Review Of Motorola Razr2 V9 (AT&T)

REVIEW:
Motorola is known to be creative in making mobiles and they are always looking for some new thing or feature to add into its mobile. Motorola has come out with the second-generation set of the Razr, dubbed the Razr2. We have to admit that we like this new Razr2 series. Razr2 sets itself apart from the rest of the series handsets with a very eye catching design. Razr2 V9 is stacked with some wonderful and cool features like 2 megapixel camera and full Bluetooth support. The Razr2 V9 is AT&T’s version of the Razr2, and it has all the same features plus a few that are tailor-made for AT&T. It has HSDPA support, which also lends itself to access to AT&T’s broadband services like Cellular Video and AT&T Music.

There are some issues with its design with the lack of one-button access to the music player and certain hard-to-press keys, but overall we like it very much. The price of the Razr2 V9 is AT&T is slightly on higher side but not that much as well and it’s affordable for the users as well.

Motorola Razr2 V9 is like the other Razrs is mainly a design focused handset. However, it is remarkably different from its predecessors, it’s significantly wider with a measurement of 2 inches wide, 4 inches long, and 0.5 inch deep. And with a beautiful steel shell and a hardened glass exterior protecting its front face it looks gorgeous. Thanks to sturdy construction and extra heft the overall feel of the phone is luxurious. The primary attraction of the Razr2 is its massive external screen, which is overlaid by the aforementioned glass exterior. The display of the phone is simply stunning. But sometimes its glossy surface makes it hard to see in bright sunlight.

External display of the Razr2 V9 supports 262,000 colors. Photo caller ID is supported as well. It also shows the signal, and battery strength is displayed, time, background wallpaper and date. You can also use the external screen as a camera viewfinder for self-portraits, and it displays caller ID as well. Now come to its exteriors the smart key and a volume rocker are on the left spine, dedicated camera key is on the right. The Smart key is used to lock or unlock the side keys, and when the music player is activated, it also opens up the music player menu. The volume rocker can then be used to scroll through the menu. The side keys also provide vibrating feedback when pressed, which is a good thing because they are so skinny and hard to press. MicroSD card slot is located behind the battery cover while the camera lens is on the top of the external screen.

Flip open the phone and you’ll find a fabulous 2.2-inch diagonal internal display. It also supports 262,000 colors, like the external screen. Images look great; they were vibrant, saturated with color and bright as well. The menu interface is fairly standard for AT&T but it’s very easy to use. You can’t adjust the brightness or font size but you can adjust the backlight time.

The navigation array is located underneath the display and the Razr2 V9′s huge hinge consists of the familiar circular toggle with middle OK button, a dedicated key for AT&T’s Cellular Video service, two soft keys a dedicated Web browser key. The toggle also doubles as shortcuts to a new text message, the address book, mobile e-mail and the instant-messaging menu.

Now come to its features .The Razr2 V9 comes with an impressive 1,000-entry phone book with room in each entry for six different numbers and two e-mail addresses. You can save the callers to groups, pair them with a photo for caller ID, and assign 1 of 15 polyphonic ringtones. Some other basic features include calculator, a world clock, a vibrate mode and an alarm clock. On the higher side there’s also a voice recorder, voice command and dialing, text and multimedia messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, full-featured Bluetooth and a wireless Web browser.

As a HSDPA phone, the Razr2 V9 is one of the fastest GSM Razrs out there, able to support download speeds of up to 1.8Mbps. Therefore, it’s able to support AT&T’s broadband services like Cellular Video and AT&T Music. The Cellular Video network gives AT&T users access to streaming video clips from channels like Comedy Central, CNN and Cartoon network. The AT&T Music portal also includes a shortcut to the Razr2 V9′s music player. The music player supports MP3s, AACs, and WMAs, plus has a repeat and shuffle mode, a spatial audio setting, and a bass boost setting. The music player controls appear on the bottom row of the external screen, when the music player is activated. The music player interface is fairly generic. It displays the song title and artist name. Songs are organized by artist, composer, genre and album. You can also create different playlists for your favorite songs.

The Razr2 V9’s camera is excellent that takes pictures in four resolutions and three quality settings. Unfortunately there’s no flash, but thankfully there’s a night mode for better lowlight shots. Picture quality is impressive. There’s also a built-in camcorder with three video quality settings, two video lengths and similar settings to the still camera. There’s that microSD card slot to accommodate all your media files.

There are a slew of personalization and customization options with the Razr2 V9. Along with a collection of cool wallpaper and screensavers, you can download more graphics and ringtones from the AT&T site via the MediaNet browser.

SPECIFICATIONS:

GOOD FEATURES:
1 Nice clarity.
2. Excellent call quality.
3. Good volume
4. Great camera.

BAD FEATURES:
1. Bit heavy handset.
2. No dedicated speakerphone
3. Battery life is low.
4 Web browser is not the best.

MAIN POINT
The Motorola Razr2 V9 is a great successor to the first Razr. It has got great design, solid performance, and an impressive feature set. It has good sound quality and battery life. But on the downside it has a rather flat keypad. So I give 3 stars out of 5 stars to it.