RAZR for CDMA is official (merged threads)

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That could be because the Motorola RAZR V3 page and the Motorola MS500 page have the same handset picture. One just doesn't have it's external screen on. Perhaps people are confusing the MS500 and the MS550?

Is MS500 the CDMA designation for the RAZR V3? The press release says, "The Motorola MS500 is expected to be available in Korea during Q3 2005," but the Motorola Korea website shows the RAZR V3, and the MS500 is nowhere to be found. What's the dilly, yo?

 

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Well, they said the CDMA RAZR would be thicker than the GSM version. Really, Motorola needs to put me in charge of their handset designations and naming... that would put an end to this confusion right quick.

 

Will Alltel ever get the Razr?? It sure is a nice looking phone.

 

It's cool that Verizon will get the CDMA Motorola RAZR. I don't know why it will be 2006 to get it. Thank god I have T-Mobile. The word has it that we'll get the RAZR by July. I hope it's true though! :lmao:

 

You could get the V3 right now if you really wanted to. Buy a Cingular branded V3 and unlock it or purchase a non-branded, unlocked V3 and there you go. You'd have to acquire the T-Mobile MMS, SMS and WAP settings so they would work but you should be able to use the phone now, if you got one.

 

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Better late than never- as you all know, some inside information doesn't have links.

 

Okay. Isn't an unlocked phone a little pricy? I am skeptical of buying an unlocked V3. With the T-Mobile MMS, SMS AND WAP settings, isn't that the same features I have with the V600?

 

Ooops! Yeah, you're right, Gideon, my bad.

Could be pricey, I guess. It would depend on where you got it. You can try Import GSM, they've got it for $349.99 which is pretty good without a carrier's contract subsidy. It's only $150 less than Cingular is offering it for right now. Also, I think for the $199.99 price you have to mail-in a rebate. Depends on how you look at it, I guess.

Personally, I prefer to pay more for the handset and not have a contract, but that's just me. Although, I probably wouldn't pay $350 for a phone no matter what it looked like. I was going to buy the v600 straight up from T-Mobile but they discontinued it before I could so I just bought Gideon's.

 

I just checked out J&R Music World here in NYC. They want the RAZR V3 for $269.99 with possible activation fee. But I think it's only for the silver not the black.

 

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------------------------------------------------------------------------Fans of CDMA will get to be excited for awhile... until they learn about the next RAZR for GSM later this year. :browani:
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Are you hinting that Motorola will come out with a RAZR that's both GSM and CDMA? I have Sprint but really want a RAZR. Should I wait?

Thanks,
Melissa

 

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Welcome to WA! At least as of the last time I checked, there is no 'hybrid' RAZR in the works. I think that given the chips and radios required to make a CDMA/GSM phone (like the Moto A840) work, the form factor for the RAZR is out of the question.

The information you quoted references the fact that the second-generation RAZR for GSM will be coming later this year. The reason CDMA users will be 'disappointed' is because the CDMA RAZR is based on the first-generation GSM unit.

 

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Okay -- thanks for the clarification (and the welcome!). Maybe I'll wait for a while.

 

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That slider is hawt. Will it be available on verizon?

 

The Razr is already huge, making it thicker will only make it worse. The new Samsung is much thinner than the GSM Razr, although it's just as long and wide.

 

Do you have a pic of the new samsung?

 

Samsung’s answer to the RAZR is loose. The SCH-V740 is a 14.5mm super thin cellie. Not much else coming through on it, just some basics: .3 mega-pixel camera, Bluetooth, web browser, and MP3 player.

 

that phone looks pretty damn cool. carrier?

 

I don't find the SCH-V740 as attractive a handset as the Motorola V3 and as thin as it is, the Sanyo SCP-6000 was only 10mm thick. It's updates, the 6200 and 6400 were only 12mm thick, so 14.5mm thick is still not as thin as some handsets I have seen. I don't get the point of ultra-thin handsets, anyway. The v600 is the perfect size for me and has everything (except EDGE and a megapixel camera) that I want... who cares if it's a whopping 23mm thick?

 

That Samsung phone is hot! Now who is going to carry that model. That is a nice model after the RAZR!

 

The phone is available in Korea now. You can get it and hook it up with VZW. For me, it doesn't do much since I've always been a Motorola person. Here's one that whets my appetite:



MP3 player
Slim sized slider phone
GIGA 3d graphics gaming engine
TransFlash memory expansion slot (up to 512MB)
Total memory capacity 128MB (For contents: 87MB)
2000 entry phonebook with up to 200 “hot key” entries for one touch dialing
2 embedded games
VGA camera with video capture
Electronic planner (calculator, alarm clock, memo etc)
Speaker phone
E book
PC synchronisation

 

From what I have read, the CDMA Razr that is to be released in the US will not have Bluetooth capability. What's up with that?

 

You've got to be ing me?! Why would they do that? I'm seriously considering writing a letter to Motorola about stuff like this.

 

The Verizon RAZR based on 2nd generation RAZR coming out next year has bluetooth. I haven't really been keeping up with the 1st generation CDMA RAZR but I can't see why bluetooth wouldn't be there.

Lately my Moto news has been, well... off. Certainly not wrong, but I'm getting tired of learning of announcements and hinting at them here only to have the announcement fizzle out at the last minute for other reasons. The latest being the ROKR with iTunes phone that everybody is pretty much bored with these days so who really cares. Apple is the hold up at this point. They want a flashy intro and that won't be until September at the earliest.

I've used the ROKR E1. I've read the user manual. It stinks. The ROKR E3 is what was shown briefly on July 25th and is much more interesting. Regardless prepare to be disappointed.

 

According to this article, no Bluetooth in the US version.

 

According to this article, no Bluetooth in the US version.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/motorola-cdma-razr-thicker-no-bluetooth-103499.php

Forgot to put the link in previousl post.

 

That's alright! I don't even use bluetooth!

 

I wonder if that's a Verizon wish or some other reason Motorola didn't include it, that seems to make it less attractive if you ask me.

 

I have the Motorola V600 and it has bluetooth, but I have no use of using it. It has a purpose for people that have PDA's. Since I don't have a PDA, I really don't use it.