Motorola RAZR V3i Review

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 29th Dec 2009

Design.
- Very slim.
- External display screen.
- Nice metallic colours.
- Very durable, have had this phone for about three years & only has very minor scratches after being dropped many times.

Features.
- Basic 8 x zoom camera with a few colour settings (including a camera on the external display when the phone is closed).
- Caller ID including photo when the phone is closed.
- Good volume control, easy to hear.
- Bluetooth, unfortunately, a lot slower than most phones, but works fine.

Usability.
- Very convenient external controls.
- Still doesn't lag after three years of use.
- Easy to use 3 x 3 menu.
- Pretty bad memory but sufficient for about 10 songs & some photos.
- Unfortunately unable to delete the preset ringtones & pictures.
- Good sound quality.
- Battery lasts for a few days.
- Comes with good headphones & easy to use computer software.

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Reviewer: Kawie - UK
Date: 16th Nov 2008

Quite a good phone I have had mine for over two years now & it still works perfectly. If you want loads of memory its not the phone for you, I can only fit one full song on & a little one. Well done to the makers :).

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Reviewer: Lawrence - UK
Date: 12th Nov 2008

Why are there such bad reviews? This phone is considered to be the best phone Motorola have ever produced. It has no faults. Motorola are still producing these phones even though they were released nearly 3 years ago.

I thought this phone was fantastic. It's so easy to use (like most Motorola phones), the quality is just fantastic & features pretty good, although they are not the best.

Anyway a phone, is a phone. Not a camera or MP3 or any other fancy thing that will introduced (such as holograms!)

I can't really fault this phone at all. The camera could be a little better but who cares?

If you liked this phone you will love the v9!

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Reviewer: Nj - UK
Date: 31st Oct 2008

Just read some of the reviews & can't believe what some people are saying about it! I have had the phone 3 years, & its always been fantastic! Its only now it's beginning to get slower, & it freezes a lot more, but that could be due to the amount of times I've dropped it, but even now it's still reliable to recieve texts & calls on.

I am thinking about changing phones, but after reading reviews on the Samsung Soul & the LG's I am actually seriously thinking of buying this phone again, its legendary! If you want a phone to last you 2 years or more, this is the one!

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Reviewer: Kat Marsh - UK
Date: 19th Oct 2008

I will never be using a Motorola after buying this phone, had so many problems.

- Screen goes white when open it.
- Randomly turns itself off.
- Battery awful, even when I don't use it for phone calls, it will only last a day at the most.
- Sometimes doesn't charge at all or tells me its battery is full when it isn't.
- Randomly changes the volume, either when I charge it or when writing a text message.
- Will send a message half way through writing one, changes predictive setting to non predictive randomly & doesn't remember predictive words I save.
- Internet is very slow.
- Screen scratches very easily.
- Last straw was it wouldn't receive phone calls & would tell me an hour later I had missed a call, was starting to make me look very rude.

Apart from this the phone is one of the most attractive I have brought but now I am using Nokia again as I have never had a problem with them.

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Reviewer: Jitendra - Pune, India
Date: 29th Sep 2008

Hi my name is jitendra. I am using Motorola v3i from last 3 years but now I have problem that if I press any key it will shutdown & only started after I plugged it to charger. I can call number with headphone & voice recognition facility but it is very difficult job to do it. I have given my mobile for repair to an authorised Motorola service centre & they said that it can't be repaired. NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE THIS PHONE.

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Reviewer: Joanne - Notts, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2008

A CLASSIC mobile phone with easy to use features & MOTO will never top this design, they seems to be designing phones with faults & problems since this one, come on MOTO get back to this design, it worked.

My RAZR V3i is my faithful CLASSIC phone which comes out of by kitchen draw every time another phone lets me down, I have tried 3 phones since my V3i & none compare to it, what does that tell you MOTO! Sorry to say that the PEBL was just OK but nothing as good as V3i, KRZR looked great but could have been so much better if the screen wasn't FAULTY & the ROKR E6 well, only good point was music but still the V3i was so much better.

Conclusion, MOTO listen to your users & go back to the drawing board, we know you can do it, just design the V3i but slimmer would be a good start.

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Reviewer: Phil - Middlesbrough, UK
Date: 16th Aug 2008

I have had two of these v3i phones first one was faulty, second one OK, but the problem I have is the volume is too low as nine times out of ten I miss my calls.I have a v3 that I use at work, sometimes working behind a Bin Wagon with the same ring tone & never miss a call as the sound is much louder. The only other problem with the phone is you can't delete the rubbish ring tones or pictures Motorola put on it!

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Reviewer: Tracey Bergin - UK
Date: 6th Aug 2008

I have the D&G Gold version. Love the phone, had it about two years, but, as per what appears to be the norm, it has a cracked screen. My battery life seems to be dwindling on a daily basis, & after my son BORROWED it for a day, I can no longer get it to speak the D&G switch on message. (Anyone knowing how to get this back can let me know please, I've tried everything!) I am presently considering buying a new phone, but sometimes, better the devil you know!

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Reviewer: Polly - UK
Date: 4th Aug 2008

This phone is good but not great. The screen is big & has fairly good colours but in the sun the shine is bad. I thought the Bluetooth was very slow & sometimes couldn't find people even though their phone was right next to mine. The music quality isn't very good & can only store a few songs. The memory is BAD BAD BAD. I could only store about 50 pictures about a few songs before the memory was full up. I also didn't like the fact that because it is a flip phone the plasticy keys rub on the screen so I have to clean it all the time. I wouldn't recommend.

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Reviewer: Am - UK
Date: 26th Jul 2008

Brilliant. Chic appearance & good features. Battery's fine. Only issue is memory. Lasted me over 2 years until I dropped it in the bath.

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Reviewer: G Clark - UK
Date: 24th Jul 2008

I got the phone about a year ago, at first it worked perfectly. But there was no memory without a memory card, (it wouldn't even take a picture because of Memory Full! ) But after about a month the outside screen smashed, we got it repaired & about a month later it smashed again & we got it repaired again.

After about six months the real problems started, the display would freeze, turn white & the n the phone would switch off. We checked the battery & (although it has a rubbish battery life) it was not that. Now it's freezing more & more often about three times a day.

Also when it s not frozen the display goes funny & wavy lines come up? !

I am now thinking about a new phone, but if anyone knows any solutions to the problems then could they let me know.

On the whole a beautiful phone but not practical so don't buy.

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Reviewer: Mel - UK
Date: 13th Jul 2008

I've had this phone for two years now & never had any problems until a couple of months ago.

It's true the memory is quite small but mine came with a memory card to stick songs onto.

However, I was advised to visit the Motorola website & download updates for the software you use to transfer info etc as I couldn't get my software to work & that's where the problems started. First of all the software didn't load properly & wiped everything off my phone, & only put some of it back on when I tried again.

Now, my phone is in a world of its own & switches itself on & off, changes the ringtone at will, the volume goes up & down & things disappear & reappear which is all very weird & I still can't use the Motorola software.

So although I loved my V3i I am now looking for a new phone & would be interested to know if anybody else has had this problem.

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Reviewer: Penny Pie - US
Date: 11th Jul 2008

I have had this phone 2 months & it's awful. I know it's hard to get signals sometimes here but this phone is truly awful. I originally had the Samsung J700 but my brother flushed it down the loo & so my mum & dad didn't trust him enough to get a replacement or one I would've liked or me for letting it out to my sight I should've known better he is a rebel & gets sent home from school often. SO TO ALL THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE NEVER GET THIS, DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!

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Reviewer: Manos P - Greece
Date: 9th Jul 2008

I am sorry I bought it! The menu is childish! The camera is awful, the battery lasts for 2 days, & if you try to use it with a Bluetooth you will have limited ringtone options, why?

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Reviewer: Hockeystarno - Paisley, UK
Date: 7th Jul 2008

I have had this phone for over a year now & I loved it when I first got it but after 6 to 7 months I got a bit bored of the same old stuff. The video camera is not great because the longest it will let you film for is 12 seconds. Most of the time it is 7 seconds. The MP3 player can only hold 1 song unless you delete all your photos. This is my opinion it is an alright first phone to have for children but not for adults.

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Reviewer: Jackie - Oslo, Norway
Date: 20th Jun 2008

I got this phone yesterday for my birthday. I charged it the whole night, but heck this morning I made just 3 calls & then battery went off! The screen gets black in just some seconds which is bad. Otherwise is a cool phone.

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Reviewer: Linda - Sydney, Australia
Date: 9th Jun 2008

I've had the phone for quite some time now & it's okay. I've dropped it a countless number of times from varying heights, on to various surfaces, & I have not had my screen crack. Yet? Although the metal casing does dent, & the screen does scratch. It's age is starting to show, & purely for that reason, I am on the hunt for a new phone.

That's not to say that this phone is perfect, just the other flaws haven't been too problematic.

Cons.
- Very poor quality video & camera, only 1.2 megapixels & no flash.
- Very little PHONE memory, although mine came with a 2.6MB memory card, the phone itself can only store two songs at one time. It becomes a problem when the ringtones must be saved on phone memory.
- Delayed microphone, the caller will not hear me for the first few seconds of the call.
- Gets dirty very easily & isn't that easy to clean (I use lens cleaner).
- No reminder or alarm functions in the calendar.
- the phone is moody, at times the speaker decides not to work, you can hear the other side, but they can't hear you (not too often though).

Pros.
- Very easy to use, functions are very straight forward.
- You can assign the functions to your shortcut keys.
- It beeps every five minutes after you've missed a call or message (I love this function! ).

As a general phone, it's reliable. If you're after a fancy phone, I'd suggest another phone. As a backup camera & video, it's useless.

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Reviewer: Charles Pearce - Cebu, Philippines
Date: 4th Jun 2008

It was my first & last Motorola! After 2 months, a battery, $40.00. Store service was Illiterate, just dumb. This phone is poorly sealed. After 6 months & slight rain, there went the Motherboard. I was told it would cost me 85% of phones original costs to repair. Then the big joke, the service & store centre was not qualified to replace it. As I was starting to understand my mistake in Motorola, its stock dropped, then I was told the V3i was discontinued. Never again, I miss the display, that's all.

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Reviewer: Ellen - Risca, UK
Date: 17th May 2008

When I had got my RAZR v3i, I was really happy with it. The sleek design was really cool & I was so happy. I had it for one month until something went wrong. I could only talk to people when they ring me or when I ring them through the speaker phone & it was impossible to talk in public because then everyone would be able to hear my conversation.

But overall, speaker fault aside it is a really good phone & I love the big screen & the futuristic look & feel of the buttons. The colour of mine was metallic purple. Buy this phone it great but don't drop it!

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Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 14th May 2008

I am really very happy with my Motorola v3i, it is one of the best phones I have owned, it is easy to use & very reliable it has a very good voice dial on it which I use often, MP3 player has got good sound, everything on phone is great.

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Reviewer: Nick Stone - Bristol, UK
Date: 4th May 2008

This phone is great, for about 1 week, it's so simple that you get bored of using it. There are a few features in the phone e.g. Airplane mode, & loads of themes, but it's slow, & the camera is rubbish. The only cool thing I can find about the phone is that it has a voice recognition that responds to your voice, e.g. 'name dial' it will then call the name that you wish. Apart from that, really boring, & slow.

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Reviewer: Old Blue - Jersey, Channel Islands,, UK
Date: 3rd May 2008

I will admit to being over 50, & a VERY occasional PAYG mobile user. I am a competent PC user, but I only buy technology I actually NEED. I decided I needed to get something that looked a bit neater than my old Nokia brick, that fitted in a shirt pocket comfortably, & didn't cost the earth. I own a couple of good cameras & have a decent sound system at home, so I do not need a telephone to do those things for me. However, it appears the V3i does them anyway. Oh, well, whatever.

Out of the box, it feels good & well-constructed. The nice young lady in the shop had done all the SIM & Memory card stuff for me, so I just started playing with the buttons & menus without looking at the manual [I am male! ]. It all seemed to make sense, although some stuff was quite hard to find & the manual was at times useless in that regard. But so far, it was a nice phone. Then I connected to the PC, inserted the CD, & HAPPY. Within a couple of minutes I had imported by entire MS Outlook address book & calendar. How easy was that?

The teenagers' toys of texting all day, playing MP3 tracks, the latest ringtones, games, screensavers, sending pictures to school friends & the like are totally irrelevant to my life. However, I now have what appears to be a decent phone that carries all the data I need, works in the USA (critical requirement) & doesn't feel like I am carrying a bag of groceries in my pocket. So far, I am very impressed.

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Reviewer: Sophie - UK
Date: 2nd May 2008

I have had this phone for a year & a half, with hardly any problems!

Despite everyone saying that the screens are fragile, I haven't had any problems with mine, & the interior & exterior screens are fine! I am kind of violent with my phones, though not intentionally!

I knocked it off my bookshelf after having it for about 6 months, & since then it has occasionally come up with a white screen & restarted it's self. It also comes up with the white screen when in a call sometimes now. These are both minor glitches however, especially after all of its mistreatment.

The design is great, & it's still fashionable after I have had it for 18 months. It has a good camera for a cheap phone, even though it doesn't have a flash.

Its internal memory is impeded by the non delete able ring tones that are on there, but this is OK I suppose, as I use a card & not the phone memory.

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Reviewer: Rosanne - UK
Date: 16th Apr 2008

This is quite simply, the worst phone I ever owned.

I chose it because it looked pretty & regretted it almost instantly. The functionality was never that great, & then within a few short weeks, the external screen on the front cracked across the corner. (I had other friends with the same phone, with identical cracks on the screen). The screen cracked AGAIN a few weeks later. Predictive texting was also irritating, as the software didn't recognize many words or remember them even when they were added manually.

Unfortunately the time the screen died & I got rid of it, the external screen had no less than three major cracks across it. I replaced it with my boyfriend's spare, the Motorola RAZR V3 (the model prior to this one) which was just as bad, it would freeze & lock up for no reason, & had virtually no memory.

After my disastrous experiences with these Motorola RAZR phones, I would NEVER buy another Motorola.

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Reviewer: Steve - Toronto, Canada
Date: 15th Apr 2008

Phone is great easy to use. But I find that after three installing a 1GB card, that it takes forever to open the MP3. Also the phone screen goes white for more than one minute on start up. The battery has to be charged after 16 hours of standby, but first it discharges then charges. This can take up to 8 hours, phone is rubbish would not ever by a Motorola RAZR. I had to buy a Nokia 6126 & everything works great.

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Reviewer: Ash - Birm, UK
Date: 11th Apr 2008

I brought this phone about 1 year ago second hand (Ok, I probably shouldn't therefore complain too much about it having just recently dying.)

I can say that generally, the outward design of the phone is in a class of its own- it always look more expensive than it is in public! However, the down side is that the phone itself does seem to be very poorly manufactured. It does not feel very rugged when used, & you'll always worry about whether tomorrow is its last day in use!

Again, like others have said, the battery life on the phone is not always that good also, as you have to charge it nearly every day.

Like I said earlier, the phone has died on me recently. It was not used brutally, but seemed to have developed a electric fault?

Overall a good looking phone, no doubt. Average features. However not half as rugged as a Nokia.

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Reviewer: Mishell - Australia
Date: 8th Mar 2008

So they all passed the DESIGN, FEATURES & USABILITY test.

This is by far, the worse phone I have ever used! Although it is easy to use, there are enough features & the design is decent, the external screen cracked within a few months. The screen should have been made of stronger material.

Also, very frequently, the external screen turns different colours. The mobile is slow as well. If you open up your phone, it takes seconds for you to realise you have a message!

The keypad also feels too metal-like & wears way too easily. The camera is absolute rubbish but what would you expect with a 1.2 megapixel camera. The videos also are really bad. It's all very pixelated & the noises are emphasised more.

It has very little storage space as well so you can't keep anything stored to the phone because they don't allow you to delete any of their (plain & ordinary) ringtones, wallpapers & themes.

I so would not recommend anyone to buy this phone if they want lots of use out of it.

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Reviewer: Dpray - US
Date: 5th Mar 2008

After one month I have cracked & replaced the outer lens three times. I am really not that clumsy. The outer screen is far too fragile. Maybe replacement lens should be made from clear Lexan. I found a place where I get replacement screens for $3.00 each now. I have four more on the way (just in case)!

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Reviewer: Zoey - Kent, UK
Date: 25th Feb 2008

I have had this phone for just over a year. I love the design & find it easy to use. It's quite loud & has a good music player. However the phone hasn't got a large memory so can't store many of your own tracks to use as ring tones, I think I only have about 2 stored on phone as it won't let you delete the rubbish ones that come with the phone to free up some more memory.

The biggest downside to this phone is that after a few months the external & internal screens would start doing crazy things & switching over or going upside down. Now after all this time the external screen just goes blue all the time & the internal one just goes white & then says no service, which is really annoying when in the middle of writing a long text. I can't see it lasting much longer, & I take really good care of my phones so not due to me throwing it about. So I wouldn't recommend this phone really which is a shame as otherwise it's a good little phone.

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Reviewer: Lauren - UK
Date: 13th Feb 2008

Had this phone for 2 years, a bit faulty & occasionally turned off without me doing anything, but had now completely broken. Screen goes blank when I open it & fails to send texts on numerous occasions. Good design but not great. My mum also has this phone & hers has had to be sent to be repaired 4 times. Wouldn't really recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Cathy - UK
Date: 10th Feb 2008

Totally agree. I have had my v3i for nearly 3 years too!

Just upgraded to the new PEBL 2. Know its early days but the v3i is a fabulous phone! Have to admit my front screen cracked within a couple of months, but despite that not bad enough for you not to be able to see it, & it's always worked perfectly.

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Reviewer: Suzanne - Lincs, UK
Date: 4th Feb 2008

I have had this phone for nearly 3 years now! I did buy a new phone a few weeks ago but compared to my V3i it was really awful. It's a shame you can't use your own headphones with it as the proper Motorola ones are not that good, I did buy a adapter so I could use my own headphones but the problem with that was the volume was very low so the adapter was a waste of money! I have a 1GB micro card in it so I have plenty of storage for my songs, videos & pictures. I bought this phone not long after they came out & it cost me £259, so over the last few years they have come down a lot in price & you can get them for roughly £70. I have had no problems with this phone in the 3 years I have had so you could say I have had my money's worth!

If you are thinking of buying one of these V3i I wouldn't hesitate as they are a real quality phone & last for years as I am proof of that, very easy to use!

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Reviewer: Sharon - Rochester, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

Message for Andy, who wants to keep texts but his phone won't store many. On the Mobile Phone Tools programme, if you hit the email button, it brings up past texts. I've got mine going back a year.

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Reviewer: Sharon - Rochester, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

I used to have the basic V3 on Pay As You Go. I recently took out a contract & got a new Samsung phone but I just didn't get on with it & sold it on eBay & bought a V3i. I love the Motorola's. I find them so easy to use & nice to hold. I particularly like the Ring Styles feature which allows you to set your own volume & ring tones for loud, soft, vibrate & ring, & vibrate then ring & it's so quick to switch from one to the other. On the down side, it's silly that when you set a special ring tone for a particular number, you can't differentiate between a call & a text. Ideally you should be able to set two ring tones, a short snappy one for a text & a longer one for a call but you can't do this & it's the one thing that really annoys me! The battery life on the V3i is not as good as it was on the V3 but batteries are cheap & I have lots of spares which I keep charged up. (I use my old V3 as a charger. I also have another spare V3 which I keep in the car). I find them quite hard wearing. I've lost count of the times I've dropped my phones on hard ground or floors & they've never cracked or even scratched. I haven't used the music player yet as I've only had the V3i for 2 weeks & I am waiting for the memory card to arrive from eBay.

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Reviewer: Michelle - Berkshire, UK
Date: 24th Jan 2008

This phone is good but the only problem I have is that the battery life is very short. I would say it is a good phone for beginners.

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Reviewer: Giles Newbon - Cyprus
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

This phone is a very good phone, easy to use & to text with, I had some problems at first with it but I only paid 145 euro & got a 2 GB memory & with it very good deal the phone is very hard to use compared with a Nokia but when have gotten used to it, it was very easy nothing to complain about this phone for now & I am sure it will do me fine in future.

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Reviewer: Ellie - Birmingham, UK
Date: 20th Jan 2008

I quite like this Phone, I think it's a good phone for a younger girl. Hopefully I am getting a Nokia 7373. I've definitely grown out of this phone as it doesn't have good features, the memory is awful & you can't hold anymore than two songs. It's an alright phone if your young. If not, forget it. It has no MP3, & I'll be quite happy to get a Nokia & leave this phone. Like I said, I would recommend it to a young early teen.

I am saying this so you don't get disappointed. Oh, it comes with a USB cable.

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Reviewer: Nirmal.T.S - Alpy, India
Date: 5th Jan 2008

This phone is sleek. But only problem there is no features like Nokia phones.

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Reviewer: Fiona - London, UK
Date: 27th Dec 2007

I got this phone because of its large screen & initially I loved it but like so many others after I've had it a year it started going wrong. It turns itself off for no reason. The screen freezes. I am missing calls because of this. As the contract I am on is a yearly one I think I need to upgrade quickly.

My daughter had a V3i too & all the software on the phone became lost & T mobile wanted to charge to repair it even though the phone was less than 3 months & on contract.

Both of us have had trouble connecting to our computers with this phone too.

All in all, this phone looks lovely, has some brilliant features but doesn't last very long which is a real shame. I will not use a Motorola phone again : (.

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Reviewer: Ananda Subramanya - Bangalore, India
Date: 20th Dec 2007

Not good. After a year the problem started. If I press any key it switches off. Even if I get a missed call it switches off. Local Motorola service in Bangalore claims they can repair it 2000 INR & they give 3 moths warranty after that, which is bad. Exactly after year all these problems.

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Reviewer: Pinkjello - US
Date: 19th Dec 2007

I've had this phone for over a year now. It is what it is, a nice decent phone. I have not had ANY problems with it so far. It does everything I need for it to do. Mainly talk, but play a few games, or surf & text once in awhile. If that is all you need phone for, then this is the one. If you are spoilt & want to have high speed Internet access then go pay $600 for an iPhone, but don't complain about the Razor V3i. It's a good phone.

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Reviewer: Beth - UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

Altogether a good phone but quite faulty, definitely not getting another Motorola.

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Reviewer: Tarnya - Gateshead, UK
Date: 16th Dec 2007

I've had this phone on contract for over a year now & I can say I've had no problems with it. I received an extra memory card free with T Mobile. It is great for group texting & not having to create friends accounts etc. Worth every penny.

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Reviewer: Nicolle & Lucy - Carshalton, UK
Date: 11th Dec 2007

This phone is naff, don't buy it because it's a waste of your dollar, seriously like it breaks & turns off on its own, its proper bad!

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Reviewer: Stephen Schwed - New York, US
Date: 2nd Dec 2007

Do not listen to other bad reviews. I have had this phone for almost 1 year now. It is a great phone with a ton of great features. You can easily drag music from iTunes to your phone & store up to 100 songs when upgrading to a 1GB card. The camera & video quality is pretty good I would say it is average with a 1.3 megapixel camera. The design is a good flip feature but could use more colours besides a purplish silver colour. All around a very good phone.

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Reviewer: Ehelliee - UK
Date: 2nd Dec 2007

I think this phone is quite good. I couldn't go on to my camera for a while. Also I personally don't think that the memory was great I couldn't even store one song. The phone is easy to use & pretty.

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Reviewer: Pj - US
Date: 2nd Dec 2007

DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! THIS IS the WORST PHONE YOU COULD GET! IT SURE IS VERY NICE & ITS GOT ALL THOSE cool FEATURES BUT THEY COME WITH A PRICE!

The PHONE TURNS ITSELF OFF. IT SEEMS AS IF SOME IMAGINARY GUY WAS PRESSING the OFF BUTTON ALL the TIME. IT HAPPENED TO ME COUPLE MONTHS AGO, & I LEFT IT IN MY SHELF LYING FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. IT WORKED FOR A WEEK & NOW ITS DOING the SAME THING ALL OVER!

I HATE THIS PHONE & I THINK IT WAS JUST A WASTE OF MONEY.

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Reviewer: Hannah - Liverpool, UK
Date: 28th Nov 2007

I got this phone a couple of years ago & only ever had 1 problem with it, & that was the screen. It would randomly go blank but then would restore to how it originally was. I don't think it was that ugly either. I was quite pleased with it overall when I got it. It was definitely better than I thought it would be. However, there is no space for a memory card so you can't put music on.

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Reviewer: Elinora Spinhosa - Paris, France
Date: 25th Nov 2007

I had some problems with this phone. It does not seem to work when it has been charged & crashed down sometimes. I need new phone, I like Sony Ericsson & Samsung. Not my phone. I really do not like it.

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Reviewer: Sylvester Bannor - Ireland
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

Mobile is great.

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Reviewer: Loza - UK
Date: 10th Nov 2007

This phone was given to me from my dad & my first impressions were very promising. I loved the design & the usability, however I don't think there are enough features for it.

The software for the phone is fantastic! Miles better than the Sony Ericsson software I have at the moment. Even though my Sony Ericsson K750i has a lot more features, I prefer this phones design & usability.

If you want a phone that is easy to use go for this one!

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Reviewer: Hannah Broughton - UK
Date: 3rd Nov 2007

I have had this phone for a year now & am considering getting a new one not due to any problems I had with it, just that personally I think it is a phone that dates quickly. It is very thin which is good to slip in your pocket, however it is very wide & I have trouble texting with one hand. It is a good looking phone but I was disappointed with its features. The camera isn't that clear & my video clips don't last longer than 10 seconds! I have also found the Bluetooth not brilliant.

One thing I find annoying is when I put the phone to my ear I hear a buzzing sound! My last bad point is its memory is rubbish that is one of the main reasons I am planning to get a new phone. Overall it is a nice phone, beautiful screen, & if you want a phone for its looks then go ahead & buy it.

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Reviewer: Kas - London, UK
Date: 28th Oct 2007

Hey people I have ordered this phone from eBay for 52 pounds I would like to share few tips regarding the phone:

- Buy a SD memory card for extra storage.
- Buy a USB data cable (should come with software on a CD).

The card is so that you can store more music/videos/pictures. As far as I am aware you should be able to backup all your data to your computer via the cable so that you can free up space on the phone if anyone has any question about what I have just said I'll be more than happy to reply back. Kas.

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Reviewer: Laura Geans - UK
Date: 24th Oct 2007

This is a fab phone. I got it given to me for my birthday. I had it for five months when I accidentally dropped it down the stairs & it broke. Can anybody help me & tell me how much it costs.

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Reviewer: Andy - UK
Date: 20th Oct 2007

I've had this phone for about 12 months now, & I have to say I have been very, very pleased with it. It's incredibly easy to use, & the texting (which I do a lot) is also very easy, but the buttons are a little too far away from each other (being very picky! ) as I was previously used to texting with Nokia phones, which have a closer button layout. The battery life is fine in my opinion. It doesn't create much hassle in my life charging it up! However I would say the camera could be a bit better, but seeing as though it's a very slim phone, I expect Motorola found it very hard getting a better camera in there! Now there is something that is annoying me quite a lot lately & its that my memory meter for my inbox texts has just been decreasing ever since the 6th month period (approx) into owning this phone. It used to hold 100 messages. & now I am down to an incredible 34 messages! I found this a huge disadvantage as I really wanted to keep my texts as they were from my girlfriend! :P. Another slight problem is that when I get photos sent to me (from my girlfriend's phone which is a Sony Ericsson k750? I think) via Bluetooth, the photos become very pixilated & look terrible! & we had a few problems with our Bluetooth transfers anyway, but that may just be our 2 phone's compatibility with each other. Overall this really is a great phone! I really have enjoyed owning this phone & the pros outweigh the cons! If you are EXTREMELY picky about your phones then you might find more problems than I did. Stylish, easy to use, & generally a very good phone.

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Reviewer: Ian - UK
Date: 18th Oct 2007

Great design with standard features. But this phone has been a pain since day one. Very poor battery life in spite of buying a new battery & charger made no difference, very poor at catching reception in spite of network. Even in areas of good reception this phone took ages to get a signal. I will be glad to get rid of it.

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Reviewer: Linda - London, UK
Date: 9th Oct 2007

I have had no problems whatsoever with this phone. I upgraded from the V3 because I wanted an MP3 player for my ring tones. Quite impressed with that, although doesn't hold too many songs, it's sufficient for my use. I love the feel of the casing & its keypad is very user friendly. Have had for 7 months & will keep for a while (touch wood) because it's everything I need in a phone. The camera is good too & on the slightly lower resolution setting, it takes loads of pictures which look pretty good.

I would defiantly recommend. Sounds like some people have had duff models, but you get that with everything electrical. Just take back & exchange, don't let that put you off this gorgeous phone.

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Reviewer: Wan - Malaysia
Date: 7th Oct 2007

I had a V3 before. Then changed to V3i I have had for a year now. I don't seem to have many problems. It's a phone for people who know about the feature. If you really understand the phone it's an easy phone to use.

I had 512k memory card & I find it sufficient for MP3 & photo storage. Camera is OK. You have to know how to adjust the camera setting to get good photos.

Now I am looking at another phone to buy. It's going to be either a Nokia 6300 or Motorola W510. I don't need 3G but I do need small & slim phones as I always leave the phone somewhere. Just for your information, I also have an xplore G18 PDA phone. Need I say more?

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Reviewer: Chris - Riding, UK
Date: 3rd Oct 2007

The phone is a lovely design but has so many faults:

- Ring tones don't correspond to settings I.e. Don't play what you have set them to play, just completely random tones.

- Messages are frequently sent as 2 pages when you can see that there are lots of characters remaining I.e. You have used less than 1 page worth.

- Service constantly interrupted - calls cut off, incredibly frustrating when out & about. Equally frustrating as I am on Vodafone's Stop the Clock but never manage to get more than a few minutes before I am cut off!

- I frequently get the 'emergency calls only' display so have to use my landline

- Terrible distortion or 'breaking up' making it difficult or impossible to talk & be heard. I usually have to ring back using my landline!

- Text, or digits start entering by themselves with no one touching the phone - weird or what? anyone else had this problem? When this happens I am unable to use the phone at all. I am currently awaiting the returns bag from Vodafone.

I have never had so many problems with a phone & technology is supposed to be getting better all the time! I've had to resort to using my SIM card with my old phone.

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Reviewer: Julie - Tyne And Wear, UK
Date: 1st Oct 2007

Love the design of this phone, really sleek. When I first bought it all my friends admired it.

But I have had nothing but problems. The number 4 key used to press on its own constantly. Got it fixed then the screen colours became distorted, but after a while it went back to normal.

Now it is impossible to use! It turns itself off for no reason what so ever, maybe if I press any key or sometimes I haven't even got to touch a key at all.

It's such a shame because I do love its design. It cost me £250 a decent amount to pay for a mobile I think. My son has a Samsung costing £90 & he has had no problems think I will just buy one of them now.

Future owners of V3i mobiles, please don't be taken in by its stylish exterior!

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Reviewer: Sharon Ann - Bacolod Ayala, Philippines
Date: 14th Sep 2007

Fantastic piece of technology. Stylish, good features with strong battery life useful while travelling & using iTunes. Light weight. Highly Recommended. This is an awesome cell that I ever seen that was fun.

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Reviewer: Nick - Santa Clarita, US
Date: 8th Sep 2007

Hi, I don't have a RAZR v3i but a v3im its some kind of different & I have a problem because there is no menu button. Some days ago I bought a micro SD card with one gig. I put some songs on it, but I don't know how to change the storage device to listen to my music. Normally you do it with the menu button but there is no. If anybody knows what the solution to my problem, I really need help.

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Reviewer: Peter - UK
Date: 2nd Sep 2007

I bought the red version of this phone & it was great, after 2 months of having it the front screen cracked & the m logo on the front was red but nowhere stocked any or could get me one & Motorola didn't want to know they just said send it to us we will fix it for £50! Then just 2 days ago I jumped in a swimming pool with it in my pocket so now it's dead, probably going to buy the z3 next that sounds good!

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Reviewer: Daniel - UK
Date: 27th Aug 2007

This is the worst phone ever invented. My 1st problem was dust, it would get under the screen & under light & I couldn't see what I was doing at all.

I definitely would NOT recommend this phone.

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Reviewer: Aaw926 - New York City, US
Date: 21st Aug 2007

I hate this phone. Sure it looks great. But it is so slippery I am always afraid I am going to drop it. The side buttons get pressed accidentally all the time. The keyboard 'misfires' all the time. Etc etc. But the battery life is terrific. & the pix quality sometimes surprises me! Never again, however.

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Reviewer: Rajesh - Chennai, India
Date: 19th Aug 2007

It's sleek, & has features which other moto doesn't have but one drawback is after a software update I am unable to play games, if games is clicked on, entire visibility of the screen goes dark. Audio not that much sound. If you play games battery drains very shortly. Advantage is if battery is full & if you don't touch the phone it's full for 4 days.

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Reviewer: Pranz - Manila Quezon City, Philippines
Date: 12th Aug 2007

I buy brand new Motorola V3i. After 2 months it feels a little warm to the front panel of the LCD & after a week later my battery drain so fast. I thought it was my battery at first when I buy new battery & charge it completely same thing happened drain so fast again & I bought it back to the store for check up then they found out the phone has been grounded. ! & they ask for repair.

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Reviewer: Rob - UK
Date: 12th Aug 2007

Beautiful piece of kit to start with, then problems slowly appear, battery had to be replaced, & replacement was the same, not holding any charge, then the software problems appeared, the phone would crash, like your own PC, hang, restart etc, I was offered another Motorola as a replacement, but NEVER again, total pile of trash, you have been warned!

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Reviewer: Justuser - Romania
Date: 7th Aug 2007

I have this phone for more than a year & a half. At first I was pleased with it. But easy problems start to appear:

- White screens/phone turns off.
- It takes long time to turn on.
- Video quality is poor.
- Camera lens & focus is just rubbish, almost every picture is blurred.
- The screen gets dirty very easy & it's hard to clean it properly.
- In order to change the memory card you have to open the phone.
- Via USB transfer - slow (I put some ringtones from my PC, it takes long minutes to transfer all data).
- Problems connecting the phone via Bluetooth with certain models especially Sony Ericsson.
- The final thing, my key pad stop working few days ago. Only the on/off key works - all others are dead.

So, forget about Motorola! Think Nokia!

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Reviewer: Pauline - Glasgow, UK
Date: 4th Aug 2007

I got this phone as a present, looked good & I was very happy with phone to begin with. Then problems started, external screen's display kept going blank, took back to store & was told just to take out battery & put back in to get screen back (annoying as happens frequently). Then charger decided not to work, could only charge using computer as all other chargers wouldn't work either. Now computer won't charge it either. Going back to store.

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Reviewer: Rich - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

This is a very good looking phone like the V3, but still it has the same delayed software, it does not like doing anything more than answering a call.

The design can not be faulted at all, I love the blue moto symbol on the front when the backlight is on the main screen & the small screen on the flip.

I would recommend this V3i more than I would the V3, Still I would rather spend my money on the Nokia 6230i or the 6233.

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Reviewer: Chris - NY, US
Date: 13th Jul 2007

Bought 5 phones for the family. After a few months the screen went black on two phones. NO DAMAGE TO EITHER PHONE! I have spent many unsatisfied hours on the phone with AT&T (the worst cell service I have personally ever had) & with Motorola. Neither willing to help or honor warranty. I spent half a day reading consumer complaints about the RAZR. Motorola denies any equipment problems.

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Reviewer: Andrew - Glasgow, UK
Date: 13th Jul 2007

I had a Samsung E350 rubbish phone ! Decided to treat myself to a new one within 1 day the back of this phone would not go on properly ! I got a replacement but then it wouldn't let me receive calls so I got rid of it & now have the k750i great phone!

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Reviewer: Amber - Ottawa, Canada
Date: 12th Jul 2007

This phone is good for the superficial mind, but useless as far as it's interior quality is concerned. I've had the phone for no longer that 2 weeks, & already my buttons don't glow, my screen freezes, my SIM card isn't detected, & & (my guess is because metal is an excellent conductor of electricity), I was laying in bed talking on it, & it zapped me in the ear. We're talking voltage, not static. I recommend this phone to no one but your enemies. Most stores in Canada are taking them off of the market now, for they are about as useful as a bike with no wheels.

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Reviewer: Eamonn Dempsey - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 10th Jul 2007

Really liked phone first a breath of fresh air after using Nokia's for years, but three phones later I am not impressed. Outside screen very easy to scratch or in my case cracked twice. It, s a slim phone that fits easy in the back pocket just remember to leave no coins in there as well or else. The memory card seems to come out of place with the slightest of knocks.

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 7th Jul 2007

This phone is easy to use, looks great, plus there is the bonus of a memory-card slot!

The battery life to me seems fantastic-I hardly ever need to charge it.

I would recommend this if you want a phone that is easy to use & has good features but still manages to look great.

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Reviewer: Mads - Exeter, UK
Date: 6th Jul 2007

I have just got rid of this phone. Beware the speaker breaks easily. The phone had never been damaged however one day the speaker stopped working I could make & receive calls but I could not hear anything yet others could hear me, just got a Nokia e65 to replace it excellent phone.

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Reviewer: Sourabh - India
Date: 4th Jul 2007

MOTO ROCKS!

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Reviewer: Cougar 2000 - Bristol, UK
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

Not much of a good phone, but definitely cover off. It's going back!

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Reviewer: Geoff Coope - Bournemouth, UK
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

I have just sold a K800i & about to sell my old XDA Exec because I now have a Motorola V3i. Why? Well with my K800i it was the latest & greatest, everybody raves about its features & how good it is but I came to the realisation that I just want a phone to be a phone, all the features mean squat if the actual phone is hard to use. Texting on the K800i really drove me mad, it would suggest words that I didn't want & I would often get stuck in it trying to choose a word rather than letting me move on. Texting on the XDA Exec was great, if you didn't mind pulling out a mini laptop which to be honest looked very nerdy. Texting on the V3i is a breeze, I hate texting using the standard phone keypad but this is simple, works well & choosing words is simple & doesn't get in the way. I am quite surprised at my speed with it now.

I don't miss the K800i features, in fact I hardly ever used the camera, MP3 or web surfing as I can do all that on proper equipment. There is just no point in a 3 mega pixel mobile camera, it's still sub par & the V3i 1 mega pixel camera captures the quick (throw away) shots if I ever need them.

It's so easy to use, looks good, fits in my jeans, doesn't cost an arm & a leg & voice clarity & volume are excellent. All the dealers said 'stay away from the V3' & I guess they are 'the experienced ones' but I decided to go against their judgment based on a couple of people I know that have stuck with a V3 for years. Now I have had mine a few days I have to agree. The V3i is a great phone if you just want a good phone & don't care about extras.

PS. My girlfriend also sold her K800i & got a pink V3 (not I) at the same time, she loves hers too.

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Reviewer: Vickram - Sydney, Australia
Date: 30th Jun 2007

Well when I bought the V3i I thought it would be better than the V3, but after looking on the V3 they are nearly the same external look. The blue keypad is nice but there are some points worth telling you,

- The video quality is poor. Finest resolution not recommended.

- The camera the slightest movement & the photo taken is blurred.

- It froze twice & I don't know how got to remove the battery & put it back.

- Phone has to be opened for memory card.

- Transfer via USB is slow.

- Bluetooth has limited functions & slow sometimes.

But good speakers & nice sound & never had network problems.

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Reviewer: Veronica - US
Date: 29th Jun 2007

I HATE THIS PHONE! It's so slow & it freezes for no reason. I haven't even had it for 6 months. It does hold a lot of information on it thou, I had almost 1, 000 texts saved on it at one time but then I deleted them in hope that the phone would speed up again, but no it is still slow.

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Reviewer: Ejad - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

The V3i is a decent phone & it's a cool as well. However its switches it self off sometimes but that's not a big problem. I suggest you get the black & red version, if you're getting one. It looks nice & cool.

Everything works perfectly when using the phone so no complaints there. But the bottom line is that it's a great phone so get one if you want because it will put a smile on your face. Good stuff Motorola!

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Reviewer: Guy Mayhew - Swalecliffe, UK
Date: 10th Jun 2007

Fantastic phone, really nice looking & very good quality screen.

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Reviewer: Aly - UK
Date: 31st May 2007

I have had this phone for about 18 months, on the whole I have been pleased with it BUT it does get 'white screen' occasionally & does freeze up from time to time. Battery life is OK if you don't use blue tooth. Did have some issues accessing my ringtones for some reason, when phone was plugged into computer tunes were there, when it wasn't they disappeared, go figure! Anyhow, new vista powered laptop fixed those probs first time I connected phone, woo hoo!

Time for a new model moto!

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Reviewer: Ross Mcauliffe - UK
Date: 28th May 2007

Just finished a years contract with this phone with O2, All I can say is don't judge a book by its cover, great looking phone some good features, but has froze & been sent back 6 times in 12 months, & each time they say there is no problem. Hold this phone too tight & it switches off, no radio & very sensitive buttons.

I am switching back to Nokia.

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Reviewer: Shona Campbell - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 27th May 2007

I was the ultimate girlie & chose this phone because I wanted a pink one! The worst choice that I've ever made. After only having it for 2 weeks the front screen had an enormous crack on the display even though I had never dropped it. It literally appeared when I took it out my handbag. I am also experiencing problems when trying to send a text including a photo. It starts to send, gets to about 80% complete & then a message appears advising 'unable to send'. Can't understand why not, can anyone help me?

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Reviewer: Ian Makepeace - UK
Date: 21st May 2007

I love this phone, I have had it for 15 months & it has never let me down, It is now starting to show its age though & I am patiently waiting for the new version to come out.

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Reviewer: Andrew - Airdrie, UK
Date: 19th May 2007

This is the SECOND v3i I had the first one the back wouldn't go on properly this one keeps freezing NOT impressed NEVER going to buy a Motorola phone EVER again!

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Reviewer: Sarah - UK
Date: 13th May 2007

I love this phone.

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Reviewer: Bob - American Samoa
Date: 10th May 2007

Gets easily damaged.

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Reviewer: Maria Patricia Sonia Oniate Alora - Philippines
Date: 6th May 2007

I bought this mobile early this year as birthday present for myself. So far I don't have any problem with it. It just that I am so happy using the features. The camera is good but it doesn't have a flash so not really advisable to use on dark places or poor of lightings. The video that I have recorded with this phone so far took me past thirty minutes of recording so it is good. Itunes has good features the sounds has a good effects with a tiny holes for the speakers, & it is really loud when you put it to the highest level. You just have to remember something, I read most of the people's comment but when you say that the screen turns total black that means you have to figure out how to set the following: click menu then go to:

: settings
: initial set-up
: backlight change to 60 seconds.

Then black screen will never be black again. OK?

It's only the little help I can do.

So far I really love my motorzrv3i, more fascinating than Nokia mobiles. When you say it is not a user-friendly-mobile, just try to explore it using your handy guide. Enjoy!

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Reviewer: A.&.othjer - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

OK this phone is nice to look at but it's not what's on the outside its's inside!

I have had my phone for 6 months now & I have hated every second, for starters this phone does not have instant messaging, it never has! Predictive text is as annoying as well!

I hate this phone.

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Reviewer: Alli - UK
Date: 1st May 2007

I have had this phone for a while now, but it has only frozen on me once. It is very practical, & is very chic. I have the black one, & in my opinion it is the smartest one. The fact that it is very light is also very good because you don't want a bag to be to heavy with a big phone in it. The only bad thing is that the memory is limited but you can get over this minority by linking it up to your computer & getting rid of things that you want to keep without loosing them.

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Reviewer: Angelia - St George's, Grenada
Date: 30th Apr 2007

I am having trouble with the game when I put it on, as the screen goes dark. Can't fix it what can I do, can somebody please help it was given to me for my birthday. It is the gold but I really love the look.

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Reviewer: Jess - Malta
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

I've had this phone for quite a long time now! At the beginning it worked properly but then it started playing up. It now jams very often & does not work properly at all. Out of all the mobiles I've had, this is probably the worst. One can be easily fooled by its nice design though it's not very practical. The memory is not good either.

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Reviewer: Kayla - UK
Date: 21st Apr 2007

OK I am about to buy the RAZR V3i. I hear a lot of bad things about it: it freezes, video clips last only 1 minute, not very user friendly. Then I hear lots of good stuff: stylish phone, Bluetooth option is great, quadband, loud speaker, iTunes feature. I have no clue it seems people love it & others hate it. I have a few questions I would really appreciate if some one answers some of them.

How long can you video clip on the phone? Is the camera OK? Is there a sort of flash in that comes with the phone's camera?

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Reviewer: Suzanne - Grimsby, UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

I have had my v3i now for well over a year. It was fine for a while, no problems but then after about 6 months it started playing up. Takes ages when its switched on for it to allow me to put my pin code in for my sim card & sometimes when I go on to view my pictures it just freezes & I cant do anything but keep my finger on the switch off button till it switches off & this can take up to 5 minutes to turn off, this phones cost me £259 which is a lot for a mobile phone that not very reliable, but I do know you can buy them now for £99! Buying this phone was a big mistake & by reading all the other reviews on here I think there seems to be a problem with them or maybe even a bad batch & it looks like I got one of the bad ones along with many others. My advice is if you're thinking of buying one. Don't!

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Reviewer: Sandra Baker - UK
Date: 12th Apr 2007

I have had this phone for 2 weeks & it looks fab, but it keeps turning itself off. It started with the screen going white & having to put my security code in again, but has graduated to completely blacking out & not being able to switch it back on again sometimes for 10 minutes. The battery life is poor & the camera is worse than my old Motorola v360. Overall it's very disappointing as it looks gorgeous but it's just not robust.

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Reviewer: Andy - London, England, UK
Date: 11th Apr 2007

Lovely phone, looks good & it's great with me. Some people hate, it's not compatible with them. Tough! But I absolutely love it! Had it for four months now & it never gets boring! Battery is wonderful, loud speaker is wow! MP3 player is addictive along with the games & the camera is 5 stars! This phone rocks!

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Reviewer: Laura - Ireland
Date: 3rd Apr 2007

The things I like about this phone are:

- The size - fantastic - The big screen - great - If you do drop it the marks aren't that noticeable - fantastic - The colour - nice

the things that I hate are:

- The buttons on the side whenever I pick it up I change the settings. - When writing a msg its stalls, blacks-out & comes back writing the msg really quickly. - Although. It would be worse if it didn't because you don't notice until your finished writing - very very very annoying - It doesn't know many words & you can't do it letter by letter. Won't let you. - MP3 player doesn't hold much.

Also a multi-coloured line just shows up on the screen when using it, goes away after a few seconds though - annoying because you don't know if it's going to stall or not, you're just waiting.

I think that's it. Getting a new phone anyway & having this one as a back up.

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Reviewer: Suraj Karia - London, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

The best looking phone ever. It was an amazing Christmas present. My sister has the v3x which is no match for this. Only a couple of things wrong some things like missed calls are hard to access. Voice recognition only works well on speaker & it's so common (that's probably because it's amazing). People who say itunes is not on their phone when the specification says it is, is because UK phones don't have it. An amazing phone, best one on the market. A recommended buy.

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Reviewer: Shahroze - UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

Hi I think all of you are wrong about this phone, I've owned this phone for about a year & I think its the best, stylish, sleek, phone ever made its batteries fine & the camera MP3 etc are absolutely great & I give this phone 10 out of 10. 5 stars.

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Reviewer: Paul Thomas - UK
Date: 29th Mar 2007

I got this phone in Feb 2006 & I am now due for upgrade, only due to the fact that I like a change I would keep this phone going, it has got everything you need on it, it's smart, functional & has a good screen, the software is great & so easy to use for file transfers, I love it.

I have read some of the reviews here & either there have been some very unlucky users, I have not had a problem with mine & I have even dropped it a couple of times.

Great little phone.

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Reviewer: Funky - UK
Date: 23rd Mar 2007

I just got this phone a few days ago & I think it great stylish phone & I thing Motorola just suits me.

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Reviewer: Parbati Deb - Delhi, India
Date: 23rd Mar 2007

This was nothing but an impulsive buy, & I regret it to say the least. The only saving grace about this phone would have to be its ravishingly hot looks & that's really about it. I've only had this phone for two weeks & it's already started playing up. The videos have turned green. The bluetooth doesn't seem compatible with Nokia phones. It doesn't have a radio. I have to keep polishing the screen. I hate to complain, but the list seriously goes on! I just wish I had bought an N-series phone instead. Anyway, I just hope this phone lasts me!

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Reviewer: Alan - Wimborne, UK
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

The V3i is a great looking phone, but. ! After several years with a Nokia 6310i, I got my V3i after being impressed by my wife's V3. I use phones to make calls, so many of the features are wasted on me, but the speaker phone is very good indeed, & the camera's not bad. But the software is terrible; the display / backlight times out after a max of 20 secs & can't be refreshed without initiating whatever action the key you press activates ; the battery life is completely unpredictable e.g. 10 calls on one charge, then three bars to dead in the course of one 2-minute call; the soft key functions are also unpredictable with 'select' swapping from left to right.

My next phone (as soon as I can terminate my contract with Vodafone) will be a Nokia 6300.

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Reviewer: Harry - London, UK
Date: 15th Mar 2007

I am disappointed with my phone because it keeps pausing when I am trying to access files like pictures, videos & songs & the software that came with the phone is incompatible with my computer even though the software was for windows XP. The phone looks nice & the camera is good but that is the only good thing about the V3I.

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Reviewer: Greg Mielke - Edmonton, Canada
Date: 15th Mar 2007

I've had this phone for 8 months now. Although durable, it is the WORST phone I have ever had! I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Screen turns white & locks up.
Every once in a while everything locks up.
Menus are not user friendly (I am used to Nokia though).
Speaker sounds rubbish.
Screen gets dirty too easy.
Ring style changes due to the side buttons when it is in my pocket.

I have about a million more complaints, but overall this phone is junk!

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Reviewer: Heidi - London, UK
Date: 9th Mar 2007

I have only had this phone for two weeks. However, so far, I am delighted with it!

I bought it on impulse & then panicked because a few years ago I had a Motorola V525, which drained the battery within 17 hours, even when I wasn't using it! (& I am not a heavy user!)

Anyway, bearing this in mind, I am really pleased with the V3i's battery life-I can get 60 plus hours from it!

I think that the call quality is excellent. My husband phoned me when I was on a very noisy bus the other day & he said that he couldn't hear any background noise at all. I could also hear him very clearly.

My last phone was a Sony Ericsson & it took a couple of days to get back into the habit of texting using a Motorola-the 'space' & character change keys are the other way around on a Sony Ericsson.

The digital audio player seems to work well, although I haven't used this extensively yet (but I will!).

There are such wildly different reviews of this phone that it's almost as if Motorola have released two entirely different phones! Perhaps they have fixed some of the negative things that were reported in the first handsets to be released.

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Reviewer: Mezba - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 2nd Mar 2007

Brilliant design, no doubt. But the battery service is not up to mark & also doesn't behave user friendly in all situation.V3i is a good investment of money for quality service.

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Reviewer: JWD - Bradford, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2007

It looks nice, but is utterly useless & unreliable.

I think that there is a manufacturing glitch somewhere & a large quantity of useless phones have been distributed around the globe by the looks of the postings here.

This would explain why Motorola don't think there is a problem because they don't have either a realistic or holistic view on the scale of this.

Most people will be put off logging a call due to the call centre farce & built in protectionism.

Do yourself a favour & don't buy one.

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Reviewer: Madhu - India
Date: 23rd Feb 2007

How long can you record video on this phone?

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Reviewer: Shaheen - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 22nd Feb 2007

Good to see but not good to use. Not a user friendly phone set. Motorola phone company may go for universal phone charger as my three Moto phone set require three different charger.

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Reviewer: Shameem Ibrahim - Bangladesh
Date: 20th Feb 2007

Yeah, the phone is sleek but I call it my magic phone because it dies for a few days, the screen goes black & after few days it comes to life. There is something seriously wrong with these phones. I know at least 10 people with the same phone who had similar problems. So, great design but really depressing usability.

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Reviewer: Andrew - UK
Date: 19th Feb 2007

The phone is stylish & nice but it keeps on switching itself off & the battery life is too short but its is still a good phone to buy.

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Reviewer: Boban Stojanovski - Kumanovo, Macedonia
Date: 18th Feb 2007

The phone is very nice & all of you talk nonsense, camera is super is the best phone ever made, I have the phone two years & I am satisfied, batteries long 6 days I have 2GB memory, write my if won't to ask my anything!

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Reviewer: Ellie - UK
Date: 16th Feb 2007

Well. I have had the Motorola since January & was pleased with the usability & features until I got to grips with it. Now I have found that the memory is very low & I can only have one song at a time. It may just be my phone as I have had a bad track record with phones not working! But it means I have to delete a lot of my texts & pictures. Anyone else had the same problemo?

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Reviewer: Nick - UK
Date: 15th Feb 2007

This phone is rubbish - just trying to put songs onto it takes hours on end. The phone also states it comes with itunes it doesn't, instead they have put a so called digital audio player onto it, it's supposed to come with headphones but mine didn't. Whatever you do don't BUY the V3i. Never buy a Motorola phone because they are likely to brake, when I dropped it, it wouldn't turn on for 3 days & it scratches really easily, it is also hard to get marks off if you mark it.

Never get a Motorola - the Nokia 6280s are good & the Sony Ericsson cybershot range are fantastic too!

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Reviewer: Colin - UK
Date: 13th Feb 2007

Mediocre design, lots of features. Had one for three months & had nothing but problems with the screen, been repaired by Motorola once & still the same problem. Waste of time, money & effort.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 7th Feb 2007

Great looking phone with lots of features. I only just got it (v3i RED) & charge the battery daily anyway, so I can't comment on battery life. The MP3 player is great & can be used without a headset, but the supplied 64MB trans flash card is way too small. This is where my problems have started.

I got a shiny new Kingston 1GB microSD card to load up with songs & the phone refuses to read it. It wants to format it, then fails to do this & wants to try again ad infinitum. I formatted & loaded up the card via my PC & tested it on my IPAQ & it works fine with the IPAQ media player, yet when reinstalling it in the phone, the phone will not read it & wants to reformat again.

The 64MB card works fine, someone said the phone will only support 512MB cards, but I cannot find any mention of this limitation in the manual, or anywhere else. Indeed most retailers are selling even bigger cards for the V3i.

Apart from that it is OK (so far)

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Reviewer: Alice - Guildford, UK
Date: 6th Feb 2007

This phone is very good for people like me who just love calling up friends & having a right laugh! It's very easy to use, looks sleeker than ever, & has a tonne of great features!

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Reviewer: Javed - Pokhara, Nepal
Date: 6th Feb 2007

This phone is not quite good compared to Nokia. It's harder to study its functions. However I was fascinated by the use of DON crew members. So I like it.

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Reviewer: Ian - Poole, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2007

I am now on my third RAZR in a year. Why? 'cos they keep packing up. The main problem was shutting down for no good reason. The last time the courier came out with a replacement phone she was fiddling round in her van for ages trying to find my replacement phone because she had 20 Motorola RAZR's in her van waiting to be exchanged! I 'I always know which phones are rubbish ' she laughed. Apart from being unreliable I really liked this phone & the ease with which it fits in a trouser pocket. It's gone now replaced by a Samsung D900.

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Reviewer: Motorules - UK
Date: 16th Jan 2007

Brilliant

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Reviewer: New V3i User - Sri Lanka
Date: 15th Jan 2007

I just got the v3i a few days ago, after many months of checking reviews & debating whether it was worth it or not. I knew I wanted the RAZR. I dint really care that the phone was not that easy to use or that it dint have the best features. I loved the way it looked & the only real question in my mind was the color. Well, I got the silver quartz, because that's all they had. So far I am still getting used to it. I love the design, but usability is a tad definitely complain.

Things I want to point out are:

*Delivery reports- you have to manually switch this option on everytime you send a msg. There is no way to put it to definitely you can fix this using some PC tool, but I am not a techie & so that's not an option for me)

*The battery only lasted 2 days after the first charge. It's supposed to get better, so fingers crossed.

*The menu gets some time to get used to. There are only 9 icons so it takes a while to remember exactly where everything is.

*My version does not come with itunes so I just got the ordinary MP3 player. Haven't really used it yet, but it should be OK, I guess.

*Lots of people were complaining about messaging & the I tap mode. I found it quite easy to use. Not much different from any usual predictive text method, & probably better than most, when I get used to it.

Hmm, that's all I've found out in the 2 days I've used it. It just looks great so I am happy with it. That definitely to making up for the cons. But there are better (&, well frankly, not as nice looking) phones out there. So if how a phone looks doesn't really matter to you, this probably is not the phone for you.

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Reviewer: Xxvelvet Vampxx - Hornsea, UK
Date: 12th Jan 2007

Does the V3i actually have itunes on it and can anyone recommend a decent phone 4 me. I want Bluetooth, MP3 player, camera, quadband, colour screen, decent screen size etc its ma 16th on a 5th April and me granddad has promised me any phone I want. I can't decide LOL XD

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Reviewer: Kevin - Leighton Buzzard, UK
Date: 12th Jan 2007

I bought the V3i around six months ago as I was impressed with the design & size of the phone. In the past I had always had a Nokia & then a Sony Ericsson so this was the first Motorola phone I had.

To be honest it will be my first & LAST Motorola phone. 10/10 for deign of the phone, you can't fault it. However when you play games it freezes up & the screen goes white. The only way to remedy this is to take the battery out & then put back in (source - Motorola themselves!). If you try & use Bluetooth headsets with it sometimes works OK & then other times it doesn't - very unreliable. It has a TINY memory so you can't save much onto in terms of ringtones pictures or videos. But then the camera is the WORST camera I have ever had on a phone - in fact it is completely USELESS. The video recorder is also RUBBISH.

After 2 months of use (just as a phone no games etc) the battery charge lasted 1 day before it needed recharging. All in all a great looking phone but completely unreliable & the built in extras are rubbish.

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Reviewer: KC - Philippines
Date: 11th Jan 2007

After searching & reading reviews for a while, I noticed that V3i user reviews are 50% good & 50% bad. It seems that people with this phone either get a good unit (great battery life, functional & fast response features) or a very bad one (on/off, blackouts, whiteouts, poor battery life, slow response, etc). Mine is a hand-me-down from my dad who couldn't stand the phone, because he was unfortunately to this review. Thanks!

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Reviewer: Petrika Janeku - Skopje, Macedonia
Date: 5th Jan 2007

And on the 10th day he decided to connect with the world. He created V3i & there were contact & there were war. Family war. Sudden shock. My brand new V3i come to possession of my wife. & she says: Honey, take back your old Sony Ericsson T630 phone because I am going to use your new V3i. It's so stylish, smooth & slim. Just made for me. My mouth open I followed how my new phone disappeared in my wife's satchel. I didn't have chance to fully enjoy MP3's, sending 100 free sms to my friends, to shoot enough pics with built in camera, to set proper ring. Oh no. War begins. Please send me another V3i to stop this agony of my. Please. Thank you.

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Reviewer: Natalie - Sydney, Australia
Date: 2nd Jan 2007

I bought the Dolce + Gabbana edition of the V3i brand new from the shop & it started stuffing up after only a week. Screen freezes for up to 2 minutes, can't transfer photos from PC to phone, camera is bad quality & when you open games + applications the screen goes white. Nothing will load! . Waste of money! I should have stuck with Nokia.

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Reviewer: Scott - UK
Date: 26th Dec 2006

PLEASE HELP! Can you put a removable memory card into this phone? Thanks

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Reviewer: Kristi - Estonia
Date: 18th Dec 2006

Has someone dropped it? What happened? Did it stop working, display broke, or something with battery or something inside the phone broke, that it should have been repaired? I need answers, because I just had to drop it in my second day, just brilliant. I am afraid, that something bad happened.

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Reviewer: Jai - India
Date: 11th Dec 2006

The design is damn good. But the older version phone was a lot buggy. The newer ones are good & I haven't had any problems on it like my friends who have the old version. But 50 song limit on ipod MP3 player is stick-up. & also when Motorola says 'when you install themes & skins the warranty on the phone goes off' it goes of for real.

The GUI should have been good with user rather it has the old look and feel.

Buy rest for value this is a sleek phone for a good amount for those who don't need anything else than a mobile & other features provided with it.

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Reviewer: Kayleigh Garner - Stoke On Trent, UK
Date: 10th Dec 2006

I HAD 4 OF THESE PHONES FROM CARPHONE WAREHOUSE & I WAS VERY disappointed, the ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT IT IS the WAY IT LOOKS! EVERYONE I HAD WNEN I SHUT IT the PHONE WOULD TURN ITSELF OFF BUT the KEYPAD WAS STILL LIT UP, I HAD TO TAKE the BATTERY OUT TO GET IT TO WORK AGEN! ALL 4 OF THEM DID the SAME THING! ONE TRULY rubbish PHONE, I have GOT a Motorola Z3 NOW & IT'S MUCH BETTER!

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Reviewer: K Ykgy Jk - Belgium
Date: 4th Dec 2006

Wicked mobile phone

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Reviewer: Raajaram K - India
Date: 4th Dec 2006

I am stuck at using MP3 player. No help provided.

As a phone, V3i is quite good, full marks. SMS can be entered fast. Unable to reject calls without opening, a great minus!

Can someone teach me how to use the MP3 player, please?

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Reviewer: T - US
Date: 4th Dec 2006

ONE HORRIBLE THING. The included Headphones are the worst I have ever used. Their plug is on USB so you can't replace them. It is so in contrast with this quality phone.

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Reviewer: Nandi - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2006

This is the most rubbish phone I've ever purchased, the first day I unwrapped I the video wouldn't work so I had to take it back then 4 weeks later my phone kept switching off & on by itself it's one of the most rubbish phones, but at least it looks nice huh!

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Reviewer: Nilesh - Mumbai, Iraq
Date: 23rd Nov 2006

IT IS A VERY GOOD MOBILE, BUT FM IS MISSING. THIS IS ALSO USED BY SHAHRUKH KHAN IN MOVIE DON, VERY GOOD.

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Reviewer: Mohamad - Algers, Algeria
Date: 22nd Nov 2006

Okay I like the Moto v3i & the video you can register how much memory that you have. I like it because it has iTunes & iPod the most poplar MP3 player in the world. It's the best buy around.

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Reviewer: Julie - Oxford, UK
Date: 18th Nov 2006

Every time I try to send a text my phone makes a long beeping noise & the letters stop, then all of a sudden when you are wondering what is happening they all come at high speed at once! Also for no apparent reason when you are flicking through the menu's the phone just freezes for a good 20 seconds, sometimes you even have to turn it off because nothing is happening. The other thing that happens is my screen goes white with a pinky/purple line across it occasionally. It is so annoying! Love the phone, stylish, slim, easy to use, it just really annoys me when you are halfway through a text or trying to ring someone & it freezes!

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Reviewer: Nataly - Sydney, Australia
Date: 16th Nov 2006

Bit confused how to use it, Nokia is far more simple to use or LG but the style looks great, it's light & fits right into my pocket (good for clubbing girls). Battery charges so fast & lasts a while too considering I am always chatting on the phone hehe =)

So I don't know what everyone is complaining about? Hummm

Ciao

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Reviewer: Julie - Scotland, UK
Date: 15th Nov 2006

The V3i is a great phone & would highly recommend had it since it first came out & never had any problems with it. Will definitely be buying Motorola next time. Two Thumbs Up!

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Reviewer: Claire - Belfast, UK
Date: 29th Oct 2006

I am on my 5th phone in 6 months! I am actually at the point where I don't want to use it now. All of them but one has started to play up, when someone calls me I try to answer but the screen goes white, cuts the caller off then freezes. The only one that didn't do this just decided to keep connecting itself to the browser and the only thing I could do was to switch it off! Yeah it's a cool looking phone but I will never again get a Motorola, when the replaced one I have now goes wrong, which it kind of has, (got a text msg and when I opened the phone the screen went white and it went straight onto camera), I am changing back to Nokia. Also the battery life is a not as good as they say. Sorry guys for the bad review but that's my experience with the v3i.

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Reviewer: Ron - Philippines
Date: 24th Oct 2006

Great phone but not perfect. Have two issues that Motorola should address. One is the battery life, it kinda of rubbish. Second is the iTap predictive text mode. It pales in comparison to the Sony Ericsson T9 mode where you can save common words in your own vernacular. One think nice with this phone is that compared to Nokia & Sony Ericsson it is much easier to interface with your PC.

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Reviewer: Scott - UK
Date: 20th Oct 2006

Had it 3 months, now on my third one, & that has just broken. Just sounds like a fax machine when I use it. Camera is very bad, don't bother with it. Can't reject calls without opening it, which basically means you have to accept the call. No radio. Memory card is too small & too expensive for 512/1gig size. Software very cumbersome to use. Battery life is poor. Takes far too long for a full charge, 3hrs plus. Painful if you want to swap between sim & memory card. If you just want a phone to make calls on this is the phone for you, large screen, large keys, and good call clarity. If you need your phone to do more look for something else. PS this is my work phone that I use for 3-4 hrs talk time a day, so I feel fairly well qualified to make these comments PPS my wife has the Sony Ericsson K800i, & this is the best phone I have ever had hold of.

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Reviewer: Anthony - Philippines
Date: 14th Oct 2006

A very good phone with a stylish appearance. What I don't like about it is some of my contacts that are saved in the sim or memory card sometimes disappears... why? It happened to me many times already & it's driving me nuts having to ask for the contact number of the person again... do some of you experience it too? Other than that I love the phone!

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Reviewer: Sharon - West Midlands, UK
Date: 13th Oct 2006

Hi, I've got a v3i gold, great slim phone, just brought higher memory card to put lots of music on, not sure about the cover? As you can't change it if l cracks it, which l did not realise at the time when l brought it?

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Reviewer: Sriram - Enschede, Netherlands
Date: 12th Oct 2006

This is a really sleek looking mobile.

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Reviewer: Nela - UK
Date: 9th Oct 2006

I'm considering getting this phone- it has a great design & the features on it r really good but the battery wasn't as good as it could have been & its not very easy to txt on it. But overall it's a brilliant phone that looks cool too.

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Reviewer: Mizzi - Liverpool, UK
Date: 8th Oct 2006

I think this phone is horrible. I have had it for 3 days & am not at all impressed. The camera isn't that good & the buttons are the worst. They are hard to press & don't really look very good as they look like the buttons have fallen off. If anybody is thinking about buying this phone I would think again, it is definitely not worth the money.

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Reviewer: Sion Lloyd Winstanley - Barnsley, UK
Date: 7th Oct 2006

I own the V3im model which I think is a very good phone. It is the first Motorola that I have had & I would definitely have another one. It has most features on it that you will ever need & is very thin & light. The ringtone volume is loud as well which is a good thing & after a lot of fiddling about I managed to suss out how the Bluetooth works. Having had other phones such as Nokia's, Samsungs, Siemens etc, I can recommend the V3i to anyone. I might try the V3x next.

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Reviewer: Surendra M Singh - Kanpur (UP), India
Date: 26th Sep 2006

The phone is very good, however not compatible with Indian culture. Company should launch phone for Indian culture. Downloading of items is not getting done on my phone because India is not included as country in the list of countries.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 24th Sep 2006

Looks good & loads of features but having had nokia for years i find texting with this is a nightmare & the backlight does not stay on long enough. I find this phone so frustrating that I'm going to buy something else before i get so mad i stamp on it!

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Reviewer: Nina - Berkshire, UK
Date: 22nd Sep 2006

Have to say definitely wouldn't get another one of these, by far the worst phone I've ever had, have had problems right from day one with it turning itself onto emergency only, all technical support could come up with was "turn off the GPRS" which he didn't know how to do!! Any ideas gratefully received!! This is the only phone that I have signal problems with too, i.e. no signal a lot of the time.

Basically not impressed!

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Reviewer: Eddie Mansell - UK
Date: 21st Sep 2006

Don't like the function of the contacts ringtone being the same as an incoming sms, can't tell if its a call or a text!

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Reviewer: Dan - Australia
Date: 8th Sep 2006

Hey everybody. I assume that this fone is da best. But kan anyone tell me how long u kan record on video on this fone?...would be much appreciated. Bye!

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Reviewer: Jay - Staffs, UK
Date: 4th Sep 2006

The phone looks great, but I found the menu options a bit confusing, not too simple so you forget what's where if you don't use it regularly. I love the way you can lock individual areas of the phone. The only complaint I have is that the keypad is such that it sends text messages before you finish writing them, does it about every 1/5 texts. Very annoying.

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Reviewer: Bill - Bklyn, US
Date: 30th Aug 2006

Can't rest the phone on your face, the middle bar is uncomfortable.

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Reviewer: Christine - Lisbellaw (Co.Fermanagh, N Ireland), UK
Date: 28th Aug 2006

This phone is really good & I was thinking of getting the V3 but I am so glad I didn't because the design is a classic & the features are really good & I love the camera it's very easy to take pictures with & very good quality also. I was a little disappointed that I had to install iTunes which I am going to do shortly. The battery life is what it falls down in although not as bad as the v3x battery life but I have to turn it off every night to get it to stay on for a few days. The battery life I thought would have been better.

I also love the Bluetooth, I wouldn't have got it without Bluetooth & it is so handy because you can send pictures, songs whatever & it is really handy. One last thing because it is so thin I am afraid of dropping it if incase it smashes but I've dropped it once & it hasn't smashed but I'm not going to drop it again if I can. But nevertheless a brilliant phone & I would recommend it to people who like Motorola's because it is just bad in little parts of it but on the whole a great phone.

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Reviewer: Anne - UK
Date: 24th Aug 2006

I love Motorola phones. I think they are VERY user friendly. Anna mentions that she can't video for more than a minute, this is due to the vid recorder being set to a minute so that you can send in a message (I think the size works out at 100kbs - the largest to be sent in an MMS mess), however, you can change this & set to unlimited but obviously you will not be able to send to anyone, so it depends on what you want to do with the vid I suppose. It could also be due to the memory size & the maximum you can add to this phone is 512mb which for me at least, is plenty. Somebody mentioned having to change storage device to get to certain tunes, photos, I think this is good. What I tend to do is if a tune is 'out of date' I 'move' it to my memory card & replace with a different tune. Also I'm sure you get asked where you would like tune or photo to be saved? I only gave 95% originally, for features, because there are other fones with many more features. Some are just too complicated for me though! As for iTunes I think you need the V3iM. My opinion only!

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Reviewer: Ramesh - India
Date: 24th Aug 2006

a cool sleek phone...

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Reviewer: Tanmay - Canada
Date: 24th Aug 2006

The cell phone is quite hot!!! for its design

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Reviewer: Ben. T - UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

After owning the original Motorola Razr v3 for a year, last weekend I upgraded my v3 for my new v3i. WOW! What a difference, although the design is very similar the new colour & lovely blue light on the outside really compliment the original RAZR design. It seems like the best just got even better. Design wise Motorola really did give it 110% attention. But it's not just a new design. No not at all. The ultra slim phone now includes a 1.23 megapixel camera (a great improvement on the original VGA), video capture & of course a lovely mp3 player. The phone also no includes a Micro SD card slot & a 64mb card, so that you can store all the data that you need for these new features. The 64mb card is good, but I am going to buy either a 512mb/ 1GB card because I am going to be using the phone as my main mp3 player as my Sony Walkman unfortunately broke!!! LOL!

Anyway, the v3i is a great improvement of the original v3. Now it is fully loaded with all the features that the original was lacking. Great phone, 10 out of 10!!!!

P.S the only bad point is I have trouble trying to copy a cd onto the phone using the Motorola Phone tools software. When ever I try to an error message comes up saying that the program is not responding & has to end. This means that I have to save all music to my Pc first & then copy it to the phone. This isn't an awful problem I know! But if anyone else is having the same trouble please let me know!!

Apart from the Motorola Phone Tools error this is am amazing phone that looks amazing too!!

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Reviewer: Mukul - India
Date: 21st Aug 2006

HI......just got the V3i. Build & style........HATS OFF! Batt. life about four days......am a low user. But please do something about messaging.....very difficult & counter intuitive. Otherwise overall above 80% marks...

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Reviewer: Addy - UK
Date: 11th Aug 2006

I am getting this phone soon, please could people post & give me any advice about how good it is & how bad it is.

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Reviewer: me2003uk - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2006

I heard that after saving images, music & videos to this phone the sms messaging slows down so that you have to wait for your letters to appear for ages after typing them... Has anyone found this?

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Reviewer: Alex - London, UK
Date: 29th Jul 2006

I bought this phone because it had all the things I needed: Bluetooth, voice commands, quad-band, internet, personalised ringtones & phone tools, etc. Trouble is, the phone keeps switching itself off & the battery life is terrible. I carry my work phone around with me as well just in case, & that's quite pathetic. It's so frustrating to have a phone that I know would do exactly what I wanted if only it would stay switched on for more than an hour at a time. Because of the power issues, it's two hundred quid's worth of practically useless plastic & metal.

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Reviewer: Ryan - UK
Date: 22nd Jul 2006

Very smart phone, but im finding that you can't use pictures or mp3 for contacts unless stored on your phone not memory card, is this the way it works?

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Reviewer: Ali - Kuwait
Date: 6th Jul 2006

Good mobile phone... sport themes

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Reviewer: Raj - Iran
Date: 28th Jun 2006

That you can't store more messages is a big big big let down. The manufacturers should do something about it. Voice recording feature is also not all that helpful. iTunes is OK. Phone tools software is not user-friendly.

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Reviewer: Angeline - Malaysia
Date: 13th Jun 2006

I just started using it & trust me, it has the style you need, the weight you want & it's good enough for anyone!

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Reviewer: Ben - Swindon, UK
Date: 8th Jun 2006

Not good at all!

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Reviewer: liam - UK
Date: 3rd Jun 2006

I have a v3i & am glad I do, but I cant seem to get the micro browser to work.. it just says connection failed try again later, HELP lol

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Reviewer: Bharat - Ahmedabad, India
Date: 30th May 2006

Why is this not supporting POP3 / SMTP, does anybody have a clue?

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Reviewer: GURU - India
Date: 8th May 2006

Fantastic piece of technology... stylish, good features with strong battery life useful while traveling & using itunes... light weight... Highly Recommended...

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Reviewer: Bret - US
Date: 28th Apr 2006

One of the coolest phones out there with it's super thin sleek design. The new Razr v3i delivers the same great design, but now with iTunes, making it that much better. The speakerphone is very clear, & the 1.2 megapixel camera comes in very handy. One of the best things it has going for it is that Motorola is the leader in bluetooth headsets & syncing it is simple. The only draw back with this phone is that because it's in such high demand that it's expensive. But I got mine for free.

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Reviewer: Cosac, Carlos - Brasilia, Brazil
Date: 26th Apr 2006

The V3i it's a great phone &, I can't believe the features on this phone. The sounds MP3 & MP4 & the Player, video, camera, ...its everything perfect, but the battery it is not compared with the Nokia.

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Reviewer: Dave - Afghanistan
Date: 21th Apr 2006

The v3i is superb, it is very easy to navigate & I give it a hundred percent average. I also test phones as a job & I have tested all Samsung, Sony Ericsson & many more but all in all I prefer the v3i. Its design is perfect for when im in the office & it does not distract me by being to big & is just well, perfect.!!! 100% love this phone.

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Reviewer: Rich Cattell - Birmingham, UK
Date: 9th Apr 2006

I am considering buying a v3i but it appears that there are two versions of this phone. One which has the iTunes music player & one which does not. Do you know which providers in the UK are selling which version. I really want the iTunes one if possible...

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Reviewer: Ed - UK
Date: 6th Apr 2006

Just bought a V3i but it doesn't seem to have iTunes installed in the phone?!

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Reviewer: Anna - UK
Date: 27th Mar 2006

I got this phone 2 days ago & was really excited about getting it because it really is such a stylish phone. It works well & seems to be very reliable. However there are little things that are starting to annoy me about it. I can't seem to get the video recorder to record for more than about one minute even when its on maximum & to see my photos i have to keep going into "switch storage device" to switch from the sim card memory to the phones built in memory. Another thing that seems to be the problem is that the phone automatically seems to save text messages straight to the sim card & I don't think that you can transfer them (i've emailed motorola about this, so hopefully they will sort that out for me.)all in all this is a very stylish phone & many of you probably wouldnt mind about the things that i find bad about it. However, if you do like having hundreds of messages in your inbox & being able to save your favourite texts to the sim, I don't think that this is the phone for you.

p.s very helpful site by the way

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Reviewer: John Bradie - Leeds, UK
Date: 24th Mar 2006

This is a top web site it looks like who ever designed this site have put a lot of thought into it. Its packed with some great information on all mobiles. well done

Editors Note: Thanks for the feedback John

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Reviewer: Angela - UK
Date: 18th Mar 2006

Sounds a lovely phone. I will be ordering one but I use pay as you go so better get a contract phone to make it cheaper for me. This site has been very informative, thanks for the advise. Do you know where the best place to purchase this phone?

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Reviewer: Simon Reed - Tring
Date: 1st Mar 2006

The V3i is amazing & the gunmetal finish is awesome. Really finding it easy to use. It is really slim & smooth, brilliant looking mobile. The screen is the best I have ever seen & the camera is a breeze to use. Expensive but it is a top of the range mobile & you really get an amazing phone for your money.

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Reviewer: Pete Dance - UK
Date: 15th Feb 2006

I love my music, prefer my Nokia. The music player on the RAZR V3i is a waste of time, if you are looking for a quality music player on your phone then this is not for you. I was really let down when I heard the quality of the music player. Did not buy this phone but originally this was what I wanted. Looking at going back to Nokia, better sound quality is a must for me.

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Reviewer: Jenna Richardson - Manchester, UK
Date: 20th Jan 2006

Yes it is here & I want it badly. I am so excited!!!!!!

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Reviewer: Debi - UK
Date: 14th Jan 2006

I like the V3 but the V3i seems even slimmer, I cant believe the features on this phone. It sounds perfect in every way.

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Reviewer: Mea - UK
Date: 11th Jan 2006

Razr V3i what can I tell u about it, it is as good as it sounds. I was very pleased when it arrived & spent the whole evening annoying the family testing all of the features. It is only a few days old & it is brilliant. I have never been into mobile phones but I think it is time to bring myself into the 20th century. The camera is a quick to use, even for me, I will never miss the opportunity to get it out & take a snap or two, I will be showing off my new phone at the same time. The phone was very reasonable, I thought a phone like this would be £300 plus but I have a contract & it only cost me £69.99, what a bargain.

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Reviewer: Brendan F - London, UK
Date: 8th Jan 2006

Wow - Moto have got a gooden with this phone, I want to see it in the flesh. I also like the sound of the V220.

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Reviewer: Rob - UK
Date: 22nd Dec 2005

Like the camera, user friendly music player, pure screen & the battery life is very good. This phone is good for all my needs, I am not using all of the features but I like to know the phone has got all the latest feature. Reasonable price & very attractive design.



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