Throwback Thursday: Motorola v60

By on Dec 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM
mobile December 23, 2010

When the Motorola v60 came out, it was simply the hottest handset to have. Launched in the early part of 2002, the phone was packed with internal and external features — new Motorola UI, voice activated dialing, anodized aluminum case, and carbon fiber inserts. It first launched on Verizon and Alltel in the U.S. and was one of the more expensive devices we can remember in that time period — full retail was upwards of $400. As far as raw specifications go, the Motorola v60 featured a tri-mode antenna with 800/1900 CDMA and AMPS support, two-way SMS support, WAP browser, accessory port at the bottom (speakerphone was a physical separate accessory), and external one line caller ID display.

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  • Tgiannelli

    I still have one of these in a drawer somewhere…

  • Anonymous

    Between the V60 and RAZR they are the best hardware Moto made!

  • GenTsoChicken

    The second phone I’d ever own. I used to pimp this phone back in college. Awesome.

  • Giorgio

    Man I wanted this phone so bad when it came out on Verizon that I was the first person in the store the day it cane out and I paid full retail for it (in installments because Verizon did that at the time).

    People do that all the time nowadays but in 2002 that was unheard of haha.

    As awesome as the v60c was, I still liked my Timeport P8767 better as a phone.

  • Anonymous

    I had this phone. It suffered from the same ailment all Motophones had during this period: the ear-piece volume could never be turned up loud enough to be used in a crowded room.

  • Jetquick

    Had the most satisfying thwack when you closed it with one hand. As one would.

  • http://twitter.com/zblackrider black rider

    Still have one and actually had to charge it up last month to retrieve an old contact number.

  • Dan Quixoté

    I worked for MOT back then. Easiest phone to pimp out. The front & rear hsngs could be changed out for pieces with cool designs on them, and both were easily user swappable. I ran around with numbered sterling silver housings on my GSM unit (V60i); those pieces being left over from making up the units for the Oscars’ giftie bags that year. The GSM version, which ran nicely on T-Mobile, had a really sturdy fixed stubby antenna, which never broke off. Unlike the TDMA & CDMA brethren, which required that the owner have access to a good source of new antennas. But I used that V60i until about 2007. Only my ROKR E8 has had that same kind of toughness.

  • http://c0rinne.net Corinne

    I really wanted this phone when it first came out. Never did get it.

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