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The Net10 Motorola V176 is one of the best deals on a prepaid flip phone. When you buy a $60 Net10 airtime card, you get a free reconditioned V176 which includes 300 minutes free and sixty days of service upon activation. When you activate the 60 minute card on top of that, you get an additional 600 minutes and 120 days of service. That give you a total of 900 minutes of airtime and 180 days (about six months) of service. At $60, that works out to just $10 a month for the first six months. The Motorola V176 is a basic, reliable phone. What You Need to KnowThe V176 is a lightweight phone weighing about 3 ounces.Battery LifeThe phone has a standby time of 12.5 days – almost two weeks. In reality, you may be able to go about a week before recharging it if you don’t use it much. The maximum talk time is 6 hours or 720 minutes which would cost you $72, so you probably don’t need to care about this.It’s a Net10 phone. That means . . . You get 10 Cents per Minute on all CallsAll domestic calls have a single 10 cent per minute rate. (However, your effective initial rate drops to 7.5 cents per minute if you take advantage of the deal mentioned above.And Cheap International CallsInternational calls to over 60 destinations cost just an additional 5 cents per minute. And, in fact, if you’re more comfortable in another language, the V176 is a multilingual phone. You can set it to English, Spanish, or French.5 cent Text MessagesText messages cost 5 cents to send or receive. This is not bad. If you really send a lot of text messages, you could try some other providers which offer text messaging packs, but be aware that your overall cost could shoot up by quite a bit.V176 FeaturesAs a basic prepaid flip phone, the Net10 Motorola V176 has many of the expected standard features.For example, you can pick the recipient of your call or message from the 250-Entry PhonebookWhether you usually call or text, you can store up to 250 contacts in the V176’s phonebook. This capacity is so-so these days, but most people still don’t make full use of this feature.The handset has a color display and a hands-free speaker phone. Other standard features include voicemail, Call Waiting and Caller ID. VoicemailNet10 voice is easy to set up and pretty convenient. You do get charged airtime but the whole process is pretty efficient so it’s not too bad.Call Waiting and Caller IDCall waiting and Caller ID are standard features that, just like with a landline phone, makes your life a little easier.A Few ExtrasThough it’s a basic phone, you can still get a few extra services for your Net10 Motorola V176 such as . . .Ringtones and GraphicsYou can buy ringtones and graphics from the Net10 web site, if you’re not satisfied with the ones included on the phone.News, Weather and SportsIf you’re really into the news, need to check weather alerts, or a big sports fan you can sign up for these data services using your airtime.Alarm ClockLast but not least, is the humble alarm clock. If you’ve been burned more than once by a hotel’s unreliable alarm clock, using the Net10 Motorola V176’s alarm clock as a backup can save your skin.ManualIf you want to know more, check out the Net10 Motorola V176 Manual(pdf).Net10 DealYou know you DON'T want to
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Net10 V176 a pretty decent affordable phone!
Net10 V176 acceptable in almost every aspect.
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My grandmother loves the V176
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