motorola v710 versus nokia 6255i

The V710 has outstanding reception. Though the 6255i/6256i are no slouch either. Since you have US Cellular, you shouldn't experience the Bluetooth restrictions Verizon enabled on their version of the V710.

Having had both the V710 and 6256i, both on Verizon, they were excellent phones for what I needed them for. I can't say I favor one over the other. They are both good phones, with excellent reception.

 

I work in a CDMA Cellular PCS network deploying wireless data and MMS applications, among other things. I get the chance to work with many types of handsets. In general, standards compliance in CDMA leaves much to be desired. If WiFi seems to be the gold standard for equipment interoperability, then CDMA handsets in general are not even close to this, not even in the same area code.

I'm not trying to start a flame war. However, I find that, in general, Nokia handsets cause less compliance problems than Motorola handsets. Nokia handsets are much more likely to function properly with the other parts of the network, especially data network elements. Motorola handsets frequently require special workarounds and patches in the network to function acceptably. This is a network perspective and not an end-user perspective. YMMV.

One of the most annoying things to me about Motorola handsets is 1xRTT data latency. When sent, say, a picture message or some kind of content, most handsets will immediately acknowledge the data and begin retrieving the content. Motorola handsets wait typically 60 - 90 seconds or even more before acknowledging the notification and proceeding to retrieve the data. I have no idea why.

When deploying new data services I prefer to use an Audiovox 8910 handset for initial testing. They are rock solid and impose so few externalities on the service. Once the service is known to work then other handsets including Motorola can be tested. It just avoids so much aggravation. Unfortunately the functionality of the 8910 is rather limited and it cannot be used in all data scenarios. Sigh!