Motorola RAZR V3c Verizon Phone

The Motorola RAZR V3c experienced plenty of delays, and at one purpose, Verizon denied to the people that the company even had it. Despite the hiccups, however, the Verizon RAZR is finally here, and it brings along some improvements over the original GSM version of the phone, the RAZR V3. Though the V3c's design is essentially a similar as its predecessors', it adds a 1.3MP camera and support for Verizon's 3G EV-DO network. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's still one in all the sexiest phones around. Verizon's RAZR V3c can take a bite out of your case. As a part of the RAZR family, the Motorola RAZR V3c for Verizon casts a similar slim profile that has created it the most widespread mobile phone of 2005. At 3.9 by 2.1 by 0.6 inches and 3.5 ounces, the V3c is a hair bigger and heavier than the original RAZR, but you do not notice the distinction the least bit. In fact, it slips thus easily into a pocket that it can be troublesome to feel the vibratory ring. We liked the gray coloring; a type of compromise between the black and silver models, though the flip mechanism was rather loose. The external display and controls and also the location of the camera lens are similar on the first RAZR. There is no camera flash.

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We were surprised that the RAZR V3c supports just 65,000 colors rather than the 262,000 colors found on the RAZR V3. It's also a tad smaller, at 2.25 inches diagonally instead of 2.5 inches. The variations are minor, but they are noticeable just the same. Another modification is that the V3c uses the new Verizon menu interface that the carrier is standardizing on all its phones. The modification can be associate upside or a downside betting on however you view it. On one hand, the Verizon interface is less buggy than Motorola's system, with fewer restarts after freezing. On the other hand, Verizon's menu structure doesn’t always make sense. As an example, camera functions are inconveniently stashed in the Get It Now menu.

The keypad and navigation controls in the RAZR family have generated mixed emotions from users. Though we didn't mind the look, which lays all keys flat with the surface of the phone in the manner of touch pad, several readers said they weren't user-friendly. In any case, the RAZR V3c has some minor but visible improvements that make it easier to dial by feel. There are tiny ridges separating the navigation controls from each other and also the five-way toggle. Also, the toggle has four raised arrows for every direction, and ridges separate the individual rows on the number keypad. Like the RAZR V3, the V3c's keys are bright backlit. The toggle acts as a route to four user-defined functions, and this time, there is a dedicated camera control instead of a shortcut to the web browser. You also get 2 soft keys, Talk and End/power buttons, and a Clear key.

The Motorola RAZR V3c Verizon phone has a similar 1,000-contact phone book as the RAZR V3. As expected, you get caller groups, picture Caller ID, and ring-tone Caller ID; 34 polyphonic (72-chord) tones are included. Other features include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, a calculator, voice dialing and commands, an alarm clock, a notepad, a world clock, a voice recorder, and a calculator. That feature list does not match the V3's precisely, but it comes darn close. Business types can use the speakerphone (operable before you make a call) and Bluetooth, but in typical Verizon fashion, the carrier says the phone does not support all object file transfers.