RB Motorola V3c Razr Camera Bluetooth phone for Verizon

by Motorola

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000EALK8W
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,158 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #63 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Cell Phones with Service
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 19, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Hands-On Review

While Motorola's RAZR V3 was tearing up the marketplace worldwide, people on Verizon's network were left asking "What about us?" Then we saw a CDMA RAZR show up in Korea and Verizon users felt hope--and eventually were offered the RAZR V3c. But then the magenta-colored "pink" RAZR V3 hit the shelves in T-Mobile stores, and once again Verizon customers were left wanting more.

And now they have it--in the form of the pink Motorola RAZR V3c. Functionally the same as the gray V3c, the new version has a pink color that is, well, more "pink" than the model offered by T-Mobile. In fact, it is really quite attractive, even to my decidedly male brain.

Learn more about the pink RAZR V3c from Verizon Wireless.

The V3c has 30 MB of internal storage and a run-of-the-mill 1.3-megapixel camera that takes photos that are just "okay", but not great. That megapixel camera, different from the one in the new V3i, is the reason for the small bulge in the shape of the RAZR V3c near the hinge. This brings the total handset thickness to 5/8 of an inch (about 16mm). The weight still comes in at 3.4 ounces (97g), or about the same as the original V3.

The V3c's internal antenna does a good job of finding and holding onto a signal--at least as well as Motorola's own V710 did with its extendable whip antenna. The audio quality was pretty good for a Verizon phone, and the battery life was about average for an EV-DO 3G handset at 3.25 hours of continuous talk time. That EV-DO capability means that the V3c is compatible with Verizon's V CAST video service, which offers video clips from the likes of CNN and MTV, as well as a host of others. Bluetooth support is also on board, but only for headset use. You cannot use it to send and receive photos, for example, though photos can be sent via e-mail or uploaded to the Verizon PixPlace Web site. Verizon has promised that it will start to allow its EV-DO handset subscribers to use their phones as EV-DO modems, but you will need an extended data plan (not just V CAST) in order to do so.

Like most new Verizon phones, the RAZR V3c uses Verizon's standard user interface. This means that the menu system on the V3c is almost the exact same as the one found on LG's VX8000 and VX8100 phones or Samsung's SCH-a950. While I'm not a fan of the system, it is reasonable to use and will make the V3c an easy upgrade for most people already using a Verizon handset.

Other points of interest include a nice speakerphone and a very good speaker-independent voice command system. The system allows you to call a particular phone number for one of your contacts just by speaking a single command to the phone. For example, you just press the voice dial button and say "call John Doe home" or "Call John Doe mobile" to start the call. You can also use the same system to start a text message, digit dial (eg. 215-555-1212), or look up a contact record ("lookup John Doe"). The system works over the speakerphone or with a Bluetooth headset as well.

Click the image to see the V3c's keyboard up close.

Pros:

Thin and sexy

EV-DO data, V CAST support

Bluetooth

Cons:

Keypad not great for fast texting

Mediocre camera

Could use more battery life

Overall, the pink RAZR V3c from Motorola is a very capable and easy to love phone. It has striking good looks and design and a rock solid feature set that includes 3G data, Bluetooth, and a large 262k color display. While you might want more battery life and a better quality camera, the RAZR V3c is still likely to make you happy - and get you noticed.

--Reviewed by Michael Oryl, editor in chief of www.MobileBurn.com

Product Description

In addition to the phone’s coveted ultra-thin design, the Motorola RAZR V3c comes equipped with Verizon Wireless’ V CAST multimedia service. V CAST from Verizon Wireless is the first true wireless broadband multimedia service in the country, allowing customers to view crystal clear video clips on demand. V CAST programming includes content from trusted news sources, the greatest sports and a huge variety of entertainment programs. V CAST runs on Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network - the largest high-speed wireless broadband network in the United States. The V CAST coverage area, which mirrors the Verizon Wireless EV-DO network, is available to more than 140 million Americans in 171 major metropolitan markets and is expanding coast to coast. The Motorola RAZR V3c also offers certain profiles of Bluetooth® wireless technology, an office-quality speakerphone and up to 30 megabytes of embedded memory. Weighing in at a mere 3.49 ounces, the surprisingly slim Motorola RAZR V3c balances its productivity tools with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, video record and playback and speech recognition capability.

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but not Perfect, March 1, 2006

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Laurie Brosius "laurie_pooh" (Lewisville, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RB Motorola V3c Razr Camera Bluetooth phone for Verizon (Electronics)

The Verizon Wireless RAZR V3c in "orchid pink" is a great looking phone. I'm 100% girlie girl, so I had to have it. The sound is great, and it has a lot of great features. My three previous phones had been LG, so it took me a day to get used to the interface of this Motorola. Also, I've heard Verizon changed some of the features so customers have to use their Get-it-Now and V-Cast features. It would have been nice to have both options.

Also, the phone's key pad DOES NOT glow pink. In the ads and pictures it looks like it does, but nope. It's a blue backlight just like all the other RAZR phones. That's really not that big a deal, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

The camera is nice-- much better than any other I've had on any of my phones. I like the feature that allows you to close the phone and see yourself in the window while taking a picture. The video features are also great.

I bought the matching bluetooth headset, and this is my FAVORITE part. All I have to do is say call whoever, and it dials. I didn't have to program voice recognition or anything. I LOVE that.

The only disappointing thing is that you don't have the flexibility to change the color scheme. There's a Verizon red border and you can't get rid of it or customize to match your wall paper. Granted that's not a big deal, but it sure would be nice.

Other than that, it's a fabulous phone and I'm loving being Pretty In Pink! :)

58 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could Be SO Much Better!, March 2, 2006

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Tanya K. Burkhart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RB Motorola V3c Razr Camera Bluetooth phone for Verizon (Electronics)

Let me say, I love my pink phone, but thank God I didn't pay full price for it.

Pet Peeves:
1. Changing display themes does not get rid of the RED Verizon bar across the top and bottom of the display.

2. Banner length too short - Can't fit my first and last name.

3. No Memo space in the contact list.

4. No Work2 phone number space in the contact list.

5. Groups (Business, Personal, Friends, Family, etc.) each only hold 10(!) names. Only ten!!! I don't know about anyone else, but I know a lot more than 10 people to put in a business category and LOTS more than 10 friends and more than 10 family. My KIDS each know more than 10 people to put in each of their Friends categories!

6. The pictures loaded on the phone for wallpaper and screensavers are locked, can't be deleted individually, and you have to delete all of them BEFORE you start adding other pictures or you end up with them cluttering up your gallery forever.

7. The ringtones loaded on this phone suck eggs, and Verizon's Get It Now site doesn't have any others to choose from for this phone. Third-party websites don't seem to support this carrier and phone combo, yet, either, so I'm stuck with the sucky ringtones.

So, that's my laundry list of things that are bad about the operating system on this phone after having it for two days. I have to admit I was lured by the uber-coolness of the phone and a cut-rate on the purchase price and the fact that it's Pink!

63 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a 'real' RAZR, poor performance, not worth it!, March 9, 2006

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Mediahound (SF Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RB Motorola V3c Razr Camera Bluetooth phone for Verizon (Electronics)

Verizon's CDMA phones all have external antennas. This RAZR V3c doesn't which explains it's poor performance. It has weak reception compared to other Verizon phones, and very poor battery life.

I think Verizon only lobbied to carry this phone because of the popularity of the RAZR on GSM networks such as T-Mobile and Cingular. Note that the GSM networks don't require an external antenna and also those phones are typically smaller and lighter as well.

Which brings me to my final point-this RAZR V3c isn't even the same size as the GSM RAZR, it's larger and heavier! So, while this phone says "RAZR" it's really a different phone than the slim, light and tiny GSM RAZR that is so popular everywhere.