Motorola Razr V3c

Alright. So on Friday afternoon, here comes the ATS guy with 4 boxes of Razr phones, yay. So, apart from the busiest day we've had in the store since Christmas, I took a Razr home with me for the weekend.

Quality & Appearance :

I'm split on this one. The phone is thin, yes, very thin. However, this is not the "wow"-ing factor for me, as 5 years ago I owned an Ericsson T28w world phone from Fido, which was just as thin (plus the battery was cooler, it told me in hours and minutes how long I had left on battery life). Anyways, I did like the keypad. The electroluminescent keypad is awesome. The keys are completely flat as well, which is odd to use at first, but you get used to it pretty fast. The TFT display is crisp and beautiful, like all other TFT screens.

The weight of the phone is good, not too heavy and not too light. I did find the flip itself a tad flimsy though once it's opened. When it's on my ear, I feel as if I put the phone too close to my ear that it'll break. Perhaps it's because it's so thin, I'm not sure, but it wasn't 100% comfortable to me.

The width of the phone is what bothered me the most. Why is this phone so wide ? It got super thin, so they made it super wide ? To be quite honest, I'd rather have the phone a bit thicker, but slimmer. A phone I used to have with Clearnet PCS, a Sanyo SCP-4000, was a super slim bar phone, but it was just as thick as other phones these-days. However, it was a very nice phone, due to it's slimness. Thumbs down for the wideness.


Reception & Call Quality :

Call quality is good on this phone. Voice quality is superb, with little to no feedback even at max earpiece volume. Likewise on the other end. Clear and solid voice.

Reception is fairly good. Compared to my Motorola V60i, the V3c is, on average, one bar of reception less. This isn't abnormal though, as most new phones these days can't compare to older phones.


Features & Options :

The camera is a 1.3 megapixel, which is the same as Samsung's A920. It's good quality (for a cell phone anyways). The video camera is good as well, from the short testing I did.

I didn't get to test Bluetooth at all, as I just didn't have the time to do so, so I can't comment what-so-ever on Bluetooth on this phone.




Final thoughts :

Every relationship requires communication. When two people live together, they have to talk to each other and tell each other their feelings. If they don't, one will feel that the other just doesn't care, and will move on to someone who they think.......

Oh, wait a minute, this isn't the end of Springer, whoops

Anyways, to sum it up, the V3c is a nice phone. Feature wise, it's fully loaded. As a phone itself, it's on par with the better phones of these days. Personally, I won't be picking up for myself simply because I don't like the shape of it. It really is too wide for me. Those of you looking to get into Bell Mobility or looking at upgrading your existing phone, the Razr is an excellent choice in Bell Mobility's current line-up. That said, if you'll all excuse me, I'm switching my mobile number back to my V60i's ESN.

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That was an awesome review man, thanks for the info!

Originally Posted by _Abom_

Feature wise, it's fully loaded.

I own a V3C and I'd have to agree with _Abom_ ... BUT there is one feature disabled: Bluetooth OBEX File Transfer Protocols. OBEX was disabled when Bell had the firmware version created by Motorola; shame on Bell...

Originally Posted by jhesler

I own a V3C and I'd have to agree with _Abom_ ... BUT there is one feature disabled: Bluetooth OBEX File Transfer Protocols. OBEX was disabled when Bell had the firmware version created by Motorola; shame on Bell...

While this is true, and many people hate it, you have to also look at Telus' version of the phone. Many people on Telus say that their V3c has a lot of software problems, constant crashes, phone restarting itself, taking pictures on it's own, deleting pictures on it's own, logging onto the wireless web on it's own, all kinds of stuff.

For all we know, Bell disabled certain features (such as the OBEX file transfer protocols) to increase the stability of the phone. Honestly, we have no idea why Bell disabled it. All I know is, most people who have tried the phone from both providers, say that the Bell version is more stable.

CPF $ 0.20 donated to _Abom_ for this awesome post

lol, 20 cents ?

Originally Posted by _Abom_

lol, 20 cents ?

I actually did. Dont you just love it!!

Great Review. I just picked up a v3i. iTunes, transflash card, and 1.3 mpx camera is awesome. I just put 47 songs on it. Sounds great. It came with the audiio connecter to listen to music on normal 3.5mm hearphone jack.

Personally, I don't like the Razr V3c, or the V3, or the V3i. I think it's too wide.

That said, the phone actually is really good, I'm thinking of picking up one for my wife.

Yes, Well its nothing when you had the A780 as your last phone. lol. I actually thing I have lost my v3i because I cant fell it in my pocket.

Update:

Upon further testing, most extensively, I'd like to edit my opinion on reception. This phone blows away just about every other handset out there for reception and call quality.

I'll admit, I was a bit wrong on my earlier statements on reception.

Abom can you try to help this guy here, I’m trying, but I’m Not really familiar whit the V3c , he delete all the Skins, I did upload the original but they are for the V3 and only the Moto Skin, and I don’t know if he has to Flash that phone how to advice him for that, please he seems to be so lost!
http://cellphoneforums.net/motorola/...?highlight=V3c

*sigh* ok ok, I'm helping

k man i all redy tryed that and i just flash it still nothing now i am looking for bell flash i can not find any thing i relly do not no what els to do