Motorola RAZR V3 Unlocked Phone

The Moto Razr V3 is skillfully designed to provide excellent performance. Inside the ultra-thin design are innovative features like MPEG4 video playback, Bluetooth® wireless technology, an electronic camera plus more. And with the precision-cut keypad, minimalist styling and metal finish, the V3 appears just as wonderful as it works. The real difference is within the details. See who’s calling, in color, without opening your phone — the huge internal display is accompanied by an amazing external display. The precision-cut metal keypad responds to the lightest of touches. And the features you cannot usually see are similarly outstanding, like quad-band GSM — for global calls where GSM network coverage and roaming contracts are present.

Motorola RAZR V3

Features

1.) This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
2.) Quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and GPRS data capabilities
3.) VGA digital camera (640 x 480) with video capture; 5 MB memory (not expandable)
4.) Bluetooth for handsfree communication; full duplex speakerphone; access to personal email; web browser; SMS/MMS/EMS messaging
5.) Up to 6.67 hours of digital talk time and 250 hours of standby time

Review:

The Black RAZR V3 is the wireless phone I've always wanted. It's that simple.

Just before having acquired mine, I'd read commentary from individuals who would tell of all of the capabilities the RAZR does not have: "I could purchase the (insert model number of cheaper, but still costly phone that does 100 various things--all of them poorly) and get much more for a lot less money. " When I would research a model suggested by these self-proclaimed device freaks, I would realize that it's proportions make keeping it in a pocket an difficult and uneasy proposition; I would see that the photos it takes are not nearly of equivalent quality to those taken by even a simple digital camera; I would find that the lo-res video it could shoot provides no useful function; I would find that web-browsing, game-playing, Instant messaging, streaming television content, all suck up battery-life and eventually make the unit worthless for the unexpected purpose of putting and taking phone calls; I would see that the device casing consists of cheap and flimsy plastics which will make me question just how long it wll last; I would find that minor attention had been paid to how the phone's design and style will contribute to, or detract from, user convenience. After my research, I figured for all the money I would save by purchasing "Phone X" over getting a RAZR, I'd still have paid hundreds too much for a filmsy piece of cutting-edge technojunk. (Don't consider my word for it. Browse around on the web for feedback about the RAZR around the time of its inroduction and discover the suggestions from consumers that individuals pick the Motorola V600 alternatively. Then look at the consumer testimonials of the V600 on this website. )

The RAZR has a camera, a web-browser, Instant messaging functionality, and a entire array of other capabilities all of these are outlined in the product information. To the degree that the RAZR does these things effectively I will provide little, if any, comment--mainly simply because I do not care about them. That to which I can and will confirm is that the RAZR surpasses my expectation on how it will serve AS A PHONE.

Using my own standards, a wireless phone ought to attract and keep a signal; It's earpiece should provide very clear sound at a volume which can compete with background noises; it's mouthpiece need to pick up the users voice clearly; it must be lightweight enough to permit for placement in clothing pockets without making prominent bulges; it ought to be solidly constructed out of tough materials that are not susceptible to scratching; it will have good battery life. And yes, anything at all for which I pay out hundreds of dollars need to be made with aesthetics in mind: you will find too many wireless phones that appear to be throw away children's toys, or like awkward, all-purpose, button-riddled devices.

Using the above conditions, the RAZR V3, specially the Black model, is near perfect. The sound in the ear piece can certainly be louder, but I've yet to have a caller's voice drowned out by the noise of busy New York City streets. The people to whom I am communicating have claimed to have heard my voice fully and clearly. Battery life could possibly be longer, however, exactly the same could be said about many wireless phones that are heavier and have bigger batteries. I've used the phone on both T-Mobile and Cingular networks and observed that it takes in a strong signal on both; it has never decreased a call. I discovered the speaker phone to be loud and clear regardless of my expectations to the contrary. Is the much-lamented Motorola phone book program clunky? Yes it is. But the RAZR's voice-dialing works well, making it possible to prevent scrolling over the phone book if one dislikes it that much.

I will try to boil it down with a fairly clumsy analogy: Complaining that the RAZR does not do adequate in the way of tech-gimmicks to justify its price (which is significantly lower that it was when it was introduced) is much like complaining that an exotic sports vehicle is not well worth the money because it does not have a cup holder, a GPS system, and DVD player like the Minivan you have been looking to purchase. That ridiculousness ignores the design which makes the sports car an excellent performer on the road, and the interest put toward making it smooth and aesthetically satisfying. The RAZR's performance has made issue over signal strength a thing of the past. and its design is unmatched--not just for it's ultra-compactness, except for the solidity of it's build. That makes it worth what I purchased it. And my incapability to talk to the quality of other phones on the market put them away from consideration.

Apart from, as the saying goes, black is beautiful.

That the RAZR can't function as a business-card scanner does not trouble me. For individuals who need to have whichever feature-laden mobile device is most desired at this time, get a Samsung MM-A800, clip it on you belt (you'll need to), and make yourself the right to express your phone can perform just about everything--poorly.

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