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Beam me up, Scottie!

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: a couple

The Motorola v3688 looks quite good from a distance, but when you get closer, you really ask yourself : "is this still a mobile ?". Well, thank god people's tastes are different! To me it looks a little bit like the little communicators from "Startrek". ...

nachodrom 02.06.2000 · Read full review
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Worst Phone I have ever owned

Advantages: Small, pocketable and posy (especially in Titanium)
Disadvantages: Bad menu systen, flimsy, prone to breakdown

Having being one of the first in the country to own a V3688 I have to say looks far out weigh practicality. The menu is long winded, requiring up to 10 key presses mearly to access a user in your phone book the phone is tiresome to use. Flimsy and prone t ...

ccsltd 03.08.2001 · Read full review
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Sexy without substance... v. poor features prevail

Advantages: Small and sexy looking
Disadvantages: Lack of features, extremely poor for text messaging and bad phonebook feature.

I bought this mobile in Dec 2000. I must admit the reasons I did so were purely superficial, as I bought it on it's looks and size alone. After over a years heavy use - I can now conclude that this mobile is extremely poor, due to it's lack of features. I ...

tanga 20.02.2001 · Read full review
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GOOD for your health

Advantages: lowest currently measured radiation
Disadvantages: replacement purchase

Boasting the lowest measured SAR radiation value on the market to date with a figure of 0.02, makes me want to buy one, source: www.cellular.co.za/health/radiationgsmphonea-to-z.htm Contrast that to Sony CMD Z5 at 1.06 - which is 53 times more. ...

opinion-maker 09.01.2001 · Read full review
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Looks aren't everything

Advantages: sexy, cute, small, light, stylish
Disadvantages: You do not get caller identity on text messages which causes a lot of frustration, there is a lack of ring tones, if you have the phone on vibrate and ring when a text message comes through it only vibrates,

The Motorola V.3688 is yes one of the cuteset phones on the market and and for the price it really ought to be. I got mine for £260 on virgin mobile. This phone is good for the people who wanna be stylish as it really is cute (so cute a baby tortoise get ...

CarlB 05.10.2000 · Read full review
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