Pertty and Pink RAZR V3 (Motorola RAZR V3 in Pink)

Member Name: me_&my_teddybear

Product:	Motorola RAZR V3 in Pink
Date:	28/02/07 (348 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Slim line, very easy to use and very attractive

Disadvantages: would recommend having a flash for the camera

After many years of using all kinds and designs of mobile phones I had finally found a phone model I was happy with, Nokia,
Nokia's are easy to use, and did exactly what i need it to do, which is why i thought I'd never find myself using another make mobile phone again, Until that was, that the Motorola RAZR V3 arrived. At first only available on contract, but eventually on pay as you go.
Most girls/ women will tell you that their favourite colour is pink, so when the Motorola RAZR V3 in pink came out it was an essential and an every girls must have mobile phone. So I thought I'd treat myself, and buy myself one.
Here is my opinion of the Motorola RAZR V3:

Looks:
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The Motorola RAZR V3 is available in black, Silver and pink, It gets its name RAZR because of its sleek and slimness, making it a fantastic phone for sliding into your handbag or a pocket. Being only 95g in weight and only 98 x 53 x 13.9 mm in dimensions this phone is very light and takes up no room in your bag.
I was amazed with the casing of the phone actually, as with some mobile phones, one drop and you have scratches and marks all over but amazingly with the RAZR V3 as the casing is made using anodised aluminium making the phone strong, shiny and very presentable. Usually when a phone is kept in a handbag or in a pocket for sometime it can suffer minor scrapes or marks but as of yet I have not found this to happen to my RAZR V3, which I found very pleasing since this is a lovely brightly coloured phone sure to turn a few heads.
Now, as this is a flip phone, you have two screen. one of which is located near the top of the phone and is only about the same size as a stamp. But this is an ideal size for what the screen is used for. When a call is being received the screen on the front lights up and displays the name of the person calling. It will also display a small picture of the caller, if you choose to use this option of photos id calling. If a screen saver has also been set to the phone the screen will also display a small Version for you to see. If you receive a text message, miss a call, have a voice mail etc this small screen will light up and notify you. Which I find very useful.
There are also easy access buttons located either side of the phone, these are again very sleek and very slimline. There's buttons are there to provide easy access to turning you phone to either loud/ discreet / silent and soft etc. These buttons are hardly noticeable but are very useful.
At the very top of the phone in the centre there is yet another small window looking like another screen but this is actually the phones camera.
When open the phone seems to become even more slimmer. Top the top part of the phone you have a very large screen which displays the network provider, time date battery life and signal strength. Also displays a large version of you screensaver if one has been added.
Now the inside of the phone does not continue the pink colour the same as the outside of the phone, it is actually silver.Although I personally think this makes the phone even more attractive. The buttons and numbers are all very much flush the the actual keypad. When a button is pressed the whole keypad lights up florescent blue, making this extremely useful when being used in the dark.

Use
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Now I'm not a great fan of using instruction manuals, I like to work things out for myself and set myself a bit of a challenge. Although I was excited about getting to know my new phone I was slightly worries that I Wolf find it complicated after so many years of using a Nokia, but after a few clicks and mistakes here and there I had finally figured out exactly how the phone was and I found it very easy to use. Bow this one has the choice of simple written icons or the use of animated icons.
Now I found that the animated icons were much easier to use as they also display a small picture to show you what each icon is. There are a choice of 9 icons to choose from. Navigating from icon to icon is very easy, you simply use the keypad on the phone to make your Way either left, right, up or down. Once you have found and selected your chosen icon you will be takes straight to the new menu or in some cases for larger menus you will be taken to sub menu's.

When we buy a phone, we always want to make sure that the signal strength will hold up no matter where you are. Now I never had a problem with my Nokia so was a bit worried with my RAZR V3. I wasn't sure if I would be able to use my phone indoors and still have a good strong signal, or when I was in built up areas etc but to my amazement the RAZR V3 has an absolutely amazing strength of signal, it seems no matter where I am I always have enough signal to make that all important call or send a text message. No matter what phone you have you will never ever always have the best signal, so I cannot say that this phone has always got full strength signal but even when it does have just one or two strengths it is always enough, with no call interference.
As the phone is so small and slim, I was abit unsure also about the quality of the calls that it would hold, but to my amazement it is an excellent quality, There are hardly any background noises to be heard. When using my Nokia I used to sometimes find myself talking to the person on the other end of the phone through the noise of wind howling through the conversation but I personally haven't found this to happen with my RAZR V3. So that is a definite good point for making and receiving calls.
We all know that talking on the phone whilst driving is becoming more of a serious crime at the moment so when I found the option of the SPEAKER within the phone I was really pleased. Once simple push of a button and my phone was on loud speaker. I found this was really good call quality as I was able to talk and not shout as I had previously had to with other phones. So again a very good feature to the phone.

Features
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As with most mobile phones nowadays, you can expect the same kind of features that most have but I find that this phone makes it a more enjoyable phone to use with the animated feature icons. From the main menu you can access all of your features. So one simple click and away you go, everything is clearly named which makes finding the exact feature you are after very easy to find.
The 9 menu icons of the phone give an idea of the main features the phone has to offer:
- Camera
- O2 ( or you chosen network)
- Calls
- Contacts
- Messages
- Games
- Media Centre
- Extras
- Settings
The phone can be used to share information with friends and family via the option of Bluetooth. A fast free and very effective way of sending pictures, music, and videos instantly. Using a USB cable the phone can also be used via a PC to download ringtones etc, or even better and a feature I always use is to send all the photos or videos I have taken with my phone to my computer. The 5MB storage space on the phone is a perfect amount to store all of you favourite ringtones, pictures and videos.The phone includes 3D Java games, with the extra space to download many more of your choice. - the games included on my phone are Golf and Need for Speed.
Now considering that the cameras lens seems very small only being a VGA with 4x digital zoom, I was really amazed by the quality of the pictures the phone took. Although I was a bit disappointed that there was not a flash included.
As with any phone when switching sending a text message is not such a simple thing to do. But yet again, something I found very easy to pick up on and was send messages in no time. Now when writing out a text message the phone memorises the words you are writing and remembers them for next time, so when writing another message with similar words the phone will automatically write the word you are trying to write, but if the word you are writing is not what has appeared on the screen a simple press of the arrow keys and the phone will find the word you are after. making texting allot more easier and quicker.

Customising the Phone
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Customising the phone is very simple, you are given plenty of on screen options to choose from, including, ringtone, pictures, backgrounds, wallpapers, back lights and caller Id's. All of these features of the phone make it very interesting and very unique. Any song or ringtone down loaded to you phone will also be able to be used for the use of text massages, alarms and calls. Each caller can be also set up with a picture and personal ringtone.
The phone has three main themes you can choose from to change the colour schemes of the display,
- Moto, which is an orange colour
- Scarlet which is a Burgundy colour
- Silver with is, well, just silver!
but you can always customise these themes too by using your own pictures for wallpaper etc.
Battery Life
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Now I am on my phone constantly nearly everyday, either semind messages, sending pictures of the kids or calling people so battery life had to be really long lasting. And again, I was very pleased. Although I charge my phone every night, I know from past experiences (left my charger at home) that my battery will last nearly 3 full days without a charge. Now sometimes if ever I forget to charge my phone and it starts to bleep 20 Min's before I'm going out, I know that I can put it on charge for those 20 Min's and my phone will stay on with enough battery to last me for the rest of the day. So I was very impressed with the battery life.
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Availability
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This phone was only available on contract when it first came out as with most of the phones but has since been brought out on pay as you go, and can be brought from most mobile phone shops. I know that Asda, Tesco, Carphone Warehouse, The o2 shop and many more places are now selling these phones, I have also found a number of places that are selling extra cases for these phones too.
Ebay is a great place to look for these.
I bought mine from the 02 shop and paid 100 pounds.
Included with the phone was, a PC software and usb lead, a ringtones CD, charger, hands free kit, and manuals.
Verdict
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My overall opinion of my new RAZR V3 mobile phone is absolutely brilliant. I am extremely happy with it. I would defiantly recommend it to anyone. Being male of female. Yes its true, I have seen males with the pink RAZR V3 as well as women.
An easy to use and very lightweight phone, the perfect pink phone!
I hope i have helped you to make a decision on your new phone thank you for taking the time to read it and have fun!
Emma xxx

Summary: Absolutly brilliant phone, slim, sleek and very attractive

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