Motorola RAZR2 V8 & V9 Review

Motorola RAZR2 V8 Specifications:-

• General:-
  Announced:-2007, May
  Status:-Available.
• Size:-
  Dimensions:-103 x 53 x 11.9 mm
  Weight:-117 g.
• Display:-
  Type:-TFT, 256K colors
  Size:-240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
  - Second external 256K colors, 2 inches display (240 x 320 pixels) with contextual touch interaction,- Screensavers and wallpapers,- Downloadable logos.
• Ringtones:-
  Type:-Polyphonic, MP3
  Customization:-Download.
  Vibration:-Yes.
• Memory:-
  Phonebook:-1000 entries, Photocall
  Call records:-30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
  Card slot:-No
  - 420 MB or 2 GB internal user memory.
• Data:-
  GPRS:-Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
  HSCSD:-No
  EDGE:-Class 12
  3G:-No
  WLAN:-No
  Bluetooth:-Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
  Infrared port:-No
  USB:-Yes, v2.0 microUSB.
• Features:-
  Messaging:-SMS, EMS, MMS, Instant Messaging
  Browser:-WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera 8.5)
  Games:-Yes.
  Colors:-Dark Pearl Gray
  Camera:-2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video(QCIF)
  - Java MIDP 2.0,- MP3/AAC/AAC+ player,- T9-, Organizer,- Calculator-, Built-in handsfree,- Voice memo.
• Battery:-Standard battery, Li-Ion 770 mAh
  Stand-by:-Up to 330 h
  Talk time:-Up to 7 h 50 min
• Price:- 379.99 $ 12,000 – 15,000/-

Motorola RAZR2 V9 Specifications:-

• General:-
  Announced:-2007, May
  Status:-Available.
• Size:-
  Dimensions:-103 x 53 x 13.3 mm
  Weight:-125 g.
• Display:-
  Type:-TFT, 256K colors
  Size:-240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
  - Second external 256K colors, 2 inches display (240 x 320 pixels) with contextual touch interaction,- Screensavers and wallpapers,- Downloadable logos.
• Ringtones:-
  Type:-Polyphonic, MP3
  Customization:-Download.
  Vibration:-Yes.
• Memory:-
  Phonebook:-1000 entries, Photocall
  Call records:-30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
  Card slot:-microSD (TransFlash),
  - 45 MB internal memory.
• Data:-
  GPRS:-Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
  HSCSD:-No
  EDGE:-Class 12
  3G:-HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
  WLAN:-No
  Bluetooth:-Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
  Infrared port:-No
  USB:-Yes, v2.0 microUSB.
• Features:-
  Messaging:-SMS, EMS, MMS, Instant Messaging
  Browser:-WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera
  Games:-Yes.
  Colors:-Grey,Gold,

  Dark Pearl Gray.
  Camera:-2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, video(QCIF)
  - Video calling and download,- Java MIDP 2.0,- MP3/AAC/AAC+ player,- T9,- Organizer,- Calculator,- Built-in handsfree,- Voice memo.

• Battery:-Standard battery, Li-Ion 950 mAh
  Stand-by:-Up to 260 h
  Talk time:-Up to 3 h 30 min.
• Price:-389,99$ 13,000 – 15,500/-
• After three long years of waiting we face the RAZR V3 successor: the slim and refined Motorola RAZR2 V8. Sporting a full metal jacket with gradating hues of dark pearl gray, the RAZR2 V8 is made to impress. With two high-quality displays with QVGA resolution, plus quad-band GSM support, two megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth, it’s a handset that delivers functionality besides style. As we’re writing this review, the top-of-the-bill RAZR2 V8 Luxury edition is on its way to the shelves too, with a gold-plated body and soft snake-skin-like back for those who like their calls with a pinch of exotic glamour.
• Key features:-
  Quality metal casing and appealing design
  Really thin, measuring 11.9 mm in thickness
  Large internal and external displays, touch-sensitive keys on the outer display
  CrystalTalk for excellent voice quality
  Talking Phone with SMS and Email readout
  Quad band with EDGE Class 12
  Ample-to-abundant onboard memory: 420 MB or 2 GB
  2 megapixel camera with video recording
  A lot of useful extra applications
  Full Exchange server synchronization
  Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support
  Very good Opera 8.5 browser pre-installed
• Main disadvantages
  No 3G support
  No memory card slot
  No brightness settings for the external display
  The handset is easy to slip off the hands
  Large size when opened
• CrystalTalk – real-like voice
  CrystalTalk, a proprietary Motorola technology is here to greatly enhance quality of calls. CrystalTalk combines voice enhancement technologies like microphone noise reduction, noise adaptive speaker enhancements, and on some products – a full duplex speakerphone. All enhancements improve the clarity and intelligibility of speech in noisy environments. Striving to deliver loudness and maintain quality simultaneously, CrystalTalk adjusts the audio quality based on ambient noise conditions to provide the optimal conversational experience. Both the microphone and earpiece grill are of ample size but still look stylish.
• File management and multimedia
  One of the core non-phone features of the Motorola V8 is the MP3 player. It has a dedicated button on the keypad, above the call key. Although it doesn’t have the lavish user interface of high-end Walkman handsets, the music player in the RAZR2 V8 offers a pretty rich palette of options. Additionally, the quality external display and touch-sensitive keys make browsing tracks and playlists a real pleasure. Most of the playlist options to look for in a music-centered phone, are available here too. Among them are recently played files, artists, albums, genres and composers. Tracks are automatically sorted based on the information from ID3 tags.
• Mere 2 megapixel and video
  The 2 megapixel camera with no autofocus, nor flash, is more of an ornament than an important feature in Motorola V8. The camera icon itself is not in the main menu, but out-of-the-way in the Multimedia section. There you will find the video camera icon, too. Another option to start the camera is through the Options menu on the home screen. The side select key, right under the volume rocker, serves as a shutter key when the flip is closed and the camera is active.
• Browsing and connectivity
  Besides GPRS class 10 and EDGE class 12 for fast data transfers and content-streaming, the handset offers the usual connectivity capabilities such as microUSB v2.0 and Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP. There is no Infrared port.
  The integrated HTML Opera 8.5 browser offers good performance. Pages can be viewed full screen with no menus showing. The browser supports HTML 4.01, xHTML 1.0, CSS and Java script, WAP 2.0 content. The supported security protocols are SSL/TLS.
• Applications: more than enough
  Motorola V8 offers adequate time-management features and a nice assortment of additional applications. Under Office Tools in the main menu, several applications are available: File Manager, Calendar, Motosync, Download manager, Alarm clock, World Clock, Calculator, IM client, Task list, Notepad and Google. Let us focus on the calendar, alarm clock and world time, as well as with the to-do list and notepad. The nice and user-friendly Calendar offers monthly, weekly and daily views. Adding a new calendar event opens a menu of four tabs. The first tab is for entering event details such as type, subject, location, date, time, etc. The second tab has a note field only. The third tab is for setting event priority and the last one is for repetition only.
• Conclusion:-
  No doubt Motorola RAZR2 V8 is a stylish mobile phone, a high-flier in design, adequate in functionality. Motorola faithfuls will hail it, while many other unbiased users are likely to find it agreeable. The Motorola RAZR V3 was near revolutionary back in its day but three years after it was introduced, the glory has started to fade. And the RAZR2 V8 is in for an ordeal living up to its status. The major competitors Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG have a few thin, cool and loaded gadgets to offer. So, keeping the glory alive is truly a challenge. The RAZR2 V8 has what it takes in style and high-class finish but seems to lack some of the current must-have features such as 3G and an autofocus camera. We feel that if Motorola had done just a little bit better they would have had a true winner.