MY humble v60s contribution

[cshuttle]

I'm one of the people that Verizon must love to hate:

I pretend I'm an early adopter, go in and get the latest phone I can find, then find out that the latest Motorola offering sucks rocks compared to my st7868. Of course, the only offering as of late that I've even been able to try is the t720. This phone, while an advancement over my StarTac of a few years ago, proceeded to falter beneath my expectations again, and again. Dropping calls with 5 signal bars, crappy battery life, and failure of the simplestthings (is it so much to ask that people can hear me when I talk to them, and vice versa? Never an issue on the StarTac, always a problem on the t720).

After my second dropped call on the t720, I decided it was time to send Motorola a nastygram, and return to my st7868.

I thought I would be relegated to this trusty phone for the remainder of my natural life, for if the t720 was going to be the future direction for all the Motorola products, I would be obliged to take the StarTac to my grave.

However, at the last minute, I hear that the v60s is becoming available...

Around the time I wanted to upgrade, I could no longer find any v60 within 50 miles of me, as they had left the stores. No choice but the t720, which I would not make again. So, on the 26th of December, I headed down to the Verizon store in Wilmington. Much to my distinctive pleasure, they had the v60s on display. I picked it up, powered off my StarTac, and have not looked back since. Why?

• The mother-loving microphone works, and works well. My face is more of a round shape,
  forcing the microphone into a position where it's hard to hear me talk, hence the requirement for a somewhat sensitive microphone. The t720 doesn't have it; this one is more sensitive than my StarTac

• The mother-loving earpiece works, and works well. The t720 could have stood to have a 300-watt amp on its earpiece to hear anything. With the v60s, I have to turn it down most of the time to keep from blowing out my ears. Perfect.

• Battery life is just peacy. 3 days, just like my StarTac. Excellent.

• Speakerphone is flawless. I hate it when people talk on a speakerphone, and so do some other people I talk to. They don't even know they're on speakerphone with this guy unless they're told. Well done.

• Things do what I expect them to do, consistently. There's a smart button on the side that acknowledges things, and works as a confirmation for everything consistently.

• Other things just make sense. I can switch from a loud ringer to vibrate without even opening the phone? Get out of town!

• Rock-solid call holding and reliability. Not a single dropped call yet, or a single software crash. The case could probably withstand small arms fire.

Despite my ramblings here, I find it very comforting that it appears Motorola hasn't forgotten their firm grasp on life. The t720 came with so many shortcomings and failures that I was afraid I'd have to go somewhere else to get a no-nonsense phone that did what I asked of it, when I asked of it. This piece finally embodies the quality and craftsmanship that I've come to expect from this company, and is an evolutionary improvement over the t720 in nearly every aspect I can think of. For a phone that works as a rock-solid phone with a sensible design and interface, the v60s is your man.

Sorry to gush like this, but it's so good to finally get a phone from Verizon that doesn't suck. This is forcing me to put the st7868 on ebay. I think that is saying a great deal...

[rsx]

Hi cshuttle,

Is the missed call alert beep very 5 minutes if you not open the phone ? Ring setting must be other than silent.

Thanks, Rsx.

[cozz36]

I've got thoughts on the v60s also. I can't figure out why, with all the phones out there, some with color screens, others take pictures, even more play games, okay, how did I end up with this phone? I'm a gadget kind of guy. Here's the kicker: I love it. It's like I've been drawn to this phone. I got it yesterday and I don't care about the other stuff, I love this phone. No games, no color, no pictures, just a phone. A speakerphone.


So much for the rambling, I just couldn't be happier with a phone.

[michiganeric]

At least Verizon's finally offering another phone that just works. My old Samsung SCH-411 was such a phone, and it served me very well. If there were no T-Mobile, the V60s might even be enough to convince me to come back to Verizon. Unfortunately, as of last night VZW lost a friend of mine as a customer due to all the hoops they tried to make him jump through just to get a V60s at under retail price.

[Jasontech]

I agree with everyone 100%. no crazy lights, cheasy camera phones, color draining screens. just a well built phone that works excellent. I like the speakerphone alot, noone has been able to tell they are on speaker yet. amazing. Loud and clear speakerphone which is priceless to me. everything else is meaningless. The excellent voice dialing (at arms length no less) works perfect.

it's going to be a long time before I give this one up. My startac and V60i are gone.

[GrandTheftOtto]

Count me as another refugee from the 7868 camp -- I thought nothing would tear me from my beloved StarTac (outside of it starting to misbehave -- the earpiece speaker was cutting in and out). I first bought an LX4400B -- not a bad phone, but too gimmicky feeling. Returned it, got the v60s, now I'm happy.

Whaddya know -- a phone that's actually a phone, not a Game Boy. Battery life is terrific, call quality is great, reception is great (although there are a tiny number of places where I could get signal on the StarTac that the v60s can't handle, like the basement of my office building. Only thing I'm still getting used to is the placement of the power and send buttons -- I still think they're at the bottom of the keypad. Oh, well, that should be the worst of it, right?