Plug in the provided headset and the aural complexion changes completely, as you would expect. Volume is still only reasonable -- you might find it an issue in places with a lot of ambient noise. But bass levels are good and the stereo is fine. The 3D surround system, 'Spatial Audio', won't appeal to all, but we found it added a little something to playback.
What's annoying is that while you fiddle with the Bass Boost and Spatial Audio settings sound output is turned off -- how much nicer it would be to hear the effect of choosing between levels 1 to 7 for each of these as you fiddle, instead of having to go back to the player's screen to hear the effects.
The 2-megapixel camera shot images of decent quality. Colours weren't quite a sharp as we'd like, but we've definitely seen worse. There is a switch to macro mode just below the main screen. This makes close-ups possible, but you have to ensure a steady hand to stop things from blurring.
There is a light rather than a flash, and you turn this on and off using a menu. It takes five clicks to turn it on, another five to turn it off -- and it won't go off automatically. The good thing about the light is its brightness -- it'll double as a torch very easily.
There's 62MB of memory built-into the Razr V3x and a slot under the battery for a microSD (aka TransFlash) card so you can boost this further. The camera saved images to our microSD card at an impressive speed, so that getting them from phone to your computer should be fast and easy using a card reader. Another route is to use the Phone Tools software Motorola provides which you can use for file transfer, synchronising the Razr V3x's calendar and contact book with your main computer, and backing up the phone, among other tasks.
Performance
We'd have liked more volume all round, but voice and video calls -- and indeed video streaming in general -- was of a good quality. The large, clear, bright screen certainly helps here.
You won't get a huge amount of life out of the battery as Motorola's suggestion of 99 minutes of video talk from a full charge indicates. But as the Razr V3x is not really intended as a full-frontal music player, and assuming you aren't going to want to make lengthy video calls every day, you should be able to get by for a couple of days between charges.
Edited by Mary Lojkine
Additional editing by Nick Hide
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caid c 28 July 2007
Good: Nice screen and keypad
Bad: Everything else - this is the worst phone I've ever owned
Comment: This phone is terrible. So buggy it's not funny.
- The alarm doesn't go off if the battery is at < full battery
- Alarm also doesn't go off if it's on the charger!
- It will frequently crash (white-screen) and restart itself during normal use
- Sometimes it emits a high-pitched buzzing sound from the speakers (this is particularly bad when watching a video)
- The predictive text is AWFUL. There is no "add to dictionary", if you want to type in an unrecognised word that is made up of two recognised words, you can't, because the word in its entirety is not recognised, and the first word that comes up is NEVER the one you want e.g. I try to type in "..." and it comes out ".1." How ridiculous.
THE WORST PART:
- Today it's stopped letting me into the sms inbox. It says I have 10 unread messages, but when I try to open the inbox, I get chucked back to the main menu. I can't get back into the inbox until I delete the unread messages. However, as soon as a new message comes in, I'm locked out again.
I would advise anyone against getting this phone. Arrgh. I kid you not, how it made it through Motorola QA I just don't know.
Jen Selwood 16 January 2007
Good: Not a lot
Bad: Buttons on the side are too easy to hit, it won't let me edit numbers properly or call my family in an emergency, and it's so, so slow!
Comment: Do not buy this phone. I have had 2 Motorolas and both have been rubbish!
Dr Sobhi Ramez 11 September 2006
Good: Easy to use, fast and nice
Bad: I like my Razr V3x - there's nothinglike it, it's a cell phone from a far galaxy, a Star Trek device
Comment: There's nothing else like this cell phone, a device of future, a cell phone from a far galaxy
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