Motorola i830 / Reviews

This phone as well as other nextel phones are the worst I have had in a long time; and I have had quite a few phones ... Besides the fact that they are the most "technologically challenged" phones (no sms ! for f*** sake !!!!), they have many stability and battery problems; and yeah .. they look absolutely hideous

My daughter has owned almost every phone Nextel has made and this was by far the worse. It was broken more often than not. Thank God I purchased the additional insurance on it or I would have gone into bankruptcy just trying to keep it working. She finally sent it to the cell phone cemetery where it belonged. Nextel needs to make another updated verson of the i95. That was the best phone they ever made.

My daughter has owned almost every phone Nextel has made and this was by far the worse. It was broken more often than not. Thank God I purchased the additional insurance on it or I would have gone into bankruptcy just trying to keep it working. She finally sent it to the cell phone cemetery where it belonged. Nextel needs to make another updated verson of the i95. That was the best phone they ever made.

I'm surprised by all the bad reviews and that is why I am bothering to write one. I have had this phone for 2 years and purchased the same phone for my mother and sister. Since we are on the Nextel plan for business we were somewhat limited and picked this one because of it's size. I will admit it is terrible for text messaging compared to some of the other phones out there. And it's not built to browse the web etc. But we just wanted a phone not a sidekick or a blackberry. I have had no problems with battery life or pieces falling out or overheating. I'm sure the other reviewers aren't lying, and as Nextel stopped making this phone maybe the model was prone to certain problems but as for the three phones I purchased, none of them had problems with parts, reception or anything else. If you want a small phone for Nextel, I think it's the best way to go.

I brought it in for service 3 times in 3 months. The speakers kept blowing. Not worth looking at. It is a super piece of crap!!!!

My wife has had this phone for about two years. Loved it at first but soon after she began charging it more and more frequently. Right now she is charging it 2-3 times per day and she doesn't use it often. Her favorite aspect of the phone is its size.

I owned this phone for a whopping 10 days before I got fed up and traded it in for the i860. It's a cute phone -- I loved the bronze color and the lightweight feel -- but for God's sake, if I wanted to take a week to get a text message through, I'd write a letter.

I really don't know whose bright idea it was to add the unnecessary step of signing on to the 'net to send a message, but it made the whole process about 82 steps longer than it needed to be. Add to that the phone's infamous habit of dropping calls, sticky dialing and flat-out refusal to make a call sometimes and you have a real loser.

Too bad. Cute phone, poor execution on Nextel's part.

Have had this phone for a year, the screen to the earpiece fell out. This happened to a co-worker too but Nextel would not fix it without a hefty price. The battery won't keep a charge after a year either. The size and design is good but the problems need to be fixed.

I paid $150 extra plus tax to get a cool looking phone and it was not worth it. I went to the Nextel Support Center near my work to check if there was anything they could do -- nope -- the guy showed me a wall with the discontinued phones and this was the first one displayed. He said that was probably the worst cell phone ever released and everyone is having problems. I bought the service plan and he advised me to call and explain the problems I am having in an attempt to get a new cell phone. Common problems include: call gets dropped, from full bar to no service, and no service in key locations such as my work, my drive to work, and home. BTW, I have other people at work that have nextel service and it works fine so it is definetely my cell phone and not the nextel service.

Please save yourself some money and don't buy this cell phone.

I am not suffering any of the anomalies other reviewers have endured. Reception very good, better than my i60 which I traded in. The color screen is sharp, the logic of the software is great and the speaker is excellent where sharpness is concerned.

Thumb opening is hard but I have small hands with short thumbs and NO cells are easy to one-hand for me. No complaints here.