I've had this phone for over two years and I am really satisfied with my choice but there are some things that I wish would work better. I'll start with the negatives and then will provide the positives.
The first thing I don't like about is how hard it is to see the screen outside. If I am outside and need to dial a number or even go through my directory, I have to create shade with my hand or go somewhere darker so I can read what is on the screen
Second, the battery issue. As some reviewers have mentioned, the battery doesn't last all that well once you approach the year mark. Mine did it about 10 months, that after a full charge overnight, I would use my phone for a couple of short phone calls 2-3 minutes each and would already have a single battery bar left. You can however find a replacement battery for about 5 bucks here on amazon (vs. the 40 bucks at the Cellular stores). I've had my replacement now for almost a year and no sign of going low (I also bough a second one as a back up).
Third is the camera that comes with it. I know camera phones are not meant to be replacements for real cameras but the quality not good at all, not even for computer viewing. I would at least like a 1.3 megapix camera in it.
I wish the speaker could be a bit louder for use in car as a hands-free option. It works fine if I switch to speaker phone indoors but not in the car. I had to go and get one of those Borg-looking bluetooth headsets.

The Good...
Excellent syncing capability (even on a Mac). The calendar, even the alerts transfered fine from my mac via bluetooth, no need to buy third party software. Also the address book transfered great, except for the fact that if a contact has more than one number (home, mobile, work, fax, etc) they get listed as separate entries on the phone but it is fairly easy to tell them apart by the icon next to it.

Sleek thin design that fits perfect in a shirt or jacket without adding bulk or noticible weight to it.

Love the memo/recording option.

easy to import your own ringtones from your computer via bluetooth (of course if you are with verizon, they have crippled this option)

I have one of these phones, and at first loved it. Than after a while, I started to loathe it. It's too skinny, and being an avid texter, I hate typing messages on the flat keyboard. I guess that I am biased towards black-berry type phones, but it's not as flashy as it seems. (By the way, I am 12, on my dads review. NOT AS COOL AS IT SEEMS.)

I have been using this cell phone for 2 month. It is pretty good. The only disadvantage I can see is the battery life, which is about 3 or 4 days. Other than that it is good. It is thin. It has got a camera. I am satisfied with it.

I have seen this problem with 2 Razor that we own & also the ones my friends own. It is good for the first year & after that the battery does not stay for more than one day. 3-4 calls in a day & the battery is dead.

Mine looked impressive... but the talk time wasn't all that great, the keypad wore quickly, and a year after I bought it, the display died, leaving me with a useless phone. Even when working, the RF performance was a lot poorer than cheaper phones; even my ancient Sony-Ericsson T28 performs better. All my co-workers who bought the Razor eventually replaced it with something more reliable and more rugged. This is a fashion accessory, not a phone.

This is a rather stylish phone. I still like the look, but after using it for awhile I don't like the phone all that much.

It's not very durable. The external LCD cracked when it was in my pocket, with no evident unusual stress.

The interface on this and most Motorola phones has serious usability issues.

The volume in the earpiece is unusually low. I kept it at high volume all the time, and still had trouble sometimes.

I got this phone as an upgrade from the V300. It is definitly a cooler phone to have in your hand, but I'm not so sure about it's sturdiness. The V300 could be thrown against the wall (which my little toddler did on occasion!) and it would keep working. The Razr on the other hand switchs off as a result of a simple fall!
That said, it is a nice phone. I've had no problems with calls being dropped or poor receiption. It has lots of added features, but most I really don't use.
So, all in all it is an excellent day to day phone .... just keep it out of the hands of little toddlers!

The Motorola Razr V3 has become an extremely popular phone in the past year, and wanting to keep up with the trends I decided to buy it, and try it out. I've had it for a couple of months now and I haven't had a major problem with it. Only a couple of minor glitches, like for example, it is very sensitive to being dropped, the screen will go blank for a couple of seconds, and the other glitch happened once when I was using the web browser, it froze, and for some weird reason it affected my mp3 ringtones not wanting to play them stating there was an error, but I restarted my phone, and it was back to normal.

Special Features: VGA 4x zoom camera, video playback, bluetooth, web browser.

Pros: Sleek Design, Silver Metallic finish, Large colorful screen, Keypad, Good sound

Cons: Battery Life, Fragile, No video capture

Overall: I'm pleased with my razr. It's Not Such a bad phone, but it does have its flaws.

I wanted a good cellphone that didn't give me the feel of carrying handcuffs on my belt and the Razor is good in that regard. The downside of that feature is that if you forgot what pocket you put it in you will have a hard time finding it when it rings.I am lucky that I have pointy fingers because the small size means a small keyboard for dialing. The software from Motorola to allow it to talk to my XP OS, particularly the driver must be hidden well or I am more computer illiterate than I thought. Motorola's website is a maze of marketing and help screens. The voice command feature on the Razr is inconsistent. I am with T-Mobile that requires the phone to provide the voice command technology. When I was with Sprint they had a web base voice dial that was reliable. Obviously, there is a reason I am not with Sprint but that is a different story.

If you want a good bread and butter phone that is very compact Razr does the job, just do your homework as to what other expectations you may or may not have. Its a bit pricey, but you already knew that.

I was excited to have the phone but now that I have had it for 2 years...Its a pain.

1. Battery life - I have to re-charge every day..the battery simply dies after you talk for about an hour or two.

2. Reception; Not sure if i have to blame it on the phone or T-mobile but its of low quality.

Luckily, am getting close to my 2-year contract and look fwd to dumping this phone.

I switched to this phone after being assured I would have at least the same reception as my previous phone. The RAZR turns out to have extremely poor reception. Verizon Techs have admitted to me that the antennae in the handset just doesn't pick up well. What has Verizon Wireless told me about this problem resulting in dropped calls, delayed voice message alerts and poor signal reception? Just that I have passed the worry free 15 day return period so my only option is "full retail" replacement. Thanks Verizon!

Love this phone. Does what a phone has to without any extra frills. The battery life with blue tooth enabled is pretty poor. Love the compact size. Pretty sturdy build too.

The phone maybe fine, but T-Mobile is the worst customer service I have ever come across. They could not get the phone to work, possible a bad sim card, but do charge for the call to the customer service,which was 38 min being on hold and no fix and promises which they did not keep. They also refuse to give any credit for no service or to make up for it in anyway.
I have to recommend to stay a way from T-Mobile since they do not want to serve or sell a service that works. A real rip off!

I've had this phone for about 9 months now. When I bought it, this was the only phone of it's kind, thin & wallet like, there were no other makes (like the similar ones from Samsung...etc that are available now or many colors that are available now) and Cingular didn't really offer much choice in terms of phones. Anyway, it was stylish and was very highly rated, now here is the review.

1. Good Reception
2. Sound volume is average, can be louder.
3. Thin but wider than most phones
4. The camera on the phone stopped working, when I try that feature, it will just freeze and go blank, the only to restart is to take the battery out and plug it back in.
5. I charge it overnight and then make one call in the morning and the battery dies indicator starts blinking.
6. Sent it back to Cingular under the warranty, they sent me another one (may be refurbished may be not hard to tell but it has the blue Motorola logo on it, so must be an older one)

Conclusion, Razor's glory days are behind it, over the long run the phone is not reliable, if you are in the market today, I think there are other better choices available, I won't recommend this phone.

Worst phone I ever had. It's so badly engineered, I hardly know where to start.

1.
Its sound quality and volume are worse than any I've had before.

2.
Its bluetooth implementation is awful: you can't download large collections of numbers from your Palm.
Worse still, it truncates individual phone numbers at a period! So if you use periods rather than hyphens (to conserve space on your Palm's tiny screen), you are screwed.
If, after the bluetooth dialing but before the phone gets picked up at the other end (while the phone keeps ringing at the other end), you close your Palm or move on to something else with your Palm, this phone drops the connection. My Ericson T39 had none of these problems.

3.
You can't turn the ringer off without generating an audible confirmation beep! So if the class, meeting, or concert has already begun, you're screwed.

4.
The display is necessary to just about every control, but it shuts off in the middle of calls, so you have to guess what might be safe to press to get your display back.

5.
Worst of all, you simply cannot operate this phone at all unless you are staring right at it. Totaly unsafe in a car. It has pressable regions (instead of buttons). They, and the panel they are part of, are flat flat flat; you can't dial them by feel; at least not in a reasonable length of time and not without errors.

There's more bad news, but you've probably heard enough already.
All in all, a poorly thought out device.

I'm going back to my (much older) Sony Ericson T39 (at half the price) which has great clarity and volume, sensible controls and feel in manual operation even without looking, and responds to voice control for complete hands-off operation. It not only dials when you speak people's names, but can also change all operating parameters by you speaking your environment's name (e.g. "classroom", "car", etc.). It identifies callers in your own voice, etc.)

Yes the newer phone adds a (low quality) camera, but that's hardly enough to justify using such a bad phone.

I've owned maybe 20 cell phones over the past 15 years.

The GOOD news about the RAZR?
- It's small and light and you barely feel it in your pocket.

The BAD news about the RAZR.
- EVERYTHING else. Scrolling, sound quality, visability, ease of use. It's just a piece of junk.

Let me just start by admitting I sure am glad I waited 6 months of owning the Razr v3 before writing a review. I was psyched when I got my new phone in December 2005 that it worked perfectly, it was just as stylish as promised, the screen resolution was (and is) excellent, and it was just great as I was used to the Motorola interface and all its little quirks.

However, just six months later, my phone is unusable. Just--out of the blue--the all the keys stop working. Well, correction, one key still works: the power button. I end up having to drag out an old phone to use because--given a few days--the Razr miraculously recovers. However, it is tiresome hauling a back-up phone around!! I don't know what gives, but I'm tired of this little quirk which can be a major problem if I'm faced with an emergency. Overall, a very unstable, disappointing product.

I've own this phone for 2 months and felt quite disappointed. The phone looks beauty and cool. However, since it is too thin and wide, the feeling in hand is not so good. As everybody knows, the battery sucks. With wired ear bud, it may support talk time from 2 hours to 3 hours at most. But with bluetooth ear bud, most of the time, it can only have 1.5-hour talk time. But when you use BT ear bud, the phone automatically disable all the customized the ring tones, so that you have no way to know who's calling you from the ring tones. The only good thing of this model over my old V300 cell phone is the mini USB port which let me easily download/upload pictures and ring tones from my computer. But the software is not come with the phone. Same as V300, you still have to buy the software. Luckily, you save the money for the data cable, if you have a digital camera or camcorder which uses the same mini USB cable.

I went to the mobile phone booth at the mall, they had a number of different phones on display, Nokia are getting excellent reviews, but I really wanted to try a Motorola this time around, they had a RAZR there on display, it had a broken screen - HAHAHAHAHAHA, what a great selling ploy.

I have seen countless trendy-type people, you know the kind, drive the B'mers, act like they are better than the rest of us, well they are telling me that the RAZR is ..."OK", in other words they don't want to admit they went with the "trend" and have discovered it is a piece-of-junk.

Everyone makes mistakes, Motorola wanted to design a stylish, thin-mint phone to fit in a shirt or suit pocket descreetly, and it does, and in fact that's where you'll get the best performance out of this phone - in your pocket, protected from being broken.

Do yourself a favor, get a "real" Motorola phone (V360 for example) and get a Bluetooth earpiece (HS810) and you will be miles ahead of the RAZR.


Cell Phone is great!

Pros: Great function features, very cool style, no antenna, internal and external display.

Cons: Video time is too short, a little to wide, could not hide numbers secretly, no flash feature for night camera shots.

Suggestions: needs to have a self destruction feature when loosing phone due to all the picture memory and video clips.

I bought this phone in Feb (it's now June) and the thing completely died on me by the 3rd month. I liked the look and feel of this phone compared to my old fatty Nokia 6600 and the menu's were easy to customize. However, the speaker volume at max sounded very low compared to my old phone and the metal round hinges that held my flip phone together kept popping out? I thought I was having dropped calls when I realized my phone would just shut off (and no I didn't hit the power button). The backlight to my key pad kept going on and off and the text messaging began to slow down the more I used it. The battery life was great until my phone randomly shut off during a charge session. I dropped my phone on carpet once and the battery cover on the back flew right off. I highly recommend you get the warranty from your service provider. Don't rely on Motorola alone because when I called them they just pointed me to my service provider who would NOT exchange the phone without a warranty plan (which I didn't purchase when I bought the phone back in Feb). Good luck and I hope you don't get a lemon like I did!

(I originally wrote this for the black version of this phone, but since they're all the same, I want to put everyone on notice how terrible this phone is, irrespective of color.)

I don't mind if no one agrees with me on this, but the fact is, this phone is overrated. Not only does it make its owner seem more "ritzy," which I utterly despise about it, it also doesn't make life easier for its users. It's supposed to be the "next big thing" in phones, but it's nothing but a big disappointment, if you ask me.

I've not even had the phone for twelve hours, and the main problem I have with it is that I cannot seem to get the "Next Call Only" caller ID to change to something like "All Calls," if possible. What is the point in having only your next call show your caller ID? I don't see the point in that because, more often than not, private calls are disregarded by those who receive them. I almost didn't get a hold of two of my friends within a few hours of each other because my ID didn't show up. What was Motorola thinking?

I'm going to take this phone to the Cingular Store tomorrow. If there's no way around it, then I'm sorry to say that I have to keep this one-star rating up and published. If there is a solution to the problem, then I may reconsider. All in all, it's still a hassle, and the RAZR is just another status-symbol item for people to display to others. I was happy with my old, outdated Nokia I-never-knew-what-model-number, and supposedly this was an "upgrade" of that phone. Upgrade my [you know what].

DONT LET THE NICE LOOK DECEIVE YOU!!!
I bought this phone in september 2005. It looks really nice and flat but:
1-Phonebook is prehistoric you can't store more than one number under the same name unless you enter the name again.
2-The charger seems to have some connection error after 2 months, I have to move the plug up and down till this "sensitive " gets electricity
I had NOKIA and SONY ERICSSON before and used them for at least 2 years with no problem.
Motorola after 3 months started giving me trouble..
WIll never buy and recommend this product.



We are very disapointed with this phone. In March, 2006 we switched over to T-Mobile service, got three phones, two were RAZR V3's. The problem, NO SERVICE in any commercial building. If it were just one of the RAZR phones we would have it checked out, but both phones DO NOT WORK inside buildings. We have trouble at times getting service in our own house.

We had talked to several people who use T-Mobile and were impressed by the package and service available so we switched. None of those people have a RAZR phone, and none have any problems with reception anywhere. The third phone on our plan (Samsung), has no difficulty getting reception.

Don't waste your money on this phone or at the very least, don't plan on using it inside.

I got my first Razr in January. In February, the phone just stopped turning on for no reason. I didn't drop it, there was no damage done to it. The screen simply stopped lighting up. So I returned it to Cingular, and they quickly sent me another one. 2 months later, my phone started dialling the number 2 constantly whenever it was open. Again, didn't drop it or damage it in any way. I cannot call anyone whose number isn't 222-222-2222. I hate this phone.

To put it simply the V3 looks great!!, The V3 works just O.k. I previously owned the Motorola V330 and I was very happy with the way that phone functioned, My only problem was that I wanted something slimmer that would not bulge when I had on a suit. I bought the razr about a month ago and I can honestly say that it does not work as well as the V330. I have trouble hearing callers unless I hold the phone just right and even with the blue tooth, ( I have both the Motorola HS850 and the HS700)the volume is still a bit low. I have also encountered drop calls periodically with the razor that I didn't get with the V330 Both phones are with T-moble. lastly the Razr is extremely easy to scratch, BUY A COVER. As I type this I am wondering if the reception problems are due internal vs. external antennas?. All in all I am not that impressed with the razr's functionality only with it's form. the V330 works just as well if not better and for the money one would expect the razor to be a bit sharper.

So far the phone seems to be alright. I just switched from Nextel so anything is an improvement! I have dropped it a few times and it is still working fine.

I got this phone for mother's day from my husband, and it's great. It takes wonderful pictures when you forget your real camera at home. I took pictures of our daughter in the hospital, and it takes great in-door shots so her daddy could see how she was doing. My husband was thrilled to see the photos I took. The phone works great and since we live so far up north in the Redwood forests, we get clear, perfect reception. I was so thrilled with this new phone, I love it and take it everywhere. Comes with several fun things to add to the phone too. Try one out, you'll love it too. I haven't had anything go wrong yet,and I've dropped it a few times, with nothing breaking. I have the silver one, it's thin, comfortable to hold, and easy to dial, without trying not to hit other buttons in the process. My friends all want one too! So far, this is the best phone yet.

I purchased my RAZR v3 in August 2005 with T-Mobile service just after its release. The RAZR was a replacement for my Samsung N400 from Sprint. My Sprint service was poor and having recently moved, I couldn't get reception inside my home. When purchasing the RAZR I wanted a phone that provided good reception, was small enough to fit in my pocket, allowed multiple phone numbers per contact, and had an easy menu. The RAZR excels on all four.

Reception is great. Never dropped a call. Sound quality is good; volume has always been great. Built-in speaker phone works fairly well when I set the phone in my lap while driving although the caller at the other end sometimes says it sounds like I'm in a tunnel.

The menu is fairly easy to use and very intuitive. My last phone was a couple of years old and I had no trouble adjusting to the RAZR.

No defects with my phone and the T-Mobile customer support quickly and easily answered a few operations (how-to) questions the first month I had the phone.

No problem with attracting dust but the display tends to collect oils from my face . . . the phone touches my cheek so it will pick up oils and make up.

Size of the phone is fine and I easily adjusted to holding this "playing card" sized phone. It is comfortable and easy to hold. It does not work well sandwiched between my ear and shoulder because it's too small for that. Go into hands-free mode if you need to use your hands for something else.

I never experienced a two-second delay when pressing buttons.

A coworker has the same phone and we've both dropped our phones several times without any problem. The battery cover sometimes popped off and was easily replaced.

Several reviewers complained about defective phones and being charged "outrageous" $11 shipping fees for replacement phones. Any manufacturer will have some defective phones so this should come as no surprise. Just make sure to buy from a dealer that provides excellent customer service. As for the $11 fee, that's pretty reasonable to get the phone shipped overnight. Did their warranty promise free replacement via mail including shipping?

Have you ever noticed people in public who appear totally engrossed with their cell phones? They stare endlessly at their phone pushing buttons and doing god knows what. If you care more about the FUNCTIONALITY of a cell phone instead of BELLS and WHISTLES, this is a great cell phone. Don't listen to the naysayers.

If you're searching for a cell phone that works great as a cell phone this phone is wonderful. If you want bluetooth, this phone has it. If you want a camera, this one comes with 640x480 resolution. 640x480 is great for the web but not very good for printing. If you want higher resolution, get a real camera with a mechanical zoon. This is a telephone, not a high-resolution 5-megapixel digital camera. T-Mobile makes it easy to e-mail pictures to yourself. I bet the bluetooth would let you transfer them too, though I haven't tried. If you want voice dialing, this one has it. If you are a nitpick that must have some special feature XYZ, skip to the next review because I just wanted a cell phone that made telephone calls; life's too short to waste my time playing games or listening to MP3s on my cell phone or endlessly reorganizing my phone lists. This is a great product for people who want an ultra-sleek phone that does a great job making phone calls. All the other stuff is just gravy.

My first cell phone, carrier T-Mobile. First RAZR has garbled/distorted reception right out of the box. After a month with no improvement, I spend a day and a half having the phone checked out to no avail. T-Mobile sends me another; not only is it a return from someone else, they charge me $10.95 S&H for their defective phone. Second RAZR has same problem. I live in 4-5 bar T-Mobile coverage area. I even kept voice mails to confirm/prove bad reception. Local phone store salesman who has a RAZR confirms he has to use Bluetooth to get acceptable reception, and T-Mobile rep says they have more problems with RAZRs than any other phone they sell. I am going thru the return process for the second time. T-Mobile acts like the problem is only with me, they do not have any history of poor reception or problems with the RAZR. I am just glad I only have 10 more months on a 12 month contract. I have spent four working days trying to get a phone that works with a service I have used less than 2 hours in two months. Buyer Beware.

Dust Dust Dust Dust everywhere. This phone has the tendency to attract dust and keep it tightly within. There's so much dust accumulation on the inside screen that I can barely see the background picture of my [...] I called motorola about this problem, and they feign ignorance. They pretended that I was the first caller to ever report this problem. Look on the internet and you will find a zillion reviews relating to this issue.

Call quality is mediocre at best. If you have a choice to not pick this one on your plan, don't!

I got my RAZR since Febuarary and the first thing I noticed was that the phone dropped calls that were longer than 5 mins. I thought it was a reception problem but it kept on happenning everywhere I went. So I called T-Mobile tech support and they told me my phone was a factory defect...They sent me a replacement (around $11 shipping at my own cost, so it's not free) and it's been working well.
As for the ringtones, it's worth the money to invest on the application software so you can upload your own rigntones (also saves pics, calendar, contacts to your PC). Though you need to convert your own music with a mp3 editing software before loading it to the phone.

I have yet to discover flaws with this phone. I have owned it with a verizon wireless plan for about a month and so far no flaws came up except for the fact that the phone is extremely lightweight (but would you consider that a flaw?) and it is flash locked so you can't upload movies or pictures or mp3s from your pc to it without risking breaking your phone's software using flash-unlock software that can be found on the internet. Better yet, all the extra software for ringtones, games, etc, come with a free 24hr demo to try them out first.

This phone is amazing...just be sure not to sit on it!

I purchased this phone in the middle of January 2006 and have had nothing but issues. At first, my phone just proceded to turn itself on and off as it pleased, wherever I was and whatever time it happened to be. I had enough of this towards the end of March and spoke with a T-mobile representative who basically told me it was a design flaw with the phone and he would send me a slightly larger battery which will solve the problem.

We'll I received the battery the last week of March and as of yesterday, my phone won't even take a charge. I spoke with T-mobile again this morning and got nowhere. They told me it was a design flaw again and they would send another battery.

I would not recommend this phone. I know other people (including my best friend) who have had this issue over the past few months with the Razr V3 (2 of which have it through Cingular, not T-mobile as I do). I will defintiely not purchase another razr or uprgraded version of this phone again.

This phone's flaws include:

(a) Ergonomically unfriendly. Dialing and gripping the phone are uncomfortable.
(b) Has a muted volume. The volume is inadequate. It's impossible to carry on a coherent, long conversation on this phone
(c) An annoying buzzing sound once the connection is established
(d) Large number of dropped calls even in large metropolitan areas
(e) Menus are user unfriendly. The menus are not logical. For example, when you miss a call, you usually want to know WHO called and THEN check voicemail. On this phone, you're forced to check voicemail BEFORE seeing the name of the missed caller. Who wants to do that?
(f) No memory expansion available. I like to make voice records but I cannot tap into the large bank of photo memory. On my previous phone, the user had the choice of dedicating memory toward voice records or photos.
(g) The software that allows synchronization of contacts with one's PC is unreliable. Unfortunately, you can only sync contacts about 1/10 attempts, due to software issues.
(h) Phonebook does not support multiple numbers per person. So, if you have 5 numbers for George Bush, then you will have 5 entries for George Bush.
(i) You cannot display SIM card memory OR phone memory. So, if you have 3 numbers for George Bush, then 6 entries will show up, 3 corresponding to the SIM card and 3 corresponding to the phone.

So, bottom line, this is a horrible phone. Probably the worst cell phone I've ever had (I've had 4 so far). It's unusable.

This is an excellent phone. Great reception, great sound, the speakerphone works, the speech recognition works (even in a car, even with my young son's voice). Also pairs easily with Bluetooth headsets.

I can't speak for the camera or the browser or most of the other functions. Sorry, I don't use them.

The problem with this phone is that some white dust gets accumulated under the screen. I exchanged the first one and got a new one because of this reason. Now the new one also started getting the "white" dust under the screen

Also my friend's and coworker's phones have this dust. Some of them very badly like 1/3 of the screen is covered by this dust.

Apart from this everything looks good.

Too bad I had to give this phone 1 star. Amazon should change that so users can give it NO stars. Read on.

After owning three (3) RAZR phones in 3 months, I gave up. Good news was that Cingular was very nice each and every time I had to do an exchange. It was no hassle and very easy. But this review isn't about Cingular. It's about Motorola and that waste of a phone they call RAZR. Dust under the view screen was a problem. Low, low, low volume was a BIG problem. Dropped calls. Slow and sluggish command responses. I also bought the software to make my own ring tones and sync up with Outlook, but the software was quirky and had a mind of its own too.

I rarely write reviews, but am compeled to urge you NOT to buy the RAZR. The one I own now (thanks to Cingular) is the Sony W600, and have no regrets. No dust. Good volume. No dropped calls. Software works like it's supposed to. Fast command response. No worries.

I have owned Motorola phones in the past and they've all been terrible. I knew I shouldn't have gotten the Razr, but it was a special deal and I had lost my good Samsung phone. So, I got suckered in.

Looks great, performs horribly.

1. The camera stopped working inside of a few days and all the pics came out as a blurred mess.

2. Reception was horrible, and I've never had reception probs with T-mobile.

3. Sound quality is terrible. I couldn't understand people. Think of the teacher from Charlie Brown. (Muaa waa wa waaaa waa)

4. It says you have 4 new messages when there is only one.

5. The response time when you press a button is up to two seconds.

6. The volume knob is in a bizarre, hard to get to place in the upper part of the flip.

Do yourself a favor and say as far away from any Motorola product as possible, and if you get suckered in... you'd BETTER buy the insurance plan, because it's not if.. .it's when. (For me, it lasted about 2 months before completely falling apart.)

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST PHONE I HAVE EVER OWNED. I PURCHASED IT MARCH 16, 2006 AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT EVER SINCE AND T-MOBILE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PHONE.

This is my third cell phone in as many years. The large color display is bright and clear. It's so sweet for watching music clips. I love it. I haven't found any downside to this phone yet especially at the price I got it for.

This phone is clearly a marketing gimmick. The worst reception ever on a cell phone. I have had other phones(all Nokias)that did not have all the bells and whistles of this phone, but I actually received phone calls. If you live in an area that does not have the greatest reception, you will really regret this purchase. I hope I save one poor soul from this phone.

This is the very lastest in technology that money can buy, it' got everything.From a camera to organizing all your dates and events, this phone is great for those on the go people, with not very much time, but lots of things to do.There was one thing i did'nt like about this phone though.It's a flip phone, which normaly is quite stylish, but when you open this one out it's really big, really thing, but really long, making it look sometimes old fasioned to me.Other than that this is a great product.A cool querky desing makes it ultra desirable to the professional end of the market.

Overall, i really enjoyed this phone.Well built, well desinged, and most of all, stylish.Really, it's quite something.
Sam Worrall rating:4 stars.Motorals best product in a long time.


The Razr Phone is great when it works.. but it has a strong tendency to break not shatter but something will happen like the camera will go out. My Razr's Camera stopped working after less than a month of use... pitiful for the cost of this phone. I know that my problem is not an isolated incident because several of my brothers friends have had the exact same problem leading me to say this is unacceptable. If they release a new version i might consider it but for me the Looks of the Razr are not worth the problems it carrys


This is the worst cell phone i have EVER had. Immediately I heard an annoying buzzing noise when phone was opened. Also, while talking I hear a sound like a teapot boiling. The volume SUCKS! Even at it's loudest, it is sometimes hard to hear. Missed calls aren't always reflected on outter screen. STAY AWAY!!!! DON'T BUY THIS PHONE!!! BUY A SAMSUNG!!!

Great phone if you are looking for a sleek, stylish model that looks good on your ear. HOWEVER, if you want to make a phone call then you might want to consider another phone.

My husband has this phone. It has better reception, in our living room anyways, than my beloved Motorola V300. The camera and video are wicked! I also love the Bluetooth. Since my V300 doesn't have bluetooth capability or video, I'm interested in upgrading. The RAZR would be the perfect phone for me, but it's too darn wide! It's like a graham cracker before you break it into quarters. That's how it feels to me. Hubby says it's perfect for him cos his hands n' fingers are big. With smaller phones, he'd always misdial cos the keys were too close together for him. The RAZR seems to be a good phone. I don't hear hubby complain much about it. It's just to wide for my dainty, little hands.

I've bought the Razr V3 and the Samsung t809 from t-mobile.
Other than being thin, razr has no outstanding features.
- Screen is not sharp
- An ugly looking hard to use menu with old looking text and images, my old Ericsson t68i had a better looking interface
- You are not able to manage your contacts in a good way
- You cannot delete all contacts from the SIM or from the phone so if you make a phonebook transfer from your SIM you are stuck with duplicate a contact list.
- Although the USB interface is universal, you cannot use it because the phone doesn't come with any software. You have to buy it from Motorola.

I paid a fortune for the special edition magenta phone, but it's hot pink. The volume was low, I thought it was just me, but I couldn't always hear other people. Not too bad though, just low. The screen was always getting dirty, makeup, but I have not had that problem with other phones, had to wipe screen all the time. I found the phone too light to hold on shoulder while doing other things and talking. It is a great looking phone and has some nice features but it broke easy! I admit I dropped it twice. It broke yesterday and now I have a 250.00 phone I can't use. They won't replace, obviously, and can't fix it. I think the flip phones, especially the thin ones, are very delicate.

If you take care and don't drop it and don't mind not hearing other people now and then it is a nice phone.

I am a busines person and my needs for a cell phone are probally different than some of the consumers here. I disagree with the person who says ignore the naysayers.

I bought my Razor Phone in March of 2006 and I have had to return the phone twice. Both times Cingular gave me a new phone. I am now having the same problems with this new phone, the error message battery unable to charge keeps coming on making the phone inoperable. Yet the battery is fully charged.

Also the screen of the phone is the worst I've ever had for attracting lint and I have to use a spray to twice a week, Cingular is aware of this problem by the way.

And the phone is difficult to hear other people on.


This is might be good phone for the average consumer who feels a cool looking phone adds to their image but if you are in business like me I would never own a Razor.

Pros:
- nice looking (very nice design for keypad...) phone gets one star for this.
- bluetooth (main reason I wanted it), gets another star for this
- easy to sell since everybody wants them.

Cons:
- very low volume, It's hard to hear other people if there is a even a little noise around you, even if you set it on the volume on highest setting. For comparison with Samsung E105 phone I can hear well even if the volume is set lower than highest.
- can't see missed calls (phone just displays missed calls and picked up calls together so there is no way to distinguish)
- must copy # to phone memory in order to use speed dial. Why should I have to do this?
- too big (yes it's thin, but it would still would benefit from some weight loss)

After using it for couple days I ended up just selling them and went back to using my old Samsung E105. No regrets about that.

Conclusion: if you looking to make $ then definitely get a free RAZR with your new service, sell it for $150-$200 and use $ to buy nicer simpler phone, i.e. samsung x495 (hint amazon sells it for $90 with t-mobile to go plan - no contract). If you don't want to go through this then just choose some other phone.

The RAZR is now the most popular cell phone in the country. Almost half of my coworkers now have this phone, and every single one of them is happy. Don't believe the naysayers on this board. The RAZR is cool and after the recent firmware fix, it now works better than ever.

OK the good:
*I got it for free
*It's made mostly of aluminum which is cool
*It looks cool
*It has a really nice screen on the inside - it's large and the colors are decent

The bad:
*It drops calls almost as much as my old Nokia (which was inexpensive compared to the going cost of this RAZR)
*I dropped it twice onto pavement and now it resets itself at random. So this is basically my fault, but come on... we all drop our cell phones. They should be able to withstand a couple of drops, especially if it's made out of METAL and not PLASTIC
*The camera's resolution is pitiful
*The outer screen is unnecessarily tiny

Bottom line, I expected more from this phone with all the hype from Motorola. But that's what happens when you give in to the media I suppose. If you get this for free then I guess it's OK, but I would never pay for this phone.

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The RAZR comes with a USB cable so that you can charge the phone from your computers USB port. (you can also use the same cable to upload pictures from the phone). The charging/data plug on the phone is a mini usb jack.

Cingular has very good coverage since it merged with ATT wireless so they have towers everywhere. When I bought this phone from amazon I switched from T-Mobile to cingular because of the coverage in the Northeast US and international rates. Like the ads say, do actually get more bars in more places.

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As with all my other cell phone reviews, I just have to say that T-Mobile is a great service provider, and in my opinion, the best out there. Compared to coverage and other problems that my friends have told me about Sprint, Cingular, and Verizon, T-Mobile seems like heaven. They have THE BEST customer service I have EVER dealt with, and are very cheap (especially the family plans that now are only $8 for an additional line and only $10 a month for unlimited text messaging for EVERYONE on that account).

Now to the phone.

I am on my 4th RAZR since January of this year. I have had problems with the hinge, screen, and now this final issue, not being able to recieve any calls. In fact I have had similar experiences with all of the Moto phones I have owned in the past (C650 and V330). Now, T-Mobile has agreed to let me swap my defunct RAZR for a (hopefully) better Samsung E635.

Anyway, as everybody knows, this phone is very stylish and slim, but very wide, so it does not fit in many generic cell phone pouches and holders. It is pretty durable as far as scratches go, but the screens scratch easily (do does the keypad) and the screens show fingerprints.

Camera is average.
Voice quality is good.
Speakerphone is average.
Video capture is poor.
Battery life is average.
Screen is excellent (although I have had to have repairs done and it shows fingerprints).
Menu design is average.
Bluetooth works well.

Nothing much really stands out with this phone. It is just an average mid-range Motorola cell phone in a sleek package.

My advice - there are better options.

This is by far the worst phone that has ever landed on my lap. My ancient Nokias are better than this piece of junk.

To start, the phone gives a wide variety of programs to use and those that stand out are the outdated picture camera and AIM. Though AIM in my opinion is unsurpassed, it's outdated camera is far surpassed by other competition. This phone gives you a MP3 player, a video player, and all the goodies but the video recorder is horrid with a set limit of seconds and no easy straight way to upload songs and oh by the way, these are short clips not full-length cause of the memory of the phone is just that limited.

The looks has to be up there but the phone itself doesn't come close to its exotic appearance. The overall phone lags enough for an easy notice, the phone DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO USER-FRIENDLY, and bottem line, getting this phone is going to piss you off more than make you smile.

There is actually one quality that can be said and it's the reception. I've noticed RAZR's generally give decent reception on any given day on any given provider. So finally a good characteristic.

The overall phone sucks. Bottem line and that's it. Not much more to say. It's so bad, you won't even feel slight happiness getting it for free. Horrible buy.

RAZR is the phone to get if you are into 'form and function'. I have the first generation one from T-Mobile and my only problem is the camera resolution, its very low. Bluetooth is great, connect with the car (BMW) and headset (Sony) with no problems. Speaker phone is a must if you have young kids.

While the RAZR may be the hot new item, it isn't all that it is cracked up to be. Shop wisely with this item. The cellular service provider in this listing is T-Mobile. The buzz word with this provider is DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT! Don't do anything with this german owned company unless you document each and every transaction.

If you have to return your phone for warranty exchange, make sure you have it checked out at a T-Mobile store FIRST before sending it back. T-mobile is famous for claiming that the LCD screen on any exchange is broken and will invalidate your warranty and charge you full price for the refurbished phone they send you and they will NOT return your phone that you returned to them under any circumstances. They will hound you day after day until you break down and pay them for the phones. Be very, VERY careful in dealing with this company. I highly recommend that you photograph your phone before returning it. If possible, photograph it with the phone ON showing that the LCD screen is NOT broken so they can't make that claim. Research T-mobile on internet blogs and find out how many times this company has done this to thousands of customers. I'm sure they make quite a chunk of change off this since they refuse to return your original phone and sell it to someone else as refurbished. It is a very vicious circle with this company.

This phone is nothing but trouble, yes it is stylish but it is not a good phone. I don't have the problem with the battery that another person mentioned however my display keeps messing up, even going away. I take excellent care of my phone, I never let my daughter play with it , I'm the only one who uses it. I have only had it about 3 months and have already had to replace it once and now I need another replacement. T-Mobile must be having problems with the phone also because it is no longer listed for sale on their web-site. All I can do is give you my advice....Buy a different phone!!!

This phone has terrible battery life, a big sacrifice for the thin profile. I've actually tried two RAZR's thinking the first was defective because it was unable to get me through the day. The second was the same. What good is a phone that must be tethered to the recharger most of the time? I traded the RAZR for a pudgy Samsung SCH-a950. Not as stylish, but so far the battery life has been great! The RAZR does have a huge display and some nice features. If they could only fix the battery problem!



BBB Reliability Report
The Better Business Bureau of Washington State processed a total of 11566 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, the standard reporting period.
Of the total of 11566 complaints closed in 36 months, 5461 were closed in the last year.
The company has an unsatisfactory record with the bureau.

PROS Free (reduced price) phone. 1 year (2-year with Cingular or others) contract.

CONS Frequent network outages and technical glitches. Horrendous customer service.

Go with another carrier. Or be writing a similar review soon.

My wife and I own RAZR's. She is rough with her technology. She recently dropped it in water and has on several occassions dropped it on our hardwood floors. I'm impressed with the phone and T-mobile as a provider. They have excellent customer service. You actually speak to someone and who speaks English as their first language.

Well, I'm on my 4th RAZR V3 now. The first one had broken bluetooth, and a buggy OS. Returned for warranty repair and got a "refurbished V3". The second one had lines running down the screen the moment I turned it on, proving the "refurbished" phones are still very broken. Returned this on for warranty repair. Got the third V3 and within 2 weeks the screen was going black when opening the phone. Had to take battery out to reset and put screen back on, just to have it continually repeat. Sent it in for warranty repair. This time they (Cingular) send me a 'new' phone that was unusable from the first second I got it. This V3 dropped calls like no manana. In a 2 minute converstation you were calling back the caller 3-4 times. Sent it in for warranty repair and got my 4th phone two weeks ago.

This phone has a nice visual aspect but is very unreliable. Terrible camera resolution and the screen has the same bad resolution, nothing like the sony ericsons or samsungs. Never had a problem with my Samsung in 3 years. Less than one year and 4 RAZR's. The screen on the front of the phone is always dark, and in the sunlight you cant see anything, on either. Battery life is about 3 days on a fresh battery, but nothing like my Samsung that would last 5.

I would caution against this phone.

i dont know why people like this phone so much. looks arent every thing!! i might be slim, but itz WIDE!!!! it broke so easily, it fell of my bed and broke of my carpet!! try the audiovox 8915snapper prepaid phone from virgin mobile, or thenokia 6101 tmo to go prepaid phone from t-mobile, or the nokia n90. i gave it 2 stars, 1 for being slim (itz still wide!!) and one because u could call on it.i still dont know y u people like it so much.>=(

I would give 4 stars to the phone. I am happy with the phone as well as the customer service for the product. The only thing Razr V3 lacks is a good search capability for the phone database. Else it is very good.


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I bought the razr with having only looked at it online. It looks great and has several really neat features. But looks aren't everything! If you don't hold the phone just right (and not where it is comfortable) you can't hear the other person at all. Also, the buttons are flush with the phone which makes it very easy to mis-type a number or type something out of whack when sending a text. I am not overly impressed with this phone.

Overall the phone isn't too bad...BUT...the volume is horrible. If the phone isn't positioned just right over the ear, you can't hear squat. The features are cool, but if I can't hear the other person, what good is the phone?

I am now on my 2nd RAZR V3 in the last 10 days. The 1st phone had an annoying humming noise from the ear piece and alot of static.

I now have my replacement and though the phone has yet to start humming everyone sounds like static.

I should have continued using my Motorola 722I that I have had for the past 3 years.......Everyone sounded very clear.

I remember ordering a Motorola RAZR, but this phone clearly says that it's a RAZOR. This is a clear breach of typographical misconduct!

I got this phone from t-mobile they had a buy 1 get 1 free deal so I decided why not. So far this has been the best phone! It's charge lasts forever and reception is fabulous, people tell me they can't even tell Im on a cell phone. The speaker phone works perfect, as well as the hands free set it comes with. I would recommend this phone anytime to anyone

I got my 1st RAZR V3 through T-MOBILE & discovered the camera wouldn't work. I had to mail it back before they would replace it. The new phone I received a couple of weeks later worked for a couple of weeks but the battery was drained in less than a 24 hr period. Sometimes when you press the number 2 on the third phone (the one I have now) nothing happens and has to be reset to factory settings. It looks good though. Motorola's MOTO motto should be "It's better to look good than work good."

Pros
Small Slick
Loud
Sturdy "Dropped about 5 times "
Number contacts
Bluetooth
Voice Dialing
Talk time
Stylish
Price $200 when I got it " think now it free "

Cons
Camera " it phone what do you expect "


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(daughters review)it's a great phone but i think there should be more features pros- it's the most cute phone out there HUGE! LCD screen great quality, very clear good picture very thin good for talking on photo caller id! voice dialing 4x zoom camera cons- could be a little more easy to understand at first stupid ringtones only found 3 good ones overall great cell phone get the pink one!

My wife and I just got RAZR phones for use on the T-Mobile network. Although I sometimes wish the menus were a bit more intuitive, the quality of the calls and the look of the phone are fantastic. The quality of the reception compared to our old phones are significantly improved. Highly recommended.

I had heard so much negative about it..flimsy, low volume, slow-software, low signal strengths, etc..none of that. It's a wonderful phone. Volume is just fine, software is great (hey it's Motorola's generic software), and signal is great too). I bought it at Sams club kiosk (anyone can buy there without membership) for like $69, 1 yr comittment, and refund of activation in 3 months). No mail-in hassels..I get headaches from mail-in scams!

This is my fifth phone, and I really like Motorola's features (personalized ringtones, categories in the phone book that can also have specific ringtones, ease of use for the menus, etc). The Razr is a sharp looking phone, has great specs, fits nicely in my pocket or my purse, and has a very nice display (easy to read too).

I miss the status light from my other phones, which was a quick way to glance at the phone and see if I had missed a call or had new voicemail. The vibrate function is a bit weak, probably due to the phone size. The speaker function is loud and clear. My main complaint is that there aren't enough slots for voice activated dialing (only 20, when the phone can hold 1,000 entries and that doesn't include your SIM card). I think 50 should be the minimum for most of us who have lots of friends & family, and/or lots of business contacts that we're in frequent need to call while on the run and using hands-free sets.

Speaking of hands-free sets... I don't understand why the Motorola Bluetooth Headsets and phones don't always use the same power adapter. I don't like having to carry cords for my laptop, PDA, phone, and headset!

Overall, it's a good phone and I would still recommend it. I use this phone for both personal and business, so it's going to get a lot of use! I highly recommend the Bluetooth headsets too. I never realized how tethered to my phone I was until that cord disappeared... no more jamming the phone in your shoulder either!

I recently purchased this phone..not on amazon, actually a T-Mobile booth at Costco. (...). This is my first phone; however my brother and mom (also on he T-Mobile plan have cheaper phones which don't even begin to compare with the Razr V3. It is so thin and lightweight (enough to carry around in my pocket without so much as causing a wrinkle), yet it is very durable, considering the fact that it has been dropped a few times. The screen on the outside f the phone is very nice espc. for incoming calls and caller id. The screen insde of the phone is beautiful...It's big enough to see everything clearly. I love the keypad as well; it combines sleek, appealing looks with funtionallity and practicality. The camera and videocamera capabilities are nice and great quality, Everything was easy to use and understandable too. There are so many features, that this phone truely is a toy for adults. I completely am satisfied and I love this product. So if you want a phone that not only is useful, but is packed with amazing features, trust me, buy the Razr V3!!!

Being a [former] Sprint customer, I am quite pleased with the Razr, and overall Tmobile customer service. I've recently purchased the phone a few days ago and haven't had any difficulties. Sitting here searching for flaws as nothing comes to mind except: The lack of options for the "skin" feature, which is still a minute ingredient. As any girl would know, it's a bit challenging to put a phone in our back pockets comfortably, with the razr it's almost like it's not even there, at least until you sit on it! One thing I was skeptical about was the layout of the keypad. Most 'flat' keypads are difficult for girls to tap because of our nails, the razr equally sections off every key making it easier to grip. Easy faceplate dissection is a nice known feature as well, if you like to match! ;0) Pictures, picture mail, text messaging, video, bluetooth, web etc worked as expected and I am overall pleased!

The RAZR is a stylish phone, and the price seems right, and most of the features are okay. Bluetooth was a biggie for me, and this phone seems to perform fine. There is, however, one MAJOR flaw - which is not documented anywhere. The capacity for SMS messages is fixed - it is not calculated from the memory of the machine (which at 5 megs should be plenty) - rather, it is hardwired. My phone maxes out at 30 SMS messages. That's it. You have to start deleting after that. I had to call Motorola and speak with an engineer to learn about this "feature". So, if text messaging is important to you (and is the major reasoning behind my getting a new phone), be aware of this limitation.

I bought this phone on the internet which will be free in 6mos after the rebates. I drive a convertible and use the phone at freeway speeds with no problem hearing, and the other person never has a problem hearing me. Reception is very clear. No dropped calls. I figured out a lot of the functions before reading the manual, which is a complete dud.(Most manuals today are a waste of time, written by some engineer who doesnt know the language)I want to set it up for voice activation (not explained too good either)I play around with the setting every day, and it is really up to the user to decide what they want it to do. It is a little delicate and use with care. I dropped it into a cup of coffee day 2 and it didnt damage it. I think the battery will get better after a couple of chargings, like a lot of equipment. Also liked the one year contract. 2 years is too long. Tmobile 1500 minutes Ive used up half in 2 weeks and the phone is hot looking and easy to use keys, camera, voicemail, etc. Give the phone some time and keep trying or ask questions.
BTW: Some people here complained about dust or dirt on the display not coming off. Maybe it still has the protective plastic cover on the face. If so remove it and use the phone without the plastic. Or maybe it NEEDS the protective cover.

Got this phone about 2 months ago. It has recently started emitting a quiet high pitched whine where you normally have your ear when making calls when the phone is open (and the screen on) as well as a low buzzing noise from the area where you speak into the phone. I had heard about this problem before and I'm not sure if motorola will fix this but I will try to send it in soon. The phone itself works great and the noises are annoying but everything still functions perfectly.

I've had this phone since it first came out and I have nothing bad to say about it. I have dropped it numerous times, yeah it happens to us all and I am going back in a few days to get another one.

I have never had the "dust under the screen" problem and the only place I carry it is in my pocket. Has never blanked out, very comfortable and if you ever get tired of holding it, the speaker phone works great.

I would recommend this phone to anyone who likes to carry their phones in their pockets as it is a very comfortable cell to carry around. If you have the dust under the screen problem, I am sorry, I have never had this problem nor ever heard of it until just now.

Thanks for reading.

my wife and I both bought this telephone six months ago. Nothing but problems. Going back tomorrow

OK, if you keep this phone in your pocket, you WILL get lint and dust UNDER the screen. And there's NO WAY to clean it out.

I've had my phone for 5 weeks and I started noticing dust on the screen that I couldn't clean off. That's when I noticed that the dust was under the screen, not on it. So I took it to a Cingular store and they said, "Oh, well just thump the screen until the dust falls to the bottom." Um... what? And then they said, "Or, just don't carry it in your pocket."

That was it. That's their answer to this problem. Thump the screen. (it doesn't work, btw. the static on the inside of the screen holds the dust like a magnet.)

Oh, and if you google "Dust inside razor phone screen," you'll see that lots and lots and lots of people have this problem.

Oh yeah, one more thing, Motorola will NOT fix the phone for you. Neither will Cingular. Even if you have insurance. They say it's your problem, not a phone problem.

PROS: looks great, sounds great, thin but not too small, huge display.

CONS: Low battery life, hard to talk on for more than two hours, cumbersome.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Get car charger, & get bluetooth hands free set.

I hope this review helped.

This is a very good phone. period.

I was initially worried about some people giving bad reviews complaining about RAZR and poor t-mobile service.
But it seems to be fine with me, the phone looks awesome, the sound quality is great, the t-mobile service is good in places I have used so far(NJ/NYC/PA/CT, except low signal bars in some areas, which is the same with most of the carriers) & for the price at Amazon, it is unbeatable.

Come on, I can make and receive calls with no problems...
take jpgs/mpgs and bluetooth capable device...can be used in other parts of the world after unlocking the phone....
and you can too....

I was also looking at Motorola V360 for the MP3 capability, but zeroed for this RAZR for the looks and am very very happy with it.

GO FOR IT..... [ignore those bad reviewers, either they are careless to take care of the phone or they want everything in one device]...

I've had 9 cell phones in the past 6 years, so I consider myself fairly knowledgable in this area.

All things considered, this phone is pretty good. It's not perfect, but it works; what more do you want?

Cons: As with other Motorola phones, the UI is not very intuitive. Also, the thinness of the phone makes it somewhat difficult to handle and cradle on my neck. Battery life is not as good as I'm used to with my Nokia phones.

Pros: Voice quality is great. Reception is great in the Boston area with T-Mobile service. Bluetooth is nice. Screen quality is best I've ever seen on a phone.

Highly recommend this phone.

This is the best cellphone I have owned to date and I've owned a lot of them. The RAZR does everything I want it to do yet the form factor is so thin and it looks so beautiful that I can hardly imagine it actually being any better.

It performs very well and I have zero complaints with it. Voice quality both in my ear and to the person I'm talking to seems clear and not distorted. Reception seems good as well. Sure, voice quality and reception could always be improved with any cellphone, that's a given. But the RAZR exhibits no worse performance than any other cellphone I've owned/tried yet it excels over others in its design. It has such a small and thin footprint when closed, yet when flipped open it is comfortable to use, even for a long conversation. The fact that it supports a wireless Bluetooth headset is an added plus. You can put the phone in a pocket or purse and talk totally hands free with a Bluetooth headset! The RAZR also supports a wired headset and in fact comes with one free in the package. It also has a built-in speakerphone, which works, but is best used in a quiet environment (speakerphone doesn't work very well outdoors or in the car with the windows down).

In all, for the price, especially with rebates, the Motorola RAZR seems like a great deal. Here is an example where the cool design and form factor doesn't hamper the performance.

well, i got this phone after a year of it coming out as it was just to expensive then. paid 100 bucks for it at BB with a 2 year contract back in sept.

at first i wanted the black one, but it wasnt part of the sale at BB so i got the silver one and i am very very happy that i got the silver one.

from the black one that a friend of mine has, the scratches are much more visible and to be honest it doesnt look as nice as the silver one does.

it works great, and there are tons of things you can do to modify the phone and make it even better.

i just wish it wouldnt of been as wide as it is, but the slimness makes up for it, that i almost always forget that i have it in my shirt pocket!!

go get one now!!

I have this phone and I do not recommend it. My provider is T-Mobile, who I also do not recommend because of their unhelpful and unfair business practices. I had a billing dispute and they turned off my phone without warning (complained to the Better Business Bureau and T-Mobile has since restored my service).

I lived in Japan for 3 years, so needless to say I was dreading the idea of having to use a bulky, ugly, and outdated phone when I came back. The US is at least 2-3 years behind many countries in the world, and at least 5 or 6 years in the case of Japan. My phone in Japan (V602SH by Sharp) had an SD card, TV out, 2 megapixel camera, a huge, bright and colorful screen, plus a blindingly bright led flashlight! It was a model from the previous year and only $25, but I got it free because I accumulated enough points. Current models take even smaller mini-SD cards, or XD! Anyway, enough about that. You can't get it here. There is no technical reason for it (Japanese world band phones can roam internationally), except that maybe the DRASTICALLY FANTASTICALLY advanced technology will screw up the status quo here and decimate the crappy US cell phone market.

The primary reason that I and a lot of people got the Razr was because of the design. I wanted something small and compact and attractive. On this point, the Razr scores well. The aluminum housing is sleek and durable. Unlike other users, I've had no problems with the phone breaking. It seems sturdy and solidly constructed. I dropped it once from a height of about 3 feet and no problem. It did refuse to turn on and I thought it broke, but after a few tries, it worked again.

Also I found that very cold weather impedes the performance of the battery (yellow warning meter). When the phone warmed up again indoors, I got 2 bars on the meter.


My first gripe when I turned it on was the ugly interface and dull colors of the menus and overall ugly visualization. The menus are hard to navigate and I've had this phone for 4 months without knowing how to increase the volume! I consider myself a computer and technology expert.

The other MAJOR gripe is that you can't have multiple phone numbers for the same person! you have to have a separate entry for each, so I have 4 entries for some people (a work phone, home phone, cell, etc). What gives? In this day and age Motorola chooses to ignore this basic feature?! My previous phones was an old 1 color Nokia. Nokia knows how to design a very good interface. Motorola needs to get off their lazy butts and offer an firmware upgrade or some remedy. The camera is laughably bad. 640x480. Pictures look muddy and brown.

Text messaging is good though, because of the predictive input style. Other than the style and the input system, I don't have much to say here. The internal memory is shockingly limited. If I recieve more than 30 messages in my INBOX, the phone starts giving me a memory full warning. And you can't free up space by deleting some of the ugly wallpapers and motorola animations that are included. They're locked. Additionally, because all the buttons are on 1 flat surface instead of being individual buttons like other phones, they are a little hard to push and don't give a good springy feel. (one reason, besides cost, that I don't text message at all).

Forget about the gimmicky mp4 video or mp3 playback feature. You will NEVER use this (or even figure out how to get it to work). The phone has 5 MB total memory.. the average MP3 is 4-5 megs. The phone has no additional storage options. You do the math here.

This phone is all looks and no substance. If you just want a pretty phone that is very nearly useless, get this. Otherwise, avoid.

I got this phone about three weeks ago, I was skeptical about buying it because I heard so many things about it (too fragile, easily malfunctions when it drops etc.), but so far, I can't complain about the phone. It works great, it has the best reception on any phone that I ever had,(this is my fourth phone in five years). The ringer is great, you can hear it clearly, the extras are great, and it looks very cool. However, even I make sure that I am careful with the phone. I strongly suggest that you do NOT plop the phone down on any counter top or any hard surface, I made that mistake and the outer screen temporarily blanked out, but it quickly came back on. Overall, this is a very cool phone, and I also suggest that you get insurance on your phone so it can be replaced much easier than just buying a new one.

One thing which REALLY bugs me about this phone is that it's cabable of video playback (it can download) but you can't record from the phone! I don't understand why especially since the technology is obviously there. Perhaps I should have done my homework first.

It's my first Motorola (always had a Nokia before) and there's a couple more things which don't impress me. When sending a text message you have to go through a few screens before the text message actually gets sent. Also if I'm writing a text message and I have to stop writing it for one reason or another, the message doesn't save in the memory (unlike Nokia), so that may take some getting used to.

All in all though, I do like the sleek design and it lights up really well!

My mother bought me one of these for my birthday in September '05. Both of them are broken and now I have purchased another, more durable phone.

The first phone was accidentally dropped from a height of perhaps 4 1/2 feet while inside of a protective case. The exterior screen prompty ceased to function.

The second phone got splashed with hydraulic oil and after the battery died, it would no longer charge or do anything.

This phone is about as fragile as it looks. It might be alright for little girls to carry in their purses but anyone who works any kind of physical job can't carry this phone without fear of it breaking.

The volume is also very low. I had it at the top volume all the time and I could never hear the other person. I was also a little disappointed by the ringtones. I had another phone a while back (that also broke, unfortunately) which allowed you to record your own ringtone. This phone doesn't have this feature.

On the plus side, the pictures it takes are pretty decent for a camera phone. It is a nice looking phone but it is just not durable enough for me. Don't get it if you plan on carrying it in your pocket to work because it will not last.

I hate to break it to you as well but apple had nothing to do with this design. Another thing is the fact that apple isnt known for their style and design they are known for the ipod and making the worst posseble computers on the market.



I have a few things with this phone

pros

easy to navigate

looks cool

lots of extras


Cons

breaks easy

everyone in the united states has one just like it

the buttons/keypad is bad for texting

to tell you the truth it gets old to look at because your friend neighbor uncle brother inlaws that guy walking to work and that guy screaming at you has one

Can't hear. Volume is too low.

Ringing is loud enough though

I hate to break it to you but Apple Computer had nothing to do with the design of this phone. It's all Motorola and kudos to them for bringing something this sleek and sexy to market.

What an awesome design. Being a HUGE Apple Mac user and fan, I truly appreciate this phone. Apple has always been known for their awesome design work. The phone is great with two exceptions; the volume out of the built in speaker on the phone is too low when you are driving with your windows down or sunroof open and the phonebook accessibility is not great. I upgraded to this phone from an old Nokia that had decent volume and the phonebook was accessible by using the keypad to type the first few letters of someones name. Motorola does not allow that with this phonebook. You put in the first letter of the name and then scroll through the names until you get to the number. Not the most efficient method when you have over 200 names in your phonebook. I have been syncing the phone using OS X iSync (Address Book & iCal) over Bluetooth with no problems at all. It works great! All my names and numbers show up on the phone as well as my calendar which is a very nice upgrade over the Nokia which would not sync with OS X. I am going to get a Bluetooth headset and that should solve the volume issue.

REALLY MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RAZR CAPABILITY BUT, DONT YOU BUY A PHONE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS...ALL THE XTRAS ARE NICE AND DANDY BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOU DONT BUY A CELL PHONE EXPECTING A SONY DIGITAL CAMERA TO POP OUT OF IT. PERSONALLY I LUV THE PHONE...SIGNAL IS GREAT..CAMERA HAS SOME EXCELLENT PICTURES (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A STEADY HAND OR THEY COULD TURN A LITTLE FUZZY.LOL.) AS FAR AS THE SPACE ISSUE(5 MB)...THATS ALL YOU NEED FOR A PHONE...DOWNLOAD A COUPLE OF RINGTONES AND CALL IT A DAY...IF YOU WANT A FULL BLOWN MP3 PLAYER IM SURE WALMART HAS A SALE ON THEM....THE MOTOROLA RAZR 3 IS A GREAT PRODUCT AND IF YOU IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW PHONE...ITS PERFECT..GO TO THE TMOBILE STORE AND CHECK THE PRICES, THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT...ASK THEM TO ADD IT TO YOUR CELL PHONE BILL IF THE MONEY IS A LITTLE TIGHT...IF YOU WANT TO UPGRADE TO A TWO YEAR PLAN, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT 49.99 WITH A 100.00 MAIL IN REBATE.. SO NOT ONLY A COOL PHONE THAT WILL TURN HEADS..BUTS IT CAN BE CHEAP AND YOUR FRIENDS DONT EVEN HAVE TO FIND HOW CHEAP IT ACTUALLY WAS :)..WAS THIS ANY HELP?

The phone works as expected but when it comes to interfacing the phone through the USB port to the PC, there is numerous issues. I would like to manage my address book and my local photo galary on my PC. This not only allows for a nice back-up but also provides a convenient method for entering data into the phone's address book. This software does not come with the phone and is hard to find. I finally found something on the Motorola web site for $60 ($29.95 software $29.95 Cable) but one has to obtain a cable and the software independently which are not located in at the same place on their web site. The web documentation on the site does not give a full discription of what the software will do and there are no assurances that these functions are supported. It seems that a simple up-load down-load function should not cost $60. Especially in light of the fact that this function was included at no cost with their older two way pagers which cost substantially less.

To take full advantage of any product all that is required to make the product functional should be considered and I believe this is a key part of that functionality. Any one buying this product should factor in the additional $60 into the cost when evaluating against other products in this class which now price it above many comperable products.

Well the phone is great. it has all the cool fixtures a kid could have. I've had this phone for 3 days now and its awsome. some things that arent good is that theres not alot of memory only 5mb... I could only have 2 songs for the mp3 player. The other thing is that the buttons on the outside of the phone are stubby and need to have some strenghth to press it..of course its not that bad because u dont use those buttons that much. another kool thing about my phone is that when u onlly have one signal on the phone and want to call somone, send a message, or even get on aim is that the signal gets to full. Another cool thing about the phone is aim. its really awsome to send messages to ur buddys.... of course the disadvantege of that is that it costs alot. The camera is good with a 4x zoom in. Of course the figures is really awsome. The really sucky thing is that u cant put more memory in the phone theres no memory card.

I was really put off by all the bad reveiws from RAZR owners on T-Mobile, and my original plan was to wait for the new RAZR V3i to come out. However, after losing my Samsung E715, I was forced to use my upgrade and I got the current RAZR. I'll admit, there probably are other phones that have more features and may not be as fragile. However, look at this phone. Hardly has a phone become so popular due to its aestheitically pleasing qualities alone. It powered up for the first time inside a crowded mall, immediately found signal and continues to carry it in areas where my Samsung always dropped out. The menus take some getting used to, and the camera obviously is not perfect but then again I didn't buy a digital camera. It works well, has a good speakerphone, and luckily T-Mobile service is strong in my area. Do I need to even mention how good it looks, too?

thanks

I was pretty excited to get my new Razr - I was going to be a tech leader! It is cool, light, easy to carry in a pocket, and has lots of neat features that I don't really use. Then, 2 months later, it stopped working - I think the software had a problem and it would not start up. Cingular got right on it and sent a replacement. Then 2 months later, the replacement phone's keypad stopped working. Again, Cingular is sending a second replacement. I am so sad. I am going to give the 2nd replacement a try, but if it goes bad, I am going to have to change phones. I am not tied to my phone, but being without it for a week every other month is a bit much.





The phone is decent and pretty good. The service is ok. People are just not doing their research when they purchase items. I've done my research and have used this phone for 2 months now.

The phone pretty much does everything I want it to do which for the most part is act as a phone. Speakerphone works well, Bluetooth headset works well.

The negatives that I'm hearing about this phone are just not true or people are being unreasonable.

1. Bad camera - So what!!! This phone was designed to be a phone. Not a digital camera. Even considering that, the resolution is not bad if you set the resolution to high. If you want good pictures get a digi cam.
2. Short video - Give me a break. Again get a digital camcorder. I can record around 70 seconds with my Razr. You just need to set the file limit to NONE.
3. Flimsy and fragile phone. With any electronic equipment, if you drop it, it will break. Take a laptop, and drop it from the desk. Something is gonna break too.
4. Buttons on the outside of the phone - Lock the phone. Same thing happens with candy bar phones but you don't hear them complaining.
5. Short battery life - All phones with a color LCD screen require a recharge after a few days, not just Motorola. If you don't like it, get and old monochrome phone.
6. Multiple entries for one name - Again not true. You just need to configure it. Plus since my pda has Bluetooth as well (and most newer pda's do), I just beam the contact from my pda to the raza and it automatically adds the phone entry.

An actually negative that I don't like about the phone is the fixed 5mb of memory. Motorola should have utilized some sort of removable memory. Yes, the manual sucks and doesn't say much but who reads the manual. Plus if you can't figure out something, that's what google is for.

I swear I don't work for Motorola. I just get irritated with peoples bitchin cause they didn't figure out how to use the phone and expecting a device to do it all. Specially since this phone was free with only a 1 year contract.


This phone is really slick and good looking but also good quality. It is really clear for both the user and the receiver in all cases (with the phone, or wireless headset, or speaker phone). The interface is user-friendly and easy to personalize to custom fit what you use most. The voice calling is incredible and reliable. The pictures aren't bad for a camera phone, I really like the 4x zoom option. The only set back is if you buy this phone you should plan on getting a internet plan for your phone because there is no way to get the pictures off to a computer or something, or get ring tones or wallpapers.

As a customer in Spain with a lot of Vodaphone "points" chalked up, I could get this phone for only 30 Euros. For me, getting a phone is a serious business, so why not get the one you love, instead of having to take whatever you can get? I still love it after ten weeks, carried it to Israel, Jordan, England and France and it never fails. People hear me well, I hear them perfectly, the battery lasts for several days, the phone is tougher than old boot straps, and I only have two gripes. First of all, style triumps over substance; I find the keys all squished together instead of separated. Admittedly this is true of most phones, but makes it impossible for my semi-blind wife to use. Secondly, it does not use the Symbian operating system, so there is no program available for blind people. Well, my wife used a Symbian-based NOKIA for a few days, which was heavier than the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the blind-persons program was not very practical. Motorola, nice job up to a point, but instead of marketing pink'uns, make a phone as beautiful as this, but try to improve some of the facets some people have mentioned, the OS, the camera, and so forth.

I bought this phone and Plan as the deal was too good to resist.
Now I am not able to receive calls from some service providers, they get a voice message " This number is temporarily out of service".
I called T-mobile customer service 3 times and after being put on hold for more than 30 min finally was able to reach Tech support. He tried everything and in the end said that they cannot help me [if tech support cannot then who can???]. Now I have been asked to go to a T-Mobile store and they MAY be able to help me.

When I ask to talk to a supervisor, I was transferred to a number which was playing the message "The Number you have reached is incorrect" ha ha ha how funny.

Will never take T-mobile service ever.


I bought this phone four days ago without having done much research (my old one crapped out and I was desperate), so I'm surprised to see how many negative reviews its gotten. (I got mine with Cingular service, which is fine in my area, so a lot of the T Mobile criticisms don't apply in my case) That being said, I'm very happy with it, but agree with a few of the negatives. Namely:

It does smudge easily on the screen and exterior
The exterior keys do leave it susceptible to changing ringing volume and sequence by accident
The instruction manual SUCKS
The use of the features and setup are not at all intuitive - I've had to go through my address book and change settings on each entry a few times now before getting it right
The volume through the earpiece is not loud enough - not terrible, but you do have to turn it all the way up.

A few important points though, that have been incorrectly made on other reviews:

You CAN save multiple numbers under one name, BUT - you can only do that if you are saving your address book in the phone itself, and NOT on the SIM card. The SIM card will only save a name and phone number, no other details. Also, if you want to back up your phone address book to the SIM card, you're going to be constantly looking at multiple records of the same entries on your address listing - one for every occurrence on the phone memory, and another for the SIM entry. Some phones, but not this one, allow you to view either phone entries or SIM card entries.

You can also do one-key dialing for 10 numbers - but nowhere does the manual tell you that they have to be numbered 1001-1009, which they do.

And, voice tags for dialing bring up the phone number when you hit the voice button and say the name - but nowhere does the manual tell you that if you wait a few seconds the phone automatically dials the number.

Finally, the battery probably does deplete faster because of all the high tech visuals and features - so plug the thing in at night, what's the big deal?

Bottom line, I am happy with the phone, but am also glad I took the insurance plan that extends the warranty and covers just about anything else that can go wrong. Jury's out on whether I'd give it a strong recommend to a friend.








The Razr is a nice phone though it is very delicate and breaks easily. Motorola makes great phones. The phone would be great if it was stronger, but its only good feature is its slimness.

Next is T-Mobile. Their network is very small. Good luck getting signal, I had T-Mobile service for about 2 days and I dumped it because I could not get any service at my house. If you really want the Razr then get it from Verizon Wireless. They have the Best service in the cell phone industry. I get full bars where people with T-Mobile, Nextel, and Cingular have none. I had Cingular before also and I would drop calls almost every time I was on the phone. With Verizon I rarely drop calls its great. Though I still would recommend a different phone than the Razr.

I had been very happy with my Motorola phone until the battery started losing its charge within a day, even when the phone was turned off. The friendly but incompetent customer support kept me on the phone for an average of 40 minutes for the repeated calls trying to figure out the problem. After the phone had finally been sent to their technical service center, they returned it to me that the phone was irreperable "due to customer abuse." I have done nothing to that phone that could have caused any damage (unless using it to make phone calls counts as "customer abuse"), but got the same comment, without explanation after I had sent the phone in for a second time for reevaluation. It seems that Motorola is just trying to get out of fixing or replacing the phone free of charge under warranty. You'll be fine with a Motorola phone as long as it works. After that, you're on your own.

I just purchased this phone with T-Mobile having used the Motorola V710 for two years. To my relief, the menu and key operations were nearly identical (Although the RAZR reverses the red and green keys). With my SIM chip installed, the RAZR performed every bit as well as the reliable V710, with all my stored numbers still intact.

I love the sleek design. It is so thin and light, it fits into a pocket without bulge or cludginess. The hi resolution video screen is more than twice the size of a regular cell phone making the screen much easier to see.

My bluetooth Jabra worked flawlessly with the RAZR. It might be a minor thing, but the AC power adapter uses a standard USB port which is much better than the flimsy connector used by other Motorola phones.

All in all, I am enjoying the phone and recommend it highly.

One of the better phones Motorola has put out in the past three years. Works well, great large screen, good battery life even when using bluetooth.

Cons:

Itap predictive text.

Screen while _large_ isn't as nice as similarly equipped Samsungs.

Buttons don't 'feel' like they are working in a normal way and it takes a bit of getting used to.

I love the look of the phone as does everyone else. However the phone does buzz occasionally. Also It is complicated to get to the Video Recording... I still don't know how to do it and if you even can like they state you can. It rings extremely loud which is a plus. I get mediocre reception in rural areas where with past phones that weren't motorola I got excellent reception. Motorla should reconsider a few things with the Razor and it would be a great phone.

The Motorola RAZOR is, by far, the best cellular phone that I have ever owned. This is the 4th celluar phone, i.e. Nokia and other Motos, that I've owned. The RAZOR has an awesome combo of features, i.e. bluetooth, camera, USB, etc. Yet it remains a solid phone. I looked at several that do more, but bottom line they make poor phones, i.e. too bulky, too complicated.

T-Mobile has very good service all-around. I have had service with both Cingular and Verizon. The RAZOR and the lower cost of T-mobile's service are the reasons that I switched from Verizon, which I admit was excellent. T-Mobile's friendly and helpful customer service transfered my existing number without any problems. I have found that T-mobile has pretty good coverage in the Baltimore-Washington area.

Yes, this phone is beautiful. It will impress all of your friends. It has some wonderful features mentioned by other reviewers. But three things led to my decision to trade it in for a Nokia.

1. Remember how old "cordless phones" used to buzz? Well, this phone buzzed. I have seen that other Razr users have stated the same thing.

2. This phone is so thin that for me, it was just too thin. I like to hold my phone and dial all in one hand (just like most people do). This was not easy to do or comfortable with the large flat design of the phone.

3. Finally, there is no external antenna. It is actually in the bottom of the phone, so I am told. For me, living in a more rural area, this cut down on reception greatly.

the phone is great... 5 stars. this has taken a week and a half just to ship it out of the warehouse. i need my phone faster than that. come on amazon, get it together.

I purchased this phone about a month ago. And was hoping that Motorola had over a period of time improved on the quality and also that the reception was improving. My friend did warn me about the poor reception of Motorola. I fell for the sleek design, and the cool hot features.

I also work for a good company with a large office, and my earlier Samsung T-mobile worked fine at all the places. But unfortunately Motorola did not work well.

I keep the phone so that my family can reach me at any time. But with this kinda reception, this phone does not fit the Bill.

I am now planning to keep the service, since I did get into the contract, and will change the phone.


My wife has had not the RAZR phone but another Motorola phone with T-mobile for over a year now. All I can say is that when the phone was NEW, the T-mobile service is VERY spotty and unreliable. I have Verizon and it worked much better. Anyway... After a year, the headset jack in her motorola phone is loose and doesn't work with headsets anymore. In addition, her calls last about 30 seconds before getting dropped now. Obviously something wrong with the phone. In my experience Motorola doesn't make very reliable cell phones. We have had 3 different models of Samsung cell phones in the past and they are rock solid, durable, and reliable. Not sure why Motorola can't get with the program. So we just terminated T-mobile service, got her a Samsung phone (SCH-A630) through Verizon and SHE IS VERY HAPPY!

Well, I like them, and have had three for 4 months on a family plan. They are expensive, and I would not buy them if I had to pay list price, but you can generally get them hugely discounted if you get a new service plan at the same time.

The Bluetooth is a plus. It was a little tricky to get to work, but now works OK, so I download the pics to my computer. What is interesting is that you can also upload pictures from a computer to your RAZR by the Bluetooth, if they do not exceed the pixel size that the camera takes. The RAZR memory is about 5 MB, and each picture is about 50 kB, so you can hold about 100 pics.

And you can upload .gif format images too, limited by pixel size but not file size. And if you assign them to someone in your phone book, both the large interior screen and the small exterior screen displays the .gif, including displays of motion if the .gif includes motion.

But honestly, when you want to take a quality photo, use a quality digital camera, one that was intended to be a camera and nothing else. The same goes for the video feature on the RAZR, which disappoints me too as to how ridiculously short the clips are.

I don't do text messaging; it seems to me that is what email is for. Phones are for talking. The voice messaging works well enough.

Other reviewers have praised it for being cool. This does not mean much for me, a sedentary middle-aged family man who long ago accepted the pronouncements of his teenage kids that he is uncool.

But for what it is worth, it has generated lots of comments -always positive- from other people who see me with it. This was something of a surprise, because my other cell phones never did that. So I would agree with other reviewers that it does get attention. You will have to decide if this is worth anything.

Finally, it fits very comfortably in my shirt or front trouser pockets. Its flatness and lack of a protruding antenna makes this work much better than other cell phones I have used. It means I don't have to fool around with all the other accessories such as belt clips and cases. This simplifies things immensely, and I have come to value it as a major positive.

I've had this phone for about a week after upgrading from a Samsung E105. I really can't see any features this phone has over that phone except for BlueTooth and the camera. It's thin, but bigger footprint and doesn't seem very durable. For the price, I'd say it's not worth it. May return it for one of T-Mobile's free Samsung phones.

I've had this phone for about 5 months now and I'm not very impressed. I'm an older reviewer, do high tech things such as computer programming, like gadgets, background in electronics, but for my phone I want a "workhorse."

I don't want a game. I don't want a camera. I only need one ring tone (different than everyone else).

So why did I get this phone? Because the reviews indicated that this was the best sounding cell phone on the market. Best sounding on both ends. It does do that but there is a price you pay.

The problem with the phone is probably the very reason you want to buy one... It's like holding a credit card up to your ear. It's not comfortable. Imaging taking a playing card and placing the edge so it will go right across the hole in the side of your head. Well that's how you do it.

You are "holding" this very thin thing like you would hold a playing card in one hand. A case helps a little but it still is uncomfortable to hold in your hands. You can completely forget putting this phone on your shoulder and using both hands to quickly do something else. Try to hold a playing card between your ear and your shoulder for more than a few seconds.

I don't think uncomfortable is really the word... maybe, unnatural.

I've tried all the Bluetooth Jabra's out there including the speaker phone. The BT800 works the best since the people I call don't like the sound of the other ones. Bluetooth really isn't up to speed yet. It takes a while to sync and with the V3 that means going through a handful of unnecessary menu items. For it to be a viable technology, you should be able to sync it without taking your eyes off the road. Also (probably Jabra's shortcomings) if you have the headphone on the right ear, you better not put your phone in your left pocket or there will be dropouts. It's strange because you can set it across the room from you and things will work just fine. Doesn't like going through your body.

Clearly the way this product was proposed was to make a phone that looked really cool. Then have engineering do the absolute best to pack as many features into the phone and make sure the basics were right... good sound on both sides, loud ring, good vibrate, screen easy to read. They did all that. Then end result was a phone that looks really cool.

As a "bi-product" of this design (that could be practical and useful) is that you may behave different with this phone than others. For instance, I don't have a case or body glove on it because I stick it in my front pocket. If it had a case it would be harder to put in my front pocket. You completely forget it's there. It's like another set of keys or change in your pocket. If you are walking across carpet or outside on the grass, you have absolutely no concern about dropping it. It is so light there is no way it can be damaged in those conditions. However, on concrete or a hard floor, I suspect that dropping it on the edge would damage it pretty bad.

I did look at the repair manual and the problem is that it only has about four or five replaceable parts. IOW, although tiny, they are complete assemblies. This is the only phone that Motorola makes where they require the technician to go to their school before working on the phone under warranty. I'm certain each assembly/part is expensive. I don't really hate this phone but I'll probably sell it within the next year. You keep thinking that you are going to find something that you really like about this phone and it just never happens.

This phone is best for a kid that thinks the "look" is cool. It probably would be good for the guy or girl on the go that needs to impress others (yeah there are legitimate reasons for impressing others). But if you use a phone like a "tool" and you use it to be productive, I don't think this is the one to get.

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--> I came back to add more info for you after 9 months of use. One reviewer calls positioning the phone near the ear for the best possible position as the "sweet spot." That is a perfect term. The point is that the sweet-spot isn't that large... a fraction of an inch up, down, forward, back, might cut the volume down considerably. So you may find conflicting opinions about the volume produced by this phone. In the perfect position the volume of this phone is just fine. You will not have to strain to hear. However you will find that if you are walking or moving while talking to someone on this phone you devoting a constant effort to keep this in the perfect sweet-spot position. Also, besides the up, down, forward, back, you will also find changing the angle inward and outward will also make a volume difference.

While on this volume issue, the person on the other end doesn't have a problem hearing you at all "unless" you move it from your mouth. The sweet-spot for the microphone isn't near as critical but once you get past that position, apparently it drops out significantly. They won't say "you faded out" as to them you 'dropped out.'

The talk "time" is overrated. The standby time is correct. I've had no problem with the range. I believe the "meter" show less strength than what you are actually receiving as there has very few times of drop outs. I'm using T-Mobile, which around here, usually is not that strong but works just fine for me in most areas of the city/state. In addition to T-Mobile verses others... after a year T-Mobile unlocks the phone for you which might save a few bucks paying for it to be done on eBay (you can not unlock with just a simple code).

There are tons too many features to list so I'll just list a few to give you the idea of the capability. You can record your conversation on both ends which includes the legal beep so the other party will know they are being recorded. I use this for recording my customers that give me directions to their location. Next time you are with a friend, take a snapshot of them and you can easily place it in your phone book. Not only does the photo show up on the big screen inside, a smaller one shows up on the exterior screen when it is folded closed. There are buttons on the edge of the phone that do different things. Depending if closed or open they do different things... such as change the ring to a vibrate, to a silence, and even a button to "repeat" the last action that you performed. It is easy to get use to this and do it while in your pocket without looking.

Since there is a lot of confusing about the phone book, I'll add to the confusion. Yeah, you can put in "Bill Smith" one time, and include all his phone numbers in one setting, i.e., home, work, cell, fax, etc. There is a "small" icon to the right of his name indicating which type of phone number you can select. You can also sub-divide further by "personal, business, etc." The entry of the numbers is not that intuitive and the manual should be read and followed "step by step" (not quick overview) the first time. I still don't go by the icons since they are small and hard to quickly select while driving... I still enter each name separately such as, "Bill Smith - Home" and "Bill Smith - Cell." The other division of personal, business, is somewhat useless unless you initially setup your day for a business only directory, since it is hard to do while driving or on the fly.

Since I last posted, I had my phone replaced. The numbers quit lighting up in the dark. It senses if dark or light to save energy and turns on the keyboard lights in the dark. I still stand behind everything I said earlier and my opinions haven't changed. But I will add that playing the golf game included by T-Mobile while waiting in the doctor's office makes one like this phone a little better. The BT800 headset is still the best way to go even after the newer Jabra models have came out. I'm still selling in on eBay when my contract is up with T-Mobile and it is unlocked.

Its a good phone, dont get me wrong, but as stated before, its got problems - the battery isnt the best. Also, the ringing volume doesn't seem consistent - sometimes its really loud, sometimes not as much (when on the same volume setting). Also, I got the black one only a month ago, and ive already got a few obvious scratches where the silver colored metal shows through.
To top it all off, the screen recently became a problem, its got horizontal interference lines on it now, and the image seems to vibrate up and down.(I've yet to call cingular and get it fixed, so i cant comment on service).
It's also just frozen up twice before - you can't do anything with it and you have to remove and reinsert the battery to start it up again.

On the other hand, its got great reception, its very small and handy, it doesn't take up space and it has great sound quality.

Overall, i'm not too happy. I wish I'd just gotten a nokia.

As a veteran of numerous phone companies over the years, this phone is another supporting data point to my theory that phone service (mainly in the US) is in a spiralling state of increasing entropy soon to disperse into nothingness. First, I can find no battery cradle chargers for it, no cradle to charge it at all, no integrated car cradle - all of which I relied on completely with my Nokia for years. USB interface to PC usually doesn't charge it, although if the battery is almost charged it might if Im lucky that day. Moto batteries last about an hour on this phone of talk time, and one day with no usage. It has buttons on the outside of it, which will inadvertantly get pressed and change settings. It only displays the last 10 calls! The menu is totally chaotic with features I don't use in the way of ones I want that are harder to get to. I admit, my last phone of 5 years was a Nokia 6150, so very old style, but it worked like a dream and had all kinds of charger cradles, integrated car carriage, etc... This phone can hardly be called a phone compared to that. Perhaps I am too old fashioned - I think if they made a cell phone that just made phone calls, and had a rotary dialer, I would buy it over this.

Love flashy, sparkly things, and this phone definitely draws attention! It works wonderfully, the sound is crystal clear, and I love the enormous viewing screen. Love this phone. Highly recommend it.

I like this phone so much except for the battery.

Now I have to recharge it in every three or four days.

Guys who were bashing T-Mobile are probably under "commercial influence". Verizon is not much better provider, so its coverage in corn fields of Illionois is better I must admit. In all other respects T-Mobile is doing what it promises. It's affordable, GSM (which is a huge plus if you're a frequent traveller), good customer support etc. Besides, T-Mobile is using Cingular/AT&T network in most western states. So those who said that Cingular has better coverage were not correct. There's only problem with 1800 GSM is that uses too short wave length which has less building penetratino power than CDMA phones. Let's say big thank you to US government for that.
And the person who said that he knows internal of that phone... Hm... even if he's working in Motorola, he's a hypocrat because design of this phone was done by an OEM partner of Motorola. Few engineers there really know how it works. :)

The RAZR does everything a cell phone needs: makes phone calls, takes pics (which almost every phone comes with now), that bluetooth stuff I don't really use... but unlike any other phone, it gets you to the center of attention.

Slip out your RAZR and hear the ooohs and aaahs. Ladies and gents, you will be known as guy/gal with the sexy RAZR. As X-mas approaches, the RAZR is gonna one hot item. And is it worth the hype? Yes, oh yes.

This wonderful phone is available in black from Cingular and the RAZR will be available soon from Verizon - think twice before you use T-Mobile. A previous post is correct - the network is much more important than the phone.

Also, buy your phone directly from a storefront that is run by Cingular or Verizon - never buy from an "authorized reseller" or even on the Cingular, Verizon (or T-Mobile) web sites. If you phone service is important to you, get it from a store that you trust in your neighborhood!

Hi,
I bought a Razar with a T mobile plan of 29.99 .I was charged $150 and was under the impression i was eligible for $150 rebate .But i did not read the fine print which said this was eligible for only 39.99 and above .So before activating the phone i called both amazon.com and t mobile and was told the 39.99 plan would take int0 affect immediately.But now i got the first bill and i am charged $150 for one month ,most of which were 1800 calls .Also i am not eligible for the rebate (cant even find it on this site).I feel completely frustrated.Should have stuck with cingular .These guys suck Big time

I bought this V3 half an year ago when it's hot. Didn't test it before I bought it. That's my huge mistake.
No 1 problem: camera sucksssssssss. no flash light, how can you take pics indoor or at night without flash? So, maybe its better during day time. Unfornately, sucks again. My wife's samsung has way much better photo quality even though it's much cheaper. My friend has Sonyericson W800, image is almost flawless. Damn.... Can't use this piece of crap for taking photos.
No memory card slot. another big minus. but the camera sucks. i guess you don't need memory to store pics. thats sounds reasonable. i dont do text message either. so memory don't bother me a lot.

I like this phone in general, but minor thing that bothers me is that whenever I touch the phone, I leave fingerprints all over this phone, and I find this very annoying. In addition, it does not seem to have a "profile" function like other nokia units.

This phone changed my life. I used to be a loser. You know, down on my luck, sad and broke. After I began making my calls with this sleek mobile phone things changed for good (I hope for good at least). People began noticing me, I gained some much needed confidence, and my hepatitis even went into remission. I'll never be lonely again. Thank you Motorola!

I have never used any other phone except for Nokia. I was little hesitant to make a shift, as Nokia interface and ease of use is the best.
But yes, after few days of regular use i would say this phone has style, good design and worth the money! I agree, the volume is little low and its sometime difficult to hear the other person speak. But they can hear us properly!

Finally, can anyone help where I can get the CD that comes with the Razr, so I can update my phonebook from computer to the phone.

I bought this phone to replace an older model Motorola phone whose headset jack was failing to work. I love flashy, sparkly things, and this phone definitely draws attention! It works wonderfully, the sound is crystal clear, and I love the enormous viewing screen. I do wish the phone had a video recording option to go along with it's viewing option.
One general negative about Motorola products (even expensive ones like the RAZR) -they should come with more than 3 ring tone options.

It's not a mp3 player, it's not camcorder or photocamera, it's not a game box, it is balanced and very stylish MOBILE PHONE (especially black one).

I think this is a good phone. I owned a Moto V551 and this is almost the same except it lacks as much memory. This phone has some good skins, themes, features, and a huge screen. It's camera is great considering it's only a VGA. I owned a Sony Ericsson T616 and that camera stunk, I'd take this one over my old Sony. It could use more memory but overall it's a pretty good phone, especially when you can get one for only $40. (...) There are better phones out there but this wasn't meant to