I have had this phone since day one and had to return it finally because I couldn't deal with it any more. I thought it would be high quality considering the price, but it feels and looks so cheap, key pad is loose, buttons don't register, terrible echoing and buzzing, bluetooth sounds horrible. I even exchanged for a new one assuming something was wrong with the one I got, but no-same problems. What's going on? I thought this was supposed to be so wonderful?
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I love my RAZR but if your a female and you do have hot long legs well hem I am with you, I am dissapointed as well 🙂
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My RAZR has worked great for the past 2 months. No issues, but I do wish that the battery life was better. I'll hold on to this one until MOTO comes out with the RAZR Slider. 😁
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I returned mine also for an E815.
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Bummer you don't like it. I love mine..best Verizon phone I have ever experienced.
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8fan
Dec 30, 2005, 12:30 AM
I had four total and they all had the same problem
that you had 😎
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Look, lets not get to complicated on this, remember, we are talking about a phone, not life.
I have to ask you...you say it's built cheap..could this be a matter of opinion since many users including me, feel it's built very well for a slim phone? Are the users that say it's built well wrong?
Keypads being loose? What are you talking about? Please, educate me because every razor that I have touched has a tight keypad. Do you see something that I don't see?
The buzzing sound when the flip is open is on all razors. Once connected, it's pure bliss on both ends.
Bluetooth sounds horrible? Compared to what? The 815 and 8100 echo big time with any headset. I use the H500 and the bluetooth is flawless. Am I missing something here?
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keypads being loose are a big problem...even on my 3rd phone which i thought was solid is showing signs of it coming loose after 1 week. i checked all the demo phones and they all had this. i too had the distortion in the mic, but with my 3rd one it is clear. after all of the commotion it took to get a decent razr, besides the battery life, i am more than content.
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8fan
Dec 30, 2005, 3:27 AM
first off top of key pad is lose, look closer and use you're fingers and you will see. Blue tooth kills battery in less then half a day. Slow UI. While in GET IT NOW phone will lose all signal then reset (all Four did the same). If yours works
great! ours didn't, and i heard from a rep that there could be a major recall.. I don't think phone is worth $419, I could go on and on. But has a great camera, and about the cars, I'm sorry you cant afford a American! JAP CARS SUCK... 😎
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Your wife should have purchased the Camry.
I currenlty drive a 2001 honda Accord EX V6. My transmission went on it and after the dealer tried to rip me off and charge me $5000 for a new transmission, I discovered Honda has "extended the warranty" on 2001/2002 Honda Accords for faulty transmissions. They didnt do a recall cause they wanted to wait till the customers transmission went on them before they replaced it. So here I am stranded because of the American built Honda junk. Honda used to make decent cars when they were from Japan. But now forget it.
before the Honda, I owned 3 Toyotas and put about 130,000 miles on them prior to selling them in perfect driving order. Never had issues, Just put gas in, change oil, and go. (brakes, ...
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Did I accidentally log into a Honda forum? 😳
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Queston for ferndog....Do you work for Motorola? Did you single handily design the RAZR? It seems like you are taking this way to personally. You say, "lets not get to complicated on this, remember, we are talking about a phone, not life". Well, it seems you are the only one making it complicated! There are serious issues/problems with this phone and maybe yours is great, so good for you, but that doesn't mean EVERYONE has to agree!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No, I do not work for Motorola. Just an FYI, I love the LG8100 and 815.
What I am talking about is this...the phone has been out for less then a month and you have people wanking about it as being the worst phone ever! Thats just nuts! Remember when the 815 came out? All kinds of problems. Remember the 8100? All kinds of problems. In fact, the 8100 has more problems then the razor and the LG die hards point out issues that make no sense whatsover. For someone to say that the 8100 has better bluetooth then the razor is just insane. The 8100 echos big time. I guess LG 8100 users don't care that they echo on the other end. The 815 is iffy at best when using bluetooth. The razor can only get better with a firmware update and to be ...
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You are obviously one of those people who thinks he is always right no matter what, so no point in arguing with you! Your ignorant. Oh, but BTW, did you read the reviews lately? The score keeps going down, not up! Hmmmm....seems a very consistant problem with ECHO AND CHEAPNESS!
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I am a long time reader, new poster, but wanted to mention that I finally gave up on the RAZR after having 5 of them since it came out. I too have had loose key pad, horrible echo, not to mention lots of other problems/concerns that have been mentioned on here.
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I rest my case on why experienced users think that this forum is full of ignorant kids who complain about their new toys. Do I always think I am right...no. Regarding the razor..yes.
I take it you are a negative person. It makes you happy to see the numbers go down. If they didn't go down, it makes your review worthless. Since when do people take Phonescoop reviews seriously? When you have kids posting reviews on the razor and giving it a zero because they can't get their ringtone of Spiderman loaded, then thats a problem. I look at the reviews differently. I look at them and compile the information to see what is consistant. What I find consistant on the 815 is that bluetooth echos on the end user and call quality sounds muffled....
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I have to agree w/ ferndogs comments 100%. Also, the echo while using a bluetooth headset is due to the volume set to high. Turn down the volume on the phone or headset and the problem will go away. The echo has nothing to do w/ the razr or any other phone! Can't we all just get along?
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I am 27 years old and a nurse, not that I need to explain myself, but you sir, are just plain annoying! You think the only one that can have a negative opinion on this must be 10! Get a life!
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I must say this has been the most enjoyable read thus far to date, and has made my terrible morning at verizon seem worth while! 1 out of like 20 Razrs are actually worth it. I have an unlocked black GSM one and I have no buzzing no nothing. When I make a call no buzz no matter what. Echo whats up with that? Sorry guys, loose keypad, yeah the ones in the back in their boxes still, they suck. Most of them are loose already.
I think what the thing is that Verizon wanted one so bad and since they tamper with everything they went on and tampered with a fashion phone, which is all it is. VCAST isn't all that great anyways.
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I so agree with you ferndog....These people are nothing more then a joke and totally ruin the site. The 815 in my opinion is a waste of money. You may as well stick with the 710. And the 8100, I have seen those come back in like crazy. They have all that stuff but they're junk. People put the Razr down b/c of no memory card. They want a &%#$ing razr thin phone...hello its not possible if you want every feature offered. These people on here obviously have nothing better to do with there time. As long as all their games and ringtones work, they're happy. Its a joke. This site is going down because of it.
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ferndog said:
I rest my case on why experienced users think that this forum is full of ignorant kids who complain about their new toys. Do I always think I am right...no. Regarding the razor..yes.
I take it you are a negative person. It makes you happy to see the numbers go down. If they didn't go down, it makes your review worthless. Since when do people take Phonescoop reviews seriously? When you have kids posting reviews on the razor and giving it a zero because they can't get their ringtone of Spiderman loaded, then thats a problem. I look at the reviews differently. I look at them and compile the information to see what is consistant. What I find consistant on the 815 is that bluetooth echos on the end use
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For 69 reviews, the average is not bad. People are smart, they know a good thing when they see it.
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"Your ignorant." Don't you mean "you're" ignorant? If you're going to insult someone's intelligence, at least spell it right.
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Aw, come on, Joe2005, this is the internet. What's a misspelled word among friends, especially since we all knew what she really meant?
Besides, you didn't have a problem with using the misspelled "dissappointed" in the subject-line even though you were given the opportunity to correct it.
See? It's allll good! 🙂
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What phone do you use now????
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The Razr is an aesome phone. I had the Black one from Cingular and now this one for verizon. Very Solid and built well. I dont know what you people do with your phones to make them break so fast but i tend to take care of my phone while I own it.
Besides tell me which phones on the market are built that tough? all these phones are built by mass production using inexpensive material. come on people. its a cell phone, not a piece of steel. use it properly and it will be a good lasting phone.
i hear some people in here say they had up to 4 razr's already, what do you do when you first get it? throw it against a wall?
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They arn't replacing due to breakage but rather due to defects.
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Thank you for clarifying that for us Mary. We knew you...the non razr user would know the answer.
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Wow, you just don't stop do you? I have been ignoring you up to this point, but you just can't let it go, can you? Just because I answered no when someone asked if the RAZR was worth the money, you have to keep bad mouthing me? Talk about bashing.
You know, I did have a bad experience with the RAZR and it's okay that I say so. I am not the only one that has had a problem/problems with it. If you read through ALL of these forums on here I am not alone. Just because you swear by it and think that it is the best phone ever doesn't mean that I or anyone else can't disagree. Not everyone will like it or have a good experience with it and that is what this forum is about. If everyone thought only one phone was the best than there would...
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Exactly there is more important things. If you don't own the phone any longer and had it for less then 15 days you can't be too framiliar with it. I can handle negetive feedback...when it has meaning. People in here put it down b/c it doesn't have every feature known to man. How could it??? Its a razr. They want it thinner with more features...It's not possible. I went through 4 9800's but I am not bashing it b/c I know I just got bad phones. It's not the phone's probelm in general. It was my phones. Thats my problem with the negetive feedback in here...Its based on the fact that you got bad phones.
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Have you read the reviews lately? Seems like ALOT of people are having problems with it!!!!!!!!!!
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Aren't we tired of this yet? I still don't understand why people who do not like the phone will just put the reason down and then move on to the forum of the phone that they replaced the razr with. The forum should mostly be from people who like the phone, want to learn about it, and ways to get around some of its shortcomings. I don't know why certain people keep checking this forum and posting after they have made it clear they don't like it. Ok, we get the point, you don't like it. Fine, we do, so just move on to the forum of the phone you now have and let those of us who do like the phone keep making it better.
MIF.
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Other than Legs and Mary, I think everyone that didn't like the razr has moved on. Maybe if everyone just ignores them, they'll go away. As it stands right now, anyone that reads this forum will recognize, almost immediately, that those two have a personal vendetta against the razr. Plus I think they like the attention.
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Thank you. I couldn't have said it better myself. I'm with you!!!!
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1075
Dec 31, 2005, 3:19 PM
I like my RAZR. Call quality equal to or better than my old 710 and the slim design makes it easy to carry. I use the phone as a phone, could care less about custom ringtones, camera etc., I disabled EVDO and the battery life got even better.
For me it is a keeper so far, I guess that time will tell how it holds up.
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Well then, this guy has put every one who ever posts in a forum in their place, heaven forbid people complain about what they don't like on something they spent $300.00 on. I work for Verizon, I used the Razor.. it had it's ups, it had it's downs... ultimately I went back to my VX-9800, obviously size isn't the most important factor in my phone. Let people complain without chastizing them for it... that's why these forums exist, so others know what features people liked and what features people didn't.
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Thank you. Well said.
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The numbers are almost at 3.70. You are silent now. How come?
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Not silent, just ignoring you because you annoy the crap out of me!
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Oh, and you spoke to soon you arrogant jerk, the rating is now 3.44!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Of course I spoke to soon. My post brought out the kids again. The last 3 reviews were probably done by kids under 15 years of age. I rest my case on why no one takes the phonescoop reviews very seriously.
Enjoy whatever you are using and have a nice New Years.
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It's obvious someone takes them seriously-YOU. And, again, just because someone doesn't like the phone and gives it a not so great review doesn't mean they are under 15 (although, it doesn't take an intelligent adult to see the obvious problems and downfalls with this phone)!
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Unless you happen to get a bad phone (which is possible).... This phone is a great PHONE. I've never used better. Don't make it out to be more then what it is. If people drop one call they give it a bad review. Spoiled Americans...that's all it is!!!!
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wow man, you're a real piece of work. Get a life and stop hounding people because they don't like a phone. Obviously you like it, thats good! But if you havent noticed yet, these forums arent exactly shining with positive reviews about phones.
And thank you, I had a great new year. 😁
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I think it's you who's the real piece of work. Like I said before... Unless you got a bad phone, there is no reason to give this phone a bad review. Thats the point!!!!
I'm glad you had a good new year, I'm sure whoever was with you didn't!!!!!
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JENI729 said:
I think it's you who's the real piece of work. Like I said before... Unless you got a bad phone, there is no reason to give this phone a bad review. Thats the point!!!!
I'm glad you had a good new year, I'm sure whoever was with you didn't!!!!!
I am SURE its you that's the real piece of work. I can think of many reasons to give a phone a bad review - other than just getting a bad phone. For example:
Sluggish Menus
Features not working properly due to software
Inability to customize
etc...etc...etc....
These are all issues that can be across all phones made in a particular model that have nothing to do with getting a bad phone. Especially the sluggish menus problem.
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HotLongLegs1978 said:
Thank you, Shawn.
No Problem. I just get really aggrivated by people who don't believe that a phone can simply not be up to par on the market.
Anyway, how have you been? I haven't talked to you in forever. I have been meaning to email you lately, but I have been so busy with work that I haven't had time to do much of anything.
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Well, without going into too much detail....My aunt is being removed from life support today, one of my girlfriends just found out she has Melanoma and has surgury tomorrow and my other girlfriend is pregnant and they just found some problems and she is in Indy today seeing a specialist, SO......I have been busy too.
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HotLongLegs1978 said:
Well, without going into too much detail....My aunt is being removed from life support today, one of my girlfriends just found out she has Melanoma and has surgury tomorrow and my other girlfriend is pregnant and they just found some problems and she is in Indy today seeing a specialist, SO......I have been busy too.
Wow...I'm so sorry, hun. I wish there was something I could do. I really hope things get better for you.
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Thank you. You are so sweet.
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Who do you think you are talking to me like that? Its a great "phone" don't make it more then what it is. And don't you ever talk to me like that...EVER!!!!!
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Who do you think you are talking to me like that? Its a great "phone" don't make it more then what it is. And don't you ever talk to me like that...EVER!!!!!
Who do you think you are??? My Mother??? Because only she gets away with saying the things you just said. I suggest you get off of your pedistal, little girl, because the world will tear you apart if you talk to everyone like that. I said nothing out of line to you. I simply pointed out the fallacies in your argument.
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You better get off of your pedistal. I'm no little girl. I'm an adult. All I said to you is you will not talk to me like that. That goes for you and everyone else. Don't talk to me like you my father. That's all I am saying and if you can't handle that I want to be talked to with respect then too bad!!!
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You better get off of your pedistal. I'm no little girl. I'm an adult. All I said to you is you will not talk to me like that. That goes for you and everyone else. Don't talk to me like you my father. That's all I am saying and if you can't handle that I want to be talked to with respect then too bad!!!
Still trying to figure out how I was out of line when you were the first one to tell people they had a problem. I didn't say anything that you hadn't already said. You need to get over yourself. 🙄
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If you don't like the phone then leave the damn forum!!!! It's as simple as that!!!!
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JENI729 said:
If you don't like the phone then leave the damn forum!!!! It's as simple as that!!!!
If you have an attitude problem, arrange for it to be slapped out of you. This is a discussion forum for the RAZR V3c. That means people can say good things AS WELL AS bad things about the phone. You have to grow up and deal with that.
And, as to your prior post telling me to not talk to you like "that" again, ever: I re-read my post and found nothing out of line. I said nothing to warrant your attack. Honestly, I said nothing to you that you hadn't already said to others. So, do you care to tell me how I was out of line?
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Negetive comments can be left in user reviews. The forums are for people with question to get help.
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JENI729 said:
Negetive comments can be left in user reviews. The forums are for people with question to get help.
These forums are for DISCUSSION regarding the RAZR V3c -- whether it be positive or negative discussion. You are correct, they are for people to obtain help, but they are also for phone DISCUSSION. And DISCUSSION will not always be positive. But, then again, control freak know-it-all's like you already knew that. 🙄 😈
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First, what a great name "HotLongLegs1978", if this was match.com I would love to find out more about you but just as or more important,
Two, while very entertaining, this thread while fun to read for a bit is now getting boring. Let's get on with those of us who like the phone, and know quite a bit about it, having had it for a while, to give help to those who just purchased it, which I always thought was the main purpose of these forums.
P.S. Who cares what the ratings are? How can we trust them when we cannot be sure if people are being honest about them. With the 15 day program, you just return it and pick another phone if you don't like razr.
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Amen! I'm with you MIF. I have two young sons and when I read this thread, I thought they had logged on to my computer and started bickering with each other.
I thought this forum was about helping those that need help, and looking for help when you need it.
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I am an employee at Verizon and whenever I hear that someone is interested in a Razr I immediately think to myself "here we go again". Almost every Razr that we have sold has been returned, exchanged multiple times, one person even threw it out his car window on the interstate to come back and buy an LG8100 for full price. This phone has caused nothing but problems on the retail side of Verizon, this is even more of a nightmare than the LG3100 was! I still cringe every time I see one of those in the store.
Personally I hate the phone, the bluetooth on the Razr is no better than the 8100, I use the Scala 500 BT headset. The menu takes forever to load up, and get it now is horribly slow. I believe, however, that with time and MANY software u...
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Addict,
I just got the Scala 500 BT headset. I am using it with the razr which I love (if the software updates make it even better, well that is great, but I like the phone as is). The Scala works great with the razr, great sound, voice commands, all work great, but there is one thing I am not satisfied with. Do you wear glasses? I do and find the eye glass attachment does not stay on very well (one of the reasons I bought it). Do you, or do you know anyone else using it with the eyeglass attachment? How is it working for them.
MIF.
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Well, personally I have never used the eye glass attachment. I found the headset comfortable enough to use while wearing my sunglasses. But at the same time I dont wear glasses for extended periods of time.
Sorry I can't be much help.
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There is a Plantronics Discovery 640 headset that goes directly into the ear with a gel earbud and no earhook that has gotten great reviews and seems like a great headset for people who wear glasses.
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Dear Addict,
I have until 2/10/06 to decide if I should keep the XV6700. I am responding here since you are an employee and I would like your opinion.
What is the best Voice Recognition software that can be used with a Bluetooth headset? I don't understand why Voice Dialing is not built in the XV6700.
Also, why did Verizon not enable the Phone and WI-FI to work together?
I read other posts where they say to make adjustments to the Reg Edit via PHM Reg Edit software.
What are your thoughts on making adjustments to the Reg Edit?
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I'm glad you use phonescoop to find a date. Impressive!!!
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I have the old GSM V3 and I know that mine is great construction, even better than my old V60. It's solid and no loose parts. Makes me wonder what happened when they created the CDMA RAZR. The only thing I really don't like about the RAZR is that it is real thick and you have to position the receiver end just right to hear from it. But since I use BT 90% of the time, I love it. Sounds like Moto oopsed on putting the V3c together.
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1razr
Jan 5, 2006, 8:22 PM
They did not oopsed putting it together. This phone is great. I think that quite a few people thought you could dock it like an ipod and it would drive your car for you. I don't know, I came to this site to get good info on the razr and as of late it has turned into a let's bash the razr site. This is a great phone for Verizon and I have had mine for 3 weeks and not had any problems with the actual phone.
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For you, I am happy. But there are a lot of unhappy chappys on here. And from description, it sounds like moto oopsed on at least the phones those guys were getting. Like I said, I love my GSM RAZR and it doesn't have all the functionality of the one you guys have.
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I don't think it was Moto that oopsed, I don't own a Razr yet, so I may be out of line, but from reading this forum for the last few weeks, I have noticed that the people with Verizon, are the ones having all the problems, and the ones with Alltel and US Cellular think it is a great phone, it sounds to me like Verizon really screwed up the phone and should have just left it alone. 🤭
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It would still be Moto because even running what ever Verizon software is required, the poor make of the phone is still on the Manufacturer. But I can see where you would think Verizon was the issue. 🙂
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It the american way. Everyone has a choice.
This phone has some very good items with it however it has some cons also. We have to look a the balance.
I for one dont like the voice taging for the phone I had and LG where I put the tags on the names and this will cause a problem for this phone with users with lots of name in the contact directory. The lack of a way to remove speed dial name is a problem but from cutes stand point the phone feels good. Sound good and what can you expect for $200 dollars.. I mean verizion went to the point of removing all of the great bluetooth stuff so they could charge you. The phone is still good.
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okey
Jan 14, 2006, 10:07 AM
Some people would bitch if you hung em' with a new rope!
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Mine is wonderful. Sounds like you got 2 bad ones. Thats possible. I got 4 bad 9800's. This is an awesome phone.
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What more can I say? I am actually kind of sad because this phone works so darn well that anything else that comes out will really have to rock my world.
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I got mine 2 months ago when it first came out; with no problems. The issues that are being reported could be due to them ramping up to 10 mil units so quickly. The RAZR is the best selling phone in the U.S and #2 in Asia.
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i've had mine for about 4 weeks. no serious complaints. the thing works when i need it and it looks killer. sure there are some minor issues but i mean they aren't like the cell doesn't work, etc... problems with software. Its the best cell i've owned so far. i say this everytime i get a new cell 🤣 but its true. I've been a Motorola fan since 1996. I had that huge block cell flip up thingy. my have times changed!!!
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The Company bought mine first day, HATE the vzw ui, so navigating the phone is a problem. Otherwise it's a Motorola: great sound, great reception. Disappointed that we (VZW) get the old version when Moto is getting ready to release the v3i in a few months. I do miss the memory card from the 710/815.
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No I'm not! Any issues I had were either misconceptions on my part, fixed over the phone, or nicely swapped for a new one. I've read a lot of these comments and what I'm most surprised NOT to see here is mention of what I find to be the best feature... "In ear feedback", NOT ECHO as I think so many have possibly referred to it. (and not the SpeakerPhone Echo issue either) No longer am I talking into a BANANA with no sense of my own voice or volume (like a land-line) This thing is more enjoyable than my home phone or desk phone to carry on conversation. My StarTac had this as well and I thought for the last few years this was just a feature long gone. I mean have you noticed how many people out there are dropping their land-lines??? (For $$$...
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I think hotlonglegs was just being difficult and very much against the razor from the get go. Here are the facts since it's been out. More people in Howard Forums are starting to buy them. Phonescoop has an average rating of over 3.60. Cnet rates it very high, PC Magazine gives it the Editors Choice along side the 815. To top it all off, the Razor series is the best selling phone in the world. These are facts! Like the previous thread said about the phone being like a landline...it really does sound like one. The call quality is so darn good that I just might dump my landline. Yeah, you are going to have your Razor bashers but thats ok. All cellphones get bashed one way or the other. All I know is that when I make a phone call, it'...
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Thanks frankiewawa you made me laugh. Even though I love the phone and it really does not matter what other people think about it, I appreciate your succinct comment.
MIF.
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Dear Hot,
What phone do you have now?
I need to decide before 2/10/06 if I want to keep the XV6700 I have now.
Regards,
GK
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You watch too many commercials. The Razr is and always has been a turd.
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