It is difficult to feel it through anything thicker than a T-shirt. The strength is slightly better than the anemic Nokia 6185 or Samsung 8580, but not by that much. The ringers are better than the Samsung 8580, but that isn t saying much. Although the Timeport has a louder ring than the 8580, it has at least as poor a selection. The hands-down winner for ring tone selection and volume is the Nokia 61xx series.
Battery life is excellent with the standard battery.
Motorola claims 3.5 hours of talk time, and 110 hours of standby time. The build quality of the phone did not seem up to the standards we have come to expect from the cell phone industry. It is sad that the once-mighty Motorola should be near the bottom of the pack when it comes to perceived construction quality. The phone feels flimsy, and even if it does hold up over time, one gets the impression that squeezing it too tightly would crush it. However, the phone is probably more durable than it looks, but only time will tell.