Motorola RAZR V3i Review

Motorola RAZR V3i Review (Expert)

In short, the Motorola RAZR V3i is a great device. It offers everything that the original V3i offered, but is more refined and faster. On top of that, upgrades such as a decent 1.2 megapixel camera and speaker independent voice dialing and control make the V3i easy to love from a practical viewpoint as well as for the obvious aesthetic reasons. With virtually nothing but praise for the Motorola RAZR V3i, it is easy to understand why I give it a "Highly Recommended" rating. In short, if you liked the V3, you'll love the V3i.Pros: Thin, attractive, Bluetooth, good specs. Cons: Keypad is not for everybody, no EDGE data

posted by mobileburn.com

Motorola RAZR V3i Review (User)

Its a beautifullll set, i used it as an alternate. But its LOW memory is the real drawback !

posted by sonaris

hate moto

posted by devil-fish

QUOTE(redleader @ Feb 28 2006, 08:31 AM)I hate this phone, and don't understand why it's getting such rave reviews everywhere.Let me explain.1 good point about the phone. It looks good. Well done. Have a medal.Against (the highlights);1. The whole interface is sluggish as hell. No-one seems to mention this, but if, for instance you want to scroll quickly down your address book, the operating system lags seriously behind your keypresses. This is the same across all functions, right across the phone. There's no excuse for this. Nokia have cracked it, why can't Motorola?2. 2 megapixel camera. That's all well and good, but when are phone manufacturers going to put good *quality* cameras in phones? The v3i's in phone camera sucks. Pictures are lifeless, fuzzy and drab. 2 megapixels is an illusion. It's like me selling you a car with a lawnmower engine in it. 'Yeah! I know it's crap - but it's BIG, isn't it!?'.3. Texting. GAH! Predictive texting is virtually unusable. I can't be bothered to go into all the ins and outs, but anyone who has used this annoying feature on the v3i will back me up 100%. They've somehow managed to make it so that you have to press twice the amount of keys to type a word in. Well done! It's all topped off by the startlingly bad bit of interface design which enables you, when replying, to very easily send off a half finished text to someone with a mere slip of the finger. I've done this several times now, much to the hilarity of my friends. 4. Calendar. One of the reasons I bought this phone was to sync with Outlook, so I could look at appointments on the move. The v3i doesn't do overlapping appointments. Simple as that. So - when syncing, I lose a lot of appointments as the v3i selectively removes them, using some secret formula known only to itself. This makes the calendar function on the phone unreliable, and thus unusable. Another winner, then. The upshot? I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone, and I'm flabbergasted by the kind of rubbish that people are prepared to put up with, and - worse still - write good reviews about. After 1 month of usage, I'm cutting my losses, throwing this phone in the bin, and transferring my sim card back into my trusty old Nokia. It was the v3i or my sanity. My sanity won.u r right in many aspects,i am totally in for the bad text input method. but dude its V3i. its a stylish fone 1st everything next .. i used it and i was pretty content.. .

posted by mahmoodali88

i hate this phone i had it for 4 days and sold it i preffer nokia or samsung!!!!!!!!!! well nokia first! moto is soo bad hate the soft ware in it!

posted by devil-fish

V3i is a great device to use and to flaunt around...I ve it now for around 3 years and it still steals the show when taken out of ma pocket...iTunes ia really great softwares to have in ur phone specially when u have ppl carryin iPods carryin with them around u...just show them the iTunes in ur phone...HE HE HEother than that...camera is great...u can get more if used properly....Ppl say that this is DELICATE/FRAGILE gadget to have....WRONG!!!!!! i ve dropped it from my bed(almost everyday)...hands, stairs, even from my balcony...on rough and messy ground....sometimes even i thought that its not gonna wake up again...but...it came back....just with some scratches......Ok now some cons....Since its not a NOKIA phone, finding accesories is a real pain in the A**....even if u ll get the accesories u just cant be sure to have the same performance like u had with the original one....and the sound level is really low...like playin music with headphone on...u can hear people talkin even when u have the volume at the highest....but by the End Of The Day, its a great phone to have....V3i Rocks !!

posted by swapnilnarendra

[B] What are ya talking, the V3i is a garbage, pour resolution, the sound is terrible, the pictures are all distorted so grainy, and the Java appz really sucks, is way much better Symbian appz, NOKIA Rules the world!!!

posted by sephiroth35

MotoRazrV3i is a very stylish phone to have one...

posted by deranged_s

If Razr's were so great why did they have to make a Razr 2? My V3 crapped out on me about 20 days shy of the manufactures warrenty expiring. The bad news is they actually fixed it and sent it back to me. I was so hoping they would say it was dead for good so I could get another Sony Ericson...

posted by BlkDragonone

i wonder why this is happening to me ... but once i heard the words called " razr or v3 " ... i m going out of control and ... starts shouting saying ... " Nooooooooooooooo !!!! "

posted by gka3000

love it! the shape is sooo darn cool! sleek and slim..if u're not soo gadget-freak, u'll love this phone.. the function is pretty simple.. young ppl use this phone.. a lot!if you just want a phone that u can call, send msges, taking pictures for fun, playing some games, this is ideal!but the themes arent that many..simple.. easy.. the design is superb!

posted by princessme

I like V3. A lot more features although the menus are different and take some time to familiarise with. Don't rely on the manual. It is pretty much worthless as the paper is so thin; it literally falls apart in your hand. Now I want to buy one. But I want to choose V3t Black. I like black more. I recently find a deal of v3t. A Motorola RAZR V3 with Bluetooth Headset is $-50. But I don't know if it is good to buy this one with the service. Hope everyone can give me some advices.Here is the link to the deal I found.http://dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=56030Thank in advance.

posted by 86finalfour

i bought the V3i Orchid Pink version today. So far i love every minute of it. the controls are very easy to use and figure out, considering i've never used a RAZR before, and my only other motorola phone was a PEBL. this phone is truley a work of art, THANK YOOUU motorola!!

posted by deebee03

Hello All,I have been using V3i for over 5 months and have no problem using it... except that I gained my collegues envy Fine, I am NOT able to install themes on mobile. I am able to download the same on to my desktop. Can anyone pls guide me as HOW TO INSTALL THEMES ON ONES MOBILE... plsI appreciate if someone can mail the same to sharath_c_77<email snipped>.co.inthanx in advance!

posted by sharathc77

MERCI

posted by memo-gost

The phone is hot looking piece with good application and supurb build quality

posted by rama1617

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