the Motorola PEBL is a great looking phone and it comes with good features such as video capture and mp3 ringtones. The trouble is, it doesn't have the memory for these. There were 2 pre-loaded videos which you can't delete and there is simply no room for anything else!
Otherwise, it looks great and feels great and the battery lasts for ages. Have had this phone for 18 months and just replaced it with Samsung G600 with expandable memory - what a difference!

Its an alright phone but I want to go better next time

O.K phone but i haven't recommended it to anyone.

Personally, I've loved mine for the most part. In my house I barely get 1 bar of service with my Samsung phone, so I switch my SIM card into the Motorola PEBL, and it keeps almost a full signal. I barely ever have to charge my phone, and have downloaded quite a few games and ringtones. The camera and video quality is poor, and it's a little unnerving that the phone flips open if you drop it. Also, the fingerprints get really annoying after a while.

The Motorola PEBL is a nice smooth, easy to handle phone and fashion accessory but it has poor reception. I would have probably been ok on o2, as this is the network I had before T-Mobile offered me a good deal. I had Nokia phones in the past and must say they are easier to use, will be going back to Nokia and o2 once contract expires.

The Motorola PEBL is a swish looking and feature packed mobile phone, and it is very comfortable to hold and use, but that's it.

If ever you need it to actually make a call or receive a call, then don't bother! The reception strength is extremely poor, and my battered 10 year old Nokia 5110 wipes the floor with it. Using the same Sim card, my Nokia had full signal strength - 5 bars, but the PEBL had one bar, and on a few occasions it had no signal at all.

Oh dear Moto, it's not really Hello is it? Try putting a decent aerial in it!

I would recommend the Motorola PEBL mobile phone to anyone who is looking for something stylish and out of the ordinary.

I bought the Motorola PEBL mobile phone around 4 weeks ago and it's great! Not the best, but it's great. I really don't care about the memory, but it's pretty good anyway. I have been able to fit at least 4 full MP3 formatted tracks on it, and as I won't really be using the phone for music, I couldn't care less, but keeping in mind that I have 4 full MP3 tracks, I still have enough memory for 11 videos and for around 100 pictures. Now that's pretty good!!

The screen is the clearest I have seen. The speaker is loud and clear, and the picture quality is also the best I've seen. The video looks OK.

The reason why I bought this phone was mainly for the looks. It's flat out stylish. You can choose your external display to show time in digital or analog. I stick with the analog because I think it gives it more style.

Overall, I love this phone. It's the best I have owned.

Basically, to avoid sounding like a complete moaner. If you want a phone that looks nice and that you can put that favourite tune on from your PC and use it to make and receive calls, then the Motorola PEBL is for you! I'm constantly texting, and you can't beat a Nokia!! I am returning my Pebl as the hinge is loose, and this is the second handset in 3 weeks! I will be returning to the ol'faithful Nokia!

The only good thing I can say about the Motorola PEBL mobile phone is it looks cool. It's a lot of money to spend on a phone that doesn't do as much as what other phones do for a cheaper price.

I accidentally dropped the PEBL from about an inch off the ground. It was a feather of a drop, and now the play video footage is dodgy, and the camera too. I would go for a Samsung D500 over this phone any day of the week. Motorola have messed up with this model big style. It cost £180 and it doesn't have half of the features of phones for a cheaper price. There is no MP3 player either.

The smooth front on the Motorola PEBL mobile phone is nice, and the way you slip it up takes getting used to hold on to phone tight, as it flipped out of mine and my husbands hands when we did it, but once you get used to it it's great. There is hardly any memory! I uploaded a photo and 1 MP3, and the memory was virtually full. I couldn't even save a photo I took on the actual mobile.

Once again the Motorola has that little delay when doing anything on the phone. It's small, but once you notice it, it's so irritating. I had the same problem on my old Motorola (so I changed to a Samsung D500 - Brilliant phone), and my sons V3i also has it. It drives me mad. I also found texting a bit dodgy. The flat numbers on the phone make it weird to do, as you're not really pushing down on a button. Once again it has the horrible icon bar on the screen that it so ugly and stays a dull grey. It ruins any wallpaper you put on, as this bar stays on screen in front. You can't get rid of it; only move it to the left or right.

I was really looking forward to getting this phone, but I'm now waiting for Orange to send me a returns bag to send it back. I am probably going to stick to Samsung, as I had one and my daughter got one (E530), and they are fast and hold plenty of MP3's and photo's etc.

I have had my Motorola PEBL mobile phone for a week, and when someone called me, on the outside screen I could see the person calling, but when I opened the phone the screen inside was switched off. I had to take the battery out to reset it. Then the day after, a message came through via text, and the phone reset itself and the message was lost. This phone gets dirty very quickly. I have got a body glove, but this won't allow you to open the phone. I give up!! The picture quality is poor. The memory is very small. When I transferred over ring tones from my Samsung D500, they were like the old record players when you didn't have it set at the right speed. Useless! I'm a text maniac, but not on this phone! I end up sending it before completion, or I just delete it. I can't get used to the setup, as it's a nightmare. The Bluetooth BT150 you get with it; well, 15 - 20 seconds before the light comes on, you finally get the connection, as it takes forever for the phone to find the device. I go to make a call with the voice tag. and since when has home sounded like James? The loud speaker is the best feature of this phone.

Moan nearly finished!!

I find a slight background noise, and I can't hear the person talking on the phone. I wish I had stuck with Samsung!

I just got the Motorola PEBL for my Girlfriend on a free upgrade at the end of her contract and she is very happy with it. Previously having Nokias all her life I was worried that she would struggle with the new menu systems but it seems that she has taken to it like a duck to water.

She was very pleased that she could set her favourite MP3 tunes as her ringtone and is always striking a pose when she takes the phone out and flips it open using only her thumb. When copying some songs over for her I noticed that the memory wasn't up to much (only 5mb) but there is plenty of room for contacts, messages and some pictures.

The camera again isn't brilliant - I think it is less than a mega pixel but it does look great on the screen and as she is never likely to copy pictures from the phone to a computer I don't think it will ever be an issue. This phone also has some features that I wouldn't have expected on a mobile like this including Bluetooth connectivity.

It seems to me that this is more of a fashion phone than a do everything, PC in the palm of your hand and the price reflects this - The call quality is great, the build quality good and the battery seems to last around 4 days which in my opinion makes it a great option for anyone out there in the market for a basic, cheap phone with lots of style. Recommended.

I decided to go for the Motorola PEBL as everyone was raving about how great it was and it looked pretty damn beautiful so I thought why not! I'm now on my second brand new handset within 3 weeks and am sending it back to Orange. The first handset froze on the very first day and continued to until it either a) decided to rectify itself or b) I took the battery out and loaded it up again. As mentioned by other users, it gets so dirty! I am constantly cleaning it, trying to remove smudges and such, which drives me insane!

The camera quality is, to be fair, excellent. Though with the particular handset I've had, it's possible to take a perfect picture....but when you store it and then return to look at said perfect picture - it is distorted and therefore rubbish...not sure if this is a fault significant to all PEBL's but has occurred on both different handsets I've had.

The flip action is pretty cool, though this fails to work on my second replacement (it only opens ever so slightly and i have to push it the rest of the way) and the danger of dropping it due to the sudden change in weight distribution is pretty high!

I'm returning to Nokia because I've been put off with Motorola - I think secretly I'm a Nokia girl at heart hence I find the Motorola menu and functions rather irritating and definitely slow - it takes a while for it to catch up to what you are doing, especially when texting!

I would recommend that you definitely try this phone before you buy, it seems to me that more effort has been spent on the design rather than the features.

I wonder if it skims across water....

What a great mobile phone the Motorola PEBL is. I have had it for about two weeks now, and I could not be happier.

The reception is great (I am with O2). The phone fits into my bag easily. Texting is fast and accurate, with a helpful facility (not T9), that makes a suggestion for finishing your word for you.

Polyphonic and real tones are available, with better than normal choices already on the phone. The camera good but not excellent, but it does have a zoom facility. It also has a great battery life and quite good memory.

What more can I say? It is a good phone, that not only sounds great, but also looks good, and it does not weigh a ton.

I bought the Motorola PEBL because I fell for the super looks of the mobile phone. There is nothing quite like it around. However, perhaps because I was expecting something a bit special, I am just slightly disappointed with it after getting used to it now.

The good stuff...

The easy and clever hinge arrangement means that you can open it quickly one handed, but it's easy to drop as the weight suddenly shifts. I like the screen, good colours, the camera is super, the video is average for a phone. The zoom is useful, and the sound effects for the camera are funny at first. Good 'night' mode as well, though no flash like the Samsung D500 etc.

Nice choice of wallpapers and screen savers, and you can use your own photos for your wallpaper. The shortcuts are handy, and the general menus are OK, but I have had a Motorola for years before, so I am used to them. I find it all quite straight forward. Motorola have improved some of these menus now, so that you can reply to a message with just one button, unlike the older ones.

Battery life seems good so far, and voice quality is good, as is the external speaker. I personally like 'normal' ringtones, and this phone has a few superb ones, as well as the usual dance track and silly sound effect tones that many people seem to like.

Speakerphone is handy and loud, as are the ringtones. Bluetooth of course, and the usual office tools, but no 'To Do list' which is a shame, but it does have a voice recorder which partly makes up for that. Datebook is good, and quite flexible. The external screen looks great in that blue hue, and you almost wish you could leave the light on permanently it's that cool.

The hard keys on the side are handy for changing settings without having to open the phone, and there is a setting inside for just about everything, and a large choice of ring styles (loud, soft, vibrate etc...)

The software the comes with the phone is very good, and allows transfer of files both from the phone to the PC, and also from your PC to the phone. This only seems to cover pictures really, which is a shame, as the cover implied all files could be transferred, but of course you cannot send word documents etc. to the phone. It has email as well, but I have yet to try it.


Bad points -

Not many really, but...

It marks very easily. For example, the Matt black exterior shows up scratches easily, and I'm very careful with it! The keypad and screen seem to be covered with some sort of coating which probably improves clarity, but always seems smudged and dirty, even after cleaning with a cloth, and the whole phone shows fingerprints very easily.

The hinge already mentioned has started to feel a bit loose already. Although it still works fine, I don't know if it will be OK after a year! I hope so. The flat and shiny keypad makes texting surprisingly hard, which is compounded by a very slow processor that always seems to be 2 characters behind where you think you are. Not the best phone if you text a lot.

There was only one game in the phone and that was bit pants, but of course they want you to pay to download more.

The PEBL doesn't really do anything else wrong, but it won't stand out for its features alone anymore, as all the points mentioned above are available on most good phones you buy today. You buy the PEBL for the look and feel of it. Just try before you buy if you are a compulsive texter, as the keypad looks great, but it is slightly difficult to use (and it's slow!)

What a phone! I love the Motorola V6, one of the plusses, is the great design and never ending plethora of features.
Whats this phone got going for it then? What hasn't it got??!! It's got a superb camera and video camera function. Bluetooth is also present, and I never have a bad signal or reception. It's also a sturdy little gizmo, I dropped it, and no damage was done.
Do Motorola make great phones? Hell Yeah!
Would I recommend this to you? Oh Hell Yeah!!!