Cell Phones : Motorola RAZR V3i

RAZR V3i Features Improving on the original RAZR, the V3i adds a 1.23 Megapixel camera over the 0.3 Megapixel variety of its predecessor as well as a microSD expansion slot for added storage. The latter also contributes to the newfound iTunes compatibility of the handset, a feature which was first introduced in the ROKR E1 launched this last September.

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I have purchased a gold Dolce & Gabbana about
a months ago. The phone's style is superb!
Beautiful design, good quality, useful features.
But...
If you are not used to Motorola phones, you better buy some seductive pills before you start using it. Motorola's menu is just plane horrible. I used to have a MicroTec about 10
years ago, but I can't remember if that was as bad as it is. In the past few years, I was using Samsung phones and not once I had to open the owners manuals. They are so user friendly, that you can use them without instructions. After about a months I got used to most of the features, but there is one thing that is plain crap on this phone: the voice command menu. If you want to use this feature, you have to chat with your phone for a while.
You can't just say "Call ...".
First you have to tell the phone if you want to use "Name dial","number dial" or
open up some other programs like "camera".
I do not understand, what is the purpose to have voice commands to open up an application like "Camera" and after that,
you can not have any voice commands within the application like "capture"?

If you use Bluetooth ( I use Plantronics 645 ), most of the time the phone does not understand the command or the name, and you have to repeat it. If the second times
the command is not recognized, you are out of luck. Have to start all over.
Horrible!!!!!!!
If you have a foreign name in your contacts and the software can not decide which entry you want, it will ask you if this is the person you are trying to call
or you have to choose from a bunch of names. Whomever invented this version of the Voice Recognition, should work at McDonalds instead.
I actually called Motorola and they said the software could be changed, if they flash it again but their nearest authorized service is about 100 miles away.
After all I love the phone, except this voice command feature. I hope that Motorola will drop this version of voice commands on future phones.

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I picked up this phone because it let me have a great phone, get sync with my Outlook and have an Ipod (a 500MB transhflash memory card is included so you can add about 100 songs!) all in one.

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With tmobile service a blank text message would be sent every time a voice mail came through...tmobile cant support the phone, and said v3i is not compatible with voicemail software... You can hack into the phone through free downloadable programs (p2kman and xvi32) and fix it... look up the fix online, it worked for me. Kind of a hassle with the message bug w/tmobile, but fixable for someone who knows programming and otherwise its a good looking, quality phone. 2 accessories are a must, stero headphones,and data cable, mine came with neither and i had to buy seperately. Hide Full Review

we all know that the RAZR V3 looks sleek... a good question to ask is if it performs as well as it looks... IMO it exceeded all my expectations in terms of performance and is the best phone that combines style and function. this is the 5th cell phone ive ever owned and the best by far. it has everything that i need (i think i can be classified as your average cell phone user) and is neatly packaged in a slick, (mostly) all metal, slimline flip phone.

the RAZR obviously isnt for everyone. you will definitely hear people whine about lack of features(like no video capture) or the price tag. all i know is that im satisfied... until the RAZR with video capture comes out that is... ... Hide Full Review