Motorola V325i (Verizon Wireless)

I have recently put a listing up to sell my old V325 after getting a new phone. I've had the V325 since 2006 and it served me well. It was my first digital phone.

While it was not as versatile as many of the new digital cell phones out today, I must say I was quite impressed with it. It gives you the ability to send pic and text messages. You can access the web with the "Get It Now" Verizon feature.

You can also take pictures with its VGA camera which has a 4X zoom and three resolution types - 640x480, 240x320, and 120x160. The phone offers clip art options as well as cropping and adding text to images. Beware! The phone will overwrite the original image unless you specify a new filename.

It has great speakers. I could keep the phone on its loudest volume bar and hear a phone call come in while I was upstairs.

The screen is smaller, but it offers a crisp picture. I like how the keypad lights up with a soft blue light. The keys themselves aren't as small as newer phones which I like. I might not be an old fogey, but I don't like having to carefully pick my way across the keys to avoid mistakes.

The only grudge I had with the phone was its battery. I didn't even own the phone for a year before the battery when kaput. I bought a new one for $35 and the phone has worked great ever since. I've heard it was a big flaw with the V325s.

However, if you need a phone that has hardly any frills and serves its function as a cell phone, first and foremost, the V325 is a great phone. It's an added bonus to check e-mail and download ringtones and take pictures.