Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 21 May 91 00:12:24 GMT From: Scott Stratmoen Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Motorola PC-500 Problems (was DiamondTel 99X Weakness) Message-ID: Organization: Scott Stratmoen, Arlington Heights, IL Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 384, Message 10 of 11 Lines: 23 I purchased a Motorola PC-500 "flip phone" under the assumption that Motorola phones were more or less the best. At least this is what my friends were telling me.... Where this is leading is that in the end I now own an OKI 900 phone due to a multitude of problems the PC-500. The first PC-500 programmed once at the dealer and could not be reprogrammed again, even after the dealer reset the phone. Basically I didn't like the security code that was programmed. The second phone randomly turned itself off AND on. The third went to no service even when standing 200ft from a cell tower! Only a power off cycle would wake up the phone. In addition, one pocket of the charger didn't work. So much for Motorola's quality program ... P.S. The OKI has given me no problems and has a significantly better feature set. Scott Stratmoen | ..!ast!freedm!scott | scott@freedm.dsd.northrop.com