Motorola RAZR2 V9m
Average Ratings
Great Phone but some flaws
I just got this phone a little over a week ago and have yet to put it down. I love this phone more than anything I've had before like the EnV.
Cons:
-with verizon carrier they do not give you the option to view your texts with a closed phone
-sometimes the phone freezes when talking
-battery life is less than impressive
-hard to find a car charger for the phone
Pros:
-great huge screen when opened and closed.
-love the texting, remembers whole sentences haha
-one of the loudest speaker phones I've heard
-very durable, can handle falls
-and the phone just looks cool hah.
all in all I gave the phone a 4/5 just because it doesnt have a lot of flaws but the ones that it does have effect the performance of the phone and they are big ones. but hopefully they are just with my phone and when I get it replaced everything will be fixed.
A Sad bye bye to my V9M
So let me say that I LOVED my motorola v9m! I loved the signal on it, the color of the screen, how slick the phone looked and felt, it was just an overall good phone! I loved the sound of the MP3's on the phone, and the touch screen and visualization on the phone whenever the MP3 player was on.
The cons of this phone............
I had 2 V9M's in less than a month in a half. The first one within about three weeks of having it, the screen started to short out, never been dropped, no water damage, no damage of any kind whatsoever! It started slowly that the screen would start to faze out, and then it finally went out completly, had it not been for my touch screen I may not have been able to use it.
I purchased a second one, and yet again the phone itsself was just awesome! But after a few weeks, I noticed what looked like a water bubble on my screen, and was told it was a ink mark, and you couldn't really see it unless you knew it was there,.
I sadly got rid of my V9M to a good friend of mine who didn't care what kind of shape it was in, she just wanted it,. and after a second RAZR2 with progressing problems, I finally ended up purchasing a Motorola Q9C, which I as well love!!! I'm a big fan of the motorola family, I've had nothing but good reception with my phones, they have been very durable, and I am just an overall pleased customer!
Verizon V9m
This is a really great phone. Unfortunately, Verizon got rid of all the features on it that I liked. This phone is really thin and the screens look really nice. You could practically use this as a bookmark. It's a little bit of a challenge to open with one hand but I'm sure it'd get easier with practice. Yes, it's a fingerprint magnet, but that's such a minor complaint. If you want to get someone's fingerprints to take to the cops, just hand them your phone.
The Verizon version of this phone doesn't allow you read text messages or calendar alarms on the front. You have to open the phone to read them. And the text message notifier goes away, so you have to go through the menus to look at your inbox and find the message.
Like everyone else has said, the battery sucks. I mean really sucks. I conditioned the battery and then I had to charge it again after only 1 hour of talking. 1 hour!
I minor issue that no one else seems to have mentioned is that the speed dial requires you to hold down the last digit in order to dial. Unlike the LGs, you can't hit 1 Send to call voicemail. Not a big deal but kind of obnoxious.
I had this phone for a about a week before I returned and bought the LG VX-8350. It looks a lot cheaper (is it!) but it's much more functional. I just with Verizon didn't disable half the features of the phone. I'm considering buying another V9m on eBay and hacking it.
Undecided
I've had the V9 for two weeks now as a replacement for the E-815 in Verizon's "New Every Two" plan. I haven't decided if I will keep it yet. My grade is as follows: (5 is best)
Reception: 3 (not as good as the E-815)
Battery Life: 1 (pathetic)
Received Voice Clarity: 4
Sent Voice Clarity: 4
Speakerphone: 3 (sounds tinny)
Interface: 3 (Verizon)
Voice Command: 3 (not as good as the E-815)
Phone Button Operation: 3
Physical Size: 5
Basically, the phone is just OK. The only thing going for it in my opinion is it's small size as compared to the E-815. Otherwise it's an expensive phone with just OK reception and VERY poor battery life. After two weeks of charges, I barely get over 24 hours of standby (no talking) out of a full charge. The local Verizon "tech support" was not helpful in swapping out the battery - "I should just get another phone". I may do that - as well as pick another carrier. I left the offce a very unhappy Verizon customer.
Another issues for me is the voice command; it is worse than the E-815; slower with a lot of chimes and delays, with more recognition errors. I am also not real crazy about the side command buttons. They are fairly well embedded into the phone, making it hard to operate this phone with one hand.
As mentioned, I replaced an E-815 with this phone and outside of being smaller, the V9M comes up short in every category.
Thin as a pack of gum, but not quite as tasty
I a proud 4-day owner of a new Motorola Razr2 V9M for Alltel. The interface is very similar to most of Moto's other higher-end phones like the original Razr, E815/816, etc. so the learning curve for this new phone is very small! Thats what I like about Motorola's consistency between models.
The clarity of the internal and external screens (which are nearly the same size) is AMAZING. I created wallpapers for my V9M using photos I had taken with my 4.2mp point-and-shoot camera, and the pictures look just as crisp and clear on the phone screen as they do on my laptop.
I also love the feature that allows you to view text messages, manage the MP3 player, and view recent calls (even make calls!) from the front touch screen. When making a call from the recent call list using the front screen, the phone automatically switches to speaker phone; this is a great convenience that most manufacturers would probably overlook, but not Moto!
Dislikes:
There are a few things that I have not liked about the V9M. The phone has an extremely thin, sleek design but for me, that makes it hard to open. I have fat fingers and most of the time end up using two hands to open the phone. It has a very smooth, shiny texture and this makes the phone almost slippery feeling and is easy to drop.
I did have an issue with recording videos to the memory card. I pulled out my memory card, backed up the files, formatted it and problem solved!
The battery life the first few days is less than impressive. Per the owners manual and other reviews this gets better after a few charges but I'm still waiting to see.
Pros:
-Sleek clean design
-Solid feel
-All buttons work great
-Digital camera has great clarity
-Large external display
-It's a Motorola
Cons:
-Thin slick design makes it easy to drop (get insurance!)
-Camera takes all still photos in portrait mode (rotate phone 90 deg. for landscape)
-Small battery
-Memory card access is a little slow
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS PHONE @ ANYBODY WHO LOVES STYLE AND GREAT FUNCTUALITY!!! ALLTEL
I bought this phone in January, and by far it's been the greatest phone I've ever owned. U just can't compare the style of this phone with any other clamshell. Sleek, stylish, and great functuality what more do u want. All I can say is that this phone kickz azz!!!
PROS:
2.0 External Touch Screen
Great Reception
So far no dropped calls
Easy to navigate menu Interface
Talk time is great
VERY CLEAR CALLS!!!
Loud Speakear for MP3
ALL IN ALL IT"Z THE BEST DAMN FLIP PHONE YOU"LL EVER SEE!!! (but all phones have their flaws)
CONS:
Man, the charger lid on this phone is horrible, it's bound to come off so dont even worry about it.
If yur clumsy with phones, I suggest you get a case and quick.
Battery life is abit sucky but after a few charges yur fine. ( with exception of listing to the MP3 you'll only have about 2hours topz 2 jam to yur tunes than back to the socket.)
That pretty much top'z it all, by far this is the best flip phone you'll ever get your handz on at least in America, in Japan it's a different story.
Peace
Some Complaints About The V9M
I am a Verizon customer. My biggest complaint about the V9M is that when you take a pic with the phone, and save it(in my case, to my memory card), it does not store the pics alphabetically, but instead, it stores it in the order it was taken(most current pic is displayed first).
With a memory card, you can store at least a thousand pics. Now, if I took a picture of a woman, and renamed it "Mary," it should go under all pics beginning with the letter "M." Unfortunately, it does not. So, if that pic happened to be my 300th pic that I took, I would have to scroll through 300 pics to get to that one. On my old phone(Motorola E815, which died on me), once I got into "My Pictures," all I would have to do is click on the letter "M," and it would take me to all pics beginning with the letter "M," and then I would just scroll down until I got to my desired pic of "Mary." Can't do it with the V9M. In fact, when you're in "My Pictures," and you press any letter on your keypad, nothing happens. Don't know why they had to screw around with such beautiful software.
Another thing: If I'm typing a text message, and I want to change a lower case letter to an upper case letter, I have to change the text format to "ABC," and then when I'm finished, and want to go back to lower case, I have to change the text format back to "Abc." It's a real pain in the "you know what." On my old Motorola E815, if you typed in a lower case letter, and you wanted to change it to upper case, all you would do is immediately hit the "up" scroll arrow after entering the lower case letter, and it would automatically change it to upper-case. Also, I might add, the same thing worked in reverse on the E815. You could change an upper-case letter to a lower-case letter, just by hitting the "down" scroll arrow.
Pretty good, although..
This phone has been very resilient so far. At first I ran into the issue where my phone would freeze up with my 2 gb memory card. After backing up my data and formating the card, this problem stopped. The only problem I still continue to experience is the battery life. Even after a few charges, it still isn't holding up. I will soon be purchasing the extended life battery as I am charging my phone every 12-16 hours.....
RAZR 2, best Moto so far
I've had alot of Motorola phones in the past and this is by far the best. I've had a RAZR 2 with both Verizon and Alltel.
Pros:
-Reception
-Screen
-Camera (2MP) Can take widescreen shots on VZW version :)
-Voice Quality (Crystal Talk) I was at a rock concert and the person I was talking to could still understand me.
-Keypad (good for texting)
-Micro USB charger
-CDMA/EVDO - all digital
-On board Memory
-Memory Card slot
-Can read TXT on external screen (Alltel, and maybe VZW but can't remember)
-Color (VZW-java color and Alltel-its actually like grayish/blueish color) both different but are good color selections.
-Status lights on outside of phone, small, but lets you know its still charging or when your Bluetooth is connected
Cons:
-Software (VZW only) newer version is good but no extra themes. It works great, just a little boring.
-Predictive TXT (Alltel only) its a little retarded.
-Display backlight (Alltel only) goes out in like 2 seconds after you close the phone, with or without battery save mode. As far as I know Alltel's phone is the only one that has a real short display backlight even with the highest setting.
Overall a great phone. The battery in my opinion isn't as bad as you think it would be considering how thin it is (still could be better). Its neither a pro or con. If you're in a good coverage area and not constantly watching vids, it stays charged pretty good. But Verizon Wireless offers an Extended Battery on their website. For such a thin phone it's fully packed. If you like high tech phones, I recommend this one. I like the Verizon Wireless version better for both color and function.
review
what i have to say about the motorola v9 its a awsome phone it does everything you would want in a phone.
1. the price on the phone it ant to bad.
2. i like the fact that it has a 2.0
megapixel camera.
3. its touch screen and its sprint tv
enabled that a great phone with video
vivid sound.
4. what i like the most about the phone that
it has a big qvga screen in the front of
the phone with touch screen so you will
be able to watch tv listen to music and
also watch music videos.
i would recomend this phone to anyone that wants a phone with alot of cool features the motorola also comes with a microSD 256MB
compare to the old Motorola i would say that if your into music watching tv being bored at work or just want to brows on the internet then this is the phone for you.
