The Motorola V980 is a 3G clamshell-style phone available exclusively on Vodafone. One of the advantages of Vodafone’s 3G service is that it allows you unrestricted access to the web, unlike 3, where you’re restricted to 3’s own content.

It’s a nicely featured phone that compares well with the other 3G clamshells currently available, not missing any essential feature. Battery life is not wonderful, and it’s quite heavy, but not really worse than other 3G phones. Overall it’s a good phone, but nothing special.

Summary of features:

• 3G functionality: video calling and video downloads on Vodafone live!
• Internal display: 65,536 colours, 176 x 220 pixels
• Integrated VGA digital camera (640 x 480 pixels) with 4x digital zoom and camera light
• Video capture, playback and download
• Integrated MP3 player
• MP3 ringtones & polyphonic ringtones
• Downloadable themes (ringtones, wallpaper & screensavers)
• Java games: embedded and downloadable
• In-built handsfree speaker phone
• Voice activated dialling
• Messaging: SMS, EMS 5.0, MMS, email
• Phonebook
• Connectivity: USB
• Memory: 2 Mbytes plus removable TransFlash memory card (up to 256 Mbytes)
• WAP 2.0, GPRS class 10
• Triband + 3G (WCDMA)
• Size: 94 x 49 x 27 mm
• Weight: 137g
• Talktime: 2 hours
• Battery standby: up to 145 hours