Customer Reviews

MOTOROLA RAZR V3xx CINGULAR AT&T CELL PHONE RAZOR

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is an amazing piece of equipment. I have used the RAZR V3 for 2 years. This is only that much better. Bright screen. Brillient Graphics. Fast operating system. Huge memory. Decent camera. Quantum improvement over the original RAZR v3

The downside: Cingular has replaced the functional "Mail" button with their "Video" button. I own a phone to talk and text. Cingular wants you to watch "Video" ($10.00/minute without plan). Push that button by mistake and it will be a very expensive day.

A fantastic phone by Motorola undone by Cingular's "Marketing" department.

Can't wait to purchase an unlocked, unhijacked version of this incredible phone.

I've had a non-3G RAZR for a couple years, and recently upgraded to this. Coupled with an unlimited data plan, this is an absolutely stellar phone.

Users of past RAZR and similar Motorola phones almost won't recognize the OS. It's been hugely improved in almost every area - camera, media, address book, messaging, storage (including a a Transflash slot). It's also very snappy. Hardware-wise, the screen is bumped from the old 176x220 to 240x320 (QVGA). It's silky smooth and bright.

If you live in a Cingular 3G area, the HSDPA data is amazingly fast, and the voice quality is orders of magnitude better than any cell phone I've tried before - crystal clear. The built in browser is okay, but it really shines with the free Opera Mini browser.

The only disappointing thing is that Cingular has crippled the network access for Java applications. Using a non-Cingular Java application such as Opera Mini will have the phone asking your permission to access the network every single network request it makes. This gets really frustrating really fast, but a fix can be found with a little bit of googling.

Don't bother with this if you don't get the data plan... get a KRZR instead... many of the OS improvements are included.

The V3xx excels so much more than any other razor phone. The V3xx has a 247mhz Arm9 process which the V3/V3i/V3r only have a 40mhz processor, V3x 70mhz,Krazr K1 only has a 66mhz processor. Also the V3xx has more built in memory than any other previous Razr phones with 60Mb expandable w/ upto 2GB SD. Another note the V3xx has the Nvidia Goforce 4800GPU which is great for the gamer. I had much faster framerates on my Java games. The Goforce 4800 also conserves battery life when you are not using the phone. I had the V3r razr and the batter drained much faster. The V3xx comes with the best screen so far with 240x320 Qvga screen. The old Qcif screens just do not look this good it is amazing. V3xx is a HDSPA 3G phone one of the only ones that cingular provides. It is much faster than the old GPRS/Edge/UMTS formats and allows for faster data downloads. Streaming video, and audio is also availble which is a great feature. The video camera is very good and supports full screen playback. Lastly the phone supports A2DP stereo bluetooth 2.0 support.

Only drawbacks of the phone are the camera 1.3MP the Goforce chip supports upto 3MP and Motorola should of done that. Still most razr phones only have VGA or 1.2MP. Another drawback is the buttons ofcourse this is something common amongst all razr phones.

Pluses +

Qvga 240x320 display 256,000 color

3G HSDPA (video streaming, music streaming, faster data rates)

Fastest GPU of all Razr phones

Increased Memory and upgradability

Goforce 4800 GPU

Opera web browsing

Mpeg4 (256kb/s), WMV (128kb/s), H.264, 3GP support

Full Screen video

Midp2.0 Java Game support

A2DP Stereo Bluetooth 2.0 Spec

USB mini jack

Prior to purchasing this phone, I had used a wide variety of other phones from Cingular with having settled on the V551 for a while and then even upgrading to a Palm Treo 650 since I wanted easier to use options of email, internet, text messaging and mp3 player all in one. Well after the Palm got old and I wasnt using as much as I thought I would and with the extra weight of the Palm, I decided to buy a v3xx after reading all the reviews.

I just cant say enough about this phone! Some of the great features I've noticed just in the few days since Ive had it:

1. Great clarity and reception

2. Just beautiful phone

3. I can finally listen to songs via bluetooth! I couldnt even do this with my Treo! I always had to either listen through the phone itself or through a corded earpeice.

4. Convienent options menu for the most popular menu options such as turning on bluetooth, music player, etc. No need to go scrolling through pages and pages of menus to get what you need.

5. Lightning fast download speeds! Even with my Treo, it would take forever for a webpage to load. This Razr loads within seconds!

I'm sure this phone has many other great features that I havent found yet, but these are the most impressive ones. I have yet to find a negative about this phone. I cant believe I was able to get everything I used on my PDA into this much smaller phone with faster speeds and better options!

Anyone looking to buy this phone, do not hesitate. Its fantastic. So worth the extra cost!

The title says it all. It's got lots of features but I don't care about those. I don't need my phone to take pictures and play MP3s and all that, even though this phone does those things. I just need it to reliably perform as a phone. My last (Samsung) phone had very poor sound quality and was often unusable. This one is awesome. The sound quality is superb, even in places that used to give me trouble with other phones. It's also very stylish, light, and fits easily into a pocket. Fantastic graphics. This is just an awesome phone.

I recently got this phone thinking it was quad-band since that is what Amazon advertises. However I checked some websites and found out Amazon is mis-advertising and this is actually only a tri-band GSM 850/1800/1900.

Although Motorola downgraded this aspect of the phone, you should still be able to use the phone in most countries (after having it unlocked) since services that run on GSM 900 also run on 1800 I think.

Overall, having previously used a RAZR V3, I love this new V3xx.

1) Camera is now 1.3 MP (compared to the V3's 0.3 MP), however, 2 MP would have been better.

2) Screen is significantly sharper and the graphics are improved.

3) Phonebook allows for multiple numbers per entry.

4) External keys are now silent, so if you have previously used Motorola phones, you will find this a blessing; you no longer will be embarrassed when changing your ringer setting.

Some more upgrades include:

5) A cap for the mini-usb port to keep out the dust.

6) When looking through your address book, you can now press multiple letters instead of just one--a definite time-saver and a given in Nokia phones.

7) The '#' key now allows you to change your ringer setting to vibrate by holding it down for a second. Another hold will change your ringer back to the previous setting.

8) The V3xx seems to save more battery by dimming and turning off both the external and internal screens much more quickly than the V3.

9) For Sudoku lovers out there--yep, that game is on this phone. Although some features are disabled (such as Solver mode, Tutorial, or higher levels), there are no restrictions on playing 'Easy' level games.

I would recommend this phone to everyone, especially previous RAZR and Motorola owners. The V3xx has a processor at least 4x faster than any previous Motorola phone. This means there is no longer a lag after pressing a button.

I upgraded an old phone to a Sync just three days ago; at the same time, my son got a Razr v3xx. In comparing the two phones, several things about the Razr prompted me to go back and exchange the Sync.

The Razr keeps a subdued clock on the outside screen at all times; the Sync does not.

The Razr is much easier to open with one hand.

The Razr has voice-dial; the Sync does not.

The Razr seems to have a cleaner sound for calls.

The Razr is simply easier for me - an almost 40-something with no technical skills - to figure out. The screen icons are cleaner and the menus are more intuitive. I had the Sync for three days and still could not figure out half the stuff I wanted to. I've had the Razr for 3 hours and have already set it up the way I want it, including locking myself out of those expensive Media Net buttons. There's even a way to lock the AT&T Music feature, but keep the ability to use the music player, which is in that menu, by making the music player one of the Navigation keys.

Plus, the Razr is just prettier!

The only thing I can think of that I don't like about the Razr is that the speaker does not sound very crisp at all. If you listen to music, I recommend headphones.

Update June 2011 - I'm still using this phone, and it's still awesome. It never quits. My son has the same phone (he's now 17) and neither of us are easy on phones. It's simple, intuitive, light, and the battery life is still days long (we've never replaced the batteries.) If mine ever dies, it'll be a tough decision whether to upgrade to an iphone or just get another Razr...

I just bought this phone two weeks ago and my observations are as follows:

1) I'm not a heavy user of cell phones (about 300 minutes per month), but I get almost a full week of usage before recharging.

2) The video/image is very crisp and bright.

3) This phone is very easy to use and very functional.

4) I bought this RAZR V3xx to replace my wife's LG and what a huge improvement. The reception is much better and the battery lasts three times as long.

5) This RAZR accepts a removable micro SD card, so you can store many songs, pictures, videos, etc.

6) Playing songs from the MP3 player on the phone itself, even without a headset, is very clear.

Overall, a very reliable phone and worth the money. Although the LG had nice features and good image, I need a phone that I can reliably make a phone call with and the RAZR is a much better phone.

I think the Motorola v3xx is a nice phone. It performs the basic functions of a phone pretty well which is to make and receive calls. I haven't explored the other features much. I've been using it for about a month and didn't find any problems with it. Reception and battery life are good.

Ok, Im goin to start by saying that over the past year, I had the SLVR L7 (Great MP3 phone) Sony Ericsson W600i (Best phone with stereo speakers) Samsung Blackjack (Ok Internet phone)

Well I just got this phone yesterday and I had been using it for over 4 hours and I think from all of the phones, the Motorola V3xx is the best because I didnt have to buy any accesories for it since it uses the same accesories that the Slvr uses. When I first open the box and saw the phone shining, I was amaze because if you see in the pictures, the phone doesnt shine and if it does, its not as realistic as it should be.

I put my blackjack's micro SD card and I turn on the phone and all my songs was recognize by the v3xx, Before i bought this phone I was wondering weather if you listen to the songs in the phone and close the lid of the phone if the music would stop but No it didn't. When you close the lid, in the litle display, it tells you the song and the artist and you dont need to open the phone to change songs. With the side buttons, you can change volume and songs.

But the best thing that this phone offers is the BASS feature. Whenever you are listening to the songs, (go to options and select music options) there you an control the bass feature. It sounds good if you have the 3.5mm motorola adapter. (you can get it in amazon for 5.00$) I would say that this phone is way better than the krzr because this one have 3G and its fast. If you have a laptop, all you have to buy is the bluetooth adapter and use the phone as a modem, you DO NOT need the USB cable, although you could use it.

Overall this is a great phone, Camera is good (WAY better than the razr V3). The reason why I return the blackjack was because the battery suck, and I realize that I didnt need a PDA phone. The speaker is pretty loud although if it was stereo it would it had a better sound but this phone doesn't need another speaker. This phone has everything you need on a phone. The internet browser is really good. I can even go to [...] and browse everything as I did with the blackjack.

If you are a teenager or someone that needs a phone for calls and a lil more. Than I recommend this phone. This summer im goin to Puerto Rico and im goin to see if I can use it there. 3G is available in PR so im sure that I wont have any problems. If you have a ? just post it in here and I try to answer it.

Hope is helpful. I'll be adding more updates as I use this phone.