Motorola StarTAC 6500 Cell Phone

Pros: Very small, good coverage and features
Cons: Low battery life

What can I say - I'm a sucker for sexy small gadgets, and the Startac certainly qualifies. I had this little buddy for a year and had no complaints (okay, one complaint - low battery life). For no more than the price of a few pizzas, the StarTac still...

Pros: Small and lightweight; Good signal inside
Cons: Horrific display; Belt clip designed by an idiot; battery life is anemic

If you've read my previous cell phone reviews, you probably know where this is going. I'm something of a connoisseur of cell phones and I have yet to find a StarTac that met my needs. Add this one to the list. I got this phone through work when my...

Pros: Sturdy, small, and a strong signal
Cons: Short battery life and display

The Motorola StarTac 6500 is a cute little phone. It comes with a holster, A/C charger, manual, and yes, even a battery. It stores 100 phone numbers and comes with a messaging service and call waiting. Caller ID is an option, but you have to get the...

Pros: Small and powerful
Cons: Stupid Antenna End breaks off way too Easily

I bought the phone because I wanted something small I could hang on my belt and yet would have good quality. The Star Tac has been a great friend in my life and is my constant companion. It has one problem though: It misses about 1 out of 3 calls, but I...

Pros: Excelent quality, high-end analog phone, great feature set, nice styling
Cons: Iff'y speaker quality, microscopic buttons, confusing user interface

The Star Trek, err—Tac.

Motorola’s StarTac series of phones are quite stylish. The
flip-open and talk, “Capitan Kirk” communicator styling of
this cell phone have made it one of the most recently
copied styles (by...

Pros: size, features
Cons: no games

This phone is great, it has a very compact size, that will fit in any pocket without sticking out, it generally is very clear, though that may be owing to the service plan, but motorola did do a wonderful job on this digital star tac.

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Pros: Sturdy, small, easy to use.
Cons: Small size makes it a little cumbersome at times, antenna wears poorly, clip (and phone) always falling off.

General Impressions and Battery Life
My Motorola StarTAC has been indispensable and nearly indestructible. It's the first mobile phone compact enough to be comfortable for daily use. It charges quickly and overall has been useful for me on a...

Pros: small, light
Cons: low battery life, substandard belt clip, too fragile

The first thing I thought when I got this phone was "it is SOOO small"
Now I say "it is SOOO fragile"

It worked well, until I had to use it more frequently. The auxiliary battery (looks like the space shuttle on a...

Pros: small, loaded with features
Cons: menus are tough to navigate

The Motorola Startac is a neat little phone. Its a great small size, and works well. Its not as cool as those phones in the Matrix, but spring-loaded mechanisms are unreliable anyway.

This is a flip phone, but unfortunately it requires two...

Pros: Sleek, Many Battery Options
Cons: Small, Close Buttons

I bought this product last year because when I am off the job and not at home people need to reach me. This product came with a year of paid airtime along with the products purchase for $49.95. I thought this was reasonable so I purchased it. My first...

Pros: TINY! A wonder of microengeneering.
Cons: Flimsy, feels easily damaged

The phone is tiny. The absolute number one reason to buy the StarTac is because, quite simply, it is the most easily carried phone on the market.

But such a phone comes with a hefty price, and the gratuitously tiny buttons. It is a sin for...

Pros: Very compact, easy-to-use features
Cons: May be difficult for someone w/ larger hands to use

My husband just bought me this phone for Christmas. Two years ago he purchased me my first cell phone because I felt I had to have one. I just assumed they were all basically the same since I had never owned one before. I trusted that my husband would...

Pros: Small, good audio quality
Cons: Hard to use features

If a small phone is what you want then the StarTac is a great choice. If you want a phone whose features are easy to use then you might want to look elsewhere. Don't get me wrong, I loved my StarTac and I even paid quite a bit for it a few years ago...

Pros: Size, Shape, Features
Cons: Antenna can bend and/or brake, Analog

Let's admit it, most of us are closet technology junkies. Or not so Closet junkies. I my self am quite rabid about technology and have been restrained from entering many tech stores by my wife...usually with a judiciously applied choke hold.

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Pros: Sleek Small Design, Emits Least Radiation of all Cell Phones
Cons: None so far

My husband upgraded my old,heavy, and cumbersome cell to the Star-Tac and I simply love it!

The phone is so light weight that I carry it everywhere, and it fits practically everywhere! The phone is so simple to use, and the battery seems to...