Motorola RAZR V3m Reviews

1. Not nearly as bad as the other reviews make it seem

29 Aug 2008 by Bernee Harrouff

76.7%7.7out of 10

You know, maybe it's just because this was my first phone that was even remotely "with the times", but I absolutely loved this phone. I had it for over two years, and my god, did it take a beating daily. I gave this phone hell, especially during the last month of my contract with the phone, because I was due for a new one anyway. Much to my surprise, it withstood dozens of beatings until I threw it out of my car onto a highway, and even then, the only things that were wrong were that the signal wasn't quite as good, and the screen occasionally turned white for a few seconds. This phone served every need that I had. Sure, the picture quality wasn't that great, but it was good enough to catch some spur of the moment things, and to make them into some cool backgrounds on my phone. And to repeat what I often read on here, if I wanted to be serious with picture taking, I would use my camera. This phone had exceptionally good signal, decent sound quality, ability to do basic things on the internet,ability to store a crapload of pictures and ringtones, and bluetooth capability, which is all I could reasonably ask for for what I paid for it in 2006. This phone, while clearly not anywhere near cutting edge today, gets the job done.

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2. Terrible Phone!

28 Aug 2008 by Anonymous

40%4out of 10

I have had experience with the V3m since 2006. I have had experience with a second one since 2007. It is really, really terrible! It fell out of a pantspocket last week, and had to scrub it, now has a RED Dot. Oops. Am getting a new one next week.

Pros

None

Cons

I hate it, wiggles from side to side after dropped, scratches easily, paint comes off easily when dropped, terribly-designed keypad, terrible speaker/speakerphone, terrible music player, terrible backlighting, red dot, battery life is terrible, charger port is terrible, front screen is white after dropped when first starting up, then goes to regular.

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3. ehhh not that great..

11 Aug 2008 by k00lkid

52%5.2out of 10

well.. theres nothing much to this phone that makes it special..
sure its skinny.. so what? skinny isnt always teh best way to go.. i hATED the screen.. it always had liek a bubble in the middle..this happened to almost all razrs.. it was ok.. no big deal.. w.e..

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4. I Hate This Phone

7 Aug 2008 by Lilguy2009

58%5.8out of 10

This phone is not worth it sprint needs to go head and discontinue it like everybody else cuz this phone is not worth it cuz i ave a red razr 4rm sprint and it glitches all the time

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5. Junk you wouldn't even find at a flea market

4 Aug 2008 by Chief4792

36%3.6out of 10

I just got out of a 2 year contract with one of these crap phones. The thing was alright at first like all new things then the turd lost it's luster and surprise I'm left with a turd. Battery life was all of about 3 hrs. at best. The front screen didn't work anymore and at the end the inside screen started going out as well. When my contract was up I was tempted to toss it into the 500 degrees oven at the plant I worked for and watch it burn like the Terminator but then decided to give it to my niece for her to play with. She wants to know why it dosen't work to.

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6. razr= horrible

30 Jun 2008 by blogge01

52%5.2out of 10

lol... i made a horrible desicion. i traded in my lg env for this sucker. the reason i did that is because verizon said that my contract was nearly expired and i could upgrade to this phone for free, before my contract would expire (which was about 1 week before they asked me). so i did. i shouldve just waited for my env to run out of service, and then buy a decent phone, and not have to wait 2 more years to get a phone of my choice.

CONS:
There is a memory card placed UNDER the battery. i cant replace it. and it's horrible. it holds like 50 songs and a few ringtones.
Also, even though the phone's design is awesome (slim), the battery life is not. this phone is so skinny- i cant amagine good battery life. and that imagination was correct. the power shuts off very quick.
And if you didnt know- freezing! Razrs freeze too much. i download a ringtone, and it freezes. gosh

PROS:
1.3 mp camera is decent...atleast it has a camera. i would go nuts if this sucker didnt have a camera to spare. it's bad enough.
Color background, mhm? I seriously ran out of positive thoughts. theres very little.

also, this phone is old and i want to get rid of it ASAP. theres still ....
lets see...
1 year, 10 months left of my contract! ARGGGHHHH!

To upgrade, i would have to pay x2 of the phones price. so $400 for the glyde, and $300 for the curve (phones i want ^^) a cheap one would be nice :DDDD

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7. RAZR Is Horrible!

23 Jun 2008 by Mr. Phones

24%2.4out of 10

I just got rid of this phone (thank god!). My service was and still is verizon, and I hated this phone! My friend had a V3XX, and like all Razrs, it froze. That happened with me. It froze a lot. Not only that but the battery life is bad. I text and talk 24/7, so a phone with good battery life is what I need. I know that the thinner the phone, the shorter battery life, but seriously, the Razr isn't too thin. It should be able to have more battery life. The camera is foggy, and when I take pictures in the dark, all I see is dots of many colors. No flash, not even a good camera to cover up for the missing flash! If there were any upsides, I would have to say that atleast this phone didn't break when I dropped it. I did have to use some tape and a case to cover up all the dents and scratches. Now, I have the Blackberry Curve 8330, which is pretty nice. Of course, 100% better than this. At the time, it was suitable. Now of course, it's not.

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8. Whats UP???

28 Apr 2008 by Promoter

82%8.2out of 10

I had V3M for over then a year and never had any problems. My carrier is US Cellular and they don't load the phone up with crappy applications like Verizon does.
I am able to go on-line, play mp3's, watch full size dvd movies (with the help of GB micro SD card), transfer mp3's to the phone and apply them as a ringtones - never had to buy a ringtone yet! I also have motorola mobile tools software, which i great! I was able to use the phone as a modem and got a free access trough verizon, which is great too.
Over all I am very happy with this phone. I have dropped it so many times that it is not even funny and it still works like the day I got it from the store. The only problem I had with this phone is send button was getting stucked on it, but US cellular replaced entire keyboard for free because it was under warranty. They done it right in the store.
I have heard lot of complaints about verizon Razr's, but US cellular version is great. I would recommend this phone to anyone.

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9.

24 Apr 2008 by Anonymous

94%9.4out of 10

This is a great phone. I've had it for more than 2 years and I still love it. A lot of people complain about it, but I never under what's wrong with the phone. I always get a good signal and it's small so it always fits in my pockets.

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10. Bad User Interface

24 Feb 2008 by Deftective

58%5.8out of 10

I had a Nokia 3120 with AT&T/Cingular for 3 years before now. I switched to Verizon for better network coverage, and to share free in-network minutes with more friends.

All I want out of a cellphone and provider is good network, light weight, quick-to-call, quick-to-text, makes only the noises I want. Nokia 3120 on AT&T provided all these except good network coverage. Motorola RAZR V3m on Verizon only gives the network.

Here's how Razr v3m on Verizon sucks:
1. Three button clicks to a blank txt msg screen. On Razr, the fastest route to a blank txt composition is Msgs > New Msg (OK) > Txt Msg (OK). Contrast this to one click on my Nokia, just hit left nav-button, and go straight to a blank text composition screen.

2. Can't easily type numbers in texts. On Razr, to type a number into a txt msg, you've got to either scroll through to the last choice on each key (that's 10 presses on the #1 key to type the number "1"), or you have to select a different input mode (ie, switch from "Abc" to "123" mode).

Contrast this to the Nokia 3120 on AT&T: You just hold down the #1 key for 1 second, and it types "1". If you hold down the #1 key on a Razr, you get the first choice, a ".". Stupid design.

Also, on a Razr, if you hold the * key for 3 seconds, you automatically get switched to "123" mode. But when you want to go back to "Abc" mode, you can only do so using a menu.

3. Can't shut off missed call alert on the Razr v3m. Can't find a place to do this in the menu.

4. Can't program the voicemail speed-dial to automatically send your password. This was possible on AT&T.

5. Like all Verizon phones, I can't get rid of the standard Verizon voicemail outgoing message. AT&T allows you to do away with this and use your own personalized message instead.

6. Razr takes about 25 seconds to start up. Nokia 3120 took about 7 seconds.

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