Motorola undoubtedly dug out a lot from its first generation of Razr phones but such a successful model could not be terminated soon, so the cellphone manufacturer that is desperately seeking similar sensation has rolled out its successor – the Motorola Razr2 series.
The second-generation of Razr phones comes in a fresh design besides some feature improvements over the last generation models, so in case you think you’ve had enough of those flip phones, check out the latest release; it just might get you interested.
These phones will be marketed under the official names of ‘V9’ (3G HSDPA), ‘V9m’ (3G EVDO CDMA) and ‘V8’ (GSM).
While the CDMA Razr2 V9m will be rolled out by Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, and Alltel, the GSM Razr V9 will come to AT&T, within a fortnight.
Besides the network support, the new Razr is 2mm thinner than its predecessors and gives a richer feel. The casing of the phone is scratch-resistant and the lens-cover is made with chemically hardened glass, claims the company.
It is a flip phone but allows you to run three applications without opening – with a mere touch of your fingertip to on-screen buttons on an exceptionally large (2 inches) and sharp (QVGA) external color screen. These-two dimensional buttons vibrate briefly on touching, providing slight feedback.
The feature set includes a big (2.2-inch) QVGA internal screen, integrated 2-megapixel camera with multi-shot capability, stereo bluetooth, voice recognition, and support for up to 2GB of on-board flash memory with an optional microSD card in addition to the essentials like a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calculator, currency and unit converters, a notepad, a tip calculator, a stopwatch.
According to Motorola, the core of each phone has a 500 MHz ARM 11 processor which is about 10 times as fast as the original Razr CPU.
Audio quality is fine but does nothing to be a replacement for your stand alone MP3 player, the video is compromised. Moderate distortion and pixilation are encountered on the main display.
The price tag for the Sprint version will be $250 with a two-year contract while for AT&T and Verizon versions it’ll be $300.
Will the second generation Razr phones be able to repeat the success of the first? No, according to me but the devoted Razr fans should be pleased to own one.
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