, whats that about and no option
for a memory card. Very poor. Also they really should have sorted
out the gprs now. Its been a while now and there is no excuse why
this should not have been resolved. (not sure if motorola or o2
are to blame). Also there are small slighty annoying features on
the phone. one is that even if i turn my bluetooth power to on,
its still isnt and people can only send me things if i click on
"find me". The bottom row of number buttons also dont work very
well and tend to stick. The only other small problem is the fact
it keeps crashing when i get calls somtimes and refuses to ring.
Also if i set a ring tone to patrticular number its will also play
this if they text me. Quite annoying. Almost slighty more annoying
is the fact that just in feb only about 2-3 months after its relase
motorola are relising a v635 with all these problems sort e.g space
for a memory card and a colour screen on front of phone, but they
havnt even sorted out the v620 problems yet. Anyway is an ok phone
but personally i wish i had stumped up an extra 40quid for the nokia
7610. my friend has one and its reliable, works and has no problems
with it, plus there are plenty of wallpapers and themes to download,
(not that it would make i differnce if there were lots for the motorola
cos we cant get on the gprs to get them anyway)
Rating: Reply Reviewed by sinead from ireland on
17th Jan 2005
the best phone ever! BUY IT!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by miss muffet from uk on
16th Jan 2005
please, please, please can anyone help me i am at my wits end trying
to get the wap and mms settings for this phone. the phone is fab
and i really love it but not being able to use it properly is doing
my head in. i have only had it 2 days and dont want to send it back.
i am on virgin network but the phone is sim free. please email me
if you have a genuine solution to this problem. i wait in anticipation.
miss muffet. email add. lyndseyprice747@lycos.co.uk
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Mithan from UK on
15th Jan 2005
I have just recentley purchased this fantastic phone however i am
having problems in connecting to the WAP i have been onto the phone
to o2 which they have give me settings but still no connection.
I have managed to get the MMS sorted out so if you are havin any
problems on setting up here is how. Go on web sessions and insert
new entry. Name: o2 PrePay Homepage: http//mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
Service type: WAP Gateway : 193.113.200.195 Port: 9201 Time out:
2min User name: Payandgo Password: Password Line type: Modem GPRS
APN: payandgo.o2.co.uk Once you have inserted these settings in
web sessions go to your messages and highlight one of your inbox
messages press the menu key and scroll down to 'setup' select MMS
MESSAGE SETUP AND THEN SCROLL TO 'server info: and set as o2 MMS
PrePay Your setting for MMS should now be working. Please contact
me via email if my information was help to you at mfakira@hotmail.com
I am having problems on setting up the WAP i have managed to insert
the settings which was provided from the motorola website on www.motorola.com
they sent me a pin number which i inserted but still i cant get
no connection the page jus displays connection unsuccessful try
again later above this there is two red arrows which i think means
insecure data transfer does anyone else have this?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by TED from ENGLAND on
12th Jan 2005
Got this phone a week ago and have to say it rocks,from the ease
of use to the camera and video quality it is tops. and for all of
you out there with wap and mms problems fret no more as today (12.01.05)
O2 data services sorted it all out for me so if you give them a
ring they will give you all the settings you need over the phone
if you are still having problems give me an e-mail at tednakedman@aol.com
Rating: Reply Reviewed by mick from england on
12th Jan 2005
This could be a great phone - it's a shame they decided to sell
a internet ready device that cannot connect to the internet, which
in my book is blatant fraud. 2 stars cos it looks the business.
More to follow perhaps if they can sort out the issues with the
damn thing. For anyone like myself who doesn't know diddly about
mobiles this is a complete rip off (phone the call center...like
that helped). Does anyone know how to send messages out using bluetooth
on it?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Gav from England, Berkshire
(Maidenhead) on 12th Jan 2005
Hi guys i got this phone for christmas but before i bought it i
read everyones reviwes on this page first and now i have my own
detailed analysis of the phone which i noticed some points people
hadn't mentioned yet. The facts are that this phone looks so good,
very stylish, good quality colour (over 260,000 when most phones
have 60,000), and camera is brill. However i am not happy with the
memory size with only 5 MB. If your into storing long videos then
forget it, because this phone simply can't hold much i could probably
fit 3 full videos that i have taken from my phone (there are two
options to choose from mms size video which is just a few seconds
and u can send it in an mms message or maximum where it goes for
about 20 seconds but is too big to send in an mms. i was also disappointed
that this phone didn't have an mp3 player but the fact is it would
only really be able to hold 1 song because of the memory and the
fact it is a clam phone, probably doesnt have the space to hold
an mp3 player in it anyway. although it doesn't have an mp3 player
it plays mp3 ring tones and you can actualy play mp3 tunes if u
can get it transferred to your phone, my friend transferred a song
to it through Bluetooth on his PDA but after that it was like 92%
full, lol and i had to delte my videos to fit it on there. As i
said not enough space. Also alot of people have complained about
setting up mms. i had the same problem but what made it even harder
was that the 02 network for mms had crashed over christmas so no
one could send them. seeing as this phone came with no settings
at all (which is totally stupid) then you should go to your networks
local shop. i'm on o2 and i went to their website and set the settings
for a different phone but it still worked for the v620. My final
conclusion is that i'm glad i bought this phone, colours and camera
is great i really love it i just wish it had more space on it apart
from that it looks great and is easy to use when you have used it
for a little while. More space would of give it 6 out of 5 muaha.
thanx, gav
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kelvin from England on
12th Jan 2005
Very good phone with good features, good quality camera. The phone
feels more solid with a better build quality than then V600, but
am having problems with o2 WAP and am on contract. It is saying
page cannot be displayed on the o2 homepage and is now not connecting
to any other wap pages. Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by John from uk on 11th
Jan 2005
Like some, I have experienced connection problems with the GPRS.I
have been told it is an o2 software issue with this model of phone,
and that o2 are working on resolving this.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by RONALD NICOL from SCOTLAND
on 9th Jan 2005
this is the best looking phone on the market just one problem the
mms ive tried everything im using this phone as a sim free on vodafone
but this multi media is just a nightmare, if someone has this phone
on a sim free and if there mms works let me know what network you
are on, you can email me on ronaldnicol@blueyonder.co.uk, cheers
motos.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by tracy from england on
9th Jan 2005
hi i had this motorola v620 for xmas, i had a v500 but i do rate
this one better, the only proble, is i cant get on the internet
with it, im with o2 they dont seem to have the settings for this
phone, i can get to download the wap settings for the phone, but
when it comes to download the mms settings theres no room on the
phone because its just full of other networks. with nokia phones
it gives you the option to overwrite a setting does anybody know
how to delete the other networks?????
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Darren Hancock from UK on
8th Jan 2005
O2 Data support now has a workaround for the GPRS problems with
the O2 portal - although this is currently not a "porfolio" device
for o2 - we have mnaged to get GPRS & MMS working perfectly.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by dan from england on
8th Jan 2005
this phone is wiked. i jus brought it and the look and feel of it
is amazing. i would recomend this phone 2 ne1 who wants a stylish
fun fone. all u losers who rated it 1 star need 2 get out more and
realise dat u dnt have to base ur existense around a mobile phones
specificatons haha
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Jade from England on
7th Jan 2005
i have my phone for about one mounth now and its not the great.
What is that 10sec recording about i don't even get 10sec i get
7sec more like which is really rubbish cause my friend got the E550
i think, and it can record for much longer than then 7sec. the only
reason why i got the phone was because my older sister has got the
V600 which was good so i though V620 would be better but i though
wrong. The V620 looks really nice and everything but if i was you
i wouldn't get it.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Sammy from UK on
6th Jan 2005
I absolutely love this phone but as i can hear most people cant
get settings for the WAP. im in the same situation as all of you
i cant stress how many times ive had to ring o2 theyve sent me settings
for V600 i wish a solution will come along, the phone is great its
just i cant use any of the features. But apparently o2 said they
will have an answer for this problem and they will have a solution
for this phone by Tuesday 11th January i just got the phone a few
days now but if this problem persists im going to have to say bye
bye to my lovely phone. happy new year! xXx
Rating: Reply Reviewed by iain from Scotland on
4th Jan 2005
Great phone much better, very neat and tidy phone picture and video
quality very clear. the only down side is that i cant seem to send
picture messages or down load ringtones etc.. due to NO ONE seems
to know the setting can ANYONE help me PLEASE!!! O2 are not help
what so ever neiter are the retail shops.. so any one with the O2
settings would be very much greatful please e.mail them to me: full_exposure@hotmail.com
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Chris from England on
7th Jan 2005
This phone is good, but the only problem is like many of you I can't
get the Wap or mms to work. I have been on to o2 and they haven't
been any help, all it says is page cannot be displayed, I am on
o2 pay and go, could anybody please help??
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Lauren from England on
4th Jan 2005
This really is a great phone!! The screen is really good quality,
the camera is good, the ringtones are great and it just looks so
nice from the outside of the phone! One problem though - I can't
seem to get the WAP working.. It alwways says connection unsuccesful,
please try again later - I know it isn't a credit problem as i have
plenty of credit! If someone knows how to fix this please email
me at: lozza5566@hotmail.com
Rating: Reply Reviewed by pete from cambridgeshire,
UK on 2nd Jan 2005
Hi got this phone for xmas, gr8 phone except like most people having
problems with getting on the internet and email settings can anyone
HELP my sim is with O2!!!!!! Email:demon-lover69@tiscali.co.uk -
if you can help would be much appreciated. Happy 2005.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by ben from england on
20th Dec 2004
i think the phone is superb at a resonable price too.The only problem
i had is that o2 dont have the settings for this phone if any one
does would you please4 take time to tell me how to get them. thanks.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Rylance from Jersey C.I.
(uk) on 19th Dec 2004
I just got a v620 and i think its great but for some reason my camera
started to go all fuzzy in green and pink does any1 know what to
do? Email me if you know anything: egor_rylance@hotmail.com
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Vicki from England on
15th Dec 2004
Got this beasty phone for my birthday. The photo quality on my last
phone, Sharp GX10, was better, but despite this this phone rocks.
End of story xXx
Rating: Reply Reviewed by sally from UK on
15th Dec 2004
I have had the phone for a few weeks now. Prior to this I had a
T610 and Nokia phones. I was pursuaded to buy this phone and had
never used a motorla phone before - it was the best decision - I
think that this phone is lovely. It looks great, the menus are easy
to use, text messaging is simple and I love the camera. I would
recommend this phone.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Father Xmas from Lapland
on 15th Dec 2004
This is an outstanding phone and alot of ppl have asked me to get
one for xmas for them..... shut up all u sad people rating this
phone a 1 how pathetic are u obsivously u are blind not to see a
fantastic phone I adore this phone and well done to all the ppl
who rated ths phone 4stars or above! U honestly know a good phone
when u see one! For the other ppl well get a life and if u think
it is a rubbish phone design one better urself then!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Joe from England on
14th Dec 2004
I'm not quite sure which phone everyone else has been looking at.
The outdated design + menu deisgn and poor quality camera make the
phone - a phone nothing more... Try a real phone, Samsung D500 or
the Nokia 6630 and wake up
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Andy from UK on 12th
Dec 2004
Just bought the Motorola V620 as a replacement for my Nokia 6260,
which I sold. I can honestly say I prefer the V620! It feels much
more solid and well constructed than the Nokia, with a better quality
camera and screen. I can't fault this phone so far (but it's still
early days), although if I want to be picky the 0 (zero) key is
a little bit hard to push due to the lip underneath it. Without
the aerial this phone would be nigh on perfect, IMHO. I like the
size and shape of this handset much more than my old Nokia 6260,
which really was a bit of a brick. Fair enough it had the features
of a small PC, but in reality you never really use half of them.
I mean a VPN client! get real. So, in conclusion, a great quality
phone which should meet all the needs of 95% of people.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by michael from never land
on 11th Dec 2004
Unfortunately you couldnt pick 0 star or i would be choosing that
! this phone is an embaresment with its disgusting look ! Who ever
said that the samsung e600 is better than this is definately right!
as i used to have samsung e600 but got rid of it for this so called
phone! biggest mistake of my life! any one who is thinking of getting
this phone dont it is a nightmare!!! i have now swapped this horrible
phone for a samsung e800 and im definately impressed! even the very
old nokia 3310 is better than the so called mororola v620 and thats
saying something!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Bonzo from wales on
10th Dec 2004
Had mine 4 a few weeks now, and it is superb!. really stylish looks
and feels like quality unlike the lump of plastic i recently dumped
being the siemens sl65. V620....get this phone!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by jinty from scotland on
7th Dec 2004
just bought the v620 and think its great only one problem with it
when i try to record a video it says system error or corrupted file
can anyone help please thanks
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Moose from UK on
7th Dec 2004
I've had various mobile phones for the last 7 years. This is the
best I've had. Very stylish, easy to use and not as bulky/big as
reviewed. Strongly recommended!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Charlotte from UK on
6th Dec 2004
GREAT PHONE!!! But please someone tell me where I get the drivers
for the USB data cable from the carphonewarehouse (GRRR)??? Please
email me @ saucy_shaz92@hotmail.com many thanks
Rating: Reply Reviewed by George from Australia on
6th Dec 2004
i got my V620 for about 2-3weeks now and all i can said is 'great'.
i got the chance to pick from K700i, 7200 and the V620 as my new
phone. so i picked v620 and i didnt regret it. The style of the
phone is great, the camera is great, other functions such as mp3
ringtones is great (maybe the camera needs to improve abit) and
one thing that is missing in this phone which K700i has is the mp3
player :( but overall this phone is a success. :}
Rating: Reply Reviewed by K3 from UK on 3rd
Dec 2004
Great phone so far, a pitty you cant play MP3 songs. Anyway, i have
set up my GPRS as described by "O2_Helper" on the o2 web link, but
when it comes to the MMS Setup, i cant seem to find this option
on the phone: as shown below, can somone please help? Select Menu
Key (middle button underneath the display) 4. Scroll to Messages
and press select 5. Scroll down to Message Setup and press select
6. Scroll down to MMS Message Setup and press select 7. Select Change
and enter the following: Cheers
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Delboy from Scotland on
3rd Dec 2004
Got this phone SIM free for my wife and she loves it. Wishing I
had bought the same thing for myself instead of buying the SE K700i
on vodafone cos it sucks! Having a couple of problems with the phone
though and don't know why - the external screen isn't showing the
time/date and caller details are not showing when the phone rings
either (just shows the Motorola logo all the time). Any ideas? Tried
the MMS fix described below by going to hellomoto.com, but I can't
find the "operator settings" icon anywhere! Again, any ideas?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by ??? from united kindom on
2nd Dec 2004
This phone is a legend like steffi simpson
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Niamh from Ireland on
2nd Dec 2004
Hey ppl! just got my new Motorola V620 a week ago, seems to be working
fine, i have a website for the WAP of the fone which allows you
to download free ringtones, wallpapers etc. so any1 want it let
me no! If you want GPRS or watever that is on your fone you have
to phone up an get it registered in order 4 it to work, i had the
same problem, the guy registerd it for me an said it would be working
within 48 hrs. Although i still cant send MMS mgs which is really
annoying me now but im able to access internet yeyy! :oP
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Stevie from Wonder on
1st Dec 2004
its pretty good
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Mie from Netherlands on
28th Nov 2004
your problem with mms can easily be resolved go to www.hellomoto.com
and select you country when you page is loaded click on operator
settings then click select promotion and select operator settings
then click ok then enter your e-mail address and click go Click
operator settings Select the one you want from the popup and fill
in the forum You have to give them your mobile number and the settings
will automatically be send to your mobile
Rating: Reply Reviewed by ??? from United Kingdom
on 27th Nov 2004
Its just fab
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Matthew from England on
24th Nov 2004
This phone is still very good but the best phone that just does
every thing you want it to is the "Nokia 6260".
Rating: Reply Reviewed by elton smith from england
on 24th Nov 2004
im a shamed of motorola for bringing out a dreadful phone its the
exactly the same as v600 and i think the phone is a load of rubbish
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Cully from England on
23rd Nov 2004
Okay it's a brilliant phone. But where do I get the drivers for
the phone manager and usb connector? as sold to me by the Carphone
Warehouse.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by MaRy from England on
23rd Nov 2004
I think this phone is fantastic! The best phone out at the moment.
The colour is really good, and the picture quality, and MP3 ringtones
are brilliant. One thing though (which is a fualt of mine not the
phone), can anyone tell me how to get mms for T mobile please? would
be VERY grateful. I reccomend this phone to anyone and everyone!
Mary xx
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Tig from London on
21st Nov 2004
Excellent Phone, have had for about a week now but still can't work
out the MMS and GPRS. Have tried everything!! But apart from that
its an excellent phone.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Christina from Wales on
19th Nov 2004
Love my new phone but am having a few teething problems with it!
Firstly, video recorder function stopped working but now it seems
to have rectified itself! Secondly, can't seem to work MMS either!
Have followed all the instructions available and still doesn't work.
Can't open pics sent to me either. Anyone help me? Do I need to
contact o2? Lastly, it crashed today! Fingers crossed it seems to
be working now. Otherwise phone is awesome and looks a million bucks!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Andy from Brazil on
17th Nov 2004
I just got my phone and it's far more superior than the v600!!!
I can't find any cons 'bout this phone!!! If u have a v600 upgrade
it now!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by rizwan from united kingdom
on 16th Nov 2004
the best a man can get. the features are awesome and good video
and photo quality. Only prob is yet to find out how to use the gprs.
Well done moto team.
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Brooke from scotland on
15th Nov 2004
this phone would have received 5 stars if i can work the mms!!!
Im getting so frustrated now! Ive got 2 pictures waiting and ive
put in all the settings from websites even the one in a previous
review on this page! Everytime i try to download it its coming up
"unable to download plz try again later" and when i try to send
a pic msg it comes up that its unable to send! Can someone plz plz
help me!! Its PAYG thanks
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Dan from Hong Kong on
15th Nov 2004
the best u can get
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Pete from U.K. on
14th Nov 2004
This is the best looking phone i have ever seen!! well done moto!
what more could you possibly need on a mobile? quad band, excellent
camera and video recording, lots of little extras too many to list
here, battery life is good in normal use, changeable covers, not
that you would want to change, the one it comes with which is really
classy. This phone actually feels like a few hundred quids worth
its so well built and feels solid. I honestly can't think of a bad
thing to say about this phone, i cant stop looking at it!! i'm in
love!!
Rating: Reply Reviewed by O2_Helper from UK on
12th Nov 2004
Ade, Settings for O2 Active (which includes MMS and GPRS surfing)
PAYG, just visit the following page and accept the default option
of Motorola T720i and then select PAYG from the dropdown list below
it. Just follow the steps after that as the menu structure is the
same as your V620. How do I know this? Cos I followed the same steps
to get settings for my O2 V600. Job done. http://www.o2.co.uk/productsservices/ota2/input2/0,,181,00.html
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Scott from US on
12th Nov 2004
How can anyone possibly say that the Samsung E600 is a better phone
that this when it doesn't even have Bluetooth?
Rating: Reply Reviewed by ade from uk on 11th
Nov 2004
bought the v620 nearly a week ago on sim free.im happy with the
phone apart from not been able to get the MMS settings from anywhere
so if anyone out there got them plzzzzz help me out im on o2 pay
as you go
Rating: Reply Reviewed by !SDDS! from united kingdom
on 10th Nov 2004
This phone is ok but samsung e600 beats this phone by miles and
it is a lot cheaper! its a nice colour but not as good as samsung
e600's colour!!!! oh yeah and samsung e600 has this great smiley
light on the front!!!! Dont get this phone get Samsung e600 !!!!
cyaz x
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Kerry from US on
10th Nov 2004
I just don understand why this outdated website rate this phone
only a 4 star...? It's 262,144 colours is the best there is in the
market.Plus it classic looks makes it a beautiful,attractive,sweet,devilishly
charming and bewitching phone pretty impressive....
Rating: Reply Reviewed by Matthew from England on
8th Nov 2004
I think that this phone is a very good phone with it's good quality
camera and long video timing. The only thing wrong with it is it's
battery don't last as long as other normal mobiles. But that is
the problem with all clamshell phones. This mobile will definetly
be at the top of the list on my Christmas list this year.
Rating: Reply Motorola V620
"handy hints"
Submitted by becca from USA on
13th May 2005
look, i just want to say where you ALL CAN SEE that there IS, i
repeat THERE IS a way to have multiple numbers or phonebook entries
UNDER ONE NAME. PRIMARY CONTACTS. find that in the settings, and
then when you're in the phone book, you just hit left or right to
see the different numbers. i have 3 different work numbers in my
phone, ALL UNDER ONE NAME. it doesn't say my company's name 3 times.
only once. this is on all of the v series phones. i am SICK of reading
about people complaining about this when it says in the manual how
to change it!
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