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Put my AT&T Sim in, powered up and that was it. Better signal than my expensive Tilt and friends iPhone. No whistles or bells but a real phone.
The Motorola phone fit my need exactly. I wanted something reliable and inexpensive. It's got all the features I need.
I used this phone in France during my recent travel there and never had any problems. I bought a local sim card (SFR la carte) and it worked just fine. Although I didn't use many of the features this phone offers I would recommend it without any reservation.
I don't want much. To make this worse, I found that the battery life is absolutely terrible. Two days and a new phone.what could go wrong. Motorola's V197 seemed like a great answer.It suited my needs well initially.it seemed durable, had more than enough features, and worked well. This is a terrible phone if you just want to talk and text. But then I discovered that reception inside my house was nonexistent.I have to go outside in order to talk to someone. I don't care about cameras, bluetooth, internet access, etc.I just need a phone. I took my phone for a two day trip and decided not to pack the charger.
I've had little problem with this in any of the phones I've owned for the past ten years. So I'm a little miffed that I can't talk inside on a phone purchased in 2009. I hardly used it and the phone died just as my trip was ending, forcing the use of payphones. I was hoping for simple things, and the V197 couldn't even remotely deliver them.
This is a great phone for the price. I have tried two other phones that did not pick up the AT&T cell signals nearly as well as this phone. I just popped my SIM card in the slot and everything went well. I haven't tried it overseas yet, but it has great reception in my area of NW Alabama. It doesn't have a camera, but I didn't care to have one. I just wanted a quad band phone with great reception and this phone fit the bill.
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