Polycom V500

Advantages: Appearance
Disadvantages: Battery/Camera/Gameplay

...more than acceptable due to it's look and naviagational skills, as well as a relatively good reception quality. But if your seriously looking for your phone to take pictures and play games on a regular basis, it may be wise to steer clear, and even try the model next in line, the v600, as what could have been a great phone in the v500 is nothing better than just, plain and simply, 'good'.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Small phone. looks nice
Disadvantages: To many problems

...I got the Motorola V500 just a couple of weeks ago. I bought it on ebay and so far ?I think it is ok. Looks: I bought it for £67, which I thought is not a bad price for this lovely looking item. Ones I actually got it I noticed it is a bit chunky, which makes the removal of covers quite difficult. The screen colours are brilliant. Technical details: It includes a digital camera, MP3 ringtones and quad band global roaming. The GPRS is quite fast. The Bluetooth is brilliant. I uploaded a lot of photos to my laptop and it?s just fantastic. These are the good sides of it. Now the bad things and there is a lot to come. The speaker stopped working after just a week. The phone keeps freezing all the time and the text does not work. Lots of times I could not pick up a call because the phone did not ring. The smart key in the middle... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Camera, Colour Screen, GPRS & WAP, Games, Bluetooth, MP3 Tones
Disadvantages: Short battery life for first few charges, No Snake (but maybe it can be downloaded)

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Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful