"MOTORAZR xx" breathes more life into V3 formula
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Errol @ Aug 2nd 2006 1:14AM
Well, visually, it's CLOSE to the same old V3. Notice the "HI-SPEED" garishly plastered below the LCD, and the redesigned camera (now without the bulge!).
Still, it seems to be a nice swan song for the current, metal-bodied RAZR; but, like it was in your Moto coverage, it will probably be overshadowed by the RAZR MAXX. I'm not really sure why this phone exists, really; if not just to add to the endless alphabet soup of RAZR varients.
(I wouldn't mind that lime one, though.)
-_- @ Aug 2nd 2006 8:34AM
this phone HAS a history people! it's not some intermediate phone moto produced to be grossly overshadowed by the maxx.
this phone began life as an i-mode/foma phone on nttdocomo's line of "fashion i-mode" phones. this is simply a version with umts and hsdpa; otherwise, it is identical to the i-mode phone. search for i-mode razr and there is an article here that tells you.
the maxx, on the other hand, is an entirely new razr designed to follow the krzr.
and, unless the lime one is sporting ev-do rev.a you can kiss it buh-bye, 'cause there's NO way the us is getting it.
SL @ Aug 2nd 2006 8:42AM
I guess they are gonna keep a V3 of somekind alive selling side by side the new phones.
David F @ Aug 2nd 2006 9:58AM
And why not? They sold 50 million of them, no reason to kill off the V3, yet.
Vince @ Aug 2nd 2006 10:19AM
Perfect for operators like docomo, who like to take somewhat dated "world" phones and set them loose in Japan as global roaming phones. Even more so since docomo had to halt the sales of their simpure global phones. Honestly though, even though the RAZR design is dated, it still doesn't look nearly has hideous as what docomo did to the Nokia 6630. *iicky*
PEZ @ Aug 2nd 2006 10:46AM
Editorial sucks. Relevancy, please.
Finished.Law.School @ Aug 2nd 2006 2:14PM
Moto is beating the dead horse of ignorant consumer sheep with this phone...
Too bad the user interface sucks as much as it does and too bad Moto is too lazy and/or stupid to improve it...
Rand @ Aug 2nd 2006 2:16PM
Actually I beg to differ with the editorial. The RAZR V3 might have been Moto's design zenith. I see nothing they've done before or since that approaches the original with its fine lines and top-flight metal materials. Frankly, the RAZRxx might be the better of the two designs when compared to the garish RAZRmaxx. And with an already huge and loyal base of users of the original why not continue the legacy while you experiment with the designs that will next capture the public imagination.
Laurence @ Aug 2nd 2006 4:37PM
Exactly. Apart from the fact that everyone's used to it, there's nothing objectively wrong with the RAZR design. I'd go so far as to say that it's almost the perfect design for a phone: a combintion of a big screen, easy-to-use buttons, brushed-metal textures that won't attract fingerprints (unlike the KRZR), and a flat profile so it sits in your pocket comfortably.
The problems with the RAZR were all a result of its internals, not its design. But all of that has been fixed on the XX: it's been given a faster processor, the new JUIX interface has replaced the much-maligned Synergy UI, the data connection upgraded HSDPA, the crappy VGA camera has been upgraded to 1.3mp, etc. I really like this phone: they've fixed everything that was wrong with the RAZR without messing up the RAZR's best feature, it's design. I'll definitely consider one of these for mynext upgrade.
Donald @ Aug 2nd 2006 6:34PM
So why put a phone with old tech like this out?
Simple, really - pricing.
RazrXX - $100 to $150 subsidized
RazrMAXX - $250 to $300 subsidized