HTC Verizon XV6800 Reviews

Name: Gary
Location: tennessee
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This is a great phone.
It has excellent features, including wifi, touch screen interface, slide out qwerty slide out keyboard, this phone has more features than the xv6900 and I like the xv6800 better.
this is a very nice phone.

Name: Ryan
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I am now on my second 6800 in a year (the first one crapped out and Verizon replaced it), and these phones are nothing short of abysmal. Despite the respectable specs, as a "Pocket PC," it runs too slow to be truly functional at all. Running anything more than 1 application at a time will pretty much render it useless. My old company used Good Mobile Messaging, which was the main reason I bought this phone in the first place. The problem is, when you actually try to run Good on this phone, it freezes and crashes enough to require at least 2-3 soft resets per day. As a phone, the earpiece volume is so low that you can't have a conversation in a car or anywhere with even moderate noise levels. Recently, the phone has taken to the habit of not accepting phone calls or text messages when it's in sleep mode, so when I activate the phone, I always have 4-5 missed texts and 2-3 missed calls, even though the phone's been sitting in front of me the whole time. In short, this phone is God-awful and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but the truly masochistic.

Name: Kerry
Location: Dallas, TX
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I have used several other phones including all the TREO's, Blackberry Pearl & Curve, and the Motorola Q, I love this phone, I use it for business all day long. I hear complaints about the Battery Life, Low Volume, Screen Life, I have had this phone for 6 months now and still get 3 days battery life! My only complaint was the volume was too low on the ringer, however I changed it to some new tunes and I am completly satisfied now. I use it all day for emails, sales calls, etc. etc. FOR BUSINESS! I find myself turning down the volume on phone calls, it blows me away and I am hard of hearing. Screen is still going strong! I love this phone!

Name: HD
Location: New York
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Phone has several issues. The Phone application on Windows Mobile freezes frequently. Exactly after 1 year of owning this phone, it doesn't notify me of incoming phone calls and I receive missed calls several hours after the call is made. I have Verizon Wireless service. The Verizon tech service tells me that it is a phone issue - they don't know what it is. Does anyone else have this issue?

Name: Rich
Location: California
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I have just filled a small claims case against Verizon to take the junk back.

I'm on my 4th phone in 9 months.

The XV6800 sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Jim
Location: Fargo, ND
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Good feature..Windows mobile 6, button locations, the feel and look of the phone, nice keyboard and slider, easy to use camera. Wi-Fi works good.

Bad features..short battery life, hard to hear someone, sometimes does not ring when an incoming call comes in. Stock ringtones suck, but trying to download others is impossible.

Name: Tony
Location: Charleston, SC
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Do not buy this phone! I agree about the short battery life and low volume that others have written about. But the one thing that is going to make me get rid of it is the constant soft reboot that I have to do at least 3-4 times a day because the phone freezes up or starts doing poltergiest stuff--I'm serious. I took the phone to Verizon and they told me to upgrade the Windows Mobile on it. I did that and it looks like the problems got worse. The phone just frozed up again and that's why I'm on this site to let everyone know not to buy it!! It would be a great PDA if not for these problems.

Name: Andy
Location: Atlanta
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Simply horrible. This phone has tons of potential, but falls on it's face more often than not. To echo some of the previous reviews:
Burn in on the screen after only a few weeks - check
Locks up at least 1x per week - check
Battery dies after about 12 hours - check
Dialing difficulties when using touch screen - check
Bad call quality / low call volume - check and check

On top of these issues, I am very dissapointed with the lack of a true head set jack. Just an adapter to the mini-USB connector at the base of the phone. Call quality is terrible when using the adaper. The lack of a GPS was very dissapointing, but I knew that before I purchased the phone. The inconsistant alarms are a big grief as well. I set it, but it doesn't always go off at the correct time. I can go on and on....
Save your money. Don't purchase this phone. It is a poor replacement for a Blackberry. In fact, if my whole family wasn't on Verizon, I'd have moved to ATT a long time ago. Much better handsets and service IMHO.

Name: VMA
Location: Charleston, SC
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I spent almost $400 for this phone off of eBay. I regreted it from day one. I have lived in the same place for 2 years, and since I got this phone, it is rare that I actually receive a phone call. If I want to make a phone call, I have to physically walk to a certain point beyond my home to have reception and then make my call. The screen stalls frequently, and nothing about the features is worth the high price of the phone.

Name: Will
Location: Austin, TX
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PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING!!!!!! I really want to love this phone. The features are great and the interface isn't bad either. But . . . HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A SCREEN BURN IN. Because if you buy this phone that is what you will get in a few weeks/months. I bought this phone right when it came out in December. I am now on my fourth, yep, fourth phone. Here is a run down.
Phone 1 - bought in store noticed a bright spot at the lower left corner.
Phone 2 - exchanged for phone without bright spot. Guess what, it came back in the exact same spot on this phone.
Phone 3 - Getting frustrated but not wanting to let go of the awesome features I exchanged it in store again. Dealt with the bright spot burn in on this one in the exact same spot for 5 months. It got worse, and worse to the point where it was unbearable.
Phone 4 - received the refurbished phone from customer support today, powered it up and wouldn't you know it, BRIGHT SPOT BURN IN, EXACT SAME PLACE. I opened the phone up and saw the design flaw. There is a component that is heating up too much and causing the screen to fail in that specific location. I don't have bad luck, just a fatal flaw in the design of the phone. DON'T BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU VALUE YOUR MONEY. WAIT UNTIL THEY FIX THIS. I don't want to imagine what the bright spot will look like in 18 months when I am still waiting for the new every two deals.