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| Brand: Motorola
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $356.92
You Save: $43.07 (11%)
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 7052
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: UTSXV6900
UPC: 723755888609
ASIN: B000VR9FT4
Release Date: September 4, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
Really nice phone with a few minor drawbacks March 3, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've had this phone for a few days now, and I really like it. The call quality is by far the BEST of any phone I have had to date. The menus are very straightforward and easy to setup -- though I feel I don't have as much personalization control as I would like.
The things that make this a 4 star phone:
1. Fingerprint Magnet -- there really is no way around this.
2. Extremely limited ring tone selection from factory (obviously designed this way so you will buy more from Verizon).
3. If you are a Verizon customer, as I am, you are unable to see missed calls and read text messages from the huge front screen. This was a TERRIBLE decision on Verizon's part. The touchscreen access buttons they do give you are for the camera, for music, and for voice commands -- useless! This is really the biggest downfall of phone, and its Verizon's fault! Because of this, the big and beautiful front screen is really limited to that -- it looks pretty. It actually serves no real function because Verizon took away the ability to view missed calls and read text messages from it, just so Verizon could push its music service -- UGH, disgusting!
4. The actual "feel" of the phone is nice, though it is wider than most phones and takes a little getting used to.
5. Other reviews have mentioned a hinge problem. My hinge is good and the phone feels exceptionally solid -- though the bottom left corner of my keypad feels and sounds a little loose compared to the rest of the keypad.
6. You cannot change the ring style from the side buttons as with previous Motorola phones -- big drawback seeing you have to actually open the phone to put it on vibrate or silent.
7. Battery life is good -- though definitely not the best of all phones I've had. I will most likely buy the upgraded high capacity 1350 mAh from Motorola.
All in all I would recommend this phone, even though Verizon purposely took away features Motorola intended for users (front touch screen for missed calls and text messages). The camera is great, and best and most important of all -- the call quality is the best I've ever had. Good job Motorola, bad job Verizon.
 questions and charger info on razr2 February 11, 2008
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
Question1: i have a razr that's given up the ghost...considering a razr2. does verizon's razr2 allow ring and vibrate simultaneously? with the razr, verizon disabled that feature (originally designed with it by motorola).
Question2: does the razr2 come with a cable to hook up to my laptop USB for downloading music to a microSD card?
Info on chargers for razr2: i found out that you can buy an adapter (t-mobile stores have 'em for $4.99) that allows you to use your razr chargers with the razr2 connector.
Great Phone Hardware, [...] software January 24, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Replaced my Moto E815 with the Razr2 the day it was released on their website. Used it for about 6 months now.
Pros: Slim, nice external screen, good quality build. And all the other specs that other people have mentioned, camera, etc.
Cons:
Other than the screen and size, this phone is no better than a Regular Razr that costs 1/5th as much. It's smaller, but only slightly. Not enough to make a difference, and it's taller.
The outside buttons are useless. You can start playing music, but you can't stop it, you have to open it up and hit end to stop it. You can start up the voice command, but it's the same as if you pushed the side button, so it's redundant. Starting up the camera is cool, but only to show it off. The outside Controls are basically useless.
The verizon UI isn't that great for doing things fast. The process if creating a new text message and sending it is like 10 button presses.
This phone uses a new type of charger port, Micro USB. It's Slightly smaller than the Mini-USB. The pain is that it's very hard to tell which side is up. You'll always be guessing which way it plugs in. What happened to the old days of the dock chargers?
This phone has a Large outside screen, but it's put put to use well. You can't read a text message unless you open the phone. If you get a call and have a picture for the person, it's a SMALL picture and doesn't use even half the screen. Seems like a waste.
The vibrate is horrible. You can't change volume without opening the phone. Sorry, you can't be sneaky and put it into vibrate mode while it's in your pocket.
Verizon put their same [...] OS on this phone. If they spent some extra time to customize it for this phone, it would be 10x nicer.
VERDICT: If you're like me and stuck with verizon, i feel sorry for you. This phone is decent, but verizon's OS doesn't take advantage of it.
Great Phone! (but the battery life was unacceptable) January 18, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I regretted having to return this well designed phone. It is much faster than the old Razr, has a very good speaker phone and great overall voice quality. My main problem with the phone was the battery life. I was using a battery that was only a few weeks old and still needed to be charged daily. To add to the annoyance of daily charging the flap that covers the charging port is poorly designed.
I have since switched to the SCH-u900 FlipShot. The Samsung is not quite as good of a phone, but it does have a better camera and holds a charge much longer. I am keeping the u900, but I do miss my V9m. I tried contacting Motorola about the battery life issue and was politely told they would not be able to do anything to help. If Motorola had acknowledged the problem and for example offered a discount on an extended life battery. I would still be happily using my RAZR2.
 Amazon flogging refurbished phones as new ? January 3, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I got 2 V9m phones and a family plan with Verizon. We really like the design of the phone and its features. Unfortunately it looks like one of the phones is a refurbished phone. The hinge is loose and hence the screen part is not rigid. It kind of moves sideways when opened and closed. On close examination one can see tool marks near the hinge and battery cover, and dust accumulation near the hinges and USB ports. These are classic tell tale signs of a used phone. On top of that I am having voice quality and battery issues too.
Since I have two V9m phones, I can clearly see and feel the difference between the two. I will try to return the refurbished phone and exchange it for a "new" phone.
More later....
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