Motorola RAZR V3 Review

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Reviewer: Luci - Norfolk, UK
Date: 18th Aug 2009

I LOVE THIS PHONE! I have had it for 4 years now, it has been dropped countless times on laminate flooring, concrete, even got fairly wet. It has never let me down, all I want to do is make & receive calls & text. I am not interested in any music features, Bluetooth (whatever that is), & in my humble opinion, this is the perfect phone for me. I am now thinking of buying a new one, the only issue is what colour do I get?!

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Reviewer: Dave - London, UK
Date: 20th Jun 2009

In 2004 this flip open phone set the pace (it didn't need Beckham!) I just bought another brand new one, its tough & slips into back pockets no problem. All I wanted was a mobile phone, not a radio or a player, & the camera & video facility have been invaluable in terms of photographic evidence (building faults). Other phones claim to be smart well this is one of the few that gets used to you & your contacts & fills in words like magic so you don't get sore thumbs! First one well someone STOLE IT!

p.s. If anyone knows where I can get sapphire MP3 ringtone (sax tune) be greatful all my friends say they came to associate it with me, thats how much jealousy RAZR spread!

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Reviewer: Rachael - UK
Date: 8th Apr 2009

This phone is OK for what it is & what it costs you. People are complaining about it's memory & stuff, but it's a phone not a memory stick. I think this phone is great.

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Reviewer: Charlotte - UK
Date: 23rd Mar 2009

I don't understand why people are giving this bad reviews? I mean, fair enough it's got bad memory & camera & games etc but if you were looking for those things, surely you'd have upgraded by now anyway?

I have had this phone for ages & it does exactly what I want it to & what I use it for. Never had a problem with it & the battery life is long too.

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Reviewer: Sue - Hereford, UK
Date: 17th Mar 2009

I have had this phone 3 years now. I was worried about swapping from Nokia as I had never had anything else before. But I wanted a flip phone as I was so frustrated with accidentally phoning people with the classic models & Nokia didn't have a slim flip phone. This has been a great little phone. If all you want is a mobile phone then this is it.

It's not a camera, or a video, or an MP3 player or a web browsing laptop. It's just a phone & the price reflects that.

It doesn't have loads of memory but I get about 80 saved messages before I have to clear them out. The battery lasts about 3 days which is fair enough.

I use it in the UK with PAYG on 02 out in the Herefordshire countryside & have no problem with signal. Also use it in Switzerland with PAYG Swiss com & again no problems anywhere, even in the mountains.

The screen is wearing now so I will have to think about replacing it, probably with the same one!

Sue.

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Reviewer: Dudey - Australia
Date: 20th Jan 2009

It was good for me for texting & calling & stuff but I dropped it in water & it worked after a couple of days but it's now never got signal. It has NO space & the camera is pretty bad, videos can only be recorded for so long & they are jumpy. I don't like it too much.

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Reviewer: Genevieve - London, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2008

I have to say that the only reason I bought this phone on the first place was because it was cheap & I needed a really quick replacement after my previous one was stolen.
After being a little wary of the flip thing, I've always thought flip phones look really flimsy & I'd be scared of breaking them but I've been pleasantly surprised.
I've had it a year now & it's been reliable to the last.

The battery life is pretty reasonable, about 3 days when kept on all the time & used for calls etc, I have found it to be a fairly robust little thing, I've dropped it & got it wet & kicked it & it's been fine. The design is lovely, slim, pocket friendly & the keypad is stylish & easy to use.

Unfortunately with the same phone though!

I only really use my phone for texting & calls, if you want more than that you are better off investing in a more expensive & recent piece of equipment. It IS an old model, the camera isn't worth much, the screen polarises on a much too narrow angle & there really isn't a whole lot of memory capacity. That said camera phone technology still isn't really advanced enough yet to compete even with basic compact digital cameras. If that's what you want you're better off buying a phone with the other features you want & a separate digital camera.

I'd just like to mention as well that some people will, inevitably, have faulty handsets, & those faults cannot be generalised & attached to the model. I have never experienced most of the problems described on here & it is unlikely that you would if you were to buy the phone yourself.

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Reviewer: Simon - Australia
Date: 24th Aug 2008

I loved this phone but it was always stuffing up on me from the first day I got it. It would not let me text & it would not let me use the Internet & the plastic is to week I accidently dropped it & it snapped in half.

It only has 5MB built in & you can't put in a memory card in it.

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Reviewer: Joshua - UK
Date: 10th Aug 2008

Bad points.
- Very low resolution screen.
- Rubbish camera resolution.
- ONLY 5MB of built in memory (no card slot).
- Rubbish features overall.
- Motorola's old operating system.
- Very flimsy like when you flip it up it feels like it's going to break.
- Not reliable.

Good points.
- Pocket friendly.
- Quite good design.
- Very thin.
- Cost friendly.
- Nice keyboard looks posh.

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Reviewer: Ciara - Oxford, UK
Date: 5th Aug 2008

I Have Loved This Phone. Yes, It doesn't Have Much Memory, But It Has Never Failed Me. I Wouldn't recommend Buying It Because I Think That There Is More On the Market Now, But Despite What everyone Seems To Think It Wasn't That Bad. It's Only the Features That Let It Down!

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Reviewer: Kristan - US
Date: 4th Aug 2008

I got this phone as a Christmas gift from my parents in 2007. I thought it was really cool at first, but then I found out that the battery life was terrible, big time. It does not have much room for pictures, videos, or ringtones at all. & too add to that, there is no slot for a memory card. This is probably the worst phone that I have used in my entire life.

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Reviewer: Random - Coseley, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2008

This phone is rubbish! Rubbish memory, rubbish Internet, one of the WORST phones I have ever bought! My Samsung U600 Truely shows how a phone should be like!

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Reviewer: Bobby - UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2008

I hate this phone it is terrible. Dropped 3ft onto carpet & broke hinge. However I had it for about 2 years & never dropped it, back then it was good.

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. It may look all right but it has 2MB (yes two MEGABYTES, not kidding) of memory plus you cannot upgrade memory.

Camera is pathetic, no flash, bad games.

Get a Sony Ericsson if the iPhone is too expensive for you (like me). Don't go anywhere near Motorola.

The people who gave this good reviews must have had a different phone to what I got.

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Reviewer: Larni - Ipswich, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2008

I really love this phone. I have had it for two & a half years but unfortunately is quite poor but it is a good phone.

I would say though that it is probably a good phone as a first phone as it's reliable & easy to use but I am getting a different phone just because I fancy a change not because there was anything wrong with it when it worked.

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Reviewer: Corey - Australia
Date: 5th Jul 2008

I have had this phone for nearly two years now & let me tell you it was not very good it has appalling battery life & the screen kept getting full of dust by the end of it the battery was only lasting half a day without any calls or texts well any way the only thing I have to say is that I thought the phone was going to be really good but it wasn't!

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Reviewer: Ryan - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 29th Jun 2008

Has been a fantastic phone for me over the last 2 & a half years. Great design & usability, lacks memory but suited me fine. Flip section just broken which meant screen no longer works.

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Reviewer: Hodders - UK
Date: 18th Jun 2008

I had this phone given to me by a colleague, however I have never been able to work out how to down load photos to my PC. Can anybody advise how this is done?

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Reviewer: Bec - Australia
Date: 13th Jun 2008

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! I have had problems with it since day 1. They only offer a 3 month warranty & it doesn't cover anything! My phone is stuffed. It will ring. But it won't let me answer the call. I can receive messages but the screen goes blank every 2 seconds so I can never get into my messages for long enough to read them. I am never buying a Motorola again.

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Reviewer: Sehr - UK
Date: 10th Jun 2008

This is probably the worst phone I have had. I liked it due to its design. & thought it's really girly & looks really good. Once I purchased it, I wished I hadn't.

There's nothing to it. It goes blank on you when you attempt texting, using the WAP & half the times I have been having important phone conversations when its cut off & got me into trouble.

I have passed this phone on to young niece now, as I think it's a phone for kids, who don't need much out of it.

I would strongly advise not to buy this, BIG waste!

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Reviewer: Anon - US
Date: 30th May 2008

This phone is great. Contrary to other reviews saying that the batter life is low, I find that it lasts quite a long time.

I've had this phone for over a year & a half & I still like it. Bluetooth works fine but I have to tell it to find phones rather than the phone doing that it's self. The games aren't that good but you can pay to download if you really want. The shape is great & fits into my pocket really well.

I would recommend this phone to people who want a phone that is simple with a nice design.

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Reviewer: Jess - UK
Date: 30th May 2008

READ ME I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PHONE!

I have had this phone for about half a year now & it is bad, big time. It is quite easy to use but the screen cracked when a bar of chocolate fell on it, it stopped me from accessing my contacts & after all of this it stopped me from sending calls & texts & would only let me RECIEVE both when I had full bars signal & when I had more than 40 % battery, useless.

Really I am warning you. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE seriously. It is good at the start but defaults like other comments in max a year.

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Reviewer: Emily - UK
Date: 24th May 2008

I bought this phone when it was £100 & I can't believe I ever spent that much on such a rubbish phone! It holds so little pictures & videos & it won't take a single song!

It deletes all my contacts which is incredibly annoying & also the phone itself is so big that you look like an idiot when you're using it.

I would say definitely DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE (unless of course you want to throw a phone across the room).

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Reviewer: Chloe - Australia
Date: 21st May 2008

This phone was really horrible, my parents bought it for me for Christmas last year, within two weeks the front screen broke. It was always freezing, the battery life sucked, the memory was cracked & the Bluetooth always screwed up, then it kept turning off for no reason, but would say it had full battery also it is restricted in the things you can do, & the Internet is really slow. I wouldn't recommend getting this phone to anyone, it's pretty rubbish.

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Reviewer: Amy - London, UK
Date: 17th May 2008

This phone is rubbish don't by it. Worse phone ever.

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Reviewer: Nuhu Mohammed - Accra, Ghana
Date: 4th May 2008

Hi, I bought this phone only last week & am finding problem in transferring music from a Samsung D500 phone the Motorola V3. Can you assist me to do the transfer by engaging the Bluetooth since I have used the Bluetooth several & it did not work, thank you for your concern.

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Reviewer: Ciara Ariana - UK
Date: 25th Apr 2008

I have had this phone for years, since it came out, & I LOVE it! It doesn't hold many songs etc, admittedly but I have loved it! It looks great & is easy & simple to use! X.

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Reviewer: Marcus - Somerset, UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

I have owned one for 2 years now & it is still going strong, even after being dropped onto tarmac or concrete several times during its life. Both the displays are clear, keypad works well & has good standby charge unless you leave Bluetooth turned on.

It does have a small memory with no option to increase, it can store in the region of 50 texts or more. First & for most it is a phone with the option to take photos which it cannot be faulted for. So, if Mp3s or photos & videos are as important as texting then you should look elsewhere for something suitable.

I had never had any of the other problems people have mentioned here such as connecting to the Internet on its own accord, so I believe it is just a small number of people who suffer this, just like the other issues mentioned.

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Reviewer: Tracey - UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

I have this phone only to use as a modem through my PC for cheap Internet (pound a day or 2.50 a week on T Mobile) whenever I desire to use it. I wouldn't have this phone as my main phone as it hasn't got what I want from a mobile & it lacks in features in that way! It's okay for if you just want a simple phone for basic texting & calling & no more. As for style of it, I don't like the design but colours are okay especially lilac & pink ones. I got it in black & unlocked.

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Reviewer: Steph - Sheffield, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2008

I have had this phone for about 3 years, the first was the older version without video & it was great couldn't really find fault as for real pictures I'd use a camera. My problem comes with the newer one which has video capture, now my phone holds only 20 messages in the inbox & after a year I am giving it up as it's just too frustrating. Otherwise an excellent phone but not recommended if you receive lots of messages or want to take decent photos on your phone..

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Reviewer: Kirst - Hull, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2008

I've got this phone in pink. When I got it I was so excited! On the review in Morrisons it said MP3 phone. I was very disappointed when I took it home & found it wasn't. I think the phone is ideal for sum1 who doesn't want music as it is very good for texting on. But I keep getting browser messages & they take all the credit off my phone. Does anyone know what this is & how to stop it? It also keeps jamming up & the background I have on it goes really weird & it won't turn on or off for ages. Good phone though! Kirst X.

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Reviewer: Lisa - Brighton, UK
Date: 25th Mar 2008

I have had this phone in pink for over 2 years now & it's still working! I have dropped it loads & even put it in the washing machine by accident.

Yeah as everyone has pointed out the memory is rubbish but it is ideal for people who want a phone to text & ring. The only downside is the phone sometimes goes on to a grey screen & switches its self off then on again but had a few Nokia's that did this too.

Overall a nice phone.

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Reviewer: Jo webster - England, UK
Date: 25th Mar 2008

The only thing this phone is good for is throwing away basically. I have has it about a year, I dropped it once & it's been faulty ever since.

The memory is poor, it can hold only one song & up to 30 pictures. The camera quality is poor & the videos are really short.

Altogether I hate this phone! It's really fragile & I don't really like the looks. It's like a flip brick! I am getting a new phone asap!

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Reviewer: Alan - London, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2008

I can't understand why this phone gets poor reviews considering what you can now pay for one (under £30 at Tesco).

I have had budget phones from Samsung & Nokia costing more but the Motorola is far superior & better quality, if you want a phone just to make calls & to text then the RAZR V3 is fine.

If you want music video etc, then perhaps you should be looking for a decent MP3 or MP4 player instead of a mobile phone.

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Reviewer: Kirsty B - UK
Date: 19th Mar 2008

A bad phone I have had it 3 months & hate it poor memory I hate it I am now selling it on eBay for only £10 when I paid £80 a true rip of I am now buying a LG chocolate it should arrive today. Warning don't buy this phone!

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Reviewer: Lily - London, UK
Date: 2nd Mar 2008

The features are pretty good & the phone looks good. However the battery dies very often & after having this phone for about a year it switches off by itself.

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Reviewer: Danny - UK
Date: 2nd Mar 2008

I really hate this phone because it always dials 666. I quite like the design & feel of the phone but it only has 6MB of memory on it, the camera is bad as it is only a vga camera & there is no place to put a memory card in. If you are thinking of buying a phone I wouldn't suggest this phone because it also accesses the Internet if I leave it in my pocket for about ten minutes. Hope this helped you.

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Reviewer: J - Kent, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2008

I have had this phone for just over a year & it hasn't failed me yet. It can be a bit slow sometimes & the screen gets imprints of the keys on it, but otherwise it is very good. Will admit that the camera is not very good but it is OK enough in good light, but grainy sometimes. Overall it is very good.

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Reviewer: P - Essex, UK
Date: 23rd Feb 2008

The camera pictures always came out blurry & the video was no good however I had this phone for a while & it lasted great considering it had got wet, been on roller coasters, chucked in school bag etc. The screen was easy to keep clean & unmarked, the Internet was easy to use & the buttons worked well when wearing fake nails. Nice size phone fits neatly in pockets however not enough memory space can only just fit on 2 songs 3 maximum.

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Reviewer: Lily - UK
Date: 22nd Feb 2008

I've tried to be fair with this review. This phone has obviously been around for a while, so to compare it to newer phones with new technology is pointless. When I first got it I thought it was amazing, it is fantastically slim & was a lot nicer than some of the other Nokia bricks available at the time. I have had no problems with it at all, & I've had it for about two/three years now (ages! ).

Pros.
- Nice simple texting.
- Has a camera (not fantastic) but has zoom, brightness settings. If you close it you can take pictures of yourself easily (you can see the screen on the front). Basically, it is what you expect of the price you can get it for.
- Bluetooth (amazingly! ).
- Lovely simple design.
- It shows the time on the front screen.
- Nice simple navigation.

Cons.
- Appalling memory size (5MB). I can fit two songs on & after installing all the software & loading all my songs (from my MP3) to the Motorola phone tools, I wasn't impressed to find not enough memory.
- Battery life. For a while I thought it was awful, I had my phone of constantly because the battery would go down in a matter of hours. It was only when I found out my Bluetooth had been on ALL the time I had got it, that I realised that was what was wearing it down. It can now last for a day or two, which is still not great.
- the camera & video quality, not brill.
- Slow loading times (for games, browser etc).
- Lack of memory card slot. My problem with the memory would be solved, but it is so old that it doesn't have a slot!
- Generally outdated.


Following on from my last point, this phone other than just not being in with all the new technology is great (believe it or not! ). If you want a simple phone good for making texts & phone calls with a good battery life & pretty looks, then this is a good phone for you, but that probably doesn't include many people as we (mostly) want amazing top notch everything to impress our friends with.


Conclusion.
I wouldn't buy this phone as you would probably be looking for a phone with more memory & better tools almost immediately.

Sorry Motorola, but I am now looking at the Sony Ericsson W810i, & writing this review has just made me 100% sure it IS prefect :).

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Reviewer: Grace - Nottinghamshire, UK
Date: 22nd Feb 2008

My best phone yet! Simple to use, nice user guide & easy to use! Great!

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Reviewer: Darkride - UK
Date: 18th Feb 2008

This is a very stylish good looking super slim phone however the internal memory is useless because it only has just under 5MB the keypad is hard to use because when navigating you could accidently press the very small select button overall a pretty useless phone.

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Reviewer: Jaimee - New Zealand
Date: 18th Feb 2008

It's a great phone. Though, I still don't know how to get predictable text on it. The camera is bad, but better than most. I like the look of it :).

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Reviewer: Matt - UK
Date: 14th Feb 2008

Owned this handset for about 10 months a couple of years ago. It was a phone I longed for as soon as I first set eyes on it, I can cut this review short by saying it's a lot like an expensive Italian supercar, looks awesome & the performance promised a lot, alas sadly the build quality & reliability was appalling. My razor ended up being snapped into two separate pieces whilst in my back pocket. Nowadays it's a bargain however so if you're looking for a mobile that you're not intending to keep for ages then look no further!

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Reviewer: Emma - Lincolnshire, UK
Date: 10th Feb 2008

I got this phone in lilac for Christmas & I wish I hadn't, after 4 months my parents had to buy me a new one because it snapped in half. It has extremely low memory, the battery life is rubbish & the camera is bad. I would not recommend this phone to anybody. It is a waste of money.

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Reviewer: Rachel - Australia
Date: 2nd Feb 2008

Well I never! People who say this phone is. 'Embarrassing'?

WHAAA?!

It's an awesome phone. I have had it for a year already, true I am getting a new one, but that's only because I am sick of this phone, there's nothing wrong with it.

It's super thin, & I love the keypad. It's super easy to use & I think that it is a very standard phone for TODAYS market. But when I got it, it was very good quality.

I wouldn't recommend buying it now, because the technology is so old.

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Reviewer: Janelle - Latrobe, Australia
Date: 24th Jan 2008

I had my V3 for over a year. It survived being dropped thousands of times & it went in the bath twice. It's a good phone but the Sony Ericsson Z750i way better!

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Reviewer: Samantha - UK
Date: 16th Jan 2008

I've had this phone for just over a year now & it suits me perfectly. Yes it only holds one song but isn't that what you have Ipods & MP3 players for? & the camera on it is good if you want to take a quick fun snaps but if you want high quality pictures then use a proper camera. I've had a couple of little accidents with my phone but its never actually broken once its just covered in lots of scratches but it still works fine so I have no plans to change it yet.

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Reviewer: Michelle - Washington Dc, US
Date: 13th Jan 2008

I loved this phone. It is great for people who have maybe only had 1 or 2 phones before, as it is kind of simple. It has an OK camera, but was a little bit slow & blurry at times. The storage, I must say was a sort of awful, & compared to my uni friends, who could hold around 50 songs, the v3 could hold 10 at the maximum. One thing I did like though was the design & feel of the phone. It felt really nice to hold & fitted into my pocket so easily & unobstructively.

It is a brilliant phone for things like texting, & calling, but not so good for those of you who enjoy your pics, vids & tunes. Hope that all of this helps.

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Reviewer: Evie - UK
Date: 11th Jan 2008

This phone was not that bad! I have had it for two years & this phone was quite good quality! The style is really funky, Bye.

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Reviewer: Hope - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

I have had this phone for ages & it has been brilliant! No problems whatsoever & it is a great phone! The only down side is that the memory isn't too great. One song. Oh well, buy an ipod. (: I have dropped this phone so many times, & it hasn't affected it in any way. Just a few tiny scratches. (:

I love this phone, but now I am looking for a phone with a bigger memory. I am going to miss it (: but I recommend this phone to anyone. It's a brilliant, long lasting phone.

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Reviewer: Emma - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

I have had this phone since Crimbo 2005 & it's been brill. I have dropped it loads of time & it still works. The battery life can last up to a week which is great spesh for someone like me who forgets to charge it up ha-ha! The one problem is really how slow it takes to Bluetooth & once you have sent it or been sent something, the file is normally too big & won't load but apart from that this phone is brill & is a great for anyone who just wants a casual phone for school or whatever!

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Reviewer: Mgpro - UK
Date: 4th Jan 2008

I have had this phone for over 5 months & no problems have occurred. This is not advertised as a MP3 phone, it is more of a fashion phone. The camera is only for quick snaps, so bring a digital one when you need one. The memory is mainly for a ringtone & pictures, overall very reliable.

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Reviewer: Charlotte - Bolton, UK
Date: 4th Jan 2008

I THINK THIS PHONE IS JUST TAKING the MICK. I got it for my birthday & I thought it well good but then I realised it had no memory & you could only have 1 song on it & there is loads of bad ringtones & you can't even delete them. ALL the PEOPLE OUT THERE don't GET IT OR you WILL BE CRYING A RIVER please TAKE MY ADVICE.

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Reviewer: Maria - Antalya, Turkey
Date: 28th Dec 2007

This is a phone for its looks & a few pictures. Rubbish memory & don't have a memory card to put in. I can't even hold 2 songs. I would not advise you to get it.

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Reviewer: Holly - Attleborough, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE IN PINK FOR 2 YEARS & I have VEVA HAD TO REPAIR IT, IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO ME I HAVE PHONES TO TEXT & LOOK GOOD & THIS WAS AWESOME AT BOTH THOSE THINGS!

YEH IT doesn't HAVE A GOPOD MEMORY BUT I CAN LIVE WITH ONE SONG AS I HAVE AN IPOD FR THAT!

IT HASNT CRACKED OR BROKEN & I have DROPPED IT LOADS!

I am NOW MOVING ON TO the Nokia 7373 BUT I am KEEPING THIS PHONE IN CASE THAT doesn't WORK!

I CAN RELY ON THSI PHONE!

ITS DONE ME PROUD I am ONLY 10 NOW SO I GOT IT WEN I WAS 8 N NEVA ONCE HAS IT NOT GOT SIGNALL OR GONE FLAT WITHOUT A WARNING BOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE!

LUV IT IF you WANT A RELIABLE PHONE THAT LOOKS GOOD GET THIS! (IN PINK ITS LOOKS WAY better!).

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Reviewer: Sophie - Hullbridge, UK
Date: 19th Dec 2007

BAD PHONE. WHEN you SEND SOMETHING THROUGH Bluetooth IT MOVES IT. & the SENDING OF IT IS SO SLOW. & ONLY ALOUD the Bluetooth ON FOR 60 SECOUNDS THEN IT GOES OFF AGAIN.

BAD PHONE, WORST PHONE I HAVE SEEN & HAD IN MY LIFE. AVOID.

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Reviewer: Quanda - Canada
Date: 18th Dec 2007

Ha ha ha all your bad reviews make me laugh. Look at the reviews on & before March of 2006, they're great! They also weren't nearly as popular back then. I've had mine for 2 years & it's served me great. Sure the camera is shabby but let's keep it in mind that this phone has been in production for over 2 years.
Anyway, they were absolutely fantastic up until Q2 2006 (that's second quarter of 2006, so April & on) they weren't popular they were quality phones. Then they got popular & Motorola made more for cheaper (basic principle of business) & to anyone who bought a phone, especially in 2007, you are a sheep & nothing more. You followed a fad & bought the oh so popular phone of the time. What you didn't realize is they turned to rubbish. Problems with cracked screens & dust (sand?) under the screen cover are unacceptable problems basically just cheap manufacturing. When I got my phone we also got custom leather pouches to carry them on our belts which also no longer including in post Q2 2006 packages. I've dropped mine down a flight of hardwood stairs & accidentally put it through a load in the washing machine & it works fine. Trust me they used to be great but if you are even considering buying one now. I must ask you why? They built a reputation as good phones & have been sold on those premises ever since but their quality has dropped I assure you. My review percentages are being based on the time of release though by today's standards I'd give mine a 45, 20 & 40, I'd give a new one 45, 15, & 20. Oh & just putting it out there.

Not enough memory for MP3's? Are you kidding me? When this phone came out I don't even remember there being any MP3 phones! At that point it was all about taking the technology & making it smaller & thinner. & the RAZR most certainly delivered. It wasn't about cramming songs onto a phone unless it was a short clip to be used as a ring tone. Anyway DO NOT BUY ONE, BY TODAY'S STANDARDS THEY ARE TERRIBLE I ASSURE YOU! Move on, get a new phone, something released in the last 6 to 12 months or something. But don't go complaining that a 2 plus year old phone doesn't have all the fancy stuff more recent phones have. That's what the razr2 is for. But given Motorola's bad manufacturing after becoming popular & obvious profit motive (make cheap sell high) I'd be weary. After what they did to the RAZR, I don't know how much they can really be trusted, then again others may very well be just as bad. The joys of buying technology!

As a side note I am looking at upgrading to a Samsung or Nokia.

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Reviewer: Megz - Hedon, UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

I've had this phone for 2 years now & it's OK. I am getting the Samsung f210 for Christmas.

I would strongly recommend NOT to buy this phone because, it's alright for texting & ringing but that's it! The memory is rubbish, so is the camera. The phone is thin, yes, but it is way too wide! Don't get this phone.

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Reviewer: Laura W - Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Date: 15th Dec 2007

This phone is okaaaay. Nothing special about it, it's good if you want a cheap phone but with a camera, video, Bluetooth etc. The keypad is easy to use, the design is nice & stylish, it is strong but not really available in many colours.

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Reviewer: Lynda Allison - Cascilla, US
Date: 13th Dec 2007

I have had this razor for 1 year & it has gave me nothing but trouble, had to send it back to Cingular 3 times & same thing with the other ones they sent me, the battery does not last, I have had to put 3 new batteries in it in 5 months of use, the screen goes blank & the phone goes out, a lot of times, I have had nothing but trouble with this phone, the ringtones are bad & graphics, you have to buy them if you want good ones, the camera is OK, signal quality is bad, the only thing I like about it was the colour, pink, I want get another razor, I think the Nokia is a hold lot better phones!

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Reviewer: Dan Whymark - Essex, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

I have had this phone for about a year now, & I have liked it sort of. The problem is that it has no memory the rest of the phone is totally perfect. But my advice is just don't buy it, unless you just want to ring people, the camera is terrible, the video is terrible.

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Reviewer: Nadine - Springfield, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

Would definitely recommend this phone! It may not have a huge pile of features & the memory is a bit rubbish but it's very reliable! I have dropped mine about 20 times, no joke, & it has never cracked! The most that happens is that it'll immediately turn off & back on again which is no big deal. Getting a Samsung D900 for Christmas & I am kind of beginning to regret it after reading the reviews for it as I am rather clumsy with phones, always dropping them etc!

The Motorola is a tad heavy but personally I think it looks really stylish, the camera isn't bad, the sound is good & as I said before it's quite strong! It is also rather cheap at the minute.

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Reviewer: Candice - Hollywood, US
Date: 5th Dec 2007

The phone is ugly. Please don't buy phone. I was so embarrassed when I went to audition for a movie & I took out my phone & people were laughing & the director said is that your phone. That's disgusting!

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Reviewer: Marvo Ging - Teignmouth, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2007

Had this phone 2 years & it was a year old second hand when I aquired it. No problems at all. Good battery life. I only want a phone for phone calls. It also pairs with my sat nav via Bluetooth. Nice & slim, fits in my pockets unobtrusively & the buttons don't get pressed accidentally because it's a flip phone. Nice quality feel to the metal case. Still one of the smartest phones out there. Wouldn't change it. Would buy another.

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Reviewer: Sam B - Alcester, UK
Date: 4th Dec 2007

It's a good phone but not a very good camera & rubbish memory, it's easy to use I would recommend it to people who just want a bog standard phone.

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Reviewer: Steve - York, UK
Date: 2nd Dec 2007

Got this phone because I already had C975 which needed replacing which I was used to & I liked the Motorola layout.

I have had it for a few months now. Very disappointed, poor memory, difficult to use (it looks snazzy, but I rather have ugly & usable than pretty & difficult), Bluetooth is a joke, glad I got it in a sale. If I paid list I would be mad. The real teller is that I am still using the C975 most of the time.

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Reviewer: Calum - Hartlepool, UK
Date: 30th Nov 2007

I've had it for a while & it is a bit rubbish.

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Reviewer: Terry Lebeau - London, UK
Date: 29th Nov 2007

This phone is the best looking mobile around, a bit hard to use initially, camera is great, the outside screen is handy to put wallpapers & the time on it. The lights on the keypad look fantastic in the dark. GET THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Lawra - UK
Date: 29th Nov 2007

I did have this phone & I loved it at first it was so small & slim I was so excited. It lasted me about 1 to 2 months. Well first it stared crashing on me. Then it would find me on Bluetooth & so on.

It has terrible memory, yes whoever wrote the, it isn't labelled MP3 player phone, we all know that but it doesn't hold loads of pictures either! I wouldn't get this phone if you're into playing songs, taking loads of pictures or sending stuff on Bluetooth.

Thanks for reading.

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Reviewer: Andrea - Washington, US
Date: 28th Nov 2007

So I got my razor about February 2006 & at first I did like it because it was the phone to have & there was nothing else on the market. But now I am on my 3rd one, they just break for no reason.

I am on a family plan & we want to leave T Mobile when my contract ends in February 2008. So I am stuck because it just broke today from some kind of water, but I didn't get any water on it recently.

The pictures were useless because they were so blurry. They keys are cool but they break off to easy. The screen is not that good because it's always so darn blurry. I really don't think you should buy it due to the fact that it breaks way to easy & then you are stuck using an old phone.

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Reviewer: Anon - Hull, UK
Date: 28th Nov 2007

RUBBISH! NO MEMORY. NO CARD SLOT. SHORT BATTERY LIFE. IF SLAMMED TO QUICKLY IT WILL GO BLANK FOR ABOUT 40 SECONDS, SO BAD! DO NOT EVER BUY!

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Reviewer: Laura Brooklyn - Birmigham, UK
Date: 10th Nov 2007

The design is OK, anyone who wants this phone please don't it's a waste of money. The whole Motorola company of phones are rubbish. I have had Motorola for years I am changing to Sony Ericsson more quality phones :).

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Reviewer: Alex - Afghanistan
Date: 9th Nov 2007

All you people complaining it hasn't got enough memory for any songs. IT'S NOT ADVERTISED AS AN MP3 PHONE! It has enough memory for pictures, RINGTONES (not songs), games & videos. Why did you buy it if you wanted songs on it? Stop complaining.

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Reviewer: Gabbie - Hoylake, UK
Date: 5th Nov 2007

I seriously would not recommend this phone, its mainly only for texting & calling, but if you're looking for pictures & MP3 this is not the phone to get, I thought it was to heavy & the flip is quite annoying because it takes a long time to flip up, it's got about 5MB memory which is like one short song & a few pictures as the songs that the phone came with you can't delete, this phone is only for texting & calling otherwise I would completely say no.

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Reviewer: Travis - San Antonio, US
Date: 31st Oct 2007

THIS IS the WORST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD. WHEN MY PHONE DIES & I TRY TO CHARGE IT, the SCREEN WITH HELLO MOTO ON IT JUST KEEPS BLINKING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. The PHONE IS EASILY DAMAGED. I PAID $300 FOR THIS PHONE & IT IS COMPLETE GARBAGE. I WOULD NOT recommend THIS PHONE TO anyone. Don't BUY IT OR YOU WILL BE SORRY.

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Reviewer: Gy - US
Date: 30th Oct 2007

I've using this phone for a year. The phone is starting slow when I press the number or text message. The most problem that is annoying me is the dust on the screen!

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Reviewer: Beth - UK
Date: 28th Oct 2007

I had this phone for about a year & the front screen has recently cracked. I think the sound it good but rubbish memory. If you just want a phone for calling & texting I think the phone is great. & loads of these say the battery life is bad but I used it for music a lot & the battery seemed fine :).

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Reviewer: J Hall - Bristol, UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

I absolutely loved this phone, simple & sleek, but not ideal for those of you who like your gadgets, hence the 50% for features. It's very easy to use, I found the battery life fine.

The camera was pretty useless for anything more than quick fun snaps & the 3G worked, but was basic.

Big bug bear not being email enabled & having that iMode, pain in the you now where!

My main advice would be, it doesn't do well in the washing machine!

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Reviewer: 9buzz9 - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

Absolutely rubbish. No good use what so ever rubbish camera rubbish memory plus there is no card slot so I can only hold 1 song & the Bluetooth is so slow I could run from Thetford to Norwich before it has completed transferring. My advice is go get a Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Isaac - Portland, US
Date: 21st Oct 2007

You do not want this phone! Small design bad use! Keypad the worst, you can't text message anything accurate! The ring tones. The worst in the market of cell phones so you will be forced to 'BUY' ringtones! Battery. Very 'BAD' I have been using cell phones for the pass 15 years & I have never had something like this bad quality phone. Well after all this writing you might be asking. Why did you get one? Well the answer is simple. I got it for 'FREE' Have you ever heard ' You get what you paid' well I paid nothing I got nothing, time for me to spend on a good LG phone. Motorola your are going backwards.

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Reviewer: K - Sydney, Nsw, Australia
Date: 20th Oct 2007

BATTERY IS TERRIBLE! After 3 phone calls, the battery goes DEAD! THINK before you buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Nebu Noir - Azerbaijan
Date: 18th Oct 2007

Cheap. RUBBISH. Never buy this phone it's got the worst memory & no card slot. Slow Bluetooth. Terrible battery life & the camera is just pathetic.

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Reviewer: Lee C - UK
Date: 18th Oct 2007

I am not impressed overall. Keypad is fiddly & easy to mistype characters. It's too slow when texting compared to my old Nokia. I am 4 characters ahead of the 'beep' & it does your head in after a bit.

Absolutely hopeless at sending texts with a fairly long message, gives up trying & then, just to really hack you off, there is no audible warning to tell you that it has failed to send the message. So, 3 hours later, you eventually realise the all important text you tried to send didn't go at all.

Fairly robust though, & contrary to what I have heard, I find the battery life is excellent. Don't use the camera, so can't comment.

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Reviewer: Charlie Burke - Tipperary, Ireland
Date: 13th Oct 2007

I got this phone about a year & a half ago. In the beginning I loved the sleekness of its design. It was unlike any phone out at that time. But I can honestly say the outward appearance is about the only thing I now like about the phone! First of all the layout of features & buttons on the phone is extremely confusing with about 4 different buttons to be pressed several times before completing the simplest of tasks.

As a fairly rapid texter I find it takes a few seconds for the letters to appear on the screen after I have typed them which I find very confusing. This is probably one of the major problems as texting is what I mainly use my phone for. Another problem with texting is that if you are in the process of writing a text & accidently press the red button to bring you back to the main screen, the text is not saved automatically & you have to go through the tedious process of re writing the text. Also I find I can save a maximum of 60 texts in my inbox at any one time which is a lot less than the 90 I could save on my old, lower spec Nokia phone.

The battery is also very poor with the phone not lasting much longer than a day after fully charging. The picture quality not great either & I have found recently that while the picture is of OK quality immediately after taking, if I go back to it later in the saved gallery it is more blurry which is quite odd!

The fun is not very strong either & does not stand up to rough handling, I.e. One should be very careful not to drop it or spill any amount of water on it. On the positive side, despite these faults, it has worked very satisfactorily for the last year & a half & I have not had to have it repaired or such like.

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Reviewer: April Roberts - Oxfordshire, UK
Date: 13th Oct 2007

This phone is rubbish! It has no memory, its scratches way too easily, you can't delete the rubbish pictures that come on it because they take up to much room! I could go on for years about the bad points! It might look good but it really isn't! Get something better!

My phone has broken after it was in a sink of not much water for one second but most phones can go for about a minute without breaking! Do NOT get this phone! Or any like it! You'll just get fed up & be getting a new one the next day! But apart from that yep it's not bad cough, cough! This is the worst phone ever!

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Reviewer: Ellie - Brighton, UK
Date: 12th Oct 2007

The Motorola v3 is awful. Don't like it at all. The camera is rubbish & it has no video camera. Don't get this phone!

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Reviewer: Poppie - UK
Date: 7th Oct 2007

Verbatim - East Timor - This phone isn't very expensive anymore, so you COULD get it, although I wouldn't recommend it. It's a pretty poor phone. I don't want to tell you what phone to get, but I will recommend one. I just got the Samsung E840 for my birthday, & to be fair, it's the best phone I have ever owned. It may take a while for me to get used to the touch screen buttons, but they're OK. It's also a slider phone & (with £10 credit). This phone was about £90. Pretty cheap! It has 70MB of storage & 2MP camera. The reviews for it are pretty good. Hope you find a phone! Poppie :).

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Reviewer: Jess - UK
Date: 7th Oct 2007

I hate this phone for a younger person I want a phone with some pictures & a few songs on it, but the memory is rubbish it is quite hard to use as well I am hoping to get a phone & not carry a RAZR v3 around with me.

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Reviewer: Bert P - UK
Date: 6th Oct 2007

I loved the look of it & the design. Predictive test is just perfect for me. However, my network provider exchanged the handset three times before we chopped it in. The phone is the most unreliable electronic item I have ever owned. STAY AWAY FOLKS! (My new Sony W580i - ROCKS! ).

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Reviewer: Shannon - Malta
Date: 6th Oct 2007

Good phone with bad camera. Had this phone for about 2 years now & so disappointed. I am looking for a change to a Samsung. Motorola are thinking that they are shining aloud, but they are not. I prefer Samsung, they have better picture camera & not like Motorola, all squashed up. To spend 50 quid on this phone, it's not fair. Go & buy a Samsung, bit higher in price but better as a brand! Disappointed in Motorola.

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Reviewer: Liam Lockett - Essex, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2007

When this phone was first released in the UK the stores were sold out it was a brand new extremely thin flip camera phone yes I must admit I was tempted to buy it but I am not glad I didn't. The first reason is that it has an extremely tiny 5MB memory I think Motorola should have expanded it as at the time mp3s on your mobile was very popular & I don't think it was a smart move. The second thing was that it had a VGA camera if you hear about that now you think something that must have been invented about 5 years ago well it was only 2 or 3. The last was that it overheats a lot & mine used to turn its self off & wouldn't turn on until it cooled down. I don't know if this is a safety feature but it was very annoying.

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Reviewer: Mark Green - Chorley, UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

Had this phone for 18 long months on a contract, I found the memory to be poor, even struggles with longer ring tones, so songs are out of the question. The battery life is quite poor lasting no longer than one day. I like the word predictor function when texting, but I found texting quite difficult with the shiny silver one piece key pad. When the phone was in my trouser pockets I found the external buttons were always getting pushed thus altering ring settings. I would not recommend.

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Reviewer: Verbatim - East Timor
Date: 1st Oct 2007

I am wondering if I should get this phone. If not please tell me a phone to get. I am on a budget of $150. If you have an idea on a phone to get can you add a review for this phone on this site thanks.

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Reviewer: Squeaky - Brentwood, UK
Date: 27th Sep 2007

Both the wife & I have had this phone for two years now & we think it's brilliant. On saying that it should be called the 'Marmite' Phone because people either love it or hate it. We love it so much so I am looking to upgrade to the V3I. It's small, fits into you jacket or shirt pocket very easily & had a loud ring tone. It does what it says on the box. If you're quite happy with a slim phone that has all the main features including games & Bluetooth then this is the one for you. People forget the more you have on a phone the less battery life it has & the more thing's to go wrong. Over the two years we have had them. (4 V3's now) none have gone wrong & are all still working & in good condition.

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Reviewer: Joe Marley - Glasgow, UK
Date: 25th Sep 2007

RUBBISH PHONE. I DON'T LIKE IT.

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Reviewer: Kuputz - Heard And Mc Donald Islands
Date: 24th Sep 2007

An absolutely brilliant phone. Amazing memory. It looks so cool. Never failed on me. You have to get this phone to see what I am talking about. You would miss out if you don't get it trust me!

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Reviewer: Soren - Denmark
Date: 23rd Sep 2007

Find a dumpster for it. Poor usability.

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Reviewer: Tomas - Garden Grove, US
Date: 22nd Sep 2007

OK, so at first I thought this phone was the best thing ever. But as soon as I started using it, the battery went dead after a few minutes. Then to make matters worse after a few weeks I was texting in class when suddenly the screen goes black. So now every time I turn it on the screen goes black after two seconds. This phone is useless.

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Reviewer: Kerry - Houston, US
Date: 18th Sep 2007

This is the worst mobile phone I have ever owned. I have sent it back to Motorola & had it replaced 3 times, & it is still terrible. Like some of the other users said, when you open the phone too quickly the screen goes blank & the phone takes about a minute to reboot, if you are answering a call when this happens it will also drop your call. Each of the 3 RAZR's I have had has done this, & it happens for me on about 1 in 5 calls. Also, the battery life is really bad, I can't get more than 8 hours if I am not talking on it & I can get about an hour if I am talking to someone. Don't get this phone, terrible!

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Reviewer: Sebastian - Australia
Date: 16th Sep 2007

Fantastic inspired design, poorly executed. To everyone that says they can't understand why we are all complaining about this phone - well, you must be the exception to the rule, because I would estimate over 80% of these phones fail & what is wrong with the phone? Actually, the features are quite fine for the price, & the calling & texting are fine too. WHEN the PHONE IS NOT FREEZING, the SCREEN IS NOT GOING BLACK/WHITE, the BUTTONS ARE NOT GOING CRAZY, & the BACKLIGHT CAUSES the MOST ANNOYING BUZZING I HAVE EVER HEARD.

Seriously, if it didn't break down all the time, these phones would be fantastic, but they just don't perform. Look around you, ask questions & browse some web sites the information is out there. I loved this phone until it broke down after 20 minutes & then 4 returns later. Motorola V3 - Lights are on, but no-one is home! LOL.
Sorry Motorola, when you are charging money for a product this just isn't good enough. Avoid people, please don't fall for the looks.

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Reviewer: Sinead - Ireland
Date: 15th Sep 2007

Worst phone I ever had. At first I thought it was great & stylish. But as it went on there was nothing but trouble. When I made calls 10 seconds in the screen would turn white & cut off the call! I sent it away. But it came back the same. Then when I would try to send messages they wouldn't. Sent away again & still the same. Terrible battery life, just about to get a new phone. People, really, DON'T BUY IT!

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Reviewer: Lulu - Saudi Arabia
Date: 12th Sep 2007

This is the WORST mobile phone on earth :) Every Thing was bad, specially the memory :S. I really hated this phone, thank goodness I got rid of it.

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Reviewer: Anon - Australia
Date: 10th Sep 2007

Rubbish, battery goes quick but easy to text with.

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Reviewer: Robby - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2007

I got my V3 from a friend as I was having a hard time texting with my trusty Nokia, I have to say that after a couple of days to get used to where everything is I can text really quickly on it, I like the way when you are inputting a big word it hazards a guess at what the word will be but allows you to carry on without forcing you to have the word it's thought of.

There are a couple of things which do annoy me with this phone, first is that you have to tell it that you want a delivery report every time you send a message, second is the abysmal battery life, (I now carry a spare fully charged battery with me in my wallet) & finally the small amount of memory, it's fine for adding ringtones as I only use part of a song for a tone, camera is OK for when it was brought out but not up to today's standards.

Calling quality is good & I can use it with my computer just fine after getting the Phone tools software installed. This phone is about 2 years old & has never had a fault, still looks good & now is fairly cheap to buy. I would not recommend this phone for anyone who likes to have lots of music & video clips or doesn't have access to a charger wherever they go but as a phone for making calls & texting it's fine.

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Reviewer: Moto H - UK
Date: 7th Sep 2007

Silly phone, that battery runs out within an hour, can't even take an normal picture & when I push with my nail below the 4 point pad on the light stripe it's getting berserk, it's just falls out in a VI call. I would Not buy this phone if i was you.

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Reviewer: Kerry Greaves - York, UK
Date: 6th Sep 2007

I must admit this is a very easy phone to use. I have only been using it a week as it is a temporary phone while my LG choc got sent back & waited for my new Nokia 7373.
This RAZR is very stylish not a lot of memory but would recommend as a first phone for kids maybe. If you want technology it is not for you.

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Reviewer: Jordan - Kings Lynn, UK
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

Perfect apart from the texting I don't like having to select the right word every time but the features are spot on & I love the design.

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Reviewer: Storm - Robertson, South Africa
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

I think it looks cool I would love it in magenta.

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Reviewer: Chris - Hull, UK
Date: 30th Aug 2007

Quite simply this phone is garbage! Always goes blank if you close the phone too quick, takes a good 40 seconds to come back on. I can't get any of the pics (low quality) or videos (very low quality) off the phone & onto my PC.

Always have to delete messages to receive new ones as the memory is tiny. Also, when writing texts, the letters take 5 - 10 seconds to catch up with you & it becomes a tiresome affair. DO NOT BUY!

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Reviewer: Beaboo - Minneapolis, US
Date: 27th Aug 2007

I bought this as a prepaid phone from a shopping network for $189 with $55 in minutes from T-Mobile & generic car charger included. Upon arrival the phone was unwrapped, the battery & sim card installed with the battery cover off & loose on the bottom of the box. The phone appeared to be used. I liked the phone but the service was disappointing. T-Mobile does not provide email or internet service for prepaid customers. Then I noticed that the phone was turning itself on after it had been powered down. The battery was dead x3. I spoke with Motorola that suggested returning the phone which I did.

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Reviewer: Donald - Inverness, UK
Date: 25th Aug 2007

I was given this phone as a cast off by my pal because I didn't have a mobile but would not have bought one myself.

The first thing I did was to flash the phone & attempt to remove the branding, games, themes, pictures etc that were clogging up memory, I've never tried this before but thankfully it was successful. This also helped to speed up the phone & enabled a hidden Video Recording facility which is I suppose would be quite nice if the quality wasn't so bad or the memory capacity so low.

I do like the sturdy case & as a basic phone it seems OK. But there is alternative connection software available if you look.

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Reviewer: Jenny - UK
Date: 24th Aug 2007

This phone is rubbish, don't buy it.

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Reviewer: Leonidas - Greece
Date: 23rd Aug 2007

Revolutionary design for its era. Otherwise, just a phone to talk & send SMS. The camera is awful, the worst digital camera I've used since 1998. Mine could not record videos (it was one of the first models). Excellent material quality, if you have the leather case, it is immortal & scratches less. Of course it has no radio, no MP3 support, it is slooooow, & if you upload contacts from the PC (synchronize with Outlook), it confuses the Last with the first name.

However, excellent contact management, just excellent.

Highly recommended for people who don't care if their phone has a GPS or a camera or an MP3 player built-in. Also highly recommended if you are wearing a suit, it is perhaps one of the most stylish phones ever, if only it had not been sold that much.

I have been using it for one & a half year & I feel very sorry I lost it.

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Reviewer: John - Slovakia
Date: 23rd Aug 2007

Quite a nice cell, I'm very satisfied.

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Reviewer: Barry - Aberdeen, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2007

Without a doubt one of the worst phones I've ever had. Features were pretty bad serious lack of memory & the thing kept switching off. Tried cleaning the battery connections the lot but still kept turning off. Useless phone, if you've just bought one take it back now & get a Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Neil - London, UK
Date: 18th Aug 2007

Not a great phone, however LIDL have had the SIM free pink version on sale several times, usually for £49.99.

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Reviewer: Joanna - UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

I absolutely loved this mobile phone at first, it was sleek & stylish. I was sadly mistaken, the design however wonderful, it still is about as reliable as a senseless sheep dog. My phone had no games, it had a basic camera, it was advertised saying it has an MP3, which isn't a lie, but on this MP3 I can hold 3 songs max (& they have to be very small memory size).

But if your wanting a simply phone that looks good & you only need to text & ring people, & maybe a little of the video & picture taking then this phone is the perfect phone for you.

If you want a full out gadget mobile & wouldn't care if it was the size of your hand then this is defiantly NOT the phone to buy.

Whatever the case though, the only MAJOR downfall is its reliability, the battery broke when I lost my phone for 2 days, found it, tried to charge it & didn't work to this day.

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Reviewer: Joyce Passmore - Yeovil, UK
Date: 15th Aug 2007

I have had a Motorola phone which looks great & what I could afford. I am very dissatisfied that it will not put the pictures I have taken on it & transfer them to my computer. It came with a USB cable to do this. There was no disc & not only me but other people have tried to transfer the photos to my computer from this phone which is what it is supposed to do.

I find it very disconcerting to have this lovely looking phone, but not doing what the phone is supposed to do. It is not possible to return it to Argos as I was told it could not be returned unless faulty.

In my eyes, I have bought a phone that does not do what I expected it to do. I am very disappointed. On this basis I would not recommend this phone to anyone. I see on the website many others have had the same problem. Can a disc be provided, as there should be one if a cable is in the box with it? Please reply.

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Reviewer: Kate - UK
Date: 13th Aug 2007

Got this phone as a gift. Loved it at 1st but I now can't wait for another, can't use the Bluetooth. It just stops sending at 90 % if I can use the Bluetooth then only 1song, & putting MP3 (which it says it can play) off the computer, it jutters & doesn't work. Scratches easily & all the time says battery invalid. Have to tape the battery down then put on the backing, very unhelpful. Always dodge this phone & it sticks loads. Be warned!

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Reviewer: Liam - Hamilton, US
Date: 12th Aug 2007

I Purchased this phone after sein it bein advertised on the television. It was a massive mistake it was the worst phone I had ever bought. The camera quality was very bad, the memory was rubbish I could only hold one song & hardly any pics. The battery life was also another common fault with the phone. I had to charge it atleast once a day because it always seemed to go flat. It doesn't even have a video camera which I also use very often. If anyone is considering buying one my information to use is to consider another! Its nots worth the money

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Reviewer: Bob - UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

Excellent phone.

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Reviewer: Maki - Philippines
Date: 1st Aug 2007

At first, I liked the phone because of its slim, elegant & elite phone. But when time passed by it proved to be rubbish.

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Reviewer: Whitney - Australia
Date: 1st Aug 2007

At first it was a really good phone. I have had it 7 months now & I can't use it as it has a mind of its own! (Presses all the buttons by itself) I would not recommend it.

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Reviewer: Richard - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

This phone looks very good I will admit. But the features on it are sooo rubbish!

It is the most delayed phone I have ever seen, also the camera is so bad, but you can't really expect much from a VGA can you really.

It is also so not user friendly at all, everything is all over the place.

I would not recommend anyone to get this phone, but if you are all about looks I would get it (good looking phone! ), but not really my cup of tea to be honest.

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Reviewer: Otis - Upton, UK
Date: 26th Jul 2007

Well I had the phone for about a year & a half (ish) & its OK. I was VERY disappointed when I got it & there was no video camera most likely because the memory is so bad!

It's alright as a phone for basic things but for video which I really want it's a no no, battery is not too bad though.

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Reviewer: Vicky - Harrogate, UK
Date: 25th Jul 2007

This has got to be the worst phone I have ever used apart from the first time I closed it & the screen smashed & apart from the 4 times it had to be sent back with faults it froze all the time turned it self off I found it awful to use & very big 0/0.

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Reviewer: Sammy - Australia
Date: 18th Jul 2007

This Motorola V3 is alright. The design is pretty good. But this one time when I dropped it the screen went white for about 10 seconds & same with my friends phone it always does that when you drop the phone. If you are a person who likes to listen to music don't buy this phone you can only hold about 5 songs maybe not even that, so I think this phone is just good for its design.

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Reviewer: Patel Jignesh K - Petlad, India
Date: 13th Jul 2007

My phone had worked properly for four months. Then it appears the problem of network non availability. Though the mobile is kept within the full network areas, it shows that the mobile is out of network.

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Reviewer: Bubbles - Poland
Date: 11th Jul 2007

I had this phone for over 2 years & totally loved it. Loved the predictive txting that the phone had. Recommend this phone to anyone. Had no trouble with memory etc. So easy to use with all the features you need. So slim-fantastic the way that it would fit in my pocket & I would even forget that it was there.

A very beautiful phone. I was very happy with this phone until it recently got stolen so now I think I will try the LG prada for something a bit different.

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Reviewer: Rachel - West Virginia, US
Date: 10th Jul 2007

EVERYONE TOLD ME HOW GREAT THIS PHONE IS. WELL, EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE WRONG. I HAVE HAD MINE FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS. The BATTERY LIFE IS HORRIBLE. I HAVE TO CHARGE MY PHONE AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. The PHONE ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. The CAMERA IN IT WORKS ONLY HALF OF the TIME! EVEN WHEN IT DOES WORK, the PICTURES ARE NOT CLEAR. MOST OF the TIME WHEN I TAKE PICTURES WITH IT YOUR BOTTOM HALF IS ABOVE YOUR HEAD. NOW, YOU TELL ME HOW THAT HAPPENS!

IF YOU ARE OUT IN DAYLIGHT WITH IT, YOU CAN NOT SEE the SCREEN UNLESS YOU TAKE IT SOMEWHERE WITH SHADE. NOW the PHONE JUST POWERS ON & OFF ON IT'S OWN. SOMETIMES IT WORKS & SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. The ONLY THING I LIKED ABOUT the PHONE IS THAT I CAN HEAR REALLY WELL ON IT. THAT'S IT. The BATTERY COVER ON the BACK DOESN'T STAY ON WELL EITHER. BUT I AM TOLD THAT ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE COVERED BY the MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. AGAIN I REPEAT, I BOUGHT THIS PHONE ALMOST 5 MONTHS AGO. JUNK!

DO NOT LET YOUR WIRELESS CARRIERS TELL YOU IT IS GREAT! BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT. IT ISN'T WORTH the MONEY PAID FOR IT. I WOULD NOT recommend THIS PHONE TO anyone.

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Reviewer: Debbie Mcintyre - UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

I just bought this phone & was warned by the dealer that it has hardly any memory. I didn't realise how little it has. I can only have 1 ring tone & it doesn't have much space for messages. Apart from that its a great wee phone & it has definitely Nokia or Samsung.

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Reviewer: Sophie Copeman - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

Hi., well, my dad bought me this phone for my birthday & well, I loved it! I thought I would be able to use this phone for ages. The features are good & I am pleased with it apart from the fact that it has hardly any memory. To be honest I wish I had picked a different phone as all my mates can store like 6 songs & loads of pictures but I can only have one song & hardly any pictures. I hope you don't think I am going on a bit.

Bye Sophie

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Reviewer: Nadine - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

It's OK if you want it just to ring & text not much else if you want to put lots of song on get v3i it better. On mine it use 2 ring ppl at night & waste ma money & the button went funny after a bit so I got rid of it to get a different one.

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Reviewer: Phil Jones - Swansea, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

Useful phone for general use, however it has proved rather unreliable. After about 8 months I encountered problems with the phone seeming to have a mind of its own. I am told that many people are having problems with the key pad, mine seemed to bear this out. The number 2 keeps on repeating itself, as if someone is repeatedly typing this in, making the phone unusable. This has occurred more frequently & is now completely useless, in less than 18 months, don't buy one, ever.

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Reviewer: Sylvia - Singapore
Date: 28th Jun 2007

It's a great phone looking in appearances and stuff especially the headset. But it does have a very weak battery though. And it lags sometimes but all in all, it's a fine phone and I have never sent it off for repair and I have been using v3 since 2 years back.

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Reviewer: Casey - UK
Date: 27th Jun 2007

I love the look of this phone I have it in black, memory is awful I can store 1 & a half songs, I could fit 18 songs on an older phone I had before. Also where you speak into on the microphone makes a constant buzzing sound. Hard to also see the screen in daylight I would not recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Amber - Hertfordshire, UK
Date: 26th Jun 2007

I quite like this phone but if, like me, you want to store lots of songs, videos, pictures it isn't very good! I've had this phone for a year now & just looking to get a different one. The design is lovely I think but you can't do a lot with it, it's good for people who use phones for phones though.

The bad points are,

- When doing a voice record it comes out really quite. - Mine kept asking me to 'insert sim' although it was already in.

It depends what you want in a phone thought so if you just want a stylish working phone then this is fine but I personally don't like it. Not enough space.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

Good phone - Freezes sometimes - Bad camera.

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Reviewer: Anon - Australia
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

I hate it, it's really bad. OK first off, when I first got it, it froze on me! then the camera didn't work, then I dropped it out of my pants by accident & a HUGE crack was on the front screen. It has NO memory card! & with like 30 pictures you can only hold like 3 songs! & then when you have to put in your sim pin number mine repeatedly didn't work! Then the volume suddenly went up & down. The flip mechanism is really bad whenever I flipped it, it felt like it was going to snap! DON'T BUY IT! I WOULDN'T recommend IT!

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Reviewer: Brian Cooper - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

I have owned this phone for 2 years. I used it thought out Europe & the Caribbean. Chips from several phone companies were use & all worked & connection was good. The phone worked over a variety of different phone networks. However the screen is impossible to read in sunlight but is of good quality in the dark. Battery life is good when new but there is little warning that you are about to run out. Always charge at 3 bars. The buttons on the side are a very bad design feature. In a pocket the phone keeps changing its settings. The software to link the phone to the PC address book is very limited & only support Outlook so Lotus Organiser users beware. The phone is strong but I have just broken the small outer screen while in my pocket. Camera is good.

Overall I do not recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Riz - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

I have had my V3 for 2 years now (1 year contract then 1 year PAYG) & its still working fine. I don't know how everyone's is mucking up. I really love this phone & it's been a fantastic phone. Unlike other phone you really can customise this e.g. Have ring & vibrate on at the same time (e.g. Samsung u600 can't). Also there are no annoying start-up & sent message tones. Its little things like that, that I like.

The memory is rubbish & the camera is too. But I like my phone for making calls & texts. This is a simple phone & easy to use. Also the centre direction buttons can be customised to whichever shortcuts you want.

Only bad thing is you can't read texts using the outer screen. Forgot to mention, the wallpaper from the inner screen is copied to the other one albeit at lower quality. Like I said, I pay attention to the small things.

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Reviewer: Brad - Australia
Date: 17th Jun 2007

Do not buy this phone. It may seem good a first but after about six moths it starts to go wrong. The screen freezes & all the letters on the screen go upside down. The memory on this phone is not good. 5.9 mb, that's really bad. Can't even store three songs. The camera is shocking. The phone also had a mind of itself. It presses buttons all by itself. Get a Nokia that is more durable.

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Reviewer: Anna - L.a, US
Date: 16th Jun 2007

I have had this phone for 10 months & it is the worst phone ever don't think of getting it you will be wasting your money, the battery is terrible, the camera is bad & I have had to get it sent off 5 times! Don't GET IT!

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Reviewer: Ryan Chemical - Liverpool, UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

Had one of these since March. Rubbish, in a word.

Bad things include:

- Texting & using the dictionary
- Contacts book
- Buttons on the side keep changing the ring setting
- Battery life lulls you into a false sense of security, you appear to have ages then suddenly, nothing
- Reliability, keep getting 'please insert sim card' messages, when there's a sim in there

Looks nice though, & because it's a flip type you can't accidentally 'phone people when it's in your pocket.

I am not impressed, you might tell.

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Reviewer: Kelly - London, UK
Date: 10th Jun 2007

I had this phone 2 months & it wouldn't charge & the speaker broke. Wouldn't recommend it!

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Reviewer: Chantelle - Australia
Date: 6th Jun 2007

It took me a while to find everything in the menu & this phone is quite large when un-flipped but it wasnt too bad. Texting was pretty quick but I am really bad when it comes to dropping things & evidently after about 3 months I dropped it down the toilet! Arent I smart? anyway I then upgraded to the LG chocolate phone in black (I was getting sick of the hot pink of the Motorola anyway)& this is an excellent phone. The only thing that could be improved is they could put an expandable memory in but I had that problem with the Motorola too. The Motorola was a really good mobile but I am still much happier with my shiny black LG chocolate mobile

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Reviewer: Bertie - Driffield, UK
Date: 2nd Jun 2007

I think this phone is alright but it's a bit rubbish as well because the camera is easy to use & simple but the quality isn't very good & makes you look a bit hazy sometimes. The buttons are easy to press which makes texting easy to do. The memory is appalling & I could only fit one MP3 song on it at a time. The colour (pink) scratches off easily to show a rough sort of texture & when you flip the phone open it damages the cuticles on your thumb! It is a nice simple phone but you can do better.

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Reviewer: Poppy - Spain
Date: 1st Jun 2007

This phone isn't too bad, although it hasn't got very good features & camera isn't amazing. The memory is pretty poor. If you want just a normal phone with which you can make texts, calls & take OK pictures, buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Abby - Northwood, UK
Date: 29th May 2007

I am not altogether too sure what the users who didn't enjoy this phone were doing (dropping it repeatedly? throwing it against walls? Seeing if it could swim? ) because I had this phone for 18 months & never once had a problem. I love it. It's the best phone I've ever had. The only problem is that it doesn't record videos. I upgraded to the KRZR which I do like, but not as much as the RAZR. I would switch back to it but foolishly lent it to a 'friend' after she got mugged, & she lost it. Almost felt like telling her not to talk to me ever again, that's how much I loved that phone!

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Reviewer: Tonya - Myrtle Beach, US
Date: 28th May 2007

This phone is beautiful, but it is a piece of junk. When I make a call I can't hear the other person. The sound quality is terrible. I have only had the phone for 2 months & it will not pick up service. I can not make or receive any calls. I have to mail it off to Motorola to be fixed.

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Reviewer: Tom - Israel
Date: 28th May 2007

The worst phone I ever saw! I had this phone for like 3 months & I couldn't stand it. Every time it falls there is a white screen & you need to wait for 10 seconds till it goes back to normal. The phone has a really awful menu, it took me a month to understand where is everything, just lame.

I HATE ALL Motorola PHONES, they are all bad, & all of them with the same lame uncomfortable menu.

DON'T EVER THINK OF BUYING THIS PHONE!

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Reviewer: Paul - Chester, UK
Date: 26th May 2007

I've had my V3 for 18 months now & it's never put a foot wrong, despite having a hard life, it still works perfectly.

The battery life is fine if Bluetooth is switched off but doesn't last long if it's left on.

It's a little frustrating that the buttons on the side are easily pressed if the phone is in your pocket & it can change settings etc which you don't want.

Infra-red would be nice as not all phones have Bluetooth yet.

You hear lots of reports of problem V3's freezing & switching themselves off but mine's been fine, I think it's a user problem more than a phone problem. Read the instructions! LOL

Well it was time to get a new phone so as I have been so happy with the V3 I decided to go for the V3i will let you all know how I get on with it when it arrives in a day or so.

Motorola's rock. Sony Ericsson don't. LOL

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Reviewer: Lara - Belfast, UK
Date: 26th May 2007

WORST PHONE EVER! NEVER AGAIN.

MEMORY? THERE BASICALLY ISN'T ANY MEMORY! YOU CAN STORE TWO SONGS MAXIMUM.

WHEN I GOT THIS PHONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS the BEST PHONE EVER! WOW I WAS SO WRONG.

A BIT OF ADVICE FOR anyone WHO IS thinking OF BUYING HIS. DON'T!

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Reviewer: Kurt - Chester, UK
Date: 24th May 2007

Not that bad but to be honest rubbish memory only 5.9MB I wouldn't buy it.

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Reviewer: Layla - US
Date: 20th May 2007

I Hate This Phone With A PASSION ! It Was Completely Worthless. I Wouldn't recommend This Phone To Anybody. I Dropped It Once, the Screen Came Loose, & Many Scratches. The Front Screen Is Cracked. NO IDEA HOW ! The Key Pad Leaves Marks On the Screen. Also Dust Got Inside My Screen, & I can't Get It Out Which Is REALLY Annoying ! The Battery Life is BAD. Can't Talk For More Than An Hour Without Having To Charge It. The Only Thing I Like About It Was the Camera. I Was Able To Take Very Good Self Portraits With It. Otherwise I Wouldn't EVER EVER Buy This Phone!

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Reviewer: Hana - Grimsby, UK
Date: 16th May 2007

WORST PHONE EVER MADE!

The memory on it is rubbish! Motorola design is terrible!

Wouldn't waste my money again on this!

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Reviewer: Dave - US
Date: 16th May 2007

I've had this phone for about 9 months now & have regretted buying it from the first week. Sure, it's slim & fits in your pocket, but to be honest that's about it. Texting is pretty poor on it, if you text at a medium speed it takes ages for the letters to actually appear on the screen & you can fit about 5 lines into one page of texts, which ends up costing more. Camera is OKAY, definitely would not recommend this to anyone.

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Reviewer: Krista - UK
Date: 16th May 2007

It had a very bad battery & the camera quality was very messed up. No video & was very disappointed that didn't last at all though it was very expensive.

I had this phone for 15 months & then suddenly it got all mixed up & stopped working. As it was still under guarantee I took it to the after-sales service & when I got it back they told it had water damage & couldn't be fixed. Nothing even had ever happened to the phone.

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Reviewer: James - US
Date: 15th May 2007

I have gone through 4 RAZR v3m's in the same amount of months, all because of freezing issues. No, I am not talking about lag times, the phone literally freezes on an application, & when I remove the battery & try to turn it back on it won't get past the Sprint Power Vision screen. 3 times I have had to replace this phone. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who uses their phone to check e-mails or anything like that (yeah, LOL).

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Reviewer: Lou - UK
Date: 13th May 2007

I brought this phone bout 1 year ago and thought wow looks so cool HAH well that was a big mistake it isn't cool its rubbish.

I make 1 call in the day and got to charge it instantly, I call it my baby because every time I get a missed call or text it beeps at me constantly until I answer it which hacks me off especially if somebody decides to call me when I am asleep I no I got to get up to answer it otherwise it'll go on throughout the night moaning at me & to top it all off it just randomly switches itself off and the front screen just decided 2 stop working this is a rubbish phone and should be burnt at the stake I need another phone NOW!

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Reviewer: Marcus - UK
Date: 12th May 2007

Had the phone for 2 years with no problems. Still love the sound it makes when you shut it. Battery only lasts a day now, just ordered a replacement. TOP PHONE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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Reviewer: Andres - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date: 11th May 2007

WORST phone, gave up using it after 2 month, I hated that the contacts only recognized the first letter, then you have to scroll down. Camera is horrible. To charge it I have to wiggle the cable.

Only worth the looks, don't recommend it to anyone.

Cost me $200 sold it for $30

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Reviewer: Grantski - UK
Date: 11th May 2007

Had this phone for about a year & I have to say it was a pretty tough little phone. Had it on a building site most of the time being dropped, hit etc & it didn't flutter an eye lid until 3 days ago when for no reason at all the writing on the screen started flickering, so I closed it & opened it to find a white screen. That was it dead.

I couldn't be happier to see the back of it, the phone is soooo slow, from browsing to playing games it is a terrible phone. The cam is shoddy, the battery isn't great, dust gets behind the screen so it can't ever be cleaned, big delays when trying to take a call or type a text msg when there is only about 10msgs in the inbox. With all the problems I have had I forgot why I ever paid good money for it, the looks. Which now look dated & poor. Mind you it makes a pretty good paper weight, only thing is I don't like looking at it.

Oh & not to forget! The Motorola software for the PC is the biggest load of rubbish to ever be installed on my poor PC, she is still recovering from it.

I have now upgraded to a Nokia 6300 & I couldn't be happier.

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Reviewer: Mark - LV, US
Date: 7th May 2007

Looks good, stylish. & that's just it.

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Reviewer: Xanthe - London, UK
Date: 6th May 2007

I had this phone for about 18 months & I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The features are not very good & it is not easy to use. The only good thing about it is the design but when you reach the point where it always breaks down, doesn't charge & refuses to take calls you don't really think about the design. This phone breaks down easily, doesn't have good memory or very long battery time, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone who wants a phone for more then a few months.

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Reviewer: Hayley - Emerald, Australia
Date: 6th May 2007

I bought this phone a few days after my birthday & that night after I recharged it I turned it on & it froze but I didn't worry about it then 1 month later it was freezing & wouldn't work so I took the battery out & then turned it back on. 1 month after that I sent it away for doing all the same things. & about 1-2 months later I had to send it away again. Please trust me Motorola v3 RAZR's are bad. ALL Motorola's ARE rubbish! All my friends have them & their mum bought them a new 1 because all of them broke.

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Reviewer: Tom - Clevedon, UK
Date: 3rd May 2007

This phone is OK but it was so annoying because after a while it broke because it's so fragile & it had had an imprint of the buttons on the screen that wouldn't come out! Don't get it.

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Reviewer: Miss P - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

I have had this phone for a year. Never got broken, never played up. It's a very hardy phone but I do find it annoying because of the contact book-can't put more than 1 no to each person, camera isn't great BUT looks fab. Not for the musical :) but this phone I like it!

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Reviewer: Chris - London, UK
Date: 26th Apr 2007

I have had my RAZR V3 Black for about 20 months now. I stopped using it about three months ago when I became eligible for a contracted upgrade & chose an all-signing-all-dancing Nokia N series (generic grey brick) but I've recently started using the V3 again.

Sure, there are issues with the modest memory & VGA camera but frankly I am never going to take 'great pictures' on my phone - this one or any other. The same goes for memory (particularly music storage). Until a phone is released that has the capacity of a good ipod (40GB+) & the camera spec of a current top of the range Canon, I will be using my digital SLR for photos, my ipod for music & my V3 for phoning, texting & maybe taking 'fun' photos in the pub.

As a PHONE I find the V3 RAZR convenient, intuitive, stylish & hardy - 20 months without a scratch after numerous falls on the street. The aluminum body is obviously going to be sturdier than plastic & it makes my Nokia 'upgrade' look like a ludicrously over functioned fisher-Price toy.

It looks great & does what I need it to do. Period.

C

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Reviewer: Siobhan - Cardiff, UK
Date: 24th Apr 2007

This phone is only good for one thing, texting people & ringing people, the memory is rubbish. The camera is OK but goes down hill after a while, when I first saw this phone I thought it looked horrible because at the time they only had the pink one out, but then after time I grew to like the phone, & I learned that they had a new colour, blue, it looked nice & was a great phone, for a few months then I didn't like it again, because of the camera, the memory & just the style of the phone. After about 6/7 months I got a new one & sold the v3.

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Reviewer: Dave - Cardiff, UK
Date: 19th Apr 2007

If you want a phone that slips into your pocket, makes calls conventionally or via wired & Bluetooth headsets, has good predictive texting (learns your most common words & abbreviations), is able to synch with your PCs contacts & calendar, then this could be for you. If you want a music player or a camera, you might be disappointed.

It's small, light, reliable (nearly two years no problems), tough (dropped it a few times no problems).

The synch software, Motorola Phone Tools, costs extra for the full version & is very flakey.

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Reviewer: Bianka - Newcastle, Australia
Date: 15th Apr 2007

This is, no joke, the WORST phone I have ever bought! Emphasis on WORST. I got it on a plan of 2 years & within the first month it started playing up! I ended up paying an extra $400 just to have my plan cancelled so I could get rid of it!

I got a black one, so I didn't have any trouble with the colour coming off like my friends with the pink one had. But it froze CONSTANTLY, the camera was shocking, the memory on it was useless & the buttons peeled right off!

EVERY SINGLE PERSON I KNOW with THIS PHONE has had ONE OR MORE PROBLEMS with it! My boyfriend has the exact phone & has taken it in once for the keyboard breaking, it then came back still broken as they put it back together wrong. The second time was because it wouldn't stay on! & he is taking it in tomorrow because it does things on its own! Deleting things, calling people. IT'S RIDICULOUS!

My phone practically fell apart! The cables in it snapped causing it to go crazy.

WORST PHONE IN HISTORY!
I would never recommend it to anyone even if I was paid!

I am now using my Nokia 3315, it's nothing flash, but it is 10 times better then the Motorola V3.

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Reviewer: Kate - US
Date: 13th Apr 2007

2 words, NOT GOOD!

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Reviewer: Denise - UK
Date: 13th Apr 2007

I've had this phone for about 7 months. It's a good reliable phone, battery lasts really well BUT the dreaded dust that accumulates under the large interior screen drives me mad! There's also an awful slight buzzing noise that comes from the phone whenever the flip is open. This happened when I first bought it & found this is an apparent fault of Motorola's?

Nice enough looking phone though. Camera not too good if you're looking to take great pics. It's a good all round phone though so you won't be disappointed.

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Reviewer: Russell - South Africa
Date: 13th Apr 2007

Geeeeee. This is phone is real useless. 5MB of memory, no video recordings. I'd never buy this phone. Its only good 4 having mxit. And mxit is not so cool anymore. ;). Don't buy!

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Reviewer: Jeff - UK
Date: 10th Apr 2007

Utter rubbish. Worst reliability of any phone I have ever had bar none, & I've been using mobiles for 20 years now. Buy one of these & you get what you deserve, a fashion accessory with zero reliability. 3 times it failed in year 1 &, for the record. Back to Nokia as soon as possible.

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Reviewer: Abby - Warminster, UK
Date: 10th Apr 2007

Okay, so I've had this phone for about a year & in that time

- the buttons broke off completely
- the screen [outside & inside] cracked
- the two parts broke off

I thought this was a really good phone but obviously, I was mistaken. XXx

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Reviewer: Nick - Buderim, Australia
Date: 6th Apr 2007

Great Phone if you like the design, I have been through a lot of phones in my life, including the:

Nokia 7260
Motorola V3
Sony Ericsson Z600
Nokia 3315
Sharp GX17
LG C1100
Nokia 7250

Anyway I had this Motorola for a while, about 6 7 months. It was fine never played up could store heaps of photos & about 10 MP3 songs the only let down was the video recorder could only record 30 sec at the max but taking photos where good & the MP3 function was pretty good overall a good starter phone I would have still had mine if it wasn't for someone at school that stole mine.

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Reviewer: Laura - Ipswich, UK
Date: 5th Apr 2007

The look of this phone is superb & that's it really. There's not much I can do with so little memory. I am stuck with rubbish sounds which cannot be deleted, & some of my MP3 tunes will not download onto it, not even short ones. As for the guide, that is totally useless, & does not contain enough detail about certain aspects of the phone. If I had found this page before buying, I definitely would not have bought this phone.

Think I am going to hang onto my little Samsung & sell the RAZR on eBay. If your looking to buy one of these. Think again! . Unless it's the one I am selling on eBay! LOL

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Reviewer: Kavita - Durban, South Africa
Date: 4th Apr 2007

I have been threw 2 Motorola's an I will never buy a Motorola ever again it is really bad when I first got my PINK V3 I was happing wit it I have had it for about 14 months now & in the 11th month it started freezing & deleting things in the 2nd month it started peeling the pink turned white & it looked awful! The memory is the worst you can store about 2 songs max! I am now getting a Nokia hopefully it's better than the V3! DON'T BUY A Motorola!

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Reviewer: Mobile Chic (& Expert! ) - UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2007

I love this phone! It looks really cool & it's packed with loads of great features.

Motorola's are really easy & simple to function, & if you still can't figure out what to do, it comes with a booklet that explains everything. This phone is a great phone. It's good for everyone.

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Reviewer: Grace - Manchester, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

I got this phone for Christmas, I hate it. The only good thing about it is design. Don't buy it!

Especially if you like getting music, pictures & games from your mates, mine could only hold one song! & I kept having to delete a load of stuff to free the memory up so I could store contacts. The camera is rubbish as well its goes all blurry.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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Reviewer: Rania - Athens, Greece
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

I was going crazy at first about this phone but after buying I am soo soo disappointed.

- The quality of the camera is extremely poor

- The video is terrible the tiny memory will leave you having only up to 2 songs & photos that are horrible quality

- If you type messages quickly in dictionary mode. Just don't do it because you stop & it's still trying to type the complete word after one hour

- Freezes easily

- Breaks & dents easily

The only (good) thing about this phone is maybe the design. For some this would be absolutely perfect. But I am looking for more of a useful phone & not just for show. Now I am thinking of the Sony Ericsson z550i

One word of advice: don't buy this phone

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Reviewer: Shaan - Harrow, UK
Date: 31st Mar 2007

Well I have just bought this phone in December 2006 for Christmas.

It is a very good looking phone, very stylish & is very easy to use. Simple & easy functions.

Although I would recommend something other than Motorola. For the data cable set up it took me hours to configure it. Not easy doing that & is very time consuming.

This phone was the best in 2002. So it has OK features. This is a good first phone, but after few months I had experienced using the phone boring & too simple for my delights.

I would recommend you to buy another provider e.g. Sony Ericsson. In this day & age there are many extremely better phones than the v3. It's got excellent looks, bad specifications. Not advanced & easily breakable. It is not robust & would recommend you buy a case for it.

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Reviewer: Caz And - Fleet, UK
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

I loved the look of this phone when I got it a year ago but after a week I couldn't wait to get rid of it! I still have it as the contract was 18 months so I am grinning & bearing it!

- I find texting difficult - I think it's very user-unfriendly, even with itap on. Before I was used to a Nokia but even after a year I can't get used to the V3.

- The camera is poor quality & you can only store a few images due to the small memory size.

- I don't like the way the phone-book is set up - I like to have one name for a person, & all their numbers (work, home etc) stored within. You can't do that on this phone.

- I have had endless problems with the PC software to copy your pictures, ringtones etc on or off the phone.

- If the phone is in my pocket the ring styles change easily by the side button getting pressed when you're just walking along!

- I think the battery drains very quickly.

In fact, the ONLY thing I like about this phone is the look of it!

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Reviewer: Nick - Buderim, Australia
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

Good first phone or second phone:

- VGA camera (a bit dodge & blurry)
- Video recording (only 20 to 30 seconds depending on memory)
- Bluetooth
- MP3 you can only really hold 10 songs
- Takes OK pictures but can be a bit blurry
- Awesome design very thin & light weight (best thing about it)

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Reviewer: Frederick - Philippines
Date: 21st Mar 2007

This phone is outstanding in terms of design. Stylish yet durable keypad but shortcuts buttons & functions need time getting use to. The 2 bad things for me on this phone is the video recorder. Video is blurred & the small memory that will force you to sacrifice the quality of photos.

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Reviewer: Amy - United States Minor Outlying Islands
Date: 18th Mar 2007

I got this phone thinking this was a good phone the first week I got it as good then after 2 weeks it started to play up I could not send a message, I could only hold 2 songs & 20 pics & 4 videos that's it. ITZ A useless PHONE.

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Reviewer: Kristie Shrieves - US
Date: 17th Mar 2007

I had to have a pink razor, so in January (07) I shelled out the expense. I was warned by several about battery problems, but figured it was just exaggerated. It definitely had it two months now.

I have had many phones, & never have I had the coloring come off a phone, as I am not hard on phones & it is out on the table when home, in my purse when out. But all the edges & where the battery charger plug inserts, as well as a spot on the back rubbed off (pink coloring) showing silver, it looked terrible within a month. I guess I was meant to get a different phone, as today it ended up falling into the washing machine as I was putting in clothes (water filled) & it is a dead razor now. Going over phone reviews to figure out what to try next. I loved the razor before owning one, & it was a waste of a lot of money.

My daughter has a Sony Katana & there is a really nice phone for you, too bad it does not take a sim card, because I am a Cingular customer. That is the phone I really want, but would have to switch to Sprint & will not do that. I am looking at the Nokia 7390 or 7373. My husband still uses his outdated Nokia analog phone from five years ago & refuses to go to anything else. I can testify he gets signal everywhere I cannot get signal with the newer phones, so am hoping the new Nokias are as dependable. We will see I guess as probably going with one.

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Reviewer: Andy - Manchester, UK
Date: 17th Mar 2007

If you like texting do not buy this phone, you have been warned, its rubbish!

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Reviewer: Moto User - Ny, US
Date: 14th Mar 2007

The phone itself is gorgeous (mine is black).

The features are also great. The ringtone composer is a nice touch. The ringbones that came with the phone weren't really much of anything, I had to buy the cord that would connect it to my computer & then import my own ringbones. It doesn't read WAV files.

The camera is great. I use it for most of my photo shooting.

The only real downside is that it won't let you delete or edit any of the preloaded wallpapers/ringbones/videos, so they are just sitting there taking up memory.

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Reviewer: Mickey Truong - US
Date: 14th Mar 2007

This phone is an OK. The only problem is that the camera really is bad. I am not sure if it's the connection of the network or my phone because when I got it from my dad, it's a used one since I keep loosing my phones, I had to wait for a 5 days before I could receives all the missing text messages. It works perfectly find for my father. Even now I can not simply exchange to receive MMS.

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Reviewer: Pete Harriss - Fuengirola, Spain
Date: 14th Mar 2007

Don't buy this phone, it has very few good features compared to other mobile phones I've had. The latest problem I have is that dust has got behind the main screen which makes it difficult to see in daylight. The answer I am told is to send it to Motorola. The next place this phone is going is in the bin!

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Reviewer: Elliot Hampson - UK
Date: 13th Mar 2007

Well I agree with all those who said this phone is brilliant, it has a great screen good design & is easy to use:

Bad points:
- Extremely low memory
- Not best camera
Good points:
- Good design
- Easy to use
- Small

If you're going to get this phone be aware it has low memory which is not expandable. The phone has talent but I would suggest the V3i simply because better paint, greater memory & doesn't change shape with extras (not thicker then v3).

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Reviewer: Jack - Colchester, UK
Date: 4th Mar 2007

At the moment I have the Sony Ericsson K800i on & 18 month contract with Orange! The phone is terrible & I can't wait to get & upgrade. (It is so bad I am never upgrading to a Sony Ericsson again! ) -

My next choice is the Motorola MOTORAZR V3 in either black or silver, Compared to the S.E K800i it is extremely thin & I will have no trouble getting it in & out of the pocket! The 1.23 Megapixel Camera is good, I would be downgrading on the camera but I only view them on the flip screen anyways so what is the point of having a 3.2 Megapixel camera? The layout is good, it's really easy to use!

I am not going to get the Motorola MOTORAZR V3i or V3x is because I have read loads of BAD reviews on them!

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Reviewer: Natalie - UK
Date: 3rd Mar 2007

I cancelled a very good contract in order to get this phone - I really wish I hadn't. In keeping with Motorola standards, there were battery problems - after 6 months the battery remained permanently at one bar & would not charge for more than a few seconds. Even at the start the battery life was quite poor. WAP Internet browsing was somewhat slow & tended to lose the connection. Also the phone would get very hot at times - too hot to continue a long phone call. The shape & design meant it was sometimes somewhat slippery & awkward to hold. On the plus side, I would say that the predictive text software is very intelligent & quite different to other brands - I particularly liked the fact that it would attempt to complete the word after two or three keystrokes. The keypad itself was very smooth & easy on the thumbs & there was a large, clear display with good contrast. Not the most feature packed model.

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Reviewer: Peter Hertz - Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: 27th Feb 2007

I have had this V3, since it came on the market. It has been my travel companion on 3 continents. I have used from the polar circle to Africa, & it has never failed.

Okay, if you live on the street & need a phone which is a handheld PC, a video camera, a PS2, & a mobile home, you will be disappointed, but most people got that kind of facilities in their homes. So if you just want a great mobile phone you can carry in any pocket, a TFT screen which works great, even in sharp sunlight, that's what you get.

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Reviewer: Levi. - Manchester, UK
Date: 25th Feb 2007

I got this phone at the start of the year & I have had nuffin but probs with it & it has no memory what so ever its rubbish (HAZARD) if it's raining do not use.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 19th Feb 2007

Phone was great for the first couple of months, although was disappointed with the memory & Bluetooth performance, any way last week both screens of the phone stopped working, I have today been told that I have dropped the phone & that is why it has broken. However this is a big copout on Motorola's part as I have never dropped the phone! Would NOT recommend this phone to anyone & will not be using Motorola again for the foreseeable future.

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Reviewer: Iz - Plymouth, UK
Date: 18th Feb 2007

It is rubbish, when ever I flipped it up the screen goes black & when you shut it down the other screen is blue, I never got any songs on it & I think it is complete waste of time, if you want to buy it don't!

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Reviewer: Pete Marshall - Berkshire, UK
Date: 16th Feb 2007

I've had this phone now for 2 years. Normally I want to change after 6 months! The phone is well designed tough & durable. You can customise key positions (to make it more like a Nokia which I was used to). Battery life has died a little, so replaced with a long life one on E bay for £5.00! So impressed that I got the wife a V3i, she loves that one. I need a phone to be a phone, not a camera, an MP3 player, a games console etc etc. For that purpose this phone is brilliant. Don't listen to those that say otherwise!

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Reviewer: Will Darby - Mansfield, UK
Date: 15th Feb 2007

Garbage.

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Reviewer: Mel - Liverpool, UK
Date: 15th Feb 2007

This phone is great but looks AWFUL but so do most of the other Motorola phones! It has great feature such as Bluetooth & good picture & videos. There might be slight problems with the battery as sometimes it might start to bleep. My friend found this out after only 4 months of using the phone.

Oh yes, & on sunny days you cannot see the screen at all!

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Reviewer: Brad - Colchester, UK
Date: 14th Feb 2007

It is OK, but I don't recommend it 2 anyone.

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Reviewer: Oneisha Bromfield - Japan
Date: 13th Feb 2007

Well I've had this phone approximately a year now, was really nice when I first got it, very expensive & all has proven to be durable over the months as it has really been worn & torn but still seem to be working o.k. apart from the battery that I have to charge everyday, correction 2-3 times daily! & yea I do suffer from the white screen & no service & Bluetooth light flashing kind of gives you the creep! & please don't allow it be out of range cuz it'll start vibrating, alarming, blinking & all sorts of frightening stuff & even when your back in range it doesn't stop & don't try turning it off cuz the keypad will not work at this time, I had to resort to removing the battery! Thought of upgrading to the KRZK K1 but after reading about those cracking screens I am really having 2nd thoughts, someone plz recommend a good phone & faasstt! Thnx.

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Reviewer: Jason - Nottingham, UK
Date: 10th Feb 2007

It looks great! Especially in black. Sleek & stylish- makes you feel important. It hides discreetly in any pocket. But that's about all I'd compliment about this phone.

The user interface isn't very friendly. The camera isn't great. The silver keypad chips away at the slightest scratch of a fingernail. I have to charge it every 2 to 3 days to avoid it dying on me. It lags- I can finish typing my message & it will fully appear on the screen 2-3 seconds later.

To anyone considering buying this phone- Don't. In the very least, have a reliable back up.

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Reviewer: Sophie Simmonds - Albury, Australia
Date: 2nd Feb 2007

I have had this mobile for a month now & I have realised that I have to charge this phone more than I do for any other phone I have had. The phone does not take the greatest pictures but has great sound! It doesn't take much thrashing around for it to break, as I am at school I want a strong phone but it has already smashed & I only bumped it on a chair & it was in my pocket, & the front screen broke. This is a great phone but I would buy another one like that.

Cheers

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Reviewer: Fedrat - Derby, UK
Date: 28th Jan 2007

I've always been wary of Motorola mobiles since I had one of the horrible giant brick things that were trotted out on Pay as you Go years ago. When I first saw the RAZR, I wasn't overly impressed until I found some of the sites dedicated to modding them (try modmymoto.com) & the way you can change the appearance in so many ways.

I got my hands on a used V3, promptly 'flashed' it with the latest firmware, added a couple of new 'skins' & changed the font.

It's as fast as any Nokia or Sony Ericsson I've used. The UI isn't quite as intuitive as some, but then no mobile phone has a UI that works perfectly.

The looks are fantastic & it's not as wide as some people make out, unless you've got tiny hands.

Yes, the lack of memory isn't great if you want to fill it with MP3s, but then why not just buy an iPod?

Most of the problems people have raised in other reviews have been fixed in newer firmware releases. If you have even half an ounce of PC knowledge, get onto the website I mentioned & follow the guides!

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Reviewer: Julia - UK
Date: 28th Jan 2007

Purchased in April 2006, for birthday present, within two months phone would not charge or switch on.

When returned to shop was sent back to Motorola for investigation, & returned unrepairable due to damage - dropped. No refund or replacement offered.

Not satisfied I contacted Motorola & informed them that there was not even a scratch on the phone so not sure what they meant by dropped, to be advised that the inner circuit board had been cracked. Having owned several phones was very disappointed, as it is impossible to handle mobile phones without the occasional knock. Should have bought the Samsung, slide phone, even it is was £20 dearer

I would not recommend a Motorola.

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Reviewer: Jack - Canada
Date: 28th Jan 2007

This phone was purchased in December 2006. A couple of days ago, the phone started turning itself off at inappropriate times (like while dialing, or in the middle of a call, or even when sitting on the table).

We took it back to the store today, but were told that since it's been more than 30 days (it was 47 days), we're stuck with it, & it needs to be sent away for repair.

No amount of coaxing could convince the carrier to exchange for a new unit. We'll wait for the phone to be returned to us, but we'll not be renewing with this phone or carrier at the end of the contract.

Avoid this phone if at all possible.

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Reviewer: Alex - UK
Date: 16th Jan 2007

Yes, it's vaguely interesting design. I got one of the first ones.

But the phone quality was tinny, the signal was weak, & the predictive text left a lot to be desired. No one could hear me on the other end of the phone. The battery life was poor to average. I warned so many people not to get this phone, they did, and they definitely regretted it. I know someone who got a pink v31 which snapped in half.

As for features- the camera was awful. Phone software was awful. Games were awful. Ring tones were awful. It didn't synchronies.

The one advantage is that it slips in your pocket easily.

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Reviewer: Ria - UK
Date: 14th Jan 2007

I got this phone in pink just b4 xmas 2005 it made a loud buzzin noise from the keypad when I took this back 2 carfone warehouse they said theirs nothing they cud do because it was a design fault with all Motorola phones nice way to promote Motorola apart from that the phone does the job it rings in & out can send & receive texts just the buzzin is soooo annoying ill never buy a Motorola again!

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Reviewer: Matthias - Vienna, Austria
Date: 9th Jan 2007

I like the design of this phone - it's trendsetting. But for the rest: Forget it. I think Motorola invested all its effort in the design of the phone & after it was finished no money was left for the software etc. My recommendation: Don't buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Jim - Aruba
Date: 7th Jan 2007

I could not wait to upgrade to a better phone, my V3 phone would not charge its battery. If it would charge, it has to stay charging for 8 hrs or so. It's loaded with features but you'd find yourself lost in the process of mere checking your contacts. A msg just came in just now & it says memory is low, , , I had a Nokia 6101 before I had my V3, the only problem I had with it (n6101) is that huge fact that it's huge & bulky.

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Reviewer: Alexis Victoria - Qatar
Date: 6th Jan 2007

I am totally going out of my mind here. First, when I opened the box at Christmas, the hinge of the flip top was missing! & at first, the manufacturer wouldn't even fix it. I had to wait 2 weeks before I could use it. As if that wasn't bad enough, I found out about the memory & to add insult to injury, after about five days of using it, the Bluetooth wouldn't work. I can't believe I gave my old Samsung E530 to my sister just so I could buy this. It just looked so good that I let Motorola deceive me. Now, I am stuck with this phone for another couple of months before I can buy a new one.

I wish I didn't give my Samsung. It was an older unit but it had way better features & a large memory! After saving up, I am definitely.

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Reviewer: Kimberly - US
Date: 4th Jan 2007

Why do so many of you expect your phone to entertain you? Open a book & stop blaming the phone. Does anyone here know any other vocabulary words besides rubbish? What a bore.

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Reviewer: Charlotte X - Uk, UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2007

So Xmas 2005, the phone I really wanted it looked really nice & everybody was getting them. I was given it & loved it but the novelty wore off in about 5 days. The memory is awful & you can only hold one song, sometimes MP3 songs didn't actually work on it, the camera is useless & I kept reading that you can do video recording on it huh what? You can't edit pictures at all & in about October no picture would fill the background & there were two grey lines either down both sides or the top & bottom. All in all this phone turned out to be a real disappointment & I will never buy a Motorola again because personally I think they are rubbish. Charlotte__x

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Reviewer: Keeley - London, UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2007

I wanted this phone for ages but once I got it was soooo disappointed. It cut out on me so many times in the first couple of months that I had to send it off for repair. The Bluetooth almost never works. The predictive text is not only slow but really quite stupid. The dictionary suggests words that aren't real & doesn't suggest really obvious ones that are. I have to stop every 10 words to let it catch up with what I am typing. It has a rubbish memory & I constantly have to delete messages from my inbox, & this is from someone who hates to text! I'd tell anyone NOT to buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Lucy Evans - Swansea, UK
Date: 2nd Jan 2007

LITERALLY JUST A PRETTY FACE, HORRIBLE RETRO FEATURES, WORKS LIKE PHONES USED TO 4 YEARS AGO, can't STORE MORE THAN 20 MESSAGES, RUBBISH, RUBBISH, RUBBISH

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Reviewer: Jess - UK
Date: 28th Dec 2006

This phone looks pretty cool & I wanted it for ages. But when I got it I was disappointed. The camera is rubbish, there is barely any memory on this phone so I had to keep on deleting all my texts & the Bluetooth connection is rubbish. I have now got the Samsung e900 & think it is an amazing phone compared to the RAZR.

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Reviewer: Amber - US
Date: 27th Dec 2006

OK. I got my phone in August. Against the wishes of the bill holder. Within a week, the speakerphone button quit working. & just recently, the buttons are starting to lift off. The *, 0 & # key no longer work, the speakerphone hasn't started working again, & the memory is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Jean - Liverpool, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2006

This phone is rubbish I would advise anyone against getting one. I got the pink one as it looks great but usability is rubbish I have rated it 5% on here as that's the lowest option, it tells me to insert sim that's already in, switches itself off all the time once it switched off 40 times in half an hour so useless really in that people can't contact me, take a photo & its fine try & send it & the picture blurs or blanks in fact does that sometimes just on storing pics.

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Reviewer: Laura - London, UK
Date: 20th Dec 2006

I Wanted This Phone For AGES As I Thought It Was Such A Cute Phone. && It Was So Trendy At That Time. I Got It In Pink & It Is Cute, But the Fact That It's So Thin Is Made Totally Useless By How Wide It Is! It's Actually Sooo Wide! I Like Some Of the Features. Like the Games && the Little Screen At the Front, & I Did Also Like the Quality Of the Mp3s You Could Store. Until the Connectivity To the Computer Broke && I Couldn't Add Any More Songs!

The Camera Is Quite Poor, the Memory Is Rubbish && the Texting Is Slow && Hard To Get Used To! In the Past I have Had Nokia's but I don't really like the Look of Them Anymore, though they are definitely That Will Be Better!

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Reviewer: Gabby - UK
Date: 18th Dec 2006

This was the worst phone I have ever had can't have any pictures on it, its rubbish

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Reviewer: Jessica - Los Angeles, US
Date: 16th Dec 2006

I think this phone is the worst there is! Its soooo rubbish & mine keeps on turning itself on automatically & it's really annoying & also it says how I need to insert my sim card when it is already in there.

My advice don't get it. ! But that's my opinion xx

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Reviewer: Cyberbuzz - Malaysia
Date: 15th Dec 2006

Boring, it's good to look at & OK if all you want to do it talk to someone once a while, but nothing more. I have had it since September now & am regretting ever buying it since I can't afford another so soon. Make sure you actually, really, desperately, passionately want it before going ahead & paying for it.

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Reviewer: The Man Who - UK
Date: 11th Dec 2006

When I got this phone I thought it was great, until it started to gather loads of dust on the screen, it then went on to blanking out every 5 mins & when someone was calling, so please don't BUY A Motorola V3 THEIR rubbish! They have really let Motorola down (like they have been good anyway! ).

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Reviewer: Ben - UK
Date: 9th Dec 2006

It's a con! You can't shave with it. It's not a razor it's just thin & anyway the new Samsungs are thinner so they were beaten at their own game.

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Reviewer: Beckie Mckenna - Oswestry, UK
Date: 7th Dec 2006

This phone is rubbish! I had the pink one & I didn't update on the network like it should which meant texts come through 4 hours or more after they had been sent, also the camera is not very good & has virtually no memory. This phone also has a habit of freezing & when you take your sim card out you loose all your texts in your inbox! Not a good phone at all! : (

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Reviewer: A Girl - UK
Date: 4th Dec 2006

It looks like a flat brick. The memory & usability is rubbish

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Reviewer: Gina - Luton, UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2006

Well within 3 months of using this phone, the screen had gathered so much dust it's nearly impossible to read without shading the screen (making me look like an idiot wherever I tried to read the text!) & just damn right annoying. When asking O2 to fix it, they said their year warranty doesn't include 'cosmetic damage' & basically it would cost me more than the phone to fix. Cosmetic damage that happened due to the fact the phone is utter rubbish.

Not worth the money I wasted on it. No memory, all of one song & about 15 pictures! No chance to even increase the pathetic amount of memory.

Save your time & energy, don't go for Motorola phones or O2 for that matter, great network, awful phones.

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Reviewer: Lauren - Sheffield, UK
Date: 30th Nov 2006

OH MY GOSH, it is so brill I love it, it's the best phone in the whole wide world I would recommend it to everyone in the world.

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Reviewer: Fern Debruin - Canterbury, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2006

I have been looking at this phone for a while now & I think it doesn't know what it is doing. One minute it is the most wanted thing they bring out these huge handsets that are under the same name. If you ask me it was well & truly killed after the V3X.

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Reviewer: Andrew - Glasgow, UK
Date: 25th Nov 2006

I bought this phone with my Christmas money I thought it was great at first but when I actually got it it's so wide even though it's thin I think it really lets it down and also the memory on it isn't good at all. Around February it started to develop faults in the Bluetooth it went away for 2 weeks to get fixed and when I got it back the internet wasn't working on it and I wasn't having it go away for another two weeks so as a last resort I chose a new phone the Samsung E350 it is good but it has no Bluetooth which lets is down badly.

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Reviewer: Alex Bacon - UK
Date: 20th Nov 2006

I Think This Phone Is Not Very Usable, Especially If You Would Like A Phone That Has a lot Of Memory because I could hardly store anything on this phone & I didn't really enjoy having it as a phone, & also the inside screen is very bad & when I scratched it, they couldn't fix it & I am glad that I get to have another phone.

Thanks Alex

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Reviewer: Danielle - Newcastle, UK
Date: 20th Nov 2006

I am surprised by all the negative reviews on this site for the V3, I have had mine for 7 months & love it! The slim design makes it easy to carry around, it looks good & has all the features you would need (Bluetooth, video, camera, games etc).

The only downfall is the memory! I would definitely recommend the phone! :o)

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Reviewer: Steve - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Date: 20th Nov 2006

Had an original v3 RAZR since Oct 2004 (2 yrs) now & not a problem until today. Opened the phone & the date display said Sunday 20th Nov. No, it's not I thought, it's MONDAY 20th Nov. Tried every reset imaginable, but the phone still insists its a Sunday, even though it tells me yesterday the 19th was also a Sunday - correct!

The only other gripe I have, in common with most users, is the screen picking up grease & fingerprints from the keyboard. Oh how I regret peeling off the protective plastic sheet when I first opened the package. Suppose I could always wear latex gloves when I use it, but I am probably on the wrong website for that topic!

Would I recommend this phone, yes. If you want a phone with huge memory for playing MP3's & the latest 3.2MB camera, then don't look here. If you want a dependable solid phone, that fits in your pocket, will not fall apart tomorrow & will still be acceptable in public in a year's time & does what it says on the tin, then you won't go wrong with this phone.

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Reviewer: CC - Samoa
Date: 19th Nov 2006

Smart design, but memory is rubbish & not got a lot on it.

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Reviewer: Kim - Sydney, Australia
Date: 18th Nov 2006

Hi all, loving the informative reviews on this site. I am looking at getting a new phone to replace my RAZR & am getting some really useful ideas about which phone cut it & which don't.

I am reviewing this phone as a warning to those considering getting one (although in terms of mobile years this phone is getting old now! ) I have had mine since April 05, & am about to throw in the towel with it & my phone provider. I was originally drawn to it for its looks as I would say a majority of people would be, & for that alone I give Motorola praise. After having two Nokia's stolen out of my bag at nightclubs I decided that I needed a phone slim enough to keep in my pocket at all times & it's served it's purpose for that very well (I am a fashion fiend & fell in love with it's looks too)

Only after 5 months did I notice how average the battery life was, even replacing mine with a fresh one & trying to limit usage for a couple of days did nothing to improve on this.

Texting is an absolute nightmare. So frustrating, & I am a fairly patient sort of gal. Forget responding quickly as Motorola are still behind the eight ball when it comes to predictive text input & ease of use. The interface is sometimes tricky & confusing as well as so called 'short cuts' which don't actually help you get somewhere within your phone quicker.

Most recently, mine has taken to switching off completely when I flip it open to use, & the predictive text has decided I don't need to speak any sort of coherent English any more offering me a selection of gobeldy gook instead of what I need to write.

I know I am not alone in these experiences & I hope that the big boys at Moto are listening to all of us, as they do create sleek looking phones, but can they make ones that don't act like Paris Hilton. Shiny, slim & attractive to look at but not much going on the inside? (Unless of course you like that sort of thing he he) They've lost my vote to a little Sony Ericsson number that has brains as well as looks & it will take me some major convincing to trust a Moto again.

I am off to lick my wounds & sign up to a new contract :) Avoid this phone like a 3am kebab, seems like a good idea at the time but you might end up regretting it later.

Hope this helps!

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Reviewer: Vanessa - Channel Islands, UK
Date: 14th Nov 2006

I think the phone looks & feels great but I have had no end of problems with the battery. I only bought it in March & it has spent 2 sessions of 5 weeks each at Motorola being mended. Still no resolution, Motorola have been very difficult & I will never buy from them again.

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Reviewer: Amy - Channel Islands, UK
Date: 12th Nov 2006

OK. I had my moto for about 6 months. I was texting 1 day & the buttons messed up completely. Going crazy, putting anything it wanted to. My mum sent it to England to get it fixed & this took about 2 months! Only yesterday they told my mum that it was waterlogged. Which is impossible because I always carry a bag + has been knower near water! They say this to all their customers that they get problems with. It's happened to at least 5 of my mum's friends. Another thing, it can only hold 1 song, the picture quality is USELESS. & it's VERY slow!

I would NOT recommend this phone!

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Reviewer: Tana - UK
Date: 10th Nov 2006

Easy to use. Great to look at, but not many features. Poor pic quality. But overall its. OK. It does it's job.

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Reviewer: Scott - Rotherham, UK
Date: 6th Nov 2006

It's not a bad phone. I bought mine in June & it's great for texting.

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Reviewer: Anom - Bangladesh
Date: 24th Oct 2006

The RAZR V3 may look stylish, but with 5mb memory, you should not get this.

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Reviewer: Kiel Andrew - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 18th Oct 2006

I must say this phone is fairly good. Although I have had problems. When i first got it i thought it was stuffed because i had no idea how to turn it on. Yes I know it sounds stupid but you can't just hold the power button & it will turn on, you have to press it once till the key lights turn on then hold the power button then wait like close to a min for it to boot up. But with a little HEX EDITING you can change it to just pressing it once it will turn right on. Fixes that problem. Another problem is the space on the phones memory. At first you have around 5mb. Rubbish if you want full songs on your phone. With all the rings you get preloaded on your phone by Motorola that you cant delete. But with a lil program called MOTOKIT you can delete them & get a lot more space. With mine i have around 8mb. I have heard a max of 10mb has been achieved. Still real bad for full mp3s. Camera is not to great. Very underexposed in indoor conditions. Very bad quality. Very blurred. Real bad shutter speed. Video camera is ok but very low frame rate. I found when i had first made a call the volume of the caller was fairly low & could hardly hear the person in mall type conditions. Again with MOTOKIT helped with that problem. Another problem was the vibrator in the phone is very weak. Its like a PS2s DUALSHOCK divided by 50! After about a year my volume buttons had mucked up so i couldn't turn it down. So again with a little bit of help from MOTOKIT i change a few buttons around & turned it down. Even though one button isn't in use. I also hated the fact that exchangeable cases are out of the story. But with a read up on a few sites & checking ebay for cases i had found a darkish blue case for my silver v3. Looks a lot better than the silver. I also found that the battery cover had a tendency to just fall off after a use of a year. I would close the flip & that would nudge the cover right off. This phone has a very good design. In calls its real easy to hold. The buttons on the keypad are very nice to touch & very spread apart for easy use. The quality of the screen is fairly good. I'm real into photoshop use & i cut all my images from the pc to my phone size for very high quality images. The pictures come out very nice & sharp. But using the camera has a tendency to blur so not the best option to use as wallpapers. Also wallpapers don't support GIF animations. First frame of GIF will be used. Screensavers support GIF animations. PC transfer is very frustrating because of its timing out & slow transfers. To give you a rough idea a 30 second ring with 128 kbps Stereo will take about 2 mins to transfer over. Uploading songs, pictures, videos are a breeze. Very quick upload times.

If you like the v3 design. Go for a Motorola V3i where camera is better & it supports memory sticks for expandable memory. Nothing great for the RazrV3 but its a bit better with the v3i.

Thanks for reading my review.

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Reviewer: Lewis - UK
Date: 17th Oct 2006

This phone is senseless. It has no video!!! The camera ain't even a megapixel!!! & the memory is embarrassing!!!

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Reviewer: Edsel - Frederick City, US
Date: 16th Oct 2006

The phone is nice to flash but its features are rubbish... that's pretty much sum for the phone.

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Reviewer: John - Australia
Date: 12th Oct 2006

I've had this phone for a few months now & i think its rubbish!... it scratches easily & dents it has a bad battery & the camera quality isn't clear.

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Reviewer: Ian - Cooper, UK
Date: 12th Oct 2006

Easily the worse phone I have ever bought!, very hard to hear calls unless I use my Bluetooth earpiece & its always losing the connection when I'm calling someone else on it. The screen flickers & is hard to see.

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Reviewer: Anom - Australia
Date: 8th Oct 2006

This phone is slim & easy to carry around, but its really really slow. I'm a fast texter & when I finish texting I find that it is still trying to catch up. It really is to slow

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Reviewer: Red - Leeds, UK
Date: 4th Oct 2006

Don't like this phone at all. Whilst it's nice & slim, the clam opening is huge. Feels flimsy, gets really grubby quickly. Am now upgrading to a Samsung Z400.

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Reviewer: Daryl - Nth Ipswich, Australia
Date: 20th Sep 2006

I've had it for 6 months now. Love the slim design. Not having a phone bulging out of my pocket was the main attraction for buying the V3. For me it has plenty of features, but if you like to text a lot, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. It is incredibly slow once you have a few messages in your Inbox & are texting a long message. As an example I regularly find myself half way thru a text only to have to stop & wait for the phone to catch up as it can be up to 8 words behind. I don't consider myself a super fast texter (I'm over 40), but this is really hopeless to text with. As someone else mentioned, answering calls you normally have to wait up to 5 seconds before the phone connects so you're repeating "Hello".

Conclusion: If text is not a priority & you want a slim phone then you'll love it. If you like to text please stay right away from this.

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Reviewer: Arvind - Troy, US
Date: 15th Sep 2006

This phone looks great & fits into anything anywhere!!!! The software is bad like you can ever imagine!!!!!!!!!!!!! It gets dirty in no time, & you'll wonder why. The battery life is the worst of its lot. Motorola batteries in general are horrible. Software bugs are its specialty!!!!! Maybe Motorola out sources to Microsoft!!!!

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Reviewer: Tom - UK
Date: 13th Sep 2006

This phone is really terrible. It looks great & is really trendy but the fact that it is sooo slow sometimes it takes 5 seconds to answer the call after flicking up the lid ruins it. The design is absolutely awful. the rubber bits on the keyboard pick up grease & dirt from ur finger tips then bamm when u close the lid you get all the grease & horrible marks over the screen. I am sick & tired of cleaning the screen very 5 minutes. I'm gettin rid of this phone as it poor design has made this phone one of the most disastrous phones on the market to date.

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Reviewer: Charlotte Jupe - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 4th Sep 2006

I got my razr about a month a go. I think it is a good design, but I now am getting fed up with it the memory is rubbish, the games are boring, & it is not very loud I keep missing calls, & I getting fed up with cleaning the screen all the time because it gets so dirty. also it has just the same programming as a Motorola v547 (e.g. I mean the menu etc ) so I was very disappointed & would advise any one thinking of buying one to choice something else or if you are thinking of buying one & you someone who has one ask to borrow it for a couple of days.

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Reviewer: Terry - Leigh, UK
Date: 31st Aug 2006

Its the best phone I have ever had no probs at all batt is starting to get a bit weak now only lasts 2/3 days, lasted 5 or more when it was new. Had it for over 12 months now will be getting the v3i next when I get my upgrade.

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Reviewer: Danielle - Liverpool, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

Thought it was great but can get boring after about 2 or three weeks. Not a lot to do, games are rubbish & I had a lot of problems with it as from the first day! E.g., certain pictures won't load as my wallpaper! Very frustrating. Also, the battery sometimes doesn't want to charge & it's not my mains because i've tried a lot of places! Anyway, it's a good design, very stylish (I have the pink one!)... But I wouldn't recommend this to you. I'm thinking of buying the LG Chocolate on contract soon & i've only had this phone for just over 7 months.

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Reviewer: Mary Raddburn - Nuneaton, UK
Date: 17th Aug 2006

THE BEST

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Reviewer: Louise - London, UK
Date: 12th Aug 2006

This is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo rubbish it gets dirty easily bad features bad design never hardily turns on have to mess around a lot hate it hate it hate it!!!!!!!!!!

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Reviewer: Angel - Australia
Date: 26th Jul 2006

I brought this about 4 months ago & I found it good except I got dirt in my screen & now I have this blue Mark on the inside of my screen. I love this phone but I found the mark been really annoying. I what this to be removed but don't know how.

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Reviewer: KZR - UK
Date: 6th Jul 2006

GETTING RID OF THIS FOR SAMSUNG E900. COS U HAVE TO WIPE THE SCREEN EVERYTIME U TOUCH IT & HAS NO REAL GOOD FEATURES!

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2006

WOW.. amazing phone.. very slim.. great keypad.. but the features got boring after like.. 3 weeks.. Great though!
GO MOTOROLA!! GREAT JOB

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Reviewer: M Sanders - UK
Date: 27th Jun 2006

A good slim phone which looks smart, however a software system from years previous & very poor battery performance truly disappointed me. Had lots of gremlins with my v3.had it for 3 weeks & went back to my sgh D500, must try harder Motorola if you want to win back customers.

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Reviewer: Jessica Lau - UK
Date: 18th Jun 2006

Although this phone looked incredibly good my Bluetooth wouldn't work at all very little memory uploading too many songs or taking too many pictures means I have no room for anything else! Overall a 55% will give it justice

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Reviewer: Christianne Mcgee - UK
Date: 7th May 2006

Hello, I am going to purchase the Motorola v3 razr for my birthday but I can't seem to find that many good full housings for them, there are only two good patterns available, the roses & the yellow flowers please help because I am now regretting wanting this phone, please help!

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Reviewer: Yo Yo - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 16th Apr 2006

Awesome phone

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Reviewer: M Bailey - UK
Date: 12th Feb 2006

The very striking & radical looking design from Motorola, it is great. It's very slim so sits in the pocket really comfortably, comes with a nice keypad which is set out well & easy to use. You receive perfect reception every time even in remote areas with the built-in technology & with the video playback you can capture your world in style.

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Reviewer: Ethan Jameson - Stockport
Date: 9th Feb 2006

Got the aluminum finish colour it's well trendy & as far as I am aware is the thinnest clam shell style mobile phone on the market & comes with a metal keypad & reacts with the lightest of touches which makes it very easy to navigate. The screens are both of a high caliber & provide the brightest of colours, truly unequalled in the field of mobiles. It comes with the facility to download videos from the Internet & also incorporated in this model is the function of video playback which has great sound quality. It comes with Bluetooth where you have the freedom of a wireless connection. The only downside to the V3 as far as I'm concerned is it's a bit wide for my hands & a bit tricky trying to open it, this is only my opinion. But a top rated phone. You'll love it.

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Reviewer: Lou - UK
Date: 1st Feb 2006

Luv this phone, truly beautifully, sexy phone, but it marks so much, I am forever wiping the finger prints off it & when I use it my make up really sticks to it. I hate it looking messy, but it tends to most of the time. Battery is a bit disappointing but not totally run out on me yet, just needs regular charging.

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Reviewer: Nathan - Telford, UK
Date: 27th Jan 2006

I can understand people wanting this one it's very thin & look's so cool. I have found it very easy to use the keypad which is touch sensitive which suits me. It's got it all, great camera, video technology & the connection you get with this phone is the best one I ever had. On the down side it comes with only one port, so you will need to have a Bluetooth headset if you want to charge your phone & talk at the same time.

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Reviewer: Isobel - UK
Date: 21st Jan 2006

How desirable is this phone, what a fantastic piece of craftsmanship sleek, stylish, smooth, eye-catching, sexy & trendy these are just a few words that come to mind to describe the RAZR V3 & the kids are going crazy for it. It's functions are brilliant I wont go into detail just read the features of this phone to see what it can do. Seeing is believing & you wont believe it...

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Reviewer: Martin White - UK
Date: 20th Jan 2006

Lets get one thing straight from the start it is a phone first & foremost & not much good for business, if you are looking for a phone that incorporates everything you need for your business then look else where. But if you want a top of the range mobile then look no more because here it is. Very classy & stylish, all set in a high tech casing. One word GORGEOUS!

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Reviewer: Andrew Best - Hemel, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2006

What a phone, Awesome...

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Reviewer: Colin - UK
Date: 17th Jan 2006

Whoever had the idea for the design of this little beauty deserves a pay rise. What a little belter.

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Reviewer: Hanna - UK
Date: 12th Jan 2006

I went to have a look at this great phone. Not having seen one before I had a nice surprise, it's a beautiful concept phone which has brought style & engineering together with all the up to date features. It is so easy to find your way around the menus. I brought one straight away.

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Reviewer: Lenny - UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2006

I've had the V3 for a while now & had been happy with its performance but just lately it has started to encounter problems with the screen fading, so now I'm wondering if this model is a hit or miss.



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