Customer Reviews

Motorola V197 Unlocked Phone with Quad-Band GSM and Bluetooth--International Version (Charcoal)

5 star:		(41)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I wanted a phone that had good battery life, a reasonable form factor and was dependable; I have a camera and mp3 player, so I don't need them on my phone as well. My previous phone was a terrific Sony Ericsson W810, but lost the battle with the washing machine...The unlocked Motorola V197 set up with no problems with my ATT sim card and connected easily with Motorola Bluetooth. I have had no problems and the battery life is very, very good, as is the reception. If you want a phone that is simply a phone, I can highly recommend this one.

I bought this unlocked Motorola V197 cell phone in conjunction with a Motorola Bluetooth hands free visor clip, for my driving. They work great individually and together. After examining my own needs and reading the reviews of others, I took a chance on this phone. Reviews indicated it had a long battery life, good reception and initialized easily with a Cingular/AT&T SIM card. Yeah! Set up was easy. (Thank you!) Reception is surprisingly better than my old phone, a big plus. The speaker feature of this phone was required and the hands free function of a Bluetooth seemed like a nice bonus. The Bluetooth has turned out better than expected. It's easy to use with good transmission and reception. It was a good choice for me. Amazon has always been great. Their secondary sales vendors have also proven to be consistently superb. Thanks Amazon.

No it doesn't have a camera. I'll use a real camera if I want to take a picture. What is more important to me is that it is a good quality phone, with great reception and sound. Also it has a voice call feature that's easy to access and actually recognizes my voice and calls the number that I intended (unlike my Razr which always seems to have problems with this feature). Thus I've actually backward upgraded to this phone. Oh and it also has bluetooth, speakerphone, and mp3 ringtones capability, added plusses! Want a good basic easy to use phone with no complaints? Then get this. Got mine used, and unlocked, off of ebay (unbelievable price too, half of what you see here) and I'm VERY happy with it.

I had this Phone. It gets great signal and is very sturdy... I'm a teenage boy who is extremely hard on phones...this phone took everything i dished out and then some. I wish i had never sold it. It is a good buy especially for those who aren't exactly "nice" to their phones.

I needed a cheap, basic cell phone to replace the recently-deceased free phone I got when I signed up for Cingular (now AT&T) four years ago. After reading some of the scathing reviews of unlocked cell phones here on Amazon, I was completely confused and wary, but decided to go ahead and get this phone. I'm glad I did, because it's turned out to be a perfectly acceptable brand-new and unlocked cell phone. The battery lasts many days without recharging, the calls are clear, and the manual was in English.

The phone was sold and shipped by Amazon. The bad reviews on unlocked cell phones seem to be tied to third-party sellers who import phones of dubioius origins. This is not one of those phones.

I ordered this phone just as a back-up to my current smartphone but I liked it so much that I used it as my primary phone for a few days. Size is nice and compact, fits well into any pocket. The battery life is phenomenal and that is expected because its a 1000+ mAh for a very basic phone. The features are decent and the bluetooth pairs very well with my external bluetooth devices such as the Motorola speakerphone in my car. Menu and options are basic and quite easy to use. Screen resolution is so-so but then what do you expect from a phone at this price. Overall, even though I went back to my smartphone a few days later (only because of my dependency on its features) I highly recommend this phone to those who need only voice + text. This is an excellent device and I will be more than happy to use it again if I ever need a back-up phone or if I go out on one of those rough outdoor adventures.

wanted to replace my V551 with a phone without a new contract.
this is cheap and is working so far(3 months).. and also out of country on a different SIM card. happy with it. I am not a power user and the features are adequate for my routine usage.
Cons: no video recorder..

This item came in an appropriate box with a new phone, new house charger,
and a new owner's book(in english)......and new looking battery.

The folk's in my local AT&T store told me that I had purchased the best "basic-use" phone available....I was only in the store to"buy minutes".

After endless hours with AT&T after my phone died, I purchased this replacement cell phone. Next time one of my plan phones die, I'm just going to buy one of these and save myself the aggravation. Speaker phone is nifty. I want a phone to call someone, not to play games, take picture, text, or surf the net. This phone works great.

Pros
1)It worked as expected for T-Mobile(Unlocked)
2)Small & easy to handle
3)Lot of talk time for single charge
4)simple for just talk,voicemail & texting

Cons
1)Frame is not durable
2)Speaker phone only two star. Not clear