Review: Motorola RAZR2 V8

During the week I managed to get hold off the Motorola RAZR2 V8 cell phone. Yes, just as I am a Xbox 360 fan boy I am a Motorola Hate boy! For some reason Motorola cell phones have been a step behind their rivals, mainly Sony Ericsson and Nokia but with the RAZR2 V8 things may just have changed…a lot.

A good sequel is hard to pull off, as anyone who endured The Matrix Reloaded will testify. But after years of producing disappointing sequels to its own work of genius, the RAZR V3, Motorola has finally come good with this, the V8.

It?s essentially the shape familiar to millions of users worldwide, although marginally thinner and with a bigger screen, but that familiar shell is now stuffed with spanking new technology.

This is the first phone to use a touchscreen with physical feedback. Tap the lush, two-inch pad on the front and it vibrates, giving you a real feeling that the key you?ve touched is actually being responded to. You use it to read and reply to texts and to control the music player, which happily pals up with Windows Media Player at one end and A2DP earphones at the other.

Get In Touch

The touch-sensitive music controls, located on the large color external display, maintains a sleek look while consumers manage and play songs purchased from any Windows-based music store. Users can also read and reply to texts3 via RAZR2 V8?s external display, which is the largest in its class. After flipping open the phone to start the music player, users can sit back, listen and enjoy without ever flipping open the phone again.

Personal Paparazzi

With quad band technology, travel the world a little lighter.4 Users can take advantage of the 2.0 megapixel camera, video capture and playback, and up to 2GB? of internal memory to capture every unforgettable moment in high resolution.

Dressed to Thrill

The RAZR2 V8 is outfitted in extravagant materials tailored to sleek perfection. A stainless steel frame helps ensure strength while vacuum metal housing, chemically hardened glass, spun metal and chrome create an amazing appearance.

Boring Bit: Certain mobile phone features are dependent on the capabilities and settings of your service provider?s network. Additionally, certain features may not be activated by your service provider, and/or their network settings may limit the feature?s functionality. Always contact your service provider about feature availability and functionality. All features, functionality and other product specifications are based upon the latest available information and are believed to be accurate; however such product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Overall, I’ll give this a 7/10.

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