Motorola has announced the RAZR V3i, a full-featured handset with a sleek design modeled after the Motorola RAZR V3 with Apple iTunes capability. iTunes is not available on all models in all regions. The RAZR V3i has an updated and streamlined design, offering consumers a large internal color screen, quad-band technology and Bluetooth wireless technology.
Designed for an enhanced imaging experience, this sleek handset comes complete with an integrated 1.23 megapixel digital camera with a full screen view-finder, zoom, and video capture and playback. Add cutting-edge music capabilities thanks to the world’s most popular music technology – iTunes™ music software** – and you have the complete mobile multimedia package. Now when you grab your mobile, you’re also are grabbing your camera and MP3 player. Stylish, smart, and sophisticated – the Motorola RAZR V3i.
Fully Loaded
Don’t say it … show it! Capture beautiful images during global travels with the Motorola RAZR V3i’s 1.23 megapixel digital camera. Share those images via email or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) or save them to the MicroSD removable memory card to print when you are back at home. But when a still image just won’t do, video capabilities promise to capture all your action-packed experiences.
Entertainment to Go
On the plane with nothing to do? Don’t fret – with iTunes music software** or Motorola’s Digital Audio Music Player** and airplane mode – the Motorola RAZR V3i gives you mobile music when you need it most. The handset also takes advantage of Motorola’s SCREEN3 technology* for zero-click access to news, sports and entertainment. Now you can fly stress-free while catching up on world news*.
Cut Loose
No more limitations. Quad-band technology allows you to roam seamlessly across countries and continents. Combined with Bluetooth technology and speaker independent name and digit dialing and you have hands-free capabilities to juggle work and play. Screening calls while lounging in the French Riviera? Use the brilliant 1.3 inch external display to see who is calling you with picture caller ID.
Features include:
• Updated and streamlined Motorola RAZR V3 design
• 1.23 megapixel digital camera with 8x digital zoom, video capture and full screen viewfinder
• iTunes™ music software or Motorola’s Digital Audio Music Player** with mini-USB stereo headset
• Airplane mode
• Hot swappable TransFlash™ memory card
• 262K color wallpapers & screensavers on internal display
• 65K color support on external display
• Speaker independent name & digit dialing
• Dedicated browser and messaging keys***
• Integrated Class 1 Bluetooth technology with imaging, printing, peer to peer gaming profiles
• Motorola’s SCREEN3 technology* solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment and other program content*
• Rich, pre-loaded or downloaded J2ME™ games, screen savers and MP3 ringtones
The Motorola RAZR V3i is expected to be available in the Q4 of 2005. For more information on pricing and product availability in your region, please check with your local Motorola representative.
*Certain mobile phone features are dependent on the capabilities and settings of your service provider’s network. Motorola’s SCREEN3 solution is an operator dependent feature and is not available on all V3i models.
**Music capabilities dependent on operator and regional availability and support. iTunes is not available on all models in all regions. Verify whether or not the model will have iTunes or Motorola’s Digital Audio Music player with your operator at time of purchase.
***If the phone has iTunes software, the messaging key will be replaced with a dedicated iTunes key.
More info and images here.
[Attribution: MacRumors.com]
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70ver – “is that a scroll wheel i see?”
Sorry, no such luck. Just a basic toggle plate. But you have a great point. I have a scroll dial on my old Nokia and it’s great. If they would put an iTunes like scroll wheel (with the same push-button functionality at the compass points) this (and any other phone) would be as compelling to use as an iPod. That’s where the future needs to be.
MDN Word “real” – I’m ‘real’ certain I’d buy one instantly for that – regardless of the number of songs played (I have an iPod, after all).
Is this phone on the compatibility list for Mac’s? (My Sony Ericson works well with Calendar, Address Book, iSync, is a mountable filesystem, etc.) Also, as someone else mentioned, can you remote-control devices via bluetooth?
gsm?
Jay, if Verizon even let’s you use this phone with their network, you can expect that every cool feature of the phone will be disabled because, god forbid, you sync your phone and computer without paying Verizon for precious air time.
Scatologist, I LOVE flip phones.
This phone is going to Rock!!!! iTunes + RAZR = The Best Phone EVER.
Go Apple.
Go. Motorola.
Magic Word: Married
Married as in iTunes and RAZR
The best phone ever is still on Ive’s drawing board. But this one is not too shabby. And it’s not a sony!
Moto is so funny. Why no one like our brick with iTunes? Ohhhhhh. People want the Razr with iTunes. Oh. Okay.
Now it is worth it to buy a phone with iTunes. Thank you Motorola, for figuring out we like nice things- and the ROKR is not that nice.
“Screw the ROKR! Who would carry 500 songs in such an ugly phone when you can do it on the RAZR V3i”
Marke my words- I bet something to that effect will be said.
But seiously, im glad i din’t buy a new phone yet….
Wake me when the camera is 3 – 4 Mps and you can get a large storage chip to slip in. It’s great looking, but 1.3 Mps aren’t when loaded onto your computer.
As far as a basic phone goes it does look nice, but the version I would have to get to work with Cingular isn’t going to be at international GSM standards, where I can put in a local (say UK) chip and go my own way.
Just in time for the Christmas season too.
MMMMMmmmmmmmm……
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I have a Moto RAZR and I love it…
Looks like my wife is going to get a hand me down.
What is nice – even if it is onlt 100 songs is that I can carry this one around and not worry about any scratches!
I agree with the comments about why wasn’t this intro’d instead of the Moto C.R.A.P. phone…
MW: bill as in my phone purchasing bill just went up.
OzzysCross101–
It’s 100 songs, not 500 on the ROKR. I’m not sure about this one though…
they should push for nokia. the best phone user-interface by far. motorola is crap. hate to say it. i would definately by a phone from apple. but they couldnt do it without incorporating itunes. and hence disturbing their ipod line of products.thats why they havnt as yet released one in my opinion.
NaplesLensman–
Yep, using only bluetooth. Granted my Razr is from T-Mobile and when I looked at my co-worker’s Cingular Razr, it looked as though have the features were turned off and/or replaced with Cingular specific items.
Now, overall my SonyEricsson T610 was a dream as it was far easier to use and personalize than the Razr is, but outside of personalizing, the Razr beats the T610 in reception quality.
fact, the majority of people prefer candybar shaped phones. fact, my RAZR is wider than and about as long as my much better years older symbian nokia. fact, motorola has 4 different operating systems and w/ the current 4LTR OS you have to have an unlocked phone, mobile phone tools, a PC, and spend a bunch of time motoburning just to make your phone halfway as functional and easy to use as other phones including sony and nok. fact, motorola won big w/ quad band gsm, but dropped the ball w/ the first ‘itunes’ phone by crippling it. You can sync most mots fine, but they generally suck for use so why bother?
Lets be realistic here. The iSLVR or whatever is a nice phone. If you’re risking it then it does make a bit of sense not to kill of your only somewhat trendy phone (star-tac 2005 aka RAZR). However, until Mot stops fumbling around w/ junk operating systems or trying to jump on the linux for embedded boat / ‘it’s kinda open source’ way to late in the game; the phones will be a horrible user experience and the reason that people who actually use pda’s or mp3 players and phones object to them being unified is because MOST of the attempts suck.
Forget this puppy, and forget the price you’d pay in contract to be stuck w/ it. It’s junk.
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