PhoneScoop user reviews the Motorola V262: “The Motorola V262 (Cricket, Alltel) is a good phone, however some features do not live up to their name. Two major problems I’ve found:

1. The date book alarms don’t work. They go off at the incorrect time, or don’t go off at all. I’ve twice returned my Motorola V262 in for repair and 3x traded for completely different phones through Alltel. The date book alarm reminders still don’t work!

2. The Motorola V262 has serious problems with the speaker phone. I was informed by an Alltel technical support representative that the speaker is the #1 reason for return of the Motorola V262 and that the speakers are being replaced on every phone coming in, whether that was requested or not.

Those are my two chief complaints. The screen is too small, but this is obvious when you pick it out. The Motorola V262 gets great reception, but mine occasionally drops calls w/ perfect signal strength, but I can’t complain because it occasionally makes calls with horrible signal strength. To be fair the Motorola V262 is the best phone for the money, as long as you don’t use the date book and make sure the speaker doesn’t have a problem.”

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