Dean was thinking very hard :
> 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
>> Good Friends. Good Life

I went from the 815 to the V9M. I was skeptical at first that any phone
without an external antenna would perform as well as my 815 but in my
opinion my V9M's reception is as good as if not better than my 815