Motorola w755 Phone, Black (Verizon Wireless)

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Manufacturer: Motorola
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Product Description

Svelte and stylish, the Motorola W755 clamshell phone for Verizon is compatible with the V Cast Music Service, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via Verizon's fast EV-DO data network. Other Verizon service options include V Cast Video with clips from major networks and GPS turn-by-turn directions via VZ Navigator. The W755 is loaded with features, including Bluetooth stereo music streaming, a 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture, MicroSD memory expansion up to 4 GB, and up to 3.7 hours of talk time.

The stylish W755 has touch-sensitive controls for Bluetooth, vibrate/mute, and music playback on the front.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

The V Cast Video service enables you to stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.

Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.

Perfectly pocketable, it weighs just 3.6 ounces.

Phone Features
The Moto W755 clamshell phone offers dual displays as well as dedicated music controls surrounding the external screen. It has a standard numeric keypad with send/end keys, 4-way navigation toggle, and soft keys. The internal LCD has a 176 x 220-pixel resolution, while the external display measures 96 x 80 pixels; both screens support up to 65K colors. The internal 21 MB memory can store up to 1000 contacts, with each entry able to store up to 5 numbers and a picture ID. You can expand the phone's memory using optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 4 GB in size).

It's embedded with Bluetooth version 1.2 technology and it has a unique external touch sensitive control for pairing the phone with devices. It includes profiles for communication handsets, dial-up networking, and sending contacts and calendar entries to other devices. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The 1.3-megapixel camera can capture still images up to 1280 x 1040 pixels, perfect for printing snapshots. It also includes a 4x digital zoom and video capture/playback capabilities. The digital audio player is compatible with MP3, WMA, and unprotected AAC/AAC+ formats, and you can create and manage playlists right inside the phone.

Support is built in for sending and receiving pictures, text, graphics, sound and video via messages. When used in combination with the phone's built-in still and video camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. And to make messaging even easier on the E590, the phone comes stock with built-in iTap text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets.

Other features include:

Bluetooth version 1.2 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
Voice activated dialing
Bilingual interface: English and Spanish
Speakerphone
Mobile IM and chat
Embedded ringtones (72-chord polyphonic), vibrating alerts, and silent mode
Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, calculator, to-do list
2.5mm headset adapter
Mini-USB port
Hearing aid compatibility: M4/T4

Vital Statistics
The Motorola W755 weighs 3.6 ounces and measures 4 x 1.7 x 0.7 inches. Its ___ mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.7 hours (220 minutes) of talk time, and up to 390 hours (16+ days) of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 CDMA/EV-DO frequencies.

Product Details

Stylish clamshell phone in black with soft-touch paint, metallic accents, and touch-senstitive music playback controls
Access Verizon's V Cast Music and Video service via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions
1.3-megapixel camera; Bluetooth for communication headsets and stereo headphones; MicroSD expansion up to 4 GB
Up to 3.7 hours of talk time, up to 390 hours (16+ days) of standby time; measures 4 x 1.7 x 0.7 inches (HxWxD)
Includes: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide, user guide

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Customer Reviews

Great phone

Review Date: January 3, 2010

Reviewer: alb304, Plymouth, Michigan

I've had this phone for a while and I really like this phone.

Since this phone is on verizon the call quality is great and I have had no problems with it. Great basic cell phone. I have hardly any complaints. The battery will last for a few days and the phone doesn't have much of a learning curve. The interface is decent and they have many shortcut keys. The camera is pretty good. I use as a secondary camera when I don't have my main camera. I send a lot of texts messages on this phone. the keys are really assessable and the battery can slip out just fine. The phone hasn't had any dropped calls or has it lost connection. There are some useful features that I like on the phone. It even has web capabilities which is plus if you plan on using it. Small enough to fit into your pocket. The keyboard isn't a full size keyboard since this is a flip phone. They did a good job though spreading out all the keys. If you have large fingers than it wouldn't be a problem. It comes with vcast if you plan on downloading music and movies and such and such. There are a decent number of applications you can access. you have to pay for a good majority of them though. This phone also comes with many different themes to choose from. I don't have a favorite. these themes can help you choose what kind of interface you could like to have. Some people have been complaining about that speaker phone, but I hardly ever use the speaker phone. The screen size could be bigger, but i could still see through it just fine. They don't give you many ringtones. You could although get a ringtone using an application to get more ringtones if you must. There area few backgrounds that come with the phone. If you don't like any you can run an application to more backgrounds. I don't see why some people complain about this phone. It's a great phone and experts even agree as well. this is great for a basic phone. This is not a smart phone obviously.

Against the RAZR?

Review Date: October 1, 2009

Reviewer: A. Renk, New Hampshire, US

After reading the other reviews for the Motorola W755, I figured out that this may be a type of upgrade to the RAZR V3 (I coincidentally had a RAZR before this phone also, but changed carriers in the process of the switch and did not go through an upgrade to the W755). I have to say as far as a comparison between these two phones goes, I'd give the edge to the RAZR, if for only a couple reasons:

First, the W755 has a smaller screen, about 5mm less across, and at least a centimeter shorter. The screen on the RAZR is modest, so you could guess that the W755's screen gets cramped, which it does. The text messaging box is tiny, and that leads into my next problem with this phone...

Text messaging is a great luxury, and on most phones now there are full QWERTY boards, or touch screens with simulated keyboards. On these phones texting is quick and easy to do (with the exception of the Blackberry Storm, which is easily the worst attempt at a smart phone I've ever encountered). However with classic vertical flip phones such as the RAZR and W755, which must utilize standard phone number pads, the intelligence of the phone must make up for the lack of buttons in order to create comparable speed and ease of use. This is where the W755 fails. The buttons are actually nice and spaciously laid out on the pad, and they're both very tactile and back lit, which is nice when you can't see very well. However the intelligence of this phone's input system is remedial. The RAZR's texting system is one of the best I've ever encountered on a vertical flip phone. There was always the lag on backspace, but there are worse drawbacks to texting, such as having to push a soft key, then scroll or shortcut to the symbol screen, and then additionally cycle through soft key menus to find the list that has the symbol you're looking for, and then again either cycle or shortcut to the correct symbol to enter it. This is very tedious if you're the type who enjoys emoticons and other stylized text.

The bluetooth options are nice, and compatible with many bluetooth accessories. I appreciate having a bluetooth power button on the face of the phone for when I have it in my pocket and wish to disconnect my headset, without having to open the phone and shut it off. And the camera is nicer than the RAZR's.

Overall, I'm satisfied with this phone, for now. I'll be looking to find a more suitable upgrade with more intuitive texting.

Skip this phone

Review Date: June 29, 2009

Reviewer: J. benabides,

I bought this phone after reading the many glowing reviews all over the net. However, I found myself sadly disappointed. I won't get into anything too technical, but here's the skinny: this phone is unreliable, it frequently freezes when I try to check my text messages. The battery life is very short. The reception is....well, it's ok. People often say they have trouble hearing me when we talk on the phone. There are some very strange glitches with the text messages. Someone will send me a text message, I read it once, but then the message disappears. it shows that i received a message, and shows who it's from, but the message itself is gone. Or a message i sent to someone else will show up in my inbox, as coming from them. Weird stuff. It can also take a while to turn on. it doesn't sound important, but sometimes u need that quickness.

It's really not a terrible phone, it's just that I encounter frustrating difficulties that I never had to deal with on any of my old phones, with verizon and cingular. But I do often have more bars than my friends do, that may be due to the verizon plan, I don't know. the keypad is also very comfortable, as is the feel and design of the phone. It's a good looking phone, and it's not too big or bulky.

In light of the pros and cons I would simply call it this: a mediocre phone, somewhat unreliable, with a battery life that is only decent. Not recommended.

The telephone works for us.

Review Date: March 28, 2009

Reviewer: W. Kendall, Hudson Falls, NY

My wife and I recently upgraded from Motorola V325 to a pair of W755 phones. I did read some reviews prior to purchasing these and read of short battery life. I purchased the phones anyway due to some of its other features including the connection for an external antenna. We have found the battery life to be more than adequate and go for a number of days before charging them. The reception and features of the phones work for us. The camera is much better than many phones and if I want real photography, I use my digital camera anyway. We also like the external antenna connections that are built in to the phones because we need to use an external directional Yagi antenna at our camp in the Adirondacks to get any cell phone reception. We connect the Yagi antenna by the adapter cable to the phone connector inside the back case below the rubber plug in the bottom of the case. I would buy this cell phone again.

Better than expected

Review Date: March 23, 2009

Reviewer: John N. Schear, Roanoke, Virginia United States

I just completed a two year contract with an LG8600. That was a decent phone with no complaints except the small numbers but that is somewhat standard.

To me a phone is just a phone and not all the other bells and whistles you can get. This w755 is more than a cell phone as was the LG; however, again it is a phone only but when needed the other features are there. The phone part works so much better than the LG did. The sound quality and volume control is several points above the LG. Dialing is a tad easier with the raised characters. I am not enamored with the menu system but maybe I can tweek it to do better. Not a big deal now nor do I expect it to be one later. Picture taking is simple and that's good. I can even do it.
If there is a need to add anything later, I'll do so; however, for now it is a 5 our of 5 and although there are others that will do more they cost more. This cost zero. Not a bad number. I'd love to have a Blackberry or an iPhone but I do not need either.