Ya, I'm puzzled how Moto could make such a good phone with such a rotten
charging port. I was lucky with mine, it never broke, but it was always
"touchy"---often had to unplug and plug back in.

To the OP:

Anecdotally, the answer is probably no. Some pretty trusted names on this
board have indicated that none of the new phones have quite as "hot" a
reception profile as the 815. That phone appears to have been the paradigm
of reception, although it did suffer from a number of other issues, mostly
software related.

That said, as I indicated in another post, many many people I know
transitioned to the Razr v3m and had no trouble at all. It would only
concern me if I had serious reception issues in my area, for instance, if
you currently have to get up and go to another room at home to make a call.
In that case I'd be researching other providers as well.

Dean

"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:47b1ed5f$0$25451$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> JoelAtExcCom@gmail.com wrote:
>>> My current Motorola phone keeps displaying a message "unable to
>>> charge." So it's become unreliable. So I need a new phone.
>>>
>>> Can someone recommend a phone that has:
>>>
>>> - great reception and great voice quality (this is most important)
>>>
>>> - bluetooth
>>>
>>> In short, I want a phone, not a camera/PDA/MIDI-synthesizer/etc.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> Is it possible that the battery is dying of old age? A new battery is
>> probably a hell of a lot cheaper than a new phone. You won't have to
>> sign a new contract. . . .
>>
>> Now if the phone is unsatisfactory for some other reason, go ahead and
>> get a new one.
>>
>
> The OP might be having the same problem I had with my Moto. The innards
> that connect to the charger break. I couldn't charge mine with either the
> car or the AC charger last summer. I learned later that it's a problem
> that Motorola phones seem to have quite often.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
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