Motorola V220 (Unlocked)

Remember folks this is a lower priced entry level V series Phones. This has most features of a camera phone with the advantage of a USB connection to the PC.
Unfortunately the Battery and the charger are not compatible with the other higher series Motorola phones.
This phone takes excellent pictures.
The disadvantage is that this phone is very fragile. The company must have tried to keep the cost down to give the consumers a reasonable price.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HOT CAMERA PHONE WITH A LOT OF FLAWS.MANY ARE DEFECTIVE RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.OTHERS DO WELL FOR A SHORT TIME.THE REST WILL ONLY LET YOU DOWN SOME DAY SOON.

This cell looks out of this world. Actually it looks really cool and is as reliable as any phone I have ever used. I have had less dropped calls using this phone and it is durable as well.

The product was fine but I did not like the way the seller handled the feedback process. There are two parts to the transaction, 1) I pay the seller 2) the seller sends me the item. This seller did not want to leave feedback until I had left feedback for him first. My transaction completed first. He had my money. At that point he should leave feedback for me. I paid on time, there was no delay. I should have received a positive feedback as soon as he got my money. There should be a policy requiring sellers to leave feedback on buyers as soon as they receive payment for the item. In my case, the seller was unresponsive to my e-mails and only provided "canned" answers to my questions. He deserved a "neutral" or "poor" feedback. I did not want him to retaliate by giving me a bad feedback if I gave him the feedback he deserved so I left no feedback at all. This makes your feedback system worthless because how many other sellers have done the same thing as me? He is now free to continue abusing eBay customers. Requirement: Sellers should provide feedback on buyers immediately upon receiving payment.

I think this phone is awesome. I had some good use out of, and apart from the occassional freezing (very rare, and every phone does it), the phone worked awesome. Nice and compact, good reception, and many features like a camera, and a USB port on the phone for easy transfer of pics, and ring tones.

How can you go wrong?

I've had this phone for a few months and it works great. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a great phone at a great price.!

Our cell company just gave us a free upgrade and we almost didn't take it because we like our two V220s so much. Very reliable. Very sturdy. Typical Motorola quality

i had to go thru 3 of these before motorola gave me a diffrent phone and they told me that they know that there is alot of software problems with the V220

Very good phone unless you get it wet. Like most phones wetness will ruin it. Owned it for about a year, no problems, no dropped calls and great reception with the tri-band. Used the built in camara to snap a wallpaper photo.
In the process of buying another V220 from e-bay to replace this one that got submerged while fishing yesterday. Can't go wrong for the price!!

For its price it is one of the best phones ever given all the features it has. If you take care of it and dont throw it around it will last.

used it for 1yr+,did drop some calls in marginal areas, overall great inexpensive product,buying another one. (crushed mine by accident)

Ive had this phone for less than a year and finally decided to get rid of it. The phone has a lot of drop calls. Ill even pick up the phone to answer and it wont pick up, it just rings. Its a terrible phone

very fast transaction.great seller.very good product. bought the NewPhone v220 three weeks ago and was immediately impressed with the number of features available on this inexpensive phone. It has a 1M-pixel camera, video camera, and speakerphone. The NewPhone's size is perfect for carrying in a pocket and the battery has a pretty good lifespan of roughly 4 hours. My only complaint is that the menu system on the phone makes you click four times before you can find someone in the address book, set an alarm, or perform a additional functions. Other phones I've owned have simpler menus and get you to important features easily. Overall, I'd recommend the phone if you're on a budget.

I've had this phone for one year and I am shopping for a replacement. I really liked this phone, except that some of the problems that I have, I am noticing among the descriptions of why others are selling theirs: (a) Screen has stopped working, (b) antennae has come off, and (c) the battery cover comes off. No screen is a huge inconvenience, because you can't see who's calling, and you can't select from your phone book. Just thought that it was interesting to see such consistency in the complaints.

I do, however, like the flip-phone feature, the voice-dial, the size, the keypad/interface (you can feel the buttons -- not totally flat), the quality of reception, the battery life. (My needs are rather prosaic). I am looking for another one to get me through to the end of my contract (so I can use the same chargers and accessories), so it couldn't have been that bad, I'll just be more careful this year.

The Motorola V220 was a popular Cingular phone in the US and a popular Rogers phone in Canada. One of the first truely useable sim card (gsm) phones, it was small, more or less rugged, could hook to a PC with relative ease, and most important: Folks who like to play with the programming of phones LOVED IT.
It is also rather easy to repair, which you might need to learn how to do, because a lot of the really cheap ones have something wrong with them.

FIRST: Test your new phone: Calls and recieves calls. Speaker, microphone and speakerphone speaker (in back) are working. Phone is locked or unlocked (you will need an old sim card from another carrier to test this).

SECOND: Go googling for "v220 flex flash". This will find you a few forums, instead of the 20,000 folks who want to sell unlocking services to you. If you want a simple unlock, and it is a Cingular phone, call cingular a lot until you can request an unlock code because you are "planning to travel" - they will then email you it for free within a week. The Forums you found will have lots of info on how to hook the phone to a PC (drivers, drivers, drivers.. plus the common mini-5pin usb cable that lotts of digital cameras and mp3 players use) as well as how to unlock and reprogram your phone to factory appearance and functionality. Spend a few evenings reading before you post annoying requests.

What else: The V220 menu system is fairly straightforward. The voice dial works, speakerphone setting is easy to use. Store your contacts to SIM card. The Camera is lame compared to today's megapixel high-end phones, and there is no video, but it is good enough for casual use. Learn to hook to the PC to move your pix! Dont buy any themes or ring tones - the V220 can use mp3 ring tones, so free PC audio editors and some transferring can get a recording of your mom yelling at you to answer the phone as your ring tone, if you are really sick. The forums will also help with transferring games, and there are thousands of them out there.

Repairs and parts: The battery is a very common motorola type.. ebay will get one to your door for under $10, perhaps even under $6 if you lurk a lot. Aside from busted screens, all the other mystery problems (bad camera, earpiece, screen cut-out, etc) are probably caused by a bad flex cable. It is a bit of a bear to replace, but strong fingernails, a T6 screwdriver and walnut picks can completely disassemble the phone. Buy 2 flex cables if you have never done it before and take your time.

In the end, I keep a few V220's as "my phone" because they fit in my pocket, have good sound, and do the job. Later model motos have great features, but I like the small size.

I bought this phone because it was compatible with T-Mobile. When I sent the phone up I had many Cingular features (logo, email etc.) that appeared to interfere with the phone. I took it to a T-Mobile store and they said it was originally set up for a Cingular account and they could do nothing about it. Lesson learned do not by cell phone on ebay.

I was very happy to receive phone is such mint condition. It works very well and I'm very happy and satisfied with my purchase. Mahalo!

Decent call quality and the periphery functions are ok. The speaker phone is not the greatest and the sound quality at both ends was not too great.

I BOUGHT THE PHONE TO REPLACE MY HUSBANDS OLD PHONE THAT HAD SOME PROBLEMS. WE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN A CONTRACT TO GET A FREE PHONE OR CHEAPER PRICE FOR A PHONE, BACAUSE OUR CONTRACT IS OLD AND CHEAP. SO I BOUGHT ONE ON EBAY AND IT WOKKS GREAT. MY HUSBAND LOVES IT.

As in other review yes the camera is very fragile as well as the charger element. For an entry level model, zoom capability was nice but average. Pix clarity is suspect but okay.

I have had this phone for about 2 years. I am on my second one, the first one would just black out, the second one does too. Blacks out then restarts. I just ordered a SLVR tongiht so I am ditching this old one. It is small and is a great phone, speaker phone and reception is always great. I usually have 4-5 bard 95% of the time.

I like the v220. It is small and very compact. I have had great luck with this model, I have found it to be reliable and easy to use. If your eyesight is not great, I would not reccommend it, as the display is smaller than most phones due to the size of the phone. Otherwise, I think the phone is a great little phone for anyone looking to buy an easy to use phone that has many easy to use functions.

Yes, it did have a crack. My son dropped it two days later it broke.
Thanks not your falt. Just beware of broken items.